Template:WikiProject Canada

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About this template

This template is the project banner for WikiProject Canada and can also act as a banner for several of its child-projects. (Other banners exist for related projects like {{WikiProject Canadian football}} and {{WikiProject Canada Roads}}.)

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 Canada 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.

Usage instructions

General syntax options for this template are as follows:

{{WikiProject Canada |class= |importance=}}

The parameters are named, and (if used) must be entered exactly as-is (note, all are lowercase).

The class and importance parameters are associated with the Project's article assessment and rating scheme. These parameters add a category to the talkpage, which category depends on the values chosen.

Other parameters can be added to further identify the article or change its shape. Full syntax options for this template are as follows:

{{WikiProject Canada
|class=
|importance=
|auto=
|small=
|needs-photo=

|on=
|qc=
|ns=
|nb=
|mb=
|bc=
|pe=
|sk=
|ab=
|nl=
|nt=
|yt=
|nu=

|montreal=
|montreal-importance=
|ottawa=
|ottawa-importance=
|toronto=
|toronto-importance=
|vancouver=
|vancouver-importance=
|stjohns=
|kawartha-lakes=

|cangov=
|canlaw=
|cinema=
|community=
|education=
|geography=
|history=
|military=
|music=
|ppap=
|riding=
|sport=
|tvshow=
}}

Parameter values

Class

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 Canada-related 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 ):

Class parameter values (Category:Canada-related articles by quality)

Value	Meaning	Category
FA	Featured-class articles; the article has passed through the featured article review process.	FA-Class Canada-related 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 Canada-related articles
GA	Good-class articles; the article has passed through the good article review process.	GA-Class Canada-related 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 Canada-related articles
C	C-class articles; provides adequate coverage of the subject, but could still use a lot of work before being submitted as a good article nominee.	C-Class Canada-related 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 Canada-related articles
Stub	Stub-class articles; the article is a stub; it likely contains one of the stub templates.	Stub-Class Canada-related articles
FL	Featured-class lists; the article has passed through the featured list review process. They are sorted with the featured articles.	FL-Class Canada-related articles
List	The article is a list that has not yet passed the featured list review process.	List-Class Canada-related articles
Category	Category-class articles	Category-Class Canada-related articles
Template	Template-class articles	Template-Class Canada-related 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 Canada-related articles

Importance

This optional parameter records the Project priority 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 Canada-related 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 ):

Importance parameter values (Category:Canada-related articles by importance)

Value	Meaning	Category
Top	Reserved for the primary articles. These are considered fundamental to the topic and are mostly overview articles with many links, like Geography of Canada and Manitoba.	Top-importance Canada-related articles
High	Major topic about Canada, such as Prime Minister of Canada, or CBC; and for needed subtopics of "key" articles	High-importance Canada-related articles
Mid	For general articles on more specialised (sub-)topics; most articles about Canadian topics go here, such as Greater Napanee, Clarity Act, or Stompin' Tom Connors.	Mid-importance Canada-related articles
Low	For still notable, but more highly specialised or even obscure topics; people or things that are only notable in one small region or for a short amount of time; includes most backbench MPs.	Low-importance Canada-related articles

Workgroups

The template can also be used to add an article to one of WikiProject Canada's workgroups. Adding any of these parameters will put the article in assessment categories for both WikiProject Canada and the project selected, using the same quality and importance for both.

Workgroup parameters:

Provinces

Syntax	Usage	Remarks
on=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Ontario.
qc=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Quebec.
nb=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject New Brunswick.
ns=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Nova Scotia.
mb=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Manitoba.
bc=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject British Columbia.
pe=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Prince Edward Island.
sk=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Saskatchewan.
ab=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Alberta.
nl=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Newfoundland and Labrador.
nt=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Canadian Territories	Northwest Territories related
yt=yes		Yukon related
nu=yes		Nunavut related

Cities

Four of the cities projects use their own importance ranking and will not adopt the general project importance ranking.

Syntax	Importance rankings	Usage	Remarks
kawartha-lakes=yes		Used for pages in the scope of Kawartha Lakes task force.
montreal=yes	montreal-importance=	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Montreal.
ottawa=yes	ottawa-importance=	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Ottawa.
stjohns=yes		Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.	Does not have a WP1.0 assessment.
toronto=yes	toronto-importance=	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Toronto.
vancouver=yes	vancouver-importance=	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Vancouver.

Other workgroups

Syntax	Usage	Remarks
cangov=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Governments of Canada.	Does not include people or ridings. For those, use ppap=yes and riding=yes respectively.
canlaw=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Canadian law.
cinema=yes	Used for pages in the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Canadian cinema task force.	Only adds a link. It is assessed using the banner {{WikiProject Film|Canadian-task-force=yes}}.
community=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Canadian communities.
education=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Education in Canada.
geography=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Geography of Canada.	Does not include towns or roads. For those, use community=yes and road=yes respectively.
history=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject History of Canada.	Does not include historical politicians. For those, use ppap=yes.
military=yes	Used for pages in the scope of Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Canadian military history task force.	Only adds a link. It is assessed using the banner {{WPMILHIST|Canadian-task-force=yes}}.
music=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Canadian Music.
ppap=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada.
riding=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada.
sport=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Canadian sport.
tvshow=yes	Used for pages in the scope of WikiProject Canadian TV shows.

Other parameters

Needs photo

The parameter |needs-photo=yes will add a tag indicating that a photo should be added to the article. If the article is also part of the music wikiproject or any of the city wikiprojects, it will also be put in a category for articles needing photos.

Auto

When an assessment is done by a bot, it will include | auto=yes. After double-checking the bot's assessment, a user should remove the parameter.

Small

Including | small=yes will turn the banner into a small box on the right side of the page. This is used to save space on some large pages.

Example

Here is an example from the talk page of Speaker of the House of Commons (Canada):

{{WikiProject Canada |class=B |importance=mid |cangov=yes}}