River articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		2	7	11			20
FL			1	7			8
GA	1	5	19	87			112
B	10	34	79	253		96	472
C	14	71	268	1,473		266	2,092
Start	2	107	672	7,191		457	8,429
Stub		29	625	25,566		947	27,167
List	1	194	252	181	7	9	644
Category					6,905		6,905
Disambig					282		282
File					58		58
Portal					58		58
Project					11		11
Template					2,886		2,886
NA		2	7	7,671	1,044		8,724
Other					20		20
Assessed	28	444	1,930	42,440	11,271	1,775	57,888
Unassessed						13	13
Total	28	444	1,930	42,440	11,271	1,788	57,901
WikiWork factors (?)		ω =215,155			Ω = 5.62

Welcome to theassessment department of the Rivers WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's River articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with theWP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

Category:River articles by quality serves as the foundation for anautomatically generated worklist. The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the{{River}} project banner. Filling in a rating in theclass parameter of the{{River}} template on the talk page of an article causes the name of that article to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories ofCategory:River articles by quality.

The template banner,{{River|class =|importance =|attention =|mapneeded = |needs-infobox =}} is added to the talk pages of river articles. and gives:

Rivers

This article is within the scope ofWikiProject Rivers, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage ofRivers on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can jointhe discussion and see a list of open tasks.RiversWikipedia:WikiProject RiversTemplate:WikiProject RiversRiver ??? This article has not yet received a rating on theproject's importance scale. More information: /  This article has been marked as needing immediate attention. This article has been marked as needing aninfobox. This article needs a map.

• {{River|mapneeded=yes}} will add the article toCategory:River articles needing maps
• Full details at{{River}}.

An article's quality assessment is recorded using the|class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the{{River}} banner template on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

The following standard grades may be used to describe the quality of mainspace articles (seeWikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

FA	(forfeatured articlesonly; adds them to theFA-Class River articles category)		FA
FL	(forfeatured listsonly; adds them to theFL-Class River articles category)		FL
A	(for articles that passed a formalpeer reviewonly; adds them to theA-Class River articles category)		A
GA	(forgood articlesonly; adds them to theGA-Class River articles category)		GA
B	(for articles that satisfy all of theB-Class criteria; adds them to theB-Class River articles category)		B
C	(for substantial articles; adds them to theC-Class River articles category)		C
Start	(for developing articles; adds them to theStart-Class River articles category)		Start
Stub	(for basic articles; adds them to theStub-Class River articles category)		Stub
List	(forstand-alone lists; adds them to theList-Class River articles category)		List
NA	(for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to theNA-Class River pages category)		NA
???	(articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in theUnassessed River articles category)		???

For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:

The following non-standard assessment grades for mainspace content may be used at a WikiProject's discretion:

An article's importance assessment is generated from theimportance parameter in the{{River}} project banner on its talk page:

