This is a documentation subpage for Template:WikiProject Finance (see that page for the template itself). It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

[edit] Usage =

The {{WikiProject Finance}} 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.

[edit] Syntax

 Basic:  {{WikiProject Finance|class=|importance=}}  Full:  {{WikiProject Finance|class=|importance=|attention=|needs-infobox=}} 

[edit] Use in practice

 {{WikiProject Finance  |class=Start       <!-- FA, A, GA, B, Start, Stub, Dab, Cat and Template-->  |importance=       <!-- Top, High, Mid, Low, NA -->  |attention=yes     <!-- Immediate attention required. Needed by some bots. -->                     <!-- More information available at -->                     <!-- "Category:Finance articles needing attention" -->  |needs-infobox=yes <!-- Self explanatory. --> }} 

General parameters:

• class – a rating of the article's quality; see Wikipedia:WikiProject Finance/Assessment for more details. Valid values are:
  • FA - The article has reached Featured article 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.
  • 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 Economics and finance stub templates.
  • List - The article is a list.
  • Dab - The page is a disambiguation page.
  • Cat - The page is a category.
  • Template - The page is a template.

• importance: Top/High/Mid/Low/NA

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