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Project banner

Note: This template has recently undergone major revisions. If you spot anything which you think may need correcting, please feel free to mention it on the talk page.

The {{WikiProject France}} 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. The full syntax is as follows:

 {{WikiProject France |small= |class=  |importance= |A-Class=  |attention=  |auto= |cleanup= |communes= |tf= |needs-photo= |infobox= |collaboration-candidate=  |past-collaboration=  |peer-review=  |old-peer-review=  |rfc= <!-- B-Class checklist --> <!-- 1. It is suitably referenced, and all  major points are appropriately cited. --> |B-Class-1= <!-- 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and  does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. --> |B-Class-2= <!-- 3. It has a defined structure, including  a lead section and one or more sections of content. --> |B-Class-3= <!-- 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. --> |B-Class-4= <!-- 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials,  such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. --> |B-Class-5= <!-- Portals --> |portal1-name= |portal1-link= |portal2-name= |portal2-link= |portal3-name= |portal3-link= |portal4-name= |portal4-link= |portal5-name= |portal5-link= }} 

General parameters:

• small – "yes" if the banner should be rendered in its miniature size; this should be used sparingly and only on crowded talk pages for the time being.
• class – a rating of the article's quality; see the assessment department for more details.
• importance – a rating of the article's importance; see the assessment department for more details.
• A-Class – Currently reserved for future usage.
• attention – "yes" if the article requires immediate attention; this should be used sparingly.
• auto – "yes" if the article has been automatically assessed by a bot. Typically applies to stub articles only.
• cleanup – "yes" if the article requires general cleaning up. Please detail what aspects of the article require clean-up on the article's talk page, otherwise the tag can be removed without redress to the problems.
• fiction – "yes" if the article needs rewriting to maintain an out of universe approach per Wikipedia:Writing about fiction.
• future - "yes" if the article contains discussion of comics that have been announced but are currently unpublished. Such articles should avoid recentism and statements that will date quickly.
• needs-photo – "yes" if the article requires an image, which should be added per guidance.
• infobox – "yes" if the article needs an infobox added or updated.
• collaboration-candidate – "yes" if the article is currently a candidate for the project's Collaboration of the Month.
• past-collaboration – if the article was previously a Collaboration of the Month, the dash-separated dates of the collaboration period; must be left blank otherwise.
• peer-review – "yes" if the article is currently listed on the project's peer review department.
• old-peer-review – "yes" if the article was previously listed on the project's peer review department.
• rfc - "yes" if there is an issue regarding the article which is being discussed upon the talk page and further comments are required.

Task forces: Currently, WikiProject France has two taskforces:

1. tf=Paris tf=Paris marks the article for the Paris task force
2. |communes=yes This markes the article as part of the Communes project.

B-Class checklist (available only for articles rated as "Stub-Class", "Start-Class", or "B-Class"—see the assessment department for more details):

• B-Class-1 – "yes" if the article meets criterion #1 for B-Class status; "no" if it does not.
• B-Class-2 – "yes" if the article meets criterion #2 for B-Class status; "no" if it does not.
• B-Class-3 – "yes" if the article meets criterion #3 for B-Class status; "no" if it does not.
• B-Class-4 – "yes" if the article meets criterion #4 for B-Class status; "no" if it does not.
• B-Class-5 – "yes" if the article meets criterion #5 for B-Class status; "no" if it does not.

Portals:

• portalX-name – if the article has been selected for use on a portal, the name of that portal. The name should be given without any formatting or namespace prefixes; thus, Portal:France is given as "|portal1-name=France". Up to five different portals may be specified, via the parameters portal1-name through portal5-name.
• portalX-link – the portal subpage location where the article may be found on the corresponding portal. This should be given as a pure unlinked subpage name; thus, Portal:France/Featured article/9 is given as "|portal1-link=Featured article/9".

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