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

This template is used on approximately 37,000 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.

The ((WikiProject Animation)) 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. This template automatically adds articles to Category:WikiProject Animation articles. The full syntax as it follows:

The full syntax as it follows:

((WikiProject Animation
|class=
|importance=
|attention= 
|needs-infobox=
|needs-image=
 |image-details=
|unref=
|cleanup=
|fiction=
|listas=
|category=
<!-- Reviews and collaborations -->
|a-class=
|collaboration-candidate=
|current-collaboration=
|past-collaboration=
<!-- portals -->
|portal1-name=
 |portal1-link=
|portal2-name=
 |portal2-link=
|portal3-name=
 |portal3-link=
|portal4-name=
| portal4-link=
|portal5-name=
 |portal5-link=
<!-- Task forces -->
|American=
 |American-importance=
|film=
 |film-importance=
|television=
 |television-importance=
|people=
 |people-importance=
|Asian=
 |Asian-importance=
|Canadian=
 |Canadian-importance=
|computer-animation=
 |computer-animation-importance=
|dreamworks=
 |dreamworks-importance=
|European=
 |European-importance=
|family-guy=
 |family-guy-importance=
|hanna-barbera=
 |hanna-barbera-importance=
|looney-tunes=
 |looney-tunes-importance=
|machinima=
 |machinima-importance=
|pixar=
 |pixar-importance=
|spongebob=
 |spongebob-importance=
|stop-motion=
 |stop-motion-importance=
|warner-bros-animation=
 |warner-bros-animation-importance=
|web=
 |web-importance=
|World=
 |World-importance=
))

General parameters:

• class – valid values are listed in the custom class mask. 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 listed in the custom importance mask. 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.
• 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:Animation articles needing attention.
• 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:Animation articles needing infoboxes.
• needs-image – set |needs-image=yes if the article requires an image or photograph, which should be added per guidance and per fair use.
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested images of animation.
  • image-details – (appears only if |needs-image=yes is set) Additional details to describe the image that is requested.
• unref – set |unref=yes if the article requires additional references.
  • This parameter populates Category:Unreferenced animation articles.
• cleanup – set |cleanup=yes if the article requires a general cleanup. 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.
  • This parameter populates Category:Animation articles needing cleanup.
• fiction – set |fiction=yes if the article requires rewriting to maintain an out of universe approach per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction).
  • This parameter populates Category:Animation articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction.
• 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 Winsor McCay, use |listas=McCay, Winsor so that the talk page will show up in the M's and not the W's of the various assessment and administrative categories; similarly, for topics with titles beginning with an article such as "the" or "a" - e.g. for A Computer Animated Hand, use |listas=Computer Animated Hand, A so that the talk page will show up in the C's). 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.
• 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.

Reviews and collaborations:

• A-Class – set |A-Class=current, |A-Class=pass or |A-Class=fail if the article indicates the status of the article's A-Class review.
• collaboration-candidate – set |collaboration-candidate=yes if the page is a candidate to be the project collaboration.
  • This parameter populates Category:Animation collaboration candidates.
• current-collaboration – set |current-collaboration=yes if the page is currently the project collaboration.
  • This parameter populates Category:Current animation collaboration.
• past-collaboration – set |past-collaboration=yes (or any non-blank value other than "no", "n", "0" or "¬", such as the dates it was part of the collaboration) if the page was a past project collaboration.
  • This parameter populates Category:Past animation collaboration.

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:Animation is given as "|portal1-name=Animation". 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:Animation/Selected article/6 is given as "|portal1-link=Selected article/6".

Task forces (general topics):

• film – set |film=yes if the article is supported by the Animated films work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Animated films work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Animated films articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • film-importance (only used if |film=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Animated films work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Animated films articles by importance.
• television – set |television=yes if the article is supported by the Animated television work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Animated television work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Animated television articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • television-importance (only used if |television=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Animated television work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Animated television articles by importance.
• people – set |people=yes if the article is supported by Animation people work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Animation people work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Animation people articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • people-importance (only used if |people=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within Animation people work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Animation people articles by importance.
• computer-animation – set |computer-animation=yes if the article is supported by the Computer animation work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Computer animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Computer animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • computer-animation-importance (only used if |computer-animation=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Computer animation work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Computer animation articles by importance.
• machinima – set |machinima=yes if the article is supported by the Machinima work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Machinima work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Machinima articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • machinima-importance (only used if |machinima=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Machinima work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Machinima articles by importance.
• stop-motion – set |stop-motion=yes if the article is supported by the Stop motion work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Stop motion work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Stop motion articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • stop-motion-importance (only used if |stop-motion=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Stop motion work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Stop motion articles by importance.
• web – set |web=yes if the article is supported by the Web animation work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Web animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Web animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • web-importance (only used if |web=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Web animation work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Web animation articles by importance.

