Template:WikiProject status
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Usage
Pages with this template are placed into the appropriate category depending on the status selected as shown below:
|activeor if left blank (default) = Category:Active WikiProjects|semi-active= Category:Semi-active WikiProjects|draft= Category:Draft WikiProjects|inactive= Category:Inactive WikiProjects|defunct= Category:Defunct WikiProjects
Example:
With no parameters or with the |active parameter:
| This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate! |
Usage: Semi-active projects
Place this template at the top of any WikiProject that appears to be barely active:
{{WikiProject status|Semi-active}}
A project is generally considered semi-active when:
- there is a significant number of unassessed articles or
- there have been some, but relatively few, significant changes to the main project page for several months or
- there have been some, but relatively few, discussions on its talk page for several months.
Minor fiddling with formatting, automatic archiving, and unanswered messages to the WikiProject from outsiders ("Could someone with this project please help me with...") or from bots do not count as signs of project activity.
Any editor may add this template and parameter to the top of any apparently semi-active WikiProject. Any member of the project may remove it if it is placed in error. Upon removal, please consider placing a message on the WikiProject's talk page to indicate that the group is still active.
Example:
| This WikiProject is believed to be semi-active. Although activity is slower than it once was, anyone is welcome to participate in the project. Remove the |Semi-active parameter from this template if activity resumes or if this tag was changed in error. If almost no activity occurs in this WikiProject, consider replacing this tag with {{WikiProject status|Inactive}}. |
Usage: Draft or in-progress projects
Place this template at the top of any WikiProject that appears to be a proposal or still under construction to an extent that it is not yet usable:
{{WikiProject status|Draft}}
A project is generally considered draft when:
- it is a proposal at WP:WikiProject Council/Proposals or
- It is obviously still being worked on to provide basic functionality; and
- there have been few or no discussions on its talk page for several months (a project could actually be active despite being in an incomplete state).
Neither work to reconfigure aspects of a project or add new features, nor some features becoming moribund, constitute a project lapsing into draft state.
Any editor may add this template and parameter to the top of any apparently incomplete WikiProject. Any member of the project may remove it if it is placed in error. Upon removal, please consider placing a message on the WikiProject's talk page to indicate that the group is in fact active.
Example:
 | This WikiProject is believed to be in a draft, or proposal state. Activity may not have progressed very far, or begun at all, yet. See the WikiProject Guide for advice on reviving an inactive WikiProject, should this one remain incomplete or unlaunched for an extended period of time. Feel free to remove the |Draft parameter from this template if activity starts up in earnest or if this tag was placed in error. If almost no activity occurs in this WikiProject, or it remains incomplete, for several months, consider replacing this tag with {{WikiProject status|Inactive}}. |
Usage: Inactive projects
Place this template at the top of any WikiProject:
{{WikiProject status|Inactive}}
A project is generally considered inactive when:
- there are no editors listed as members or
- there has been no reduction in the number of unassessed articles in 6 months or
- there have been no significant changes to the main project page for four months or
- there have been no discussions on its talk page for four months.
Minor fiddling with formatting, automatic archiving, and unanswered messages to the WikiProject from outsiders ("Could someone with this project please help me with...") or from bots do not count as signs of project activity.
Any editor may add this template and parameter to the top of any apparently inactive WikiProject. Any member of the project may remove it if it is placed in error. Upon removal, please consider placing a message on the WikiProject's talk page to indicate that the group is still active.
Example:
| This WikiProject is believed to be inactive. Consider looking for related projects for help or ask at the Teahouse. If you are not currently a project participant and wish to help you may still participate in the project. This status should be changed if collaborative activity resumes. |
Usage: Defunct projects
Place this template at the top of any WikiProject that appears to be defunct:
{{WikiProject status|Defunct}}
Replace the {{inactive}} tag if it is present, or remove the inactive=yes parameter from {{Infobox Wikipedia WikiProject}}, if present.
Before applying the tag:
- process the list of project members, placing indefinitely blocked editors and editors inactive on Wikipedia for more than a year in separate subheadings. Check the project's userbox category/ies for unlisted members. If one or more active editors remain but it is still reasonable to think the project may be defunct, check with those editors individually if they agree.
- if the project has a working assessment system (typically a WP:1.0 banner/category structure), consider whether this information exists elsewhere. Even without activity, it may be useful. Consider proposing a merger with a related project if appropriate.
- consider the likelihood the project may be revived in future. A few projects have a purpose which is so specific that the project may simply be complete (or obsolete). In general, the narrower the scope, or the more it overlaps with other projects, the more reasonable to consider the project defunct. The less the project achieved (some hardly get beyond the proposal stage), the less likely it will be revived. Consider marking or leaving the project marked as merely "inactive".
