Usage

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

((WikiProject Palaeontology |class= |importance= ))

((WikiProject Palaeontology |class= |importance= |paleontologist= |pterosaurs= |pterosaurs-importance= |Lobe-Fins= |needs-image= |needs-taxobox= |attention= |listas= ))

((WikiProject Palaeontology
|class                  = 
|importance             = 
|paleontologist         = 
|pterosaurs             = 
 |pterosaurs-importance = 
|Lobe-Fins              = 
|needs-image            = 
|needs-taxobox          = 
|attention              = 
|listas                 = 
))

Unused parameters may be omitted.

Optional parameters

• 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:Palaeontology articles needing attention.
• 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: 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 Mary Anning, use |listas=Anning, Mary so that the talk page will show up in the A's and not the M'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.
• Lobe-Fins – set |Lobe-Fins=yes if the article is supported by the Lobe-Fins task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Lobe-Fins task force articles.
• needs-image – set |needs-image=yes to request that a picture or pictures be included in the page to improve its quality.
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested images of palaeontology.
• needs-taxobox – set |needs-taxobox=yes to request that a taxobox be included in the page to improve its quality.
  • This parameter populates Category:Missing taxobox.
• paleontologist – set |paleontologist=yes if the article is supported by the paleontologists taskforce.
  • This parameter populates Category:Paleontologist taskforce articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Paleontologist articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
• pterosaurs – set |pterosaurs=yes if the article is supported by the Pterosaurs task force.
  • This parameter populates Category:Pterosaurs task force articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Pterosaurs articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
  • pterosaurs-importance (only used if |pterosaurs=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the Pterosaurs task force
    • This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Pterosaurs articles by importance.
• 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.
• auto – This parameter is for the use of bots and indicates that the article has been automatically rated:
  • |auto=length – based on the length of the article
  • |auto=inherit – because one or more other projects use this class
  • |auto=yes (or |auto=stub), in conjunction with |class=stub – as Stub-Class because it uses a stub template
    • Use of the above values (or value combinations) with this parameter populates Category:Automatically assessed Palaeontology articles.

Aliases

• The parameters |lobe-fins=, |lobefins=, |Lobefins= and |lobefin= are recognised as aliases for |Lobe-Fins=. If more than one is present, the order of precedence, from highest to lowest, is: |Lobe-Fins= → |lobe-fins= → |lobefins= → |Lobefins= → |lobefin= . Parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |needs-photo=, |photo-needed= and |image-needed= are recognised as aliases for |needs-image=. If more than one is present, the order of precedence, from highest to lowest, is: |needs-image= → |needs-photo= → |photo-needed= → |image-needed= . Parameters with lower precedence are ignored.

• The parameters |taxobox-needed=, |taxobox-requested= and |taxobox= are recognised as aliases for |needs-taxobox=. If more than one is present, the order of precedence, from highest to lowest, is: |needs-taxobox= → |taxobox-needed= → |taxobox-requested= → |taxobox= . Parameters with lower precedence are ignored.