Task forces (national and regional):

• American – set |American=yes if the article is supported by the American animation task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:American animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:American animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • American-importance (only used if |American=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the American animation task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:American animation articles by importance.
• Asian – set |Asian=yes if the article is supported by the Asian animation task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Asian animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Asian animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • Asian-importance (only used if |Asian=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Asian animation task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Asian animation articles by importance.
• Canadian – set |Canadian=yes if the article is supported by the Canadian animation task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Canadian animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Canadian animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • Canadian-importance (only used if |Canadian=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Canadian animation task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Canadian animation articles by importance.
• European – set |European=yes if the article is supported by the European animation task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:European animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:European animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • European-importance (only used if |European=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the European animation task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:European animation articles by importance.
• World – set |World=yes if the article is supported by the World animation work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:World animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:World animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • World-importance (only used if |World=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the World animation work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:World animation articles by importance.

Task forces (studios):

• dreamworks – set |dreamworks=yes if the article is supported by the DreamWorks Animation work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:DreamWorks Animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:DreamWorks Animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • dreamworks-importance (only used if |dreamworks=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the DreamWorks Animation work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:DreamWorks Animation articles by importance.
• hanna-barbera – set |hanna-barbera=yes if the article is supported by the Hanna-Barbera work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Hanna-Barbera work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Hanna-Barbera articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • hanna-barbera-importance (only used if |hanna-barbera=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Hanna-Barbera work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Hanna-Barbera articles by importance.
• pixar – set |pixar=yes if the article is supported by the Pixar work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Pixar work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Pixar articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • pixar-importance (only used if |pixar=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Pixar work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Pixar articles by importance.
• warner-bros-animation – set |warner-bros-animation=yes if the article is supported by the Warner Bros. Animation work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Warner Bros. Animation work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Warner Bros. Animation articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • warner-bros-animation-importance (only used if |warner-bros-animation=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Warner Bros. Animation work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Warner Bros. Animation articles by importance.

Task forces (franchises):

• family-guy – set |family-guy=yes if the article is supported by the Family Guy work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Family Guy work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Family Guy articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • family-guy-importance (only used if |family-guy=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Family Guy work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Family Guy articles by importance.
• looney-tunes – set |looney-tunes=yes if the article is supported by the Looney Tunes work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:Looney Tunes work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Looney Tunes articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • looney-tunes-importance (only used if |looney-tunes=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Looney Tunes work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Looney Tunes articles by importance.
• spongebob – set |spongebob=yes if the article is supported by the SpongeBob SquarePants work group.
  • This parameter populates Category:SpongeBob SquarePants work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:SpongeBob SquarePants articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • spongebob-importance (only used if |spongebob=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the SpongeBob SquarePants work group
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:SpongeBob SquarePants articles by importance.

• The parameters |American-animation= and |American= are recognised as aliases for |american-animation=. If more than one is present, |American-animation= has precedence over |American=, and |american-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |American-animation-importance= and |American-importance= are recognised as aliases for |american-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |American-animation-importance= has precedence over |American-importance=, and |american-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |people= is recognised as an alias for |animation-people=. If both |animation-people= and |people= are present, |people= is ignored.

• The parameter |people-importance= is recognised as an alias for |animation-people-importance=. If both |animation-people-importance= and |people-importance= are present, |people-importance= is ignored.

• The parameters |Asian-animation= and |Asian= are recognised as aliases for |asian-animation=. If more than one is present, |Asian-animation= has precedence over |Asian=, and |asian-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Asian-animation-importance= and |Asian-importance= are recognised as aliases for |asian-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |Asian-animation-importance= has precedence over |Asian-importance=, and |asian-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Canadian-animation= and |Canadian= are recognised as aliases for |canadian-animation=. If more than one is present, |Canadian-animation= has precedence over |Canadian=, and |canadian-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Canadian-animation-importance= and |Canadian-importance= are recognised as aliases for |canadian-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |Canadian-animation-importance= has precedence over |Canadian-importance=, and |canadian-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |computer-animation= and |Computer-animation= are recognised as aliases for |computer=. If more than one is present, |computer-animation= has precedence over |Computer-animation=, and |computer= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |computer-animation-importance= and |Computer-animation-importance= are recognised as aliases for |computer-importance=. If more than one is present, |computer-animation-importance= has precedence over |Computer-animation-importance=, and |computer-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |dreamworks-animation= and |dwa= are recognised as aliases for |dreamworks=. If more than one is present, |dreamworks-animation= has precedence over |dwa=, and |dreamworks= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |dreamworks-animation-importance= and |dwa-importance= are recognised as aliases for |dreamworks-importance=. If more than one is present, |dreamworks-animation-importance= has precedence over |dwa-importance=, and |dreamworks-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |European-animation= and |European= are recognised as aliases for |european-animation=. If more than one is present, |European-animation= has precedence over |European=, and |european-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |European-animation-importance= and |European-importance= are recognised as aliases for |european-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |European-animation-importance= has precedence over |European-importance=, and |european-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Family-Guy= and |fg= are recognised as aliases for |family-guy=. If more than one is present, |Family-Guy= has precedence over |fg=, and |family-guy= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Family-Guy-importance= and |fg-importance= are recognised as aliases for |family-guy-importance=. If more than one is present, |Family-Guy-importance= has precedence over |fg-importance=, and |family-guy-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |animated-film= is recognised as an alias for |film=. If both |film= and |animated-film= are present, |animated-film= is ignored.

