Template:TrainsWikiProject/doc

Usage
The TrainsWikiProject project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. While the template does not require any additional parameters, it has a number of optional ones that add various extra features to the banner. The full syntax is as follows:

Template display formatting parameters: Article assessment parameters: Portal appearance parameters: Project work parameters (set them to "yes" to include them): Subproject maintenance parameters (set them to "yes" to include them; note that these are not mutually exclusive): Task force maintenance parameters (set them to "yes" to include them): Miscellaneous maintenance parameters (set them to "yes" to include them):
 * small - show the normal or reduced size template; shows the reduced size template if small=yes.
 * nested - needed for WikiProjectBannerShell.
 * class – a rating of the article's quality; see WikiProject Trains/Assessment for more details. Valid values are:
 * FA - The article has reached Featured article status.
 * A - Could be submitted as a Featured article candidate; probably could use some small updates to make it Featured quality.
 * GA - The article has reached Good article status.
 * B - Could be submitted as a Good article nominee; probably could use some updates or may lack some features from the Good article criteria, but it presents a good overview of the subject.
 * Start - The article is more than a stub, but may lack some important aspects of the topic's discussion.
 * Stub - The article is a stub; it likely contains one of the rail transport stub templates.
 * NA - The page is not an article and should not be rated; it could be a template, image or category, for example.
 * Needed - The article does not yet exist but has been identified as a subject that should be covered.
 * Disambig or Dab - The article is a disambiguation page.
 * Redirect or Redir - The article is a redirect page.
 * Template - The page is a template.
 * Category or Cat - The page is a category.
 * importance - a rating of the article's importance within the Trains WikiProject. Valid values are (case insensitive):
 * Top
 * High
 * Mid
 * Low
 * portaldykdate - the date when a fact from the associated article appeared in the "Did you know" section of Portal:Trains.
 * portalSAweek - the week number and year when the article appeared in the "Selected article" section; adds articles to Category:Trains portal selected articles
 * portalSIweek - the week number and year when the image appeared in the "Selected picture" section
 * unref - the article lacks references; adds articles to Category:Unreferenced rail transport articles
 * Peer review:
 * pr - Request a peer review; adds articles to Category:Requests for rail transport peer review
 * oldpr - Archived peer review; adds articles to Category:Old requests for rail transport peer review
 * Stations - WikiProject Stations
 * Streetcars - WikiProject Streetcars; adds articles to Category:WikiProject Streetcars articles
 * Subway - WikiProject Rapid transit; adds articles to Category:WikiProject Rapid transit and also to the appropriate subcategory of Category:Rapid transit articles by quality based on the class parameter
 * Subway-importance (only used if Subway=yes is set; uses the same values as importance) - Importance ratings within WikiProject Rapid transit; adds pages to the appropriate subcategory of Category:Rapid transit articles by importance
 * NYCS or NYPT - WikiProject New York City Public Transportation
 * NYCS-importance or NYPT-importance (only used if NYCS=yes or NYPT=yes is set; uses the same values as importance) - Importance ratings within WikiProject New York City Public Transportation
 * Japan - WikiProject Trains in Japan
 * UK - WikiProject UK Railways
 * UK-importance (only used if UK=yes is set; uses the same values as importance</tt>) - Importance ratings within WikiProject UK Railways
 * Scotland - WikiProject Transport in Scotland; adds articles to Category:WikiProject Transport in Scotland
 * NZR - WikiProject New Zealand Railways
 * NZR-importance (only used if NZR=yes</tt> is set; uses the same values as importance</tt>) - Importance ratings within WikiProject New Zealand Railways
 * WashingtonMetro - WikiProject Washington Metro
 * Underground - WikiProject London Transport; adds articles to Category:WikiProject London Transport articles and also to the appropriate subcategory of Category:London Transport articles by quality based on the class</tt> parameter
 * LUL-importance (only used if Underground=yes</tt> is set; uses the same values as importance</tt>) - Importance ratings within WikiProject London Transport; adds pages to the appropriate subcategory of Category:London Transport articles by importance
 * SovMetro - WikiProject Metros of the former Soviet Union; adds articles to the appropriate subcategory of Category:Metros of the former Soviet Union articles by quality
 * Thomas - WikiProject Thomas; adds articles to Category:WikiProject Thomas articles
 * Bycountry - By country series task force; adds articles to Category:Rail transport by country series task force articles
 * Images - Images task force
 * Locos - Locomotives task force; adds articles to Category:Locomotives task force articles
 * Maint - Article maintenance task force; adds articles to Category:Article maintenance task force articles
 * Maps - Maps task force; adds articles to Category:Trains project maps task force articles.
 * Model - Rail transport modelling task force; adds articles to Category:Rail transport modelling task force articles.
 * Monorail - Monorail task force; adds articles to Category:Monorail task force articles
 * Operations - Operations task force; adds articles to Category:Operations task force articles
 * Passenger - Passenger trains task force; adds articles to Category:Passenger trains task force articles
 * Portal - Portal task force; adds articles to Category:Trains portal task force articles
 * Timelines - Timelines task force; adds articles to Category:Rail transport timelines task force articles
 * Mapneeded - The article needs a map; adds articles to Category:Trains project articles needing maps.
 * Mapdetails (appears only if Mapneeded is set to yes) - Additional details to specify the kind of map information that is needed.
 * Imageneeded - The article needs an image (other than a map); adds articles to Category:Rail transport articles needing images.
 * Imagedetails (appears only if Imageneeded is set to yes) - Additional details to describe the image that is requested.

To avoid needlessly cluttering up talk pages, it is usually appropriate to remove any unused parameters from the template.