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WikiProject Film
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The {{WikiProject Film}} project banner template should be added (never 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.

Basic usage

An article's quality assessment is generated from the parameter in the {{WikiProject Film}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Film|class=}}

The following values may be used for the parameter to describe the quality of the article (see popflock.com Resource: WikiProject Film/Assessment#Film grading scheme for assessment criteria):

(for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class film articles		FA
(for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class film articles		GA
adds articles to Category:B-Class film articles if they meet the B-Class criteria		B
adds articles to Category:C-Class film articles		C
adds articles to Category:Start-Class film articles		Start
adds articles to Category:Stub-Class film articles		Stub
for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class film articles		FL
adds articles to Category:List-Class film articles		List
for set index articles; adds articles to Category:SIA-Class film articles		SIA
for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class film articles		Disambig

By default, any articles with an empty parameter are added to Category:Unassessed film articles.

For redirects and other pages that are not articles, the class will be set automatically. However, the parameter may still be set manually using the following values:

for Wikipedia books; adds pages to Category:Book-Class film articles		Book
for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class film articles		Category
for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class film articles		Draft
for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class film articles		File
for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class film articles		Portal
for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class film articles		Project
for redirects; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class film articles		Redirect
for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class film articles		Template
for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class film articles		NA

Optional parameters

General

• listas - a sortkey to produce a correct ordering of pages within a category, e.g. for The Fifth Element set
• needs-image - set if the article needs an image, such as a poster or on-set photo
• needs-infobox - set if the article needs an infobox, e.g. {{Infobox film}}

National and Regional Task forces

• American - set if the article is supported by the American cinema task force
• Argentine - set if the article is supported by the Argentine cinema task force
• Australian - set if the article is supported by the Australian cinema task force
• Baltic - set if the article is supported by the Baltic cinema task force
• British - set if the article is supported by the British cinema task force
• Canadian - set if the article is supported by the Canadian cinema task force
• Chinese - set if the article is supported by the Chinese cinema task force
• French - set if the article is supported by the French cinema task force
• German - set if the article is supported by the German cinema task force
• Indian - set if the article is supported by the Indian cinema task force
• Italian - set if the article is supported by the Italian cinema task force
• Japanese - set if the article is supported by the Japanese cinema task force
• Korean - set if the article is supported by the Korean cinema task force
• Mexican - set if the article is supported by the Mexican cinema task force
• NZ - set if the article is supported by the New Zealand cinema task force
• Nordic - set if the article is supported by the Nordic cinema task force
• Pakistani - set if the article is supported by the Pakistani cinema task force
• Persian - set if the article is supported by the Persian cinema task force
• Southeast - set if the article is supported by the Southeast Asian cinema task force
• Soviet - set if the article is supported by the Soviet and post-Soviet cinema task force
• Spanish - set if the article is supported by the Spanish cinema task force
• Venezuelan -- set if the article is supported by the Venezuelan cinema task force

General Task forces

• Awards - set if the article is supported by the Film awards task force
• Festival - set if the article is supported by the Film festivals task force
• Filmmaking - set if the article is supported by the Filmmaking task force
• Silent - set if the article is supported by the Silent films task force

Genre Task forces

• Animated - set if the article is supported by the Animated films task force
• Christian - set if the article is supported by the Christian films task force
• Comics - set if the article is supported by the Comic book films task force
• Documentary - set if the article is supported by the Documentary films task force
• War - set if the article is supported by the War films task force

B-Class checklist (only for articles rated Stub-Class, Start-Class, C-Class or B-Class--see the assessment department for more details)

• b1 - set if the article meets criterion #1 for B-Class status; set if it does not
• b2 - set if the article meets criterion #2 for B-Class status; set if it does not
• b3 - set if the article meets criterion #3 for B-Class status; set if it does not
• b4 - set if the article meets criterion #4 for B-Class status; set if it does not
• b5 - set if the article meets criterion #5 for B-Class status; set if it does not

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

Tracking categories

• Category:WikiProject Film banner templates with categories disabled (12)
• Category:Incorrectly tagged WikiProject Film articles (41)
  • Category:Film articles needing B-Class review (88)
  • Category:Film redirects with incorrect class (18)
  • Category:Film banners with redundant parameters? (5)

Sub-templates

• Template:WikiProject Film/Checks (sandbox)
• Template:WikiProject Film/class (sandbox)
• Template:WikiProject Film/B-checklist categories (sandbox)