• The parameter |animated-film-importance= is recognised as an alias for |film-importance=. If both |film-importance= and |animated-film-importance= are present, |animated-film-importance= is ignored.

• The parameters |Hanna-Barbera= and |hb= are recognised as aliases for |hanna-barbera=. If more than one is present, |Hanna-Barbera= has precedence over |hb=, and |hanna-barbera= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Hanna-Barbera-importance= and |hb-importance= are recognised as aliases for |hanna-barbera-importance=. If more than one is present, |Hanna-Barbera-importance= has precedence over |hb-importance=, and |hanna-barbera-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |image-needed= and |needs-image= are recognised as aliases for |image=. If more than one is present, |image-needed= has precedence over |needs-image=, and |image= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |needs-infobox= is recognised as an alias for |infobox=. If both |infobox= and |needs-infobox= are present, |needs-infobox= is ignored.

• The parameters |Looney-Tunes= and |lt= are recognised as aliases for |looney-tunes=. If more than one is present, |Looney-Tunes= has precedence over |lt=, and |looney-tunes= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Looney-Tunes-importance= and |lt-importance= are recognised as aliases for |looney-tunes-importance=. If more than one is present, |Looney-Tunes-importance= has precedence over |lt-importance=, and |looney-tunes-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Machinima= and |mach= are recognised as aliases for |machinima=. If more than one is present, |Machinima= has precedence over |mach=, and |machinima= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Machinima-importance= and |mach-importance= are recognised as aliases for |machinima-importance=. If more than one is present, |Machinima-importance= has precedence over |mach-importance=, and |machinima-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |unref= is recognised as an alias for |needs-refs=. If both |needs-refs= and |unref= are present, |unref= is ignored.

• The parameters |pixar= and |Pixar= are recognised as aliases for |pixar-work-group=. If more than one is present, |pixar= has precedence over |Pixar=, and |pixar-work-group= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |Pixar-importance= is recognised as an alias for |pixar-importance=. If both |pixar-importance= and |Pixar-importance= are present, |Pixar-importance= is ignored.

• The parameters |spongebob-squarepants= and |sbsp= are recognised as aliases for |spongebob=. If more than one is present, |spongebob-squarepants= has precedence over |sbsp=, and |spongebob= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |spongebob-squarepants-importance= and |sbsp-importance= are recognised as aliases for |spongebob-importance=. If more than one is present, |spongebob-squarepants-importance= has precedence over |sbsp-importance=, and |spongebob-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |Stop-motion= is recognised as an alias for |stop-motion=. If both |stop-motion= and |Stop-motion= are present, |Stop-motion= is ignored.

• The parameter |Stop-motion-importance= is recognised as an alias for |stop-motion-importance=. If both |stop-motion-importance= and |Stop-motion-importance= are present, |Stop-motion-importance= is ignored.

• The parameters |television= and |animated-television= are recognised as aliases for |tv=. If more than one is present, |television= has precedence over |animated-television=, and |tv= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |television-importance= and |animated-television-importance= are recognised as aliases for |tv-importance=. If more than one is present, |television-importance= has precedence over |animated-television-importance=, and |tv-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Warner-Bros-Animation= and |wba= are recognised as aliases for |warner-bros-animation=. If more than one is present, |Warner-Bros-Animation= has precedence over |wba=, and |warner-bros-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |Warner-Bros-Animation-importance= and |wba-importance= are recognised as aliases for |warner-bros-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |Warner-Bros-Animation-importance= has precedence over |wba-importance=, and |warner-bros-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |web= and |Web-animation= are recognised as aliases for |web-work-group=. If more than one is present, |web= has precedence over |Web-animation=, and |web-work-group= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameter |Web-animation-importance= is recognised as an alias for |web-importance=. If both |web-importance= and |Web-animation-importance= are present, |Web-animation-importance= is ignored.

• The parameters |World-animation= and |World= are recognised as aliases for |world-animation=. If more than one is present, |World-animation= has precedence over |World=, and |world-animation= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |World-animation-importance= and |World-importance= are recognised as aliases for |world-animation-importance=. If more than one is present, |World-animation-importance= has precedence over |World-importance=, and |world-animation-importance= has precedence over both of the others: parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

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

• ((User WikiProject Animation))
• Template:WikiProject Animation/importance (sandbox)