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Usage

Please note: This template should be transcluded {{WikiProject Magazines}} and not substituted (subst:) because it employs conditional code. Transclusion also allows easy updating of all the Project's talk pages without having to edit numerous pages.

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This WikiProject banner template uses Module:WikiProject banner, a meta-template for easily creating and maintaining project banners. Please report any errors or feature requests to Module talk:WikiProject banner. Information or warnings about the template are below:

This project banner uses priority or importance assessments but does not define a valid assessment page. Please add the <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|ASSESSMENT_LINK= parameter to fix this problem.
Automatic parameter checking is enabled. Create the tracking category to track invalid parameters.

Some of the assessment categories required for Magazines do not currently exist, and should to be created to avoid redlinks appearing on talk pages. Alternatively, you may need to set or update the <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|ASSESSMENT_CAT= parameter in this template.

Category:Magazine articles by quality – (create)
Category:FA-Class magazine articles – (create)
Category:FL-Class magazine articles – (create)
Category:A-Class magazine articles – (create)
Category:GA-Class magazine articles – (create)
Category:B-Class magazine articles – (create)
Category:C-Class magazine articles – (create)
Category:Start-Class magazine articles – (create)
Category:Stub-Class magazine articles – (create)
Category:List-Class magazine articles – (create)
Category:Unassessed magazine articles – (create)
Category:NA-Class magazine pages – (create)
Category:Magazine articles by importance – (create)
Category:Top-importance magazine articles – (create)
Category:High-importance magazine articles – (create)
Category:Mid-importance magazine articles – (create)
Category:Low-importance magazine articles – (create)
Category:NA-importance magazine pages – (create)
Category:Unknown-importance magazine articles – (create)

The following categories are required for the banner to work correctly. Please either create these categories or adjust the banner so that they are not required.

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Parameters

attention – set <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|attention=yes if the article needs immediate attention from experienced editors. Use only if another parameter does not cover the need for attention; this should be used sparingly. It is strongly encouraged to also add a section to the talk page explaining what needs attention.
- This parameter populates Category:Magazines articles needing attention.
auto – This parameter is for the use of bots and indicates that the article has been automatically rated:
- <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|auto=length – based on the length of the article
- <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|auto=inherit – because one or more other projects use this class
- <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|auto=yes (or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|auto=stub), in conjunction with <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|class=stub – as Stub-Class because it uses a stub template
  - Use of the above values (or value combinations) with this parameter populates Category:Automatically assessed Magazines articles.
category – set <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|category=no if, and only if, a banner is being used for demonstration or testing purposes, to prevent unnecessary or undesirable categorization. Otherwise, omit this parameter.
class – This WikiProject follows Project-Independent Quality Assessment. Please add valid <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|class= values to {{WikiProject banner shell}} instead of this WikiProject. Valid class values can be found at Wikipedia:Content assessment.
importance – valid values are: top, high, mid, low, na (case-insensitive). See the project's importance scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|importance= blank or omit the parameter.
listas – This parameter, which is the equivalent of the DEFAULTSORT sortkey that should be placed on all biographical articles, is a sortkey for the article talk page (e.g. for Tasneem Khalil, use <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|listas=Khalil, Tasneem so that the talk page will show up in the K's and not the T's of the various assessment and administrative categories; similarly, for topics with titles beginning with an article such as "the" or "a" - e.g. for The Angry Pacifist, use <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|listas=Angry Pacifist, The so that the talk page will show up in the A's). This is important because it is one source used by those who set DEFAULTSORT on the article; consider also setting the DEFAULTSORT for the article when setting this parameter. For more information about this, please see Wikipedia:Categorization of people § Ordering names in a category.
If the article is using {{WikiProject banner shell}} then it is preferable to add <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|listas= to that template instead of a project banner template. Putting the parameter on more than one template is not required.
needs-photo – set <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|needs-photo=yes to requested that a picture or pictures be included in this article to improve its quality.
- This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of publications.