Editing Incubator escapee wiki:WikiProject Architecture (section)

==Help for authors==
===Create new articles===
* '''Relevance''': Is the article you want to create relevant or important for the Wikipedia? - see [[Wikipedia:Importance]]
* '''Naming''': Generally: use the [[WP:NC(CN)|common name]]! - See [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (architecture)]]

===Using starter templates===
The '''starter templates''' listed below can assist you by setting up standard headings and infoboxes in your article. To use them follow this procedure:
# Create a blank article having first considered the information above concerning naming conventions and relevance.
# Copy one of the following templates and use it to start the article:
## [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture/Architect template|Architect template]] for articles about architects
## [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture/Modern building template|Modern building template]] for articles about buildings begun on or after 1900
## [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture/Historic building template|Historic building template]] for articles about buildings begun before 1900
# Save the article
# Edit the article again, and add the text for your article under the headings that are created.

===Infoboxes===
The starter templates above are embedded with the following '''infoboxes''' than can be inserted separately into an article - this is not compulsory - often architecture articles are better first illustrated by other means:
* Please use the [[Template:Infobox architect]] for writing an article about an architect.
* Use the [[Template:Infobox building]] for an article about a specific building.
* Please use [[Template:Infobox bridge]] for a [[bridge]] structure.
* See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture/infobox]] for a full list of architecture Infoboxes, including instructions on usage and examples.

===Templates to organise a series of articles===
Use these [[Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and series boxes#Article series boxes|series box]] templates for articles about:
* {{tl|History of architecture}} Architectural history
* {{tl|Modern architecture}} Modern architecture use
* {{tl|Postmodernism}} Postmodern architecture
* Add the '''{{tl|WikiProject Architecture}}''' template to the top of the Talk page for articles about architects and important topics in architecture, notable buildings and structures or anything else related to this WikiProject. For more information, see [[#Article assessment|Article assessment]] below. Template will display the following:

{{WikiProject Architecture|category=no}}

{{topic|Architecture}}

===Expand stub articles===
If your article is a '''[[WP:Stub|stub]]''', please add one of the following stub templates to the bottom of the article.
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:architecture-stub|architecture-stub]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> for stub articles about architecture.
** <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:arch-style-stub|arch-style-stub]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> for stub articles  about architectural style.
** <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:room-stub|room-stub]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>for stub articles about rooms in a building.
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:architect-stub|architect-stub]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> for architect stubs.
** <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:US-architect-stub|US-architect-stub]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> for American architects
** <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:UK-architect-stub|UK-architect-stub]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> for British architects
* Please refer to [[:Category:Building and structure stubs]] to use specific templates for the location of the building.
* Other stubs can be found here - [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture/Stub categories|WikiProject Architecture/stub categories]]

===Selecting the right category===
Main topics are listed in [[:Category:Architecture]]. Please place your article in the appropriate '''''sub-category''''', not in the main architecture category, to reduce clutter
* Go to '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Architecture/Categories|WikiProject Architecture/Categories]]'' to get an overview, and to help place your article in the same sub-category as similar articles