This is a documentation subpage for Template:WikiProject Lakes. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 21,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

When you create or find a new page within the scope of WikiProject Lakes please add any of the following to the top of its talk page:

((WikiProject Lakes |class= |importance= ))

((WikiProject Lakes |class= |importance= |Mapneeded= |Mapdetails= |needs-infobox= |attention= |listas= ))

((WikiProject Lakes
|class         = 
|importance    = 
|Mapneeded     = 
|Mapdetails    = 
|needs-infobox = 
|attention     = 
|listas        = 
))

Unused parameters may be omitted. This template automatically adds articles to Category:WikiProject Lakes articles.

• attention – set |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.
  • This parameter populates Category:Lakes articles needing attention.
• class – valid values are fa, a, ga, b, c, start, stub, fl, list, category, disambig, draft, file, portal, project, redirect, sia, template, na (case-insensitive). See the project's quality scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |class= blank or omit the parameter.
• importance – valid values are: top, high, mid, low, na (case-insensitive). See the project's importance scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |importance= blank or omit the parameter.
• listas – This parameter, which is the equivalent of the DEFAULTSORT sortkey that should be placed on all biographical articles, is a sortkey for the article talk page (e.g. for John Frederick Bateman, use |listas=Bateman, John Frederick so that the talk page will show up in the B'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.
  If the article is using ((WikiProject banner shell)) then it is preferable to add |listas= to that template instead of a project banner template. Putting the parameter on more than one template is not required.
• Mapneeded – set |Mapneeded=yes to request that a catchment map be added to the article or where a satisfactory Pushpin location map cannot be located.
  • This parameter populates Category:Lake articles needing maps.
  • Mapdetails – (appears only if |Mapneeded=yes) Additional details to specify the kind of map information that is needed.
• needs-infobox – set |needs-infobox=yes if the article needs an infobox. Remember that infoboxes are not suitable for all articles, and can overwhelm short articles.
  • This parameter populates Category:Lakes articles needing infoboxes.
• category – set |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.

• The parameter |mapneeded= is recognised as an alias for |Mapneeded=. If both |Mapneeded= and |mapneeded= are present, |mapneeded= is ignored.

• ((User WikiProject Lakes))