Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics/Fascism/Assessment
This is the assessment page of fascism task force. It contains FAQ about assessment, instructions how to assess articles, and statistics. For assessment log, see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Fascism articles by quality log.
FAQ
[edit]Based on WikiProject Council assessment FAQ and on WikiProject Military History assessment FAQ.
What is the purpose of article assessments?
[edit]Article assessment has three purposes:
- Monitoring the quality and the importance of articles
- Prioritizing work. Quality assessment allows to know which articles need improvement, and importance assessment allows to know which articles are important to fascism task force.
- Preparing for static releases of Wikipedia content. Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team works to publish sets of Wikipedia articles in print, CD and DVD. To that end, WP 1.0 bot tracks article quality and importance assessment.
Is assessment conected to Article Feedback Tool?
[edit]No, Article Feedback Tool is a completely separate system.
Who can assess articles?
[edit]Generally, anyone (including unregistered users and users who are not members of fascism task force) can add or change articles' rating.
However, GA and FA labels should only be used on articles that have been reviewed and are currently designated as good articles or featured articles, respectively.
Can I assess articles that I have written or contributed significantly to?
[edit]Generally, yes. Be Bold and do so! However, GA and FA labels should only be used on articles that have been reviewed and are currently designated as good articles or featured articles, respectively.
How do I assess articles?
[edit]Follow the instructions below.
Someone put fascism task force banner on an article, but it's not really within the task force's scope. What should I do?
[edit]- Read the scope to be sure.
- Relax. Sometimes people make mistakes.
- Be bold! Feel free to remove fascism task force banner.
- Leave a note on the article's talk page (or directly on the talk page of the user who tagged the article), explaining why the article is not within the scope.
- In the case of a major dispute, explain the problem in the task force's talk page. The task force as a whole can discuss the issue and come to a consensus.
I don't agree with a rating. What should I do?
[edit]- Read the grading scheme to be sure.
- Relax. Sometimes people make mistakes, or have a different opinion.
- Be bold! Feel free to change the rating, if a different rating is justified.
- Leave a note on the article's talk page (or directly on the talk page of the user who tagged the article), explaining the change.
- In the case of a major dispute, explain the problem in the task force's talk page. The task force as a whole can discuss the issue and come to a consensus.
Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?
[edit]Reviewers do not leave detailed comments in most cases. You can leave a message in the talk page of the user who assessed the article. He/she will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.
How to assess articles
[edit]Quality assessment
[edit]An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Politics}} project banner on its talk page: {{WikiProject Politics|class=???|fascism=yes}}
The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):
FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class fascism articles) | ![]() |
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GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class fascism articles) | ![]() |
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B (adds articles to Category:B-Class fascism articles) | B | |
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class fascism articles) | C | |
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class fascism articles) | Start | |
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class fascism articles) | Stub |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed fascism articles) | ??? |
Quality scale
[edit]Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
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The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured article criteria:
A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.
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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. | Cleopatra (as of June 2018) |
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The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured list criteria:
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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 dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018) |
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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 the A-Class criteria:
Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia: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 a featured 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) |
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The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria
A good article is:
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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 existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing. | Discovery of the neutron (as of April 2019) |
B | The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria
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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 the Manual of Style and related style guidelines. | Benito Mussolini (as of March 6, 2012} |
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 substantial cleanup. 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.
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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 solve cleanup problems. | British Union of Fascists (as of March 3, 2012) |
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:
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Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more. | Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use. | Squadrismo (as of January 20, 2012 |
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. | Avanguardia Giovanile Fascista (as of April 2, 2011) |
List | Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set 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 | Any category 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:Software |
Disambig | Any disambiguation 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. | Russian Fascism |
File | Any page in the file 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:Musk Lorikeet jul08.jpg |
Portal | Any page in the portal 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:Fascism |
Redirect | Any redirect 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 | Any template falls under this class. The most common types of templates include infoboxes and navboxes. | 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:Fascism |
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. |
Importance assessment
[edit]Assess article's importance via the following parameters in Template:WikiProject Politics:
{{WikiProject Politics
| importance =
| fascism =
| fascism-importance =
}}
- importance - a rating of the article's importance to WikiProject Politics. Choose the rating according to WikiProject Politics importance scale.
- fascism - Answer "yes" in order to add the article to fascism task force.
- fascism-importance - a rating of article's importance to fascism task force. Follow the importance scale below.
Importance scale
[edit]Importance | Criteria | Example |
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Top | Subject is extremely important to the field of fascism. | Fascism |
High | Subject is extremely notable within a particular country or movement. | Benito Mussolini |
Mid | Subject is only notable within its particular movement. | Italo Balbo |
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. | Carlo Alberto Biggini |
NA | Used for non-article pages, such as templates and categories. | Template:Fascism |
Statistics
[edit]Quality and importance
[edit]Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Fascism articles by quality statistics
Quality only
[edit]??? | Total |
0 | 0 |
Importance only
[edit]Top | High | Mid | Low | ??? | Total |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |