This template is the project banner for WikiProject Athletics. This template is a self-reference.

The template is to be placed on talk pages (only) of the articles identified as being within the Project's scope (at or near the top of the talkpage).

This template automatically assigns the category Category:WikiProject Athletics articles to the articles' talk pages. This category and other associated Project categories are used in various ways by the Project in the overall management of the Project's workload.

This template contains optional parameters, details of usage are given below.

Contents 1 Usage 1.1 Parameters 1.1.1 class 1.1.2 importance

[edit] Usage

General syntax options for this template are as follows:

 {{WikiProject Athletics  |class=  |importance= }} 

The parameters are named, and (if used) must be entered exactly as-is (note, all are lowercase).

The class and importance parameters are associated with the Project's article assessment and rating scheme. These parameters add a category to the talkpage, which category depends on the values chosen.

[edit] Parameters

[edit] class

This optional parameter records the Project quality assessment rating currently assigned to the particular article on whose talkpage the project banner appears.

If unassigned, or an invalid value is given, the parameter defaults to "unassigned" and the template places the talkpage into Category:Unassessed Athletics articles.

Valid values for this parameter, their associated meanings and categories are given in the table below. Values should be typed as shown (eg |class=GA ):

Class parameter values (Category:Athletics articles by quality)

Value	Meaning	Category
FA	Articles which are currently Featured status articles	Category:FA-Class Athletics articles
A	A-class articles;	Category:A-Class Athletics articles
GA	Articles with a current Good article status	Category:GA-Class Athletics articles
B	B-class articles;	Category:B-Class Athletics articles
C	C-class articles;	Category:C-Class Athletics articles
Start	Start-class articles;	Category:Start-Class Athletics articles
Stub	Stub-class articles;	Category:Stub-Class Athletics articles
NA	Not applicable; for miscellaneous pages which do not require an assessment	Category:NA-Class Athletics articles

[edit] importance

This optional parameter records the Project priority assessment rating currently assigned to the particular article on whose talkpage the project banner appears.

If unassigned, or an invalid value is given, or the class parameter is set to "NA", the parameter defaults to "unassigned" and the template places the talkpage into Category:Unassigned-importance Athletics articles.

Importance parameter values (Category:Athletics articles by importance)

Value	Meaning	Category
Top	"Key" articles, considered indispensable	Top-importance Athletics articles
High	High-priority topics and needed subtopics of "key" articles, often with a broad scope; needed to complement any general understanding of the field	High-importance Athletics articles
Mid	Mid-priority articles on more specialised (sub-)topics; possibly more detailed coverage of topics summarised in "key" articles, and as such their omission would not significantly impair general understanding	Mid-importance Athletics articles
Low	While still notable, these are highly-specialised or even obscure, not essential for understanding the wider picture ("nice to have" articles)	Low-importance Athletics articles