Template:WikiProject Schools/infobox

Schools Stub‑class Low‑importance

This article is related to WikiProject Schools, a collaborative effort to write quality articles about schools around the world. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page.SchoolsWikipedia:WikiProject SchoolsTemplate:WikiProject Schoolsschool Stub This article has been rated as Stub-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. This article has been marked as needing an infobox.

The needs-infobox parameter controls if the optional message in the project's banner indicating that a page needs an infobox is displayed. If the article being assessed has no infobox, the text |needs-infobox=yes should be added to the call to {{WikiProject Schools}} on its talk page to show the infobox message as in the example above and include it in the appropriate maintenance category. The line to add the project banner would look like:

{{WikiProject Schools|class=Stub|importance=Low|needs-infobox=yes}}

Conversely, if the article already has the correct infobox, the text |needs-infobox=no can be used instead to indicate that.

The following guidance is available regarding infoboxes associated with this project. Others are also acceptable, however.

Please be sure to use the correct infoboxes. Some English speaking countries have specific templates that provide parameters for the data points appropriate for their schools.

These infoboxes should not be placed on a page using subst:, as it decreases uniformity and makes automated checking more difficult.

• Most schools use the generic {{Infobox school}}, designed to be placed on articles about primary and secondary schools of all kinds, public or private.
  • Generally, elementary/primary^[a], middle^[b], secondary, 6th form, FE and vocational schools in Commonwealth countries (United Kingdom and its former territories) that have the word College in their name are not universities, and should not use a university infobox. Check the ages allowed to enroll at a school to be sure that the guidance here applies.
• Most school districts use the generic {{Infobox school district}}, as do other local administrative bodies responsible for providing education to minors. Some U.S. school districts have custom infoboxes, though; consult their documentation page if you encounter one.
• Do not create new school infobox templates. If you feel something on an existing template should be improved, please start a discussion on that template's talk page. If you feel a new infobox template is needed altogether, please start a discussion on the WikiProject Schools talk page.

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