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This template is the project banner for WikiProject International relations, and it can also act as a banner for its subprojects, WikiProject United Nations and WikiProject International law
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 International relations 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.
Full syntax options for the {{WikiProject International relations|class=|importance=|un=|un-importance=|law=|law-importance=}} template are as follows:
{{WikiProject International relations
|class=
|importance=
|un= <!-- yes, if applicable -->
|un-importance=
|law= <!-- yes, if applicable -->
|law-importance=
|attention=
|needs-infobox=
|listas=
}}
The parameters are named, and (if used) must be entered exactly as-is (note, all are lowercase).
|class= blank or omit the parameter.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 International relations articles.
Valid values for this parameter, their associated meanings and categories are given in the table below. Values should be typed as shown (e.g. |class=GA ):
| Value | Meaning | Main Category | UN Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| FA | Featured-class articles; the article has passed through the featured article review process. | FA-Class International relations articles | FA-Class United Nations articles |
| A | A-class articles; could be submitted as a Featured article candidate; probably could use some small updates to make it Featured quality. | A-Class International relations articles | A-Class United Nations articles |
| GA | Good-class articles; the article has passed through the good article review process. | GA-Class International relations articles | GA-Class United Nations articles |
| B | B-class articles; 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. | B-Class International relations articles | B-Class United Nations articles |
| Start | Start-class articles; the article is more than a stub, but may lack some important aspects of the topic's discussion. | Start-Class International relations articles | Start-Class United Nations articles |
| Stub | Stub-class articles; the article is a stub; it likely contains one of the stub templates. | Stub-Class International relations articles | Stub-Class United Nations articles |
| FL | Featured-class lists; the article has passed through the featured list review process. They are sorted with the featured articles. | FA-Class International relations articles | FA-Class United Nations articles |
| List | The article is a list that has not yet passed the featured list review process. | List-Class International relations articles | List-Class United Nations articles |
| NA | Not applicable; the page is not an article and should not be rated; it could be an image or category, for example. | NA-Class International relations articles | NA-Class United Nations articles |
|importance= blank or omit the parameter.This optional parameter records the Project importance 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:Unknown-importance International relations articles.
Valid values for this parameter, their associated meanings and categories are given in the table below. Values should be typed as shown (e.g. |importance=Mid ):
| Value | Meaning | Main Category | UN Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top | Reserved for the primary articles. These are considered fundamental to the topic and are mostly overview articles with many links. | Top-importance International relations articles | Top-importance United Nations articles |
| High | Major topic about International relations; and for needed subtopics of "key" articles | High-importance International relations articles | High-importance United Nations articles |
| Mid | For general articles on more specialised (sub-)topics. | Mid-importance International relations articles | Mid-importance United Nations articles |
| Low | For still notable, but more highly specialised or even obscure topics. | Low-importance International relations articles | Low-importance United Nations articles |
|un=yes if the article is supported by WikiProject United Nations.
|class= parameter.|un=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within WikiProject United Nations
|law=yes if the article is supported by WikiProject International law.
|class= parameter.|law=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within WikiProject International law
|attention=yes if the article needs immediate attention from experienced editors. Use only if another parameter does not cover the need for attention; this should be used sparingly. It is strongly encouraged to also add a section to the talk page explaining what needs attention.
|needs-infobox=yes if the article needs an infobox. Remember that infoboxes are not suitable for all articles, and can overwhelm short articles.
|listas=Doe, John so that the talk page will show up in the D's and not the J's of the various assessment and administrative categories). This is important because it is one source used by those who set DEFAULTSORT on the article; consider also setting the DEFAULTSORT for the article when setting this parameter. For more information about this, please see Wikipedia:Categorization of people § Ordering names in a category.|listas= to that template instead of a project banner template. Putting the parameter on more than one template is not required.|category=no if, and only if, a banner is being used for demonstration or testing purposes, to prevent unnecessary or undesirable categorization. Otherwise, omit this parameter.
