Template:VaultWorkBrief

Template:VaultWorkAssessment

Provides a full-width assessment panel for published works and media documented by The Vault.

Used for:

• Books
• Academic papers
• Films
• Television programmes
• Documentaries
• Experiments
• Important historical publications

Unlike {{VaultAssessment}}, this template does not assess whether a paranormal claim is true or false. It evaluates the historical significance, influence, and relevance of the work itself.

Usage:

{{VaultWorkAssessment
|type=Research publication
|importance=Foundational
|subject=Parapsychology
|significance=One of the earliest major works attempting to study claimed psychic abilities using controlled experiments and statistical methods.
|assessment=Historically significant within parapsychology, but its conclusions remain disputed and have not been accepted by mainstream science.
}}

Parameters

• type — The type of work
  • Research publication
  • Academic paper
  • Book
  • Film
  • Television programme
  • Documentary
  • Experiment

• importance — Historical importance
  • Foundational
  • Influential
  • Significant
  • Controversial
  • Popular

• subject — Related Vault topic

• significance — Why the work matters historically

• assessment — Overall summary of the work's place within its field

Example uses

Research publication:

{{VaultWorkAssessment
|type=Research publication
|importance=Foundational
|subject=[[Parapsychology]]
|significance=Helped establish laboratory-based approaches to studying alleged psychic phenomena.
|assessment=Important historical work, although its conclusions remain debated.
}}

Documentary:

{{VaultWorkAssessment
|type=Documentary
|importance=Influential
|subject=[[UFO research]]
|significance=Introduced UFO investigations to a wider public audience.
|assessment=A culturally significant documentary rather than scientific evidence of the phenomenon.
}}