Template:WikiProject Fishes/doc

Usage
This template   adds articles to subcategories of Category:WikiProject Fishes articles and is a self-reference. Please add it to talk pages of relevant articles and non-article pages.

This template should be transcluded as WikiProject Fishes and not substituted Template substitution because it employs conditional code. Transclusion also allows easy updating of all the WikiProject's talk pages without having to edit thousands of pages individually. For examples of how the template will appear under various parameter scenarios, please see Template:WikiProject Fishes/testcases.

A common initial configuration for the template includes the following basic parameters:

The template also employs several optional data field parameters as described below. The full syntax is as follows:

Parameters legend

 * class: FA, A, GA, B, C, Start, Stub, FL, List, Cat, Dab, File, Portal, Project, Template, and blank (#default), and NA. NA is "non article", which includes redirects and user talk pages. Some of the option descriptions may be found at WikiProject Fishes/Quality scale.
 * importance: Top, High, Mid, Low, NA, and blank (#default). Some of the option descriptions may be found at WikiProject Fishes/Importance scale.
 * needs-photo: Answer yes to request that a photograph, map, drawing, diagram, equation, or other image be added to the page. Leave blank or delete if not.
 * in: Used in conjunction with the needs-photo=yes parameter to place the image request into a specific location, such as a Fishes county. For example,  will place the article talk page into Category:Wikipedia requested photographs in Los Angeles County, California. Leave blank or delete if not.
 * imagedetails: This free-form parameter can be used in conjunction with the needs-photo parameter to add specific details about the images being requested. For example, Please add an action shot to this article. will add the following to the template display: "An editor suggests the following: Please add a live-action shot to this sports article."
 * unref: Answer yes if the page needs additional references or inline citations. Leave blank or delete if not.
 * past-selected-fish: Enter Month Year (e.g., ) if the fish article previously was selected as the Fishes Portal's fish of the month. Leave blank or delete if not.
 * past-selected-picture: Enter Month Year (e.g., ) if the image previously was selected as the Fishes Portal's picture of the month. Leave blank or delete if not.
 * attention: Answer yes if the page needs immediate attention. Leave blank or delete if not.
 * needs-infobox: Answer yes if the page needs an infobox. Leave blank or delete if not.