Template:WikiProject Japan/doc

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

This template is used on approximately 148,000 pages. To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

The {{WikiProject Japan}} 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.

The full syntax is as follows (please remove any unused parameters):

{{WikiProject Japan |importance= |needs-attention= |needs-infobox= |pref-photo= |pref-photo-2= |pref-photo-3= |pref-photo-4= |pref-photo-5= |pref-photo-6= |pref-photo-7= |pref-photo-8= |person-photo= |photo= |ainu= |baseball= |bibliography= |biography= |business= |car= |cinema= |CJKV= |culture= |dist-muni= |education= |fauna= OR |flora= |food= OR |drink= |gaijin= |geography= |history= |infrastructure= |law= |milhist= |music= |myth= |owarai= |phototf= |politics= |prefectures= |religion= |royalty= |science= |shinto= |sport= |trains= |transwiki= |tokyo= |update=}}

{{WikiProject Japan
 |importance= 
 |needs-attention= 
 |needs-infobox= 
 |pref-photo=
 |pref-photo-2=
 |pref-photo-3=
 |pref-photo-4=
 |pref-photo-5=
 |pref-photo-6=
 |pref-photo-7=
 |pref-photo-8=
 |person-photo=
 |photo=
 |ainu=
 |baseball=
 |bibliography=
 |biography=
 |business=
 |car=
 |cinema=
 |CJKV=
 |culture=
 |dist-muni=
 |education=
 |fauna= OR |flora=
 |food= OR |drink=
 |gaijin=
 |geography=
 |history=
 |infrastructure=
 |law=
 |milhist=
 |music=
 |myth=
 |owarai=
 |phototf=
 |politics=
 |prefectures=
 |religion=
 |royalty=
 |science=
 |shinto=
 |sport=
 |trains=
 |transwiki=
 |tokyo=
 |update=
}}

 
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• If a field name is listed in the Prerequisites column, it is a prerequisite for the field to the left.

• class – This WikiProject follows Project-Independent Quality Assessment. Please add valid |class= values to {{WikiProject banner shell}} instead of this WikiProject. Valid class values can be found at Wikipedia:Content assessment.
• importance – Top, High, Mid, Low, None. Descriptions of the options can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Assessment.
• needs-attention - "yes" if the article needs immediate attention for one reason or another. It is strongly encouraged to also add a section to the talk page explaining what needs attention.
• needs-infobox - "yes" if the article needs an infobox added to it.
• 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 Izumi Takemoto, use |listas=Takemoto, Izumi so that the talk page will show up in the T's and not the I'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.

Up to eight prefectures can be specified for locations where a photo might be obtained:

• pref-photo and pref-photo-2 through pref-photo-8 - Enter the name of the prefecture (e.g., |pref-photo=Hiroshima) to indicate a photo is requested for this location in Hiroshima Prefecture. Be sure to use correct capitalization (i.e., "Hiroshima" not "hiroshima"). Options include: Aichi, Akita, Aomori, Chiba, Ehime, Fukui, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Gifu, Gunma, Hiroshima, Hokkaido, Hyōgo, Ibaraki, Ishikawa, Iwate, Kagawa, Kagoshima, Kanagawa, Kōchi, Kumamoto, Kyoto, Mie, Miyagi, Miyazaki, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nara, Niigata, Ōita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Saga, Saitama, Shiga, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tochigi, Tokushima, Tokyo, Tottori, Toyama, Wakayama, Yamagata, Yamaguchi, or Yamanashi.

You can also specify a person or group of people needing a photo, or a generic need for a photo for an article which is not about a person/group or a specific location:

• person-photo - "yes" if the article about a person or group of people needs a photo.
• photo - "yes" if the article needs a photo, but the article is not about a specific location or a person (or persons in the case of a group)

Task forces

• ainu - "yes" if the article falls under the Ainu task force
• baseball - "yes" if the article falls under the Baseball task force
• bibliography - "yes" if the article falls under the Bibliography task force
• biography - "yes" if the article falls under the Biography task force
• business - "yes" if the article falls under the Business and economy task force
• car - "yes" if the article falls under the Car task force
• cinema OR film - "yes" if the article falls under the Japanese cinema task force
• CJKV - "yes" if the article falls under the CJKV task force
• culture - "yes" if the article falls under the Culture task force
• dist-muni - "yes" if the article falls under the Districts and municipalities task force
• education - "yes" if the article falls under the Education task force
• flora OR fauna - "yes" if the article falls under the Flora and fauna task force
• food OR drink - "yes" if the article falls under the Food and drink task force
• gaijin - "yes" if the article falls under the Gaijin tarento task force
• geography - "yes" if the article falls under the Geography and environment task force
• history - "yes" if the article falls under the History task force
• infrastructure - "yes" if the article falls under the Infrastructure task force
• law - "yes" if the article falls under the Law and government task force
• milhist - "yes" if the article falls under the Military history task force
• music - "yes" if the article falls under the Music task force
• myth - "yes" if the article falls under the Mythology task force
• owarai - "yes" if the article falls under the Owarai task force
• phototf - "yes" if the article falls under the Photo task force
• prefectures - "yes" if the article falls under the Prefectures task force
• politics - "yes" if the article falls under the Politics task force
• religion - "yes" if the article falls under the Religion task force
• royalty - "yes" if the article falls under the Royalty and nobility task force
• ryukyu – set |ryukyu=yes if the article is supported by the Ryukyu task force.
• science - "yes" if the article falls under the Science and technology task force
• shinto - "yes" if the article falls under the Shinto task force
• sport - "yes" if the article falls under the Sport task force
• tokyo - "yes" if the article falls under the Tokyo task force
• trains - "yes" if the article falls under the Trains in Japan descendant project
• transwiki - "yes" if the article falls under the joint Transwiki task force
• update - "yes" if the article falls under the Update task force

To avoid needlessly cluttering up talk pages, please remove any unused parameters from the template.