- Promote the project
- Join this project! Add yourself to the list, and add the userbox to your page, to advertise the project to people who happen to pass by.
- Invite people to the project – drop a note on the user talk page of editors working on {{{topic}}} topics who aren't project members.
- Consider promoting the project via the Wikipedia Signpost WikiProject desk.
- Improve the project
- Update the project pages, archive clutter, and make use of the latest automation available
- Consult the WikiProject Guide for ideas
- Come up with new ones
- Use the project
- Create a new article.
- Expand some of the articles (check out [[:Category:{{{stubscat}}}]] or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
- Add references to articles which need referencing improving. Biographies of living persons are a particular priority.
- Assess some of the [[:Category:{{{unassessedcat}}}|{{{unassessedcat}}}]], using the criteria at [[{{{assessmentlink}}}]]. Update the project banner on the relevant talk page.
- Check the talk page for requests for help.
Usage
Use on the main page of WikiProjects, under a heading like "How you can help".
{{Help Out
|topic =
|invite =
|projcat =
|newarticles =
|langcode =
|langname =
|stubscat =
|unassessedcat =
|assessmentlink =
|todo =
}}
Required parameters
|topic=the topic name|stubscat=the project's main stub category|unassessedcat=the project's unassessed articles category|assessmentlink=page where assessment is discussed
Optional parameters
|invite=an invite template|projcat=the main category for all the project's articles without the "Category:" prefix, i.e. which includes all the project's articles (MAIN_CAT in the project banner template).|newarticles=the subpage where new articles are listed|langcode=and|langname=(both are needed together) - the two-letter code of another Wikipedia which may be a source for translating content, and the name of it|todo=a todo list or page with a todo list on it
Note that a reference to the project's cleanup listing is included automatically, if it exists.
Example
Example with all parameters:
{{Help Out
|topic = Venezuela
|invite = Template:WikiProject Venezuela invite
|projcat = Venezuela articles
|newarticles = Wikipedia:WikiProject Venezuela/new articles
|langcode = es
|langname = Spanish
|stubscat = Venezuela stubs
|unassessedcat = Unassessed Venezuela articles
|assessmentlink = Wikipedia:WikiProject Venezuela/Assessment
|todo = Wikipedia:WikiProject Venezuela/To do
}}
Redirects
- {{WikiProject help}}
See also
- {{Infobox Wikipedia WikiProject}}
- {{CotM}}