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{{#switch: {{{info}}}
<!--general article properties-->
| pagename =
| variant =
<!--Required for checklist-->
| abc =
| cat_check =
| status = currently no status
| underlinked =
| cleanup =
| by =
| cat1 =
| cat2 =
| cat3 =
| sub1 =
| sub2 =
| sub3 =
| tab1 =
| tab2 =
| tab3 =
<!--required for ToApprove template-->
| article url =
| subpage url =
| cluster =
| now =
| ToA editor =
| ToA editor2 =
| ToA editor3 =
| date =
<!--required for Approved template-->
| A editor =
| A editor2 =
| A editor3 =
}}<noinclude>{{subpages}}</noinclude>
In brief:
- pagename: must contain the correct name of the article.
- variant: records the dialect of English which the article is written in.
- abc: means the form of the title for alphabetization, e.g. "Doherty, John" or "Orient, The". Please think this one through.
- cat_check: put "yes" if you want someone to check over the categories.
- status: 0 for approved articles; 1 developed, 2 developing, 3 stub, 4 external
- underlinked: put "yes" if not enough other articles link to it (click "What links here" at left)
- cleanup: put "yes" if basic cleanup has been done.
- by: obsolete; leave blank.
- cat1, cat2 and cat3: workgroups; fill in numerical order.
- sub1, sub2 and sub3: sub-workgroups; fill in numerical order.
- tab1, tab2 and tab3: per-article subpages; fill in numerical order.
- article url: a URL link to the version to approve.
- subpage url: a URL link to the version of a subpage to approve.
- cluster: blank unless the whole cluster needs to be approved.
- now: the date and time when the nomination was made.
- ToA editor, ToA editor2, ToA editor3: name of the editor(s) who nominated the article for approval; fill in numerical order.
- date: deadline for comments (format yyyymmdd).
- A editor, A editor2, A editor3: copied from ToA editor etc when Approval is completed.