The following values may be used for theimportance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (seeWikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
FA	The article has attainedfeatured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers fromWP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets thefeatured article criteria: Afeatured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting thepolicies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. It is: well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard; comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims areverifiable against high-qualityreliable sources and are supported by inline citationswhere appropriate; neutral: it presents viewsfairly and without bias; stable: it is not subject to ongoingedit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and compliant withWikipedia's copyright policy and free ofplagiarism ortoo-close paraphrasing. It follows thestyle guidelines, including the provision of: a lead: a conciselead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchicalsection headings; and consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—seeciting sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required. Media. It hasimages and other media, where appropriate, with succinctcaptions andacceptable copyright status. Images follow theimage use policy.Non-free images or media must satisfy thecriteria for inclusion of non-free content andbe labeled accordingly. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and usessummary style where appropriate.	Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	Columbia River,St. Johns River 2016-12-02
FL	The article has attainedfeatured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers fromWP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets thefeatured list criteria: Prose. It features professional standards of writing. Lead. It has an engaginglead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. Comprehensiveness. (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items. (b) statements aresourced where they appear, and they provideinline citations if they contain any of thefour kinds of material absolutely required to have citations. (c) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements forstand-alone lists and includes at minimum eight items; does not violate thecontent-forking guideline, does not largely duplicate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful,section headings andtable sort facilities. Style. It complies with theManual of Style and its supplementary pages. (a)Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting,tables, andcolour; and a minimal proportion of items are redlinked. (b)Media files. It hasimages and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia'susage policies, with succinctcaptions.Non-free images and other media satisfy thecriteria for the inclusion of non-free content andare labeled accordingly. (c)Accessibility. Ituses proper formating to beaccessible to all readers.Bulleted and unbulleted lists andtables are structured correctly. Visual media, if included, utilizealternative (alt) text. Stability. It is not the subject of ongoingedit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.	Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	List of tributaries of Larrys Creek 2016-12-02
A	The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria The article meets theA-Class criteria: Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described inWikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as afeatured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g.WikiProject Military history).	Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting.	Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving.WP:Peer review may help.	none
GA	The article meetsall of thegood article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers fromWP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria Agood article is: Well-written: the prose is clear, concise, andunderstandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and it complies with theManual of Style guidelines forlead sections,layout,words to watch,fiction, andlist incorporation. Verifiable withno original research: it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance withthe layout style guideline; reliable sources arecited inline. All content thatcould reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose); it containsno original research; and it contains nocopyright violations orplagiarism. Broad in its coverage: it addresses themain aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (seesummary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoingedit war or content dispute. Illustrated, if possible, bymedia such asimages,video, oraudio: media aretagged with theircopyright statuses, andvalid non-free use rationales are provided fornon-free content; and media arerelevant to the topic, and havesuitable captions.	Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication.	Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existingfeatured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing.	River Irwell,Snake River 2016-12-02
B	The article meetsall of theB-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reachgood article standards. More detailed criteria The article issuitably referenced, withinline citations. It hasreliable sources, and any important or controversial material which islikely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of<ref> tags andcitation templates such as{{cite web}} is optional. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for anA-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including alead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to beof the standard of featured articles. TheManual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, aninfobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. The article presents its content in anappropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background andtechnical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.	Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.	A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with theManual of Style and relatedstyle guidelines.	Amazon River,River Trent,Hudson River 2016-12-02
C	The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantialcleanup. More detailed criteria The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.	Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.	Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solvecleanup problems.	River Goyt,Zambezi,Seine 2016-12-02
Start	An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following: A useful picture or graphic Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article	Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more.	Providing references toreliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Improve the grammar, spelling, and writing style; decrease the use of jargon.	Limpopo River,Garonne,River Monnow 2016-12-02
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria.	Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant.	Todd Brook,Talbot River (Ontario),Sabar River 2016-12-02
List	Meets the criteria of astand-alone list orset index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area.	There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader.	Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of rivers of Antarctica,List of tributaries of the Danube 2016-12-02
Category	Anycategory falls under this class.	Categories are mainly used to group together articles within a particular subject area.	Large categories may need to be split into one or more subcategories. Be wary of articles that have been miscategorized.	Category:Rivers
Disambig	Anydisambiguation page falls under this class.	The page serves to distinguish multiple articles that share the same (or similar) title.	Additions should be made as new articles of that name are created. Pay close attention to the proper naming of such pages, as they often do not need "(disambiguation)" appended to the title.	River (disambiguation)
File	Any page in thefile namespace falls under this class.	The page contains an image, a sound clip or other media-related content.	Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited.	File:River Erme at Ivybridge in summer.jpg
Portal	Any page in theportal namespace falls under this class.	Portals are intended to serve as "main pages" for specific topics.	Editor involvement is essential to ensure that portals are kept up to date.	Portal:Geography
Template	Anytemplate falls under this class. The most common types of templates includeinfoboxes andnavboxes.	Different types of templates serve different purposes. Infoboxes provide easy access to key pieces of information about the subject. Navboxes are for the purpose of grouping together related subjects into an easily accessible format, to assist the user in navigating between articles.	Infoboxes are typically placed at the upper right of an article, while navboxes normally go across the very bottom of a page. Beware of too many different templates, as well as templates that give either too little, too much, or too specialized information.	Template:Rivers of Victoria
NA	Any non-article page that fits no other classification.	The page contains no article content.	Look out for misclassified articles. Currently, many NA-class articles may need to be re-classified.

