Template:WikiProject Asia/doc

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Usage[edit]

The {{WikiProject Asia |class= |importance= }} project banner template should be added (not subst:ed), to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. While the template does not require any additional parameters, it has a number of optional ones that add various extra features to the banner, described below. Several national and regional projects already have their own banners, and should be used where possible, although this banner may be used for assessment purposes if the others do not have assessment parameters.

Full syntax[edit]

The full syntax is as follows:

{{WikiProject Asia
 |class=  
 |importance=
 |attention=
 |auto=
 |needs-infobox=

<!-- East Asia -->
 |china=
 |hong-kong=
 |macau=
 |japan=
 |korea=
 |north-korea=
 |south-korea=
 |taiwan=

<!-- Northern Asia -->
 |russia=

<!-- Southeast Asia -->
 |southeast-asia=
 |brunei=
 |cambodia=
 |east-timor=
 |indonesia=
 |laos=
 |malaysia=
 |myanmar=
 |philippines=
 |singapore=
 |thailand=
 |vietnam=

<!-- South Asia -->
 |south-asia=
 |bangladesh=
 |bhutan=
 |british-indian-ocean-territory=
 |india=
 |maldives=
 |nepal=
 |pakistan=
 |sri-lanka=

<!-- Western Asia -->
 |western-asia=
 |afghanistan=
 |armenia=
 |azerbaijan=
 |bahrain=
 |cyprus=
 |georgia=
 |abkhazia=
 |ossetia=
 |iran=
 |iraq=
 |israel=
 |palestine=
 |jordan=
 |kuwait=
 |lebanon=
 |oman=
 |ottoman-empire=
 |qatar=
 |saudi-arabia=
 |syria=
 |turkey=
 |united-arab-emirates=
 |yemen=

<!-- Central Asia -->
 |central-asia=
 |kazakhstan=
 |kyrgyzstan=
 |mongolia=
 |tajikistan=
 |turkmenistan=
 |uzbekistan=

<!-- Project specific importance tags -->
<!-- East Asia -->
 |china-importance=
 |hong-kong-importance=
 |macau-importance=
 |japan-importance=
 |korea-importance=
 |north-korea-importance=
 |south-korea-importance=
 |taiwan-importance=

<!-- Northern Asia -->
 |russia-importance=

<!-- Southeast Asia -->
 |southeast-asia-importance=
 |brunei-importance=
 |cambodia-importance=
 |east-timor-importance=
 |indonesia-importance=
 |laos-importance=
 |malaysia-importance=
 |myanmar-importance=
 |philippines-importance=
 |singapore-importance=
 |thailand-importance=
 |vietnam-importance=

<!-- South Asia -->
 |south-asia-importance=
 |afghanistan-importance=
 |bangladesh-importance=
 |bhutan-importance=
 |british-indian-ocean-territory-importance=
 |india-importance=
 |maldives-importance=
 |nepal-importance=
 |pakistan-importance=
 |sri-lanka-importance=

<!-- Western Asia -->
 |western-asia-importance=
 |armenia-importance=
 |azerbaijan-importance=
 |bahrain-importance=
 |cyprus-importance=
 |georgia-importance=
 |abkhazia-importance=
 |ossetia-importance=
 |iran-importance=
 |iraq-importance=
 |israel-importance=
 |palestine-importance=
 |jordan-importance=
 |kuwait-importance=
 |lebanon-importance=
 |oman-importance=
 |ottoman-empire-importance=
 |qatar-importance=
 |saudi-arabia-importance=
 |syria-importance=
 |turkey-importance=
 |united-arab-emirates-importance=
 |yemen-importance=

<!-- Central Asia -->
 |central-asia-importance=
 |kazakhstan-importance=
 |kyrgyzstan-importance=
 |mongolia-importance=
 |tajikistan-importance=
 |turkmenistan-importance=
 |uzbekistan-importance=
}}

Parameters[edit]

Note: to avoid needlessly cluttering up talk pages, it is usually appropriate to remove any unused parameters from the template.

General[edit]

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Asia}} project banner on its talk page: {{WikiProject Asia|class=???}}

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class Asia articles)  FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Asia articles)  A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Asia articles)  GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Asia articles) B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Asia articles) C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Asia articles) Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Asia articles) Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Asia articles)  FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Asia articles) List

For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:

Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Asia articles) Category
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Asia articles) Disambig
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Asia articles) Draft
FM (for featured media only; adds pages to Category:FM-Class Asia articles)  FM
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Asia articles) File
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Asia articles) Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Asia articles) Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class Asia articles) Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Asia articles) Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Asia articles) NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Asia articles) ???

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Asia}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Asia|importance=???}}

The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):

Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Asia articles)  Top 
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Asia articles)  High 
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Asia articles)  Mid 
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Asia articles)  Low 
NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance Asia articles)  NA 
??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Asia articles)  ??? 
  • attention – "yes", if the article requires immediate attention; this should be used sparingly.
  • auto – "yes", this parameter is for bot-use.
  • needs-infobox – "yes", if the article lacks an infobox, otherwise remove this line.

WikiProject specific[edit]

East Asia[edit]

Northern Asia[edit]

Southeast Asia[edit]

South Asia[edit]

Western Asia[edit]

Central Asia[edit]

See also[edit]