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Welcome to theassessment department of WikiProject Animation! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Animation related 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.
The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the{{WikiProject Animation}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories ofAnimation articles by quality andAnimation articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.Index ·Statistics ·Log
An article's quality assessment is recorded using the|class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the{{WikiProject Animation}} 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 Animation articles category) |  FA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | (forfeatured listsonly; adds them to theFL-Class Animation articles category) | FL | |
| A | (for articles that passed a formalpeer reviewonly; adds them to theA-Class Animation articles category) |  A | |
| GA | (forgood articlesonly; adds them to theGA-Class Animation articles category) |  GA | |
| B | (for articles that satisfy all of theB-Class criteria; adds them to theB-Class Animation articles category) | B | |
| C | (for substantial articles; adds them to theC-Class Animation articles category) | C | |
| Start | (for developing articles; adds them to theStart-Class Animation articles category) | Start | |
| Stub | (for basic articles; adds them to theStub-Class Animation articles category) | Stub | |
| List | (forstand-alone lists; adds them to theList-Class Animation articles category) | List | |
| NA | (for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to theNA-Class Animation pages category) | NA | |
| ??? | (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in theUnassessed Animation articles category) | ??? |
For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:
| FM | (forfeatured mediaonly; adds them to theFM-Class Animation pages category) | FM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | (forcategories; adds them to theCategory-Class Animation pages category) | Category | |
| Draft | (fordrafts; adds them to theDraft-Class Animation pages category) | Draft | |
| File | (forfiles andtimed text; adds them to theFile-Class Animation pages category) | File | |
| Portal | (forportal pages; adds them to thePortal-Class Animation pages category) | Portal | |
| Project | (forproject pages; adds them to theProject-Class Animation pages category) | Project | |
| Template | (fortemplates andmodules; adds them to theTemplate-Class Animation pages category) | Template |
The following non-standard assessment grades for mainspace content may be used at a WikiProject's discretion:
| Disambig | (fordisambiguation pages; adds them to theDisambig-Class Animation pages category) | Disambig | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redirect | (forredirect pages; adds them to theRedirect-Class Animation pages category) | Redirect | |
| Future | (for articles about future events; adds them to theFuture-Class Animation articles category) | Future |
The scale for assessments is defined atWikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment. Articles are divided into the following categories.
| 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.
| 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. | The Simpsons |
| 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:
| 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. | Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3) |
| FM | Pictures that have attainedfeatured picture status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers fromWikipedia:Featured picture candidates. More detailed criteria Afeatured picture:
| The page contains a featured image, sound clip or other media-related content. | Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited. | File:Muybridge race horse animated.gif |
| 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:
| 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. | Machinima |
| 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
| 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. | Anime |
| 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. | Animated cartoon |
| 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:
| 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. | Non-photorealistic rendering |
| 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. | Puppetoon |
| 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 animated feature films |
| 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:Animation |
| 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. | RenderMan |
| 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:Animexample.gif |
| 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:Animation |
| Project | AllWikiProject-related pages fall under this class. | Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development. | Develop these pages into collaborative resources that are useful for improving articles within the project. | Wikipedia:WikiProject Animation/Recognized content |
| Redirect | Anyredirect falls under this class. | The page redirects to another article with a similar name, related topic or that has been merged with the original article at this location. | Editor involvement is essential to ensure that articles are not mis-classified as redirects, and that redirects are not mis-classified as articles. | Animated film |
| 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:Animation |
| 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. | N/A |
These criteria apply to general-content articles. Thestyle guide provides additional sorts of content and formatting should be provided for certain articles.
Each animation-related article has its assessment included within the{{WikiProject Animation}} template, such as {{WikiProject Animation|class=B}}. This provides automatic categorization withinCategory:Animation articles by quality. Note that the class parameter is case-specific; see thetemplate's documentation for more information.
An article's importance assessment is generated from theimportance parameter in the{{WikiProject Animation}} 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):
| Top (adds articles toCategory:Top-importance Animation articles) | Top | |
| High (adds articles toCategory:High-importance Animation articles) | High | |
| Mid (adds articles toCategory:Mid-importance Animation articles) | Mid | |
| Low (adds articles toCategory:Low-importance Animation articles) | Low | |
| Bottom (adds articles toCategory:Bottom-importance Animation articles) | Bottom | |
| NA (adds articles toCategory:NA-importance Animation articles) | NA | |
| ??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed inCategory:Unknown-importance Animation articles) | ??? |
The criteria used for rating article importance are not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia needing to look up the topic (and thus the immediate need to have a suitably well-written article on it). Thus, subjects with greater popular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of Animation.
Note that general notability need not be from the perspective of editor demographics; generally notable topics should be rated similarly regardless of the country or region in which they hold said notability. Thus, topics which may seem obscure to a Western audience—but which are of high notability in other places—should still be highly rated.
| Importance | Criteria | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Top | This article is of the utmost importance to the project, as it provides key information about a major topic that is fundamental to a study of the subject. Core topics about animation. Generally, these topics are sub-articles of the mainAnimation article, vital for the understanding of animation or extremely notable to people outside of the animation field. This category should stay limited to approximately 100 members. Biographies should be limited to the top one or two people in a particular field or persons of the greatest historical importance. | Rotoscoping |
| High | This article is very important to the project, as it covers either a general area of knowledge or provides information about a significant topic. Topics that are reasonably notable within the field of animation without necessarily being famous or very notable outside the animation field. | How a Mosquito Operates |
| Mid | This article is relatively important to the project, as it provides more specific knowledge of areas that a serious reader would need to understand. Topics that are very notable within the field of animation, and well-known outside of it, and can be reasonably expected to be included in any print encyclopedia. | Homestar Runner |
| Low | This article is significant but has limited importance to the project, as it expands the reader's overall knowledge of the subject into areas of general interest. Topics of mostly local interest or those that are only included for complete coverage or as examples of a higher-level topic; peripheral or trivial topics or topics that have only a limited connection to the subject of animation. | Stark Raving Dad |
| Bottom | Subject is of the lowest level of relevance or significance to its field of study. This article has no real significance to the project, but it covers additional topics of general or specific interest, some of which could be described as trivia, though all are notable in their own right. Others may be articles of high importance to another project that have an indirect connection with animation. The category was created by the WikiProject to counter-balance "top importance" and to place "mid-importance" into the actual middle. In addition it serves to separate trivia from articles of low but significant importance. | Cartoon Orbit |
| NA | Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. | Category:Animation |
| ??? | Subject importance has not yet been assessed. | ??? |
If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below. Please note that animportance rating may not be given in some cases if the reviewer is unfamiliar with the subject.
If you assess an article, please strike it off using <s>Strike-through text</s> so that other editors will not waste time going there too. Thanks!
Submit new requests here:
Past assessments are locatedhere. If you delete a striked-through article from the list, please remember to put it in the archive.
Category:Incorrectly tagged WikiProject Animation articles list pages which have been incorrectly assessed. Reasons for this include:
As of29 November 2025, there are16,840 articles within the scope of WikiProject Animation, of which87 arefeatured. This makes up 0.24% of the articles on Wikipedia and 0.85% of featured articles and lists. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are40,632 pages in the project.
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