Templat:Class mask/doc

This template is designed for use in WikiProject banners, and provides an easy way to construct a bespoke class mask. The class parameter must be passed to the template as the first unnamed parameter.

Implementation in Template:WPBannerMeta

The template provides the default class masks for WikiProject's quality scales, and is also used by the majority of projects which use a custom class mask. It can be used in two different ways:

• with |QUALITY_SCALE=subpage and placed on the /class subpage of the WikiProject's banner template. In this case, specific guidance on how the template works with the chosen parameters is displayed on this page.
• with |QUALITY_SCALE=inline and placed directly inside the class parameter. However this method is not suitable for projects which use either of the following:

Use on subpages

When used on a /class subpage (e.g. with |QUALITY_SCALE=subpage) the template should be called in the following way:

{{class mask<noinclude>/templatepage</noinclude>|{{{class|}}}
 |topic=
 |optional parameters
}}

This allows the /templatepage to be displayed which provides useful documentation and category prompts on the subpage.

• the topic parameter defines the main naming scheme of the assessment categories used by the project and is used to check the existence of the categories that are required. For example, if your project uses categories such as Category:B-Class mathematics articles, etc. then set |topic=mathematics.
  • if the template uses taskforces, parameters topic1, topic2, topic3, topic4 and topic5 can be used to check for the necessary categories.

Neither of the above are required for the |QUALITY_SCALE=inline version.

Inline use

When used "inline" (e.g. with |QUALITY_SCALE=inline), the call to /templatepage and the topic parameters are not required, and the template should be called in the following way:

{{class mask |{{{class|}}} |optional parameters }}

Bear in mind that if the banner uses any hooks (e.g. the taskforce hook), you will need to set the options each time class is used. Therefore the subpage method may be more useful in these cases.

Optional parameters

• FQS - if set to "yes", switches on the following six additional classes. Individual classes may then be switched off by setting their respective lowercase parameters (see below) to "no".
  • Category
  • Disambig
  • Image
  • Portal
  • Template
  • Project
• forceNA - if set to "yes", will automatically classify pages tagged as |class=NA depending on the namespace of the page. The default setting is "no".
• b1, b2, b3, b4, b5, b6 - if the B-class checklist is used, these parameters must be passed through.

The lowercase parameter syntax

Add a class in lowercase as the name of a parameter followed by the value "yes". For example

|redirect=yes

would add the Redirect-class. This is the simplest way of adding a class but has the following two limitations:

• The name of the class must have an initial capital letter and all following letters in lowercase. In other words, the capitalisation must be of the form Xxxxxx.
• It is not possible to use this method to add a shortcut or alternative alias for a different class, for example "Cur" for Current-class.

If either of these are required, the upperclass parameter syntax must be used (see below).

If |FQS=yes is used, then a value of "no" may be used to switch off that individual class. Thus, on a /class subpage:

{{class mask<noinclude>/templatepage</noinclude>|{{{class|}}}
 |topic=physics
 |FQS=yes
 |portal=no
}}

would support all of the six additional classes listed above except Portal-class.

The UPPERCASE parameter syntax

Add a class in uppercase as the name of a parameter followed by the exact name of the class (including the required case) as the value of the parameter. For example

|SL=SL

would add SL-class and

|CHEESECAKE=CheeseCake

would add CheeseCake-class.

You can use this method to add a shortcut or alias for a class. For example

|bplus = yes
|B+ = Bplus

would have the effect that an input of either B+ or Bplus would result in Bplus-class.

Example 1: subpage

The following code is placed in the banner template:

|QUALITY_SCALE=subpage
 |class={{{class|}}}

and on the /class subpage (for example Template:WikiProject Zimbabwe uses the subpage Template:WikiProject Zimbabwe/class), the following code is used:

{{class mask<noinclude>/templatepage</noinclude>|{{{class|}}}
 |topic=Zimbabwe
 |FQS=yes
 |redirect=yes
}}

In this case all six of the "extended" quality classes are used, plus the additional Redirect-class. Because the |topic= parameter is set, specific documentation will be displayed on the /class subpage.

Example 2: inline

The following code is placed in the banner template:

|QUALITY_SCALE=inline
 |class={{class mask |{{{class|}}} |category=yes }}

Now the standard quality classes are used, plus the additional Category-class.

Subtemplates

• /b - the mask for B-checklist parameters
• /sandbox - the template sandbox, used for experimentation
• /templatepage - the documentation that is displayed on /class subpages
  • /templatepage/row - used by /templatepage
• /doc - the documentation you are reading now
  • /doc/custom - for information on building your own class mask

Uses

• This shows all /class subpages which use this template.