Remember: Anyone can assess the class or importance of an article, you don't need special permission to do it. If you feel that an article has been assessed wrongly, feel free to change it. Any problems or questions should be left at theproject talk page, as that is monitored by more people that the talk page here.

The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.

Unexpected changes, such as downgrading an article, or raising it more than two assessment classes at once, are shown in bold.

• Escondido River (Nicaragua) renamed toBluefields River.

• Hanlon Park / Bur'uda (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromStart-Class toB-Class.(rev ·t) Importance rating changed fromUnknown-Class toLow-Class.(rev ·t)

• Bluefields River (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asStub-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asLow-Class.(rev ·t)
• Castle Creek (Roaring Fork River tributary) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asUnassessed-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asUnknown-Class.(rev ·t)
• Cattle Creek (Roaring Fork River tributary) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asUnassessed-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asUnknown-Class.(rev ·t)
• Maroon Creek (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asStart-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asLow-Class.(rev ·t)
• Threemile Creek (Roaring Fork River tributary) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asUnassessed-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asUnknown-Class.(rev ·t)
• Woody Creek (Colorado) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asUnassessed-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asUnknown-Class.(rev ·t)

• Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames renamed toMudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames.

• Greenspring Run (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Left Fork Spring Creek (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Right Fork Spring Creek (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Draft:Sphinx Creek (Fresno County, California) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Category:Tributaries of the South Branch Potomac River (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asCategory-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)

• Manoa Falls renamed toMānoa Falls.

• East Mill Creek (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromUnassessed-Class toStart-Class.(rev ·t)
• Middle Mill Creek (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromUnassessed-Class toStart-Class.(rev ·t)
• West Mill Creek (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromUnassessed-Class toStart-Class.(rev ·t)

• Camp Branch (Little Platte River tributary) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asStub-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asLow-Class.(rev ·t)
• Datze (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asStub-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asUnknown-Class.(rev ·t)
• Linn Branch (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asStub-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asLow-Class.(rev ·t)
• Mānoa Falls (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asC-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asLow-Class.(rev ·t)
• Ur Schatt (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asB-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asUnknown-Class.(rev ·t)
• Wilkerson Creek (Little Platte River tributary) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asStub-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asLow-Class.(rev ·t)

• Category:Rivers of Bhola District (talk) removed.
• Category:Rivers of Patuakhali District (talk) removed.

• San Felipe Creek (Texas) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromUnassessed-Class toB-Class.(rev ·t)

• Category:Cacapon River (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asCategory-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Heizer Creek (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Category:Pocatalico River (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asCategory-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Category:Populated places on the Cacapon River (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asCategory-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Category:Populated places on the Pocatalico River (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asCategory-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Rocky Fork (Pocatalico River tributary) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Category:Tributaries of the Cacapon River (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asCategory-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Category:Tributaries of the Pocatalico River (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asCategory-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)

• Draft:Captain Cotton Canal (talk) removed.

• Roberts Branch (Little Platte River tributary) renamed toRoberts Branch (Linn Branch tributary).

• Draft:Antoine Blanc Gingras (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev ·t)
• Roberts Branch (Linn Branch tributary) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asStub-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asLow-Class.(rev ·t)

• Mananara River (Analanjirofo) renamed toMananara River (Ambatosoa).
• Roberts Branch (Clinton County, Missouri) renamed toRoberts Branch (Little Platte River tributary).
• Smith Fork (Missouri) renamed toSmith Fork (Little Platte River tributary).
• Todd Creek (Missouri) renamed toTodd Creek (Little Platte River tributary).

• Berg River (Free State) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromStub-Class toNA-Class.(rev ·t)

• Little Third Fork Platte River (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asStub-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asLow-Class.(rev ·t)
• Mananara River (Ambatosoa) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asStub-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asLow-Class.(rev ·t)
• Smith Fork (Little Platte River tributary) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asStub-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asLow-Class.(rev ·t)
• Todd Creek (Little Platte River tributary) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed asStub-Class.(rev ·t) Importance assessed asLow-Class.(rev ·t)

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