This is a documentation subpage for Template:WikiProject Computing. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 45,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Project banner

The ((WikiProject Computing)) project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project.

Usage

While the template does not require any additional parameters, it has a number of optional ones that add various extra features to the banner. The full syntax is as follows:

((WikiProject Computing
|class=  
|importance=
|attention=
|needs-image=
|needs-infobox=
|auto=
|listas=

|amiga=
|amiga-importance=
|apps=
|apps-importance=
|early-comp=
|early-comp-importance=
|free-software=
|free-software-importance=
|hardware=
|hardware-importance=
|java=
|java-importance=
|network=
|network-importance=
|riscos=
|science=
|science-importance=
|security=
|security-importance=
|software=
|software-importance=
|websites=
|websites-importance=
))

Parameters

Article assessment

• class – a rating of the article's quality; see the assessment department for more details.
  • FA – The article has reached Featured article status.
  • FL – The article has reached Featured list status.
  • FM – The article has reached Featured media status.
  • A – Could be submitted as a Featured article candidate; probably could use some small updates to make it Featured quality.
  • GA – The article has reached Good article status.
  • B – Could be submitted as a Good article nominee; probably could use some updates or may lack some features from the Good article criteria, but it presents a good overview of the subject.
  • C – The article has an large amount of content, but lacks information and organization in areas.
  • Start – The article is more than a stub, but may lack some important aspects of the topic's discussion.
  • Stub – The article is a stub; it likely contains one of the articles in Category:Computing stubs.
  • List – The page is a list.
  • Needed – The article does not yet exist but has been identified as a subject that should be covered.
  • Draft – The page is a work-in-progress on a computing-related subject still placed inside the Draft namespace.
  • Category or Cat – The page is a category.
  • Disambig or Dab – The article is a disambiguation page.
  • File – The page is a file (image).
  • Portal – The page is a portal.
  • Project – The page is a WikiProject page.
  • Redirect or Redir – The article is a redirect page.
  • Template – The page is a template.
  • NA – Any non-article page that fits no other classification.
• importance – a rating of the article's importance; see the assessment department for more details.
  • Top
  • High
  • Mid
  • Low
  • NA

Taxonomic functions

• attention – "yes" if the article needs attention.
• auto – "yes" if the auto assess option is needed.
• listas – for example: "Last name, First name" if the article needs to be sorted by something other than PAGENAME.
• needs-image – "yes" if the article needs an image.
  • imagedetails (appears only if needs-image is set to yes) - Additional details to describe the image that is requested.
• needs-infobox – "yes" if the article needs an infobox.

Task forces / Child WikiProjects

• amiga – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject Amiga
• amiga-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for WikiProject Amiga
• apps – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject Apps
• apps-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for WikiProject Apps
• early-comp – "yes" if the article is supported by Early computers task force
• early-comp-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for Early computers task force
• free-software – "yes" if the article is supported by Free and open-source software task force
• free-software-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for Free and open-source software task force
• hardware – "yes" if the article is supported by Computer hardware task force
• hardware-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for Computer hardware task force
• java – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject Java
• java-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for WikiProject Java
• network – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject Computer networking
• network-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for WikiProject Computer networking
• riscos – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject RISC OS
• science – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject Computer Science
• science-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for WikiProject Computer Science
• security – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject Computer Security
• security-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for WikiProject Computer Security
• software – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject Software
• software-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for WikiProject Software
• websites – "yes" if the article is supported by WikiProject Websites
• websites-importance – (Top|High|Mid|Low) a rating of the article's importance for WikiProject Websites

TemplateData

See also

• Template:WikiProject Apps
• Template:WikiProject Computer networking
• Template:WikiProject Computer science
• Template:WikiProject Computer Security
• Template:WikiProject Free Software
• Template:WikiProject Java
• Template:WikiProject Software
• Template:WikiProject Websites