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Welcome to WikiProject New York (state)'s assessment department. This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's New York (state) 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 New York (state)}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories ofCategory:New York (state) articles by quality andCategory:New York (state) articles by importance.
If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department, or leave a post onWikipedia talk:WikiProject New York (state).
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An article's assessment is generated from the values entered in the{{{class}}} and{{{importance}}} parameters of the{{WikiProject New York (state)}} talk page banner template.
An article's quality assessment is recorded using the|class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the{{WikiProject New York (state)}} 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 New York (state) articles category) |  FA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | (forfeatured listsonly; adds them to theFL-Class New York (state) articles category) | FL | |
| A | (for articles that passed a formalpeer reviewonly; adds them to theA-Class New York (state) articles category) |  A | |
| GA | (forgood articlesonly; adds them to theGA-Class New York (state) articles category) |  GA | |
| B | (for articles that satisfy all of theB-Class criteria; adds them to theB-Class New York (state) articles category) | B | |
| C | (for substantial articles; adds them to theC-Class New York (state) articles category) | C | |
| Start | (for developing articles; adds them to theStart-Class New York (state) articles category) | Start | |
| Stub | (for basic articles; adds them to theStub-Class New York (state) articles category) | Stub | |
| List | (forstand-alone lists; adds them to theList-Class New York (state) articles category) | List | |
| NA | (for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to theNA-Class New York (state) pages category) | NA | |
| ??? | (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in theUnassessed New York (state) articles category) | ??? |
| FM | (forfeatured mediaonly; adds them to theFM-Class New York (state) pages category) | FM | |
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| Category | (forcategories; adds them to theCategory-Class New York (state) pages category) | Category | |
| Draft | (fordrafts; adds them to theDraft-Class New York (state) pages category) | Draft | |
| File | (forfiles andtimed text; adds them to theFile-Class New York (state) pages category) | File | |
| Portal | (forportal pages; adds them to thePortal-Class New York (state) pages category) | Portal | |
| Project | (forproject pages; adds them to theProject-Class New York (state) pages category) | Project | |
| Template | (fortemplates andmodules; adds them to theTemplate-Class New York (state) pages category) | Template |
| Disambig | (fordisambiguation pages; adds them to theDisambig-Class New York (state) pages category) | Disambig | |
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| Redirect | (forredirect pages; adds them to theRedirect-Class New York (state) pages category) | Redirect |
An article's importance assessment is generated from theimportance parameter in the{{WikiProject New York (state)}} 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 New York (state) articles) | Top | |
| High (adds articles toCategory:High-importance New York (state) articles) | High | |
| Mid (adds articles toCategory:Mid-importance New York (state) articles) | Mid | |
| Low (adds articles toCategory:Low-importance New York (state) articles) | Low | |
| NA (adds articles toCategory:NA-importance New York (state) articles) | NA | |
| ??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed inCategory:Unknown-importance New York (state) articles) | ??? |
| 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. | Briarcliff Manor, New York |
| 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 tallest buildings in New York City |
| 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:New York Midtown Skyline at night - Jan 2006 edit1.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 Fort Washington |
| 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. | Albany, New York |
| 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. | New York City |
| 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. | New York (state) |
| 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. | Thomas DiNapoli |
| 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. | 1000 Islands Tower |
| 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 cities in New York |
| 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:New York (state) |
| 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. | New York |
| 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:Flag of New York.svg |
| 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:New York (state) |
| 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 New York (state) |
| 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. | New York State |
| 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:New York (state) |
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 military history. Importance does not equate to quality; afeatured article could rate 'mid' on importance.
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. Rate international region/country-specific articles from the perspective of someone from that region.
| Importance | Criteria | Examples | Assessment tagging |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top | Subject is a "core" or "key" topic for New York, or is generally notable to the public at large. |
| Articles in this category shall be tagged for WPNY even if they also fall within the scope of one or more of New York's subprojects. |
| High | Subject is notable in a significant and important way within the field of New York, but not necessarily outside it. |
| Articles in this category shall be tagged for WPNY even if they also fall within the scope of one or more of New York's subprojects. |
| Mid | Subject contributes to the total subject of the New York WikiProject. Subject may not necessarily be famous. | Articles to tag for WPNY even if they also fall within the scope of one or more of New York's subprojects:
Articles to tag for WPNY only if they do not fall within the scope of one or more of New York's subprojects:
| Articles in this category shall be tagged for WPNY as noted under "Examples". |
| Low | Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within the field of New York, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of another topic. |
| Articles in this category shall be tagged for WPNY only if they do not fall within the scope of one or more of New York's subprojects. |
Unexpected changes, such as downgrading an article, or raising it more than two assessment classes at once, are shown in bold.
