Usage
The {{WikiProject U.S. Roads}} project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. The template does have a number of required parameters for assessment and maps, as well as optional ones that add various extra features to the banner. The most commonly used parameters of the template, along with the required parameters, are as follows:
{{WikiProject U.S. Roads | state = | class = | importance = | needs-map = | needs-jctint = | needs-kml = | attention = }}
Unless the article is about a subject that encompasses multiple states, always specify the state with |state=
. Use the two letter abbreviation. To avoid needlessly cluttering up talk pages, it is usually appropriate to remove any unused parameters from the template.
The template is broken up display-wise into three sections: the main section that is shown all of the time; an article issues section that has hide/show enabled and hides if three or more issues are listed; and a featured venues section that has hide/show enabled and hides if three or more venues are listed. If either of the latter two groups have no members, then that group is omitted entirely. All of the template's parameters are described below:
Parameters
Accepted values are case insensitive unless otherwise specified. Alternate values are in italics. All parameters are optional unless otherwise specified.
Parameter | Accepted values | Description | Adds articles to |
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Main section parameters | |||
state | State abbreviation Alabama=AL |
Not required, but strongly encouraged. Use state1, state2, ... state20 for multiple states | Each state's road transport quality and assessment categories |
type | US, I, trail | For articles that would be part of the former U.S. Highways, Interstate Highways, and U.S. Auto Trails WikiProjects | Each type's quality and assessment categories |
class | Any listed here, plus: Book Category (Cat) Disambig (Dab) File Portal Project Redirect (Redir) Template |
Required. A rating of the article's quality. Use the quality scale here. | quality assessment categories |
importance | Any listed here | Required. A rating of the article's importance within the U.S. Roads WikiProject. Use the importance scale here. | importance assessment categories |
ACR | yes | See the A-Class review page for usage and details. | — |
reassess | yes | Indicates the article may need a reassessment. | Category:U.S. Roads project articles needing reassessment |
photo | U.S. state names | Requests photos for the article, e.g. "photo=California" to add the article to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of roads in California. If there is no such category, the article is added to Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of roads in the United States. | Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of roads in the United States or subcat |
merge | merge target | Indicates the article has been proposed to be merged to the specified article. If the merge discussion is on the same page where the merge parameter is used, add "merge-dl=same". Articles that use "merge=yes" (the old accepted value for this parameter) are added to Category:U.S. Roads project articles to be merged without a target. | Category:U.S. Roads project articles to be merged |
Article issues section parameters | |||
needs-map | yes no na |
Required. Indicates whether the article needs a map. If the article does not require a map, use NA or na . If this parameter is not specified, the article is added to Category:U.S. Roads project articles without needs-map. Note that the map information is included in the main section if needs-map equals no. |
Category:U.S. Roads project articles needing maps if yes |
needs-jctint | yes no missing na |
Required. Indicates whether the article needs conversion to {{jctint}}. If the article does not have a junction list when it should, use missing . If the article does not require a junction list, use NA or na . If this parameter is not specified, the article is added to Category:U.S. Roads project articles without needs-jctint. |
Category:U.S. Roads project articles with a hardcoded junction list if yes Category:U.S. Roads project articles needing a junction list if missing |
needs-kml | yes no na |
Required. Indicates whether the article needs a KML file added through the {{Attached KML}} template. If the article does not require a KML, use NA or na . Note that the KML information is included in the main section if needs-KML equals no. |
Category:U.S. road articles needing KML if yes |
needs-infobox | yes | Indicates the article is missing an infobox. | Category:U.S. road articles without infoboxes |
needs-shield | yes | Indicates the article is missing one or more shields. | Category:U.S. Roads project articles needing shields |
attention | yes | For articles requiring attention. A to-do list should be added to the talk page with the rationale for setting this parameter in the form of tasks. | Category:U.S. road articles needing attention and a by-state sub-category if one exists for that state |
attention-rjl | yes | For articles with a junction list requiring attention. A to-do list should be added to the talk page with the rationale for setting this parameter in the form of tasks. | Category:U.S. road articles with a junction list needing attention |
attention-mtf | yes | For articles with a map requiring attention, primarily if the map does not meet the standards set by the maps task force. | Category:U.S. road articles with a map needing attention |
Featured venues section parameters | |||
PUSRD-SA | Month Year | Indicates the article is a current or former selected article of the U.S. Roads Portal. | Category:U.S. Roads portal selected articles |
PUSRD-SP | Month Year | Indicates the article is a current or former selected picture of the U.S. Roads Portal. | Category:U.S. Roads portal selected pictures |
PUSRD-DYK | Month Year | Indicates a fact from the article was featured in the U.S. Roads Portal's Did you know? section. | — |
CASH-SA | Month Year | Indicates the article is a current or former selected article of the California task force. | Category:WikiProject U.S. Roads subproject selected articles Category:WikiProject California State Highways |
MISH-SA | Month Year | Indicates the article is a current or former selected article of the Michigan Highways Portal. | Category:WikiProject U.S. Roads subproject selected articles |
MISH-SP | Month Year | Indicates the image is a current or former selected picture of the Michigan Highways Portal. | Category:WikiProject U.S. Roads subproject selected pictures |
NJSCR-SA | Month Year | Indicates the article is a current or former selected article of the New Jersey task force. | Category:WikiProject U.S. Roads subproject selected articles |
PNYRD-SA | Month Year | Indicates the article is a current or former selected article of the New York Roads Portal. | Category:WikiProject U.S. Roads subproject selected articles Category:New York Roads portal selected articles |
PARD-SA | Month Year | Indicates the article is a current or former selected article of the Pennsylvania task force. | Category:WikiProject U.S. Roads subproject selected articles |
Other parameters | |||
small | yes | Turns the banner into a right-floating infobox. | — |
sort | sortkey | Specifies a custom sortkey for the page. The sortkey controls where the article or file is positioned in the banner (attention, featured venue, etc.) and assessment categories. If sort is not specified, the page uses the page name (minus any namespace prefixes, such as "Talk:") for a sortkey. | — |
No description.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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state | state state1 | no description | Unknown | suggested |
needs-map | needs-map | no description | Unknown | suggested |
needs-jctint | needs-jctint | no description | Unknown | suggested |