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Required steps
- Select an image to use on your template.
- The image can be a photo of your GLAM building, your logo, or a representative work in your collection.
- The image should have a horizontal (landscape) orientation.
- The image should be recognizable at a small size (80px and smaller).
- Upload the image to Commons if it is not already there.
How To
- Decide on the name of your project and the name of the categories you will use.
- A typical choice is Project name = GLAMNAME and Categories = GLAMNAME-related
Step 1: Create template
- Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:WPBannerMeta and follow the prompts! Or...
- SEARCH for Template:WikiProject GLAMNAME.
- On the Search Results page, click the red link to create Template:WikiProject GLAMNAME
- Paste this text into the text edit box
{{WPBM |PROJECT = GLAMNAME |PROJECT_NAME = GLAMNAME project |PROJECT_LINK = Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMNAME |substcheck=<includeonly>{{subst:</includeonly><includeonly>substcheck}}</includeonly> |small={{{small|}}} |category={{{category|}}} |listas={{{listas|}}} |IMAGE_LEFT = FILENAME.jpg |IMAGE_LEFT_SMALL = 50px |IMAGE_LEFT_LARGE = 80px |QUALITY_SCALE= |class={{{class|}}} |importance={{{importance|}}} |ASSESSMENT_CAT = GLAMNAME-related articles |ASSESSMENT_LINK = |MAIN_TEXT = This {{pagetype|{{{class|}}}}} is [[WP:GLAM/GLAMNAME|related to the GLAMNAME]]. Please copy quality assessments of the article from the most major WikiProject template to this one as needed, and assign importance in accordance with the project's guidelines. |MAIN_CAT = |MAIN_ARTICLE = [[GLAMNAME]] }}<noinclude> {{documentation}} [[Category:GLAMNAME-related templates]] </noinclude>
- Replace "GLAMNAME" with the name of your institution. Be sure the project link name matches your existing project (spelled out or acronym).
- PREVIEW your template. You will see a giant list of red-linked category names. This is correct!
- SAVE your new template.
Step 1a: [Optional] Create template shortcut
- SEARCH for Template:WPGLAMABBR.
- On the Search Results page, click the red link to create Template:WPGLAMABBR
- Paste this text into the text edit box
#REDIRECT [[Template:WikiProject GLAMNAME]]
- Replace "GLAMABBR" with the abbreviation you have chosen and "GLAMNAME" with the name of your institution. Be sure the project link name matches your existing project (spelled out or acronym).
- PREVIEW your template. The link to your project should be blue if you have entered the name correctly.
- SAVE your new shortcut.
Step 2: Create categories
- Go to your new WikiProject template and one-by-one, click the CREATE links to setup your project's assessment categories.
- Enter project name (GLAMNAME) and topic name (GLAMNAME-related)
- SAVE
- The template will automatically create content that does not apply to your project. You'll need to make some edits!
- Delete the Table of Contents template {{Category TOC}}
- EDIT the template to change your Wikiproject Link
- In the {{catmore}} template, change WikiProject GLAMNAME to Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMNAME (OR)
- Replace {{catmore}} with the optional info header - see below.
- Be sure to preview your new category page and remove any extraneous line breaks caused by copying-and-pasting the information header.
Set up Parent category for your new catgeory
- Click on the red category link at the bottom of the page to open the new category.
- On this page, enter [[Catgepry:Wikipedia/GLAMNAME articles by quality]]
- SAVE
Repeat for each quality category.
- Enter project name (GLAMNAME) and topic name (GLAMNAME-related)
- SAVE
- The template will automatically create content that does not apply to your project. You'll need to make some edits!
- Delete the Table of Contents template {{Category TOC}}
- EDIT the template to change your Wikiproject Link
- In the {{catmore}} template, change WikiProject GLAMNAME to Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMNAME (OR)
- Replace {{catmore}} with the optional info header - see below.
- Be sure to preview your new category page and remove any extraneous line breaks caused by copying-and-pasting the information header.
Repeat for each importance category.
- Place the main Category:GLAMNAME-related articles by quality in Category:Wikipedia 1.0 assessments for the bot to detect it.
Optional steps
Step 3: Document the project template (recommended)
Step 4: Create additional classes (optional)
- (project)
- (template)
Step 5: Create a custom category info header (optional)
Create an informational category header
- Copy this text and update it to suit your project.
{{fmbox | style = background:transparent; border:transparent; |image = [[Image:User-info.svg|40px]] | text = ''This category contains articles related to the [[GLAMNAME]]. Articles are automatically added to this category by placing the {{tl|WikiProject GLAMNAME}} project banner template, or its short cut {{tl|WPGLAMABBR}} on the article's Talk page. For more information, see '''[[Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMABBR]]'''.'' }}
- Open each of your project categories in turn.
- Click Edit to update the page.
- Replace the text {{catmore|....}} with your new text.
- Preview and Save your changes.
Customize category pages (optional)
Step 6: Create custom category header
Replace {{catmain}} link with an information header. Example:
{{fmbox | style = background:transparent; border:transparent; |image = [[Image:User-info.svg|40px]] | text = ''This category contains articles related to the [[GLAMNAME]] project. Articles are automatically added to this category by using the {{tl|WikiProject GLAMNAME}} project banner template, or its short cut {{tl|WPGLAMABBR}}. For more information, see '''[[Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMNAME]]'''.'' }}
Updating the tables
- Click [1]
- Select project from drop down
- Click GO