TheA-class review department of the WikiProject Japan reviews candidates for anA-class quality assessment. Candidates must meet the following A-class criteria:
Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described inWikipedia:How to write a great article. 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.
An A-Class article should approach thestandards for a Featured article (FA), but will typically fall short because of minor style issues. The article may need minor copyedits, but it should be comprehensive, accurate, well-sourced, and reasonably well-written. A peer review should make the article a viablecandidate for FA.
Assessing an article as A-Class requires more than one reviewer. Articles should not be given A-class ratings without undergoing review.
To request an A-class review of an article:
Talk:[[Name of nominated article]]/A-class review)=== [[Name of nominated article]] === at the top.~~~~).{{Talk:[[Name of nominated article]]/A-class review}} at the top of the list of A-class review requests below.Reviewers should keep thecriteria for featured articles in mind when supporting or opposing a nomination. However, please note that (unlike actual featured articles) A-class articles are not expected to fully meetall of the criteria; an objection should indicate asubstantive problem with the article. In particular, objections over relatively minor issues of writing style or formatting should be avoided at this stage; a comprehensive, accurate, well-sourced, and decently-written article should qualify for A-class status even if it could use some further copyediting.
Reviews can be closed after at least seven days have elapsed. An article is promoted to A-class if (a) it has garnered at least two endorsements from uninvolved editors, and (b) there are no substantive objections indicative of a major flaw in the article: seeWikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/A-Class criteria.