| California articles by quality and importance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | |||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | Other | ??? | Total | |
 FA | 1 | 19 | 31 | 106 | 157 | |||
| FL | 1 | 2 | 10 | 91 | 104 | |||
| FM | 145 | 145 | ||||||
 A | 1 | 1 | ||||||
 GA | 22 | 87 | 589 | 16 | 714 | |||
| B | 36 | 156 | 465 | 1,770 | 493 | 2,920 | ||
| C | 22 | 227 | 1,028 | 6,616 | 3 | 1,748 | 9,644 | |
| Start | 8 | 210 | 1,623 | 19,372 | 10 | 1 | 7,323 | 28,547 |
| Stub | 17 | 286 | 12,833 | 8 | 6,854 | 19,998 | ||
| List | 6 | 23 | 84 | 911 | 4 | 387 | 1,415 | |
| Draft | 22 | 177 | 199 | |||||
| Category | 16,945 | 16,945 | ||||||
| Disambig | 208 | 208 | ||||||
| File | 996 | 996 | ||||||
| Portal | 1,383 | 1,383 | ||||||
| Project | 116 | 116 | ||||||
| Redirect | 35 | 956 | 3,389 | 4,380 | ||||
| Template | 1,737 | 1,737 | ||||||
| Assessed | 74 | 676 | 3,649 | 43,267 | 25,121 | 1 | 16,821 | 89,609 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 18 | 943 | 962 | ||||
| Total | 74 | 677 | 3,649 | 43,285 | 25,121 | 1 | 17,764 | 90,571 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω =311,488 | Ω = 5.03 | ||||||
Welcome to theassessment department of the WikiProject California! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's California 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 California}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories ofCategory:California articles by quality,Category:California articles by importance,Category:California articles needing attention,Category:California past collaborations, andCategory:California past selected articles. The quality and importance ratings serve as the foundation for anautomatically generated worklist. There are also Non-article categories (Category:NA-Class California articles), as well as specific categories for things likeredirects,templates,categories,images, etc.
If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask onWikipedia talk:WikiProject California.
An article's assessment is generated from theclass andimportance parameters in the{{WikiProject California}} project banner on its talk page. You can learn the syntax by looking at the talk pages in edit mode and by reading the info below.
This is the rating syntax (ratings and dates are samples, change to what applies to the article in question):
The following values may be used for theclass parameter:
Articles for which a valid class and/or importance is not provided are listed inCategory:Unassessed California articles. The class should be assigned according to thequality scale below.
The following values may be used for theimportance parameter:
The parameter is not used if an article's class is set toNA, and may be omitted in those cases. The importance should be assigned according to theimportance scale below.
Note: A B-class article should have at least one reference.
| 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. | San Francisco (as of June 2008) |
| 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. | List of birds of California (as of Feb 2007) |
| 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:SanFrancisco1851a.jpg |
| 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. | Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014) |
| 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. | University of California, Santa Cruz (as of Feb 2010) |
| 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. | Psychology (as of January 2024) |
| 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. | Wing (as of June 2018) |
| 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. | Gravel (as of January 2006) |
| 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. | Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014) |
| 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 literary movements |
| 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:Actors from California |
| 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. | Paradise, California (disambiguation) (as of Mar 2010) |
| 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:Gull ca usa.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:California |
| 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 California |
| 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. | Wikipedia:5P |
| 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:Los Angeles Radio |
The criteria used for rating article importance arenot meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of theaverage 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 greaterpopular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of hagiography. Importance does not equate to quality; afeatured article could rate 'mid' on importance. Importance is only part of several factors used to determine inclusion in release versions of Wikipedia content, seeWikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/SelectionBot for more information on how articles are scored for inclusion.
| Importance | Criteria | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Top | Subject is extremely important, even crucial, to its specific field. Reserved for subjects that have achieved international notability within their field. | Economy of California |
| High | Subject is extremely notable, but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent. | Gray Davis |
| Mid | Subject is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area. | Rancho Buri Buri |
| Low | Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within its field of study. It may only be included to cover a specific part of a notable article. | Oberg, California |
| NA | Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. | Template:LA Freeways |
Unexpected changes, such as downgrading an article, or raising it more than two assessment classes at once, are shown in bold.