- consider whether the project may be relevant for Countering Systemic Bias. Discuss at WP:CSB if necessary. If it is, remind relevant related projects of the project's existence, and suggest possible merger.
Any editor may add this template and parameter to the top of any apparently defunct WikiProject, after following the steps above. Any member of the project may remove it if it is placed in error. Upon removal, please consider placing a message on the WikiProject's talk page to indicate that the group is still active or at least revivable.
Example:
| This WikiProject is defunct. Consider looking for related projects for help or ask at the Teahouse. If you feel this project may be worth reviving, please discuss with related projects first. Feel free to change this tag if the parameters were changed in error. |
Optional parameters
- Full code
{{WikiProject status | margin = | hide = | style = | image = | project-type = | topic = | topiclc = | taskforce = | process = | en-gb = | wp = | type = | parent = | mergedto = | date = | note = | portal = | sc1 = | sc2 = | sc3 = | sc4 = | sc5 = | nocat = }} margin
margin=0px
en-gb
en-gb=yes- If using British/Commonwealth English (switches to -ise spellings)
parent
parent=- Name of parent WikiProject, e.g., for Wikipedia:WikiProject South America use
|parent=South America. Providing this adds"and/or the parent project"to the "why not join" message. Only works if status isinactiveordefunct.
type
type=- Choose from:
anime and manga,band,edu,game,geo,sports, orTV show; presently this feature is only used for subcategorization of WikiProjects in media, fandom, and youth subculture subject areas, as well as geographic subject areas. This is because those subject areas attract the creation of numerous narrowly topical projects.
mergedto
mergedto=- Indicates the target of a merge, merged to WikiProject Foo. This parameter's value is the name of the wikiproject without the "Wikipedia:WikiProject" part.
date
date=- Use to include the date when marking semi-active, inactive, and defunct projects (takes any format)
note
note=orreason=- Set a note that will appear in the banner.
portal
portal=- Adds a link to the associate portal page, e.g., for Portal:South America use
|portal=South America
Shortcut paramenters
sc1=WP:SHORTCUT1sc2=WP:SHORTCUT2sc3=WP:SHORTCUT3sc4=WP:SHORTCUT4sc5=WP:SHORTCUT5
nocat
nocat=- If set to
true, the category will be suppressed.
Task forces
Set these when using on the page of task force (a.k.a. work group), i.e. a sub-project.
project-type=- Set to either
topicorprocess, then complete in the matching parameter topic=- Use this for task forces working on a particular topic within a WikiProject
process=- Use this for task forces working on improvement of a particular process within a WikiProject
hide
|hide=yes- This will hide the banner, but keep the categorizations
TemplateData
TemplateData for WikiProject status
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Activity status | 1 | no description
| Unknown | suggested |
| margin | margin | no description | Unknown | optional |
| hide | hide | no description | Unknown | optional |
| style | style | no description | Unknown | optional |
| image | image | no description | Unknown | optional |
| project-type | project-type | no description | Unknown | optional |
| topic | topic | no description | Unknown | optional |
| taskforce | taskforce | no description | Unknown | optional |
| topiclc | topiclc | no description | Unknown | optional |
| process | process | no description | Unknown | optional |
| en-gb | en-gb | no description | Unknown | optional |
| wp | wp | no description | Unknown | optional |
| type | type | no description | Unknown | optional |
| parent | parent | no description | Unknown | optional |
| mergedto | mergedto | no description | Unknown | optional |
| date | date | no description | Unknown | optional |
| note | note | no description | Unknown | optional |
| portal | portal | no description | Unknown | optional |
| sc1 | sc1 sc | no description | Unknown | optional |
| sc2 | sc2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
| sc3 | sc3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
| sc4 | sc4 | no description | Unknown | optional |
| sc5 | sc5 | no description | Unknown | optional |
| nocat | nocat | no description | Unknown | optional |
| sister | sister | no description | Unknown | optional |
| superceded | superceded | no description | Unknown | optional |
| reason | reason | no description | Unknown | optional |
See also
- Template index/Wikipedia namespace
- {{Historical}}
- {{Infobox Wikipedia WikiProject}}, which has an
inactiveparameter
- {{Project assessments}}
- {{Project categories}}
- {{Project heading}}
- {{Project information}}
- {{Project page header}}
- {{Project section header}}
- {{Project wikimedia}}
- {{Scrolling window}}
- {{WikiProject status}}