Template:Help Out

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.

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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

1. {{WikiProject help}}

See also

• {{Infobox Wikipedia WikiProject}}
• {{CotM}}

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