WikiProjects
Here, I'll be putting information about various WikiProjects that I'm involved in for my own easy access. This will also serve as a "launchpad" for WikiProject work. This page probably won't be of mush use to you, but feel free to take a look around.. For now, this page will simply be a mish-mash of parts from the WikiProject articles: I'm simply cannabilizing the project pages and taking what I need.
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WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks
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Wikipedia:Good articles (shortcut WP:GA) is a list of articles which are well written, broad, referenced, neutral and accurate, beyond those which have been rigorously reviewed and identified as the very best of Wikipedia by the featured article process. As the list should eventually contain many thousands of articles, this project has been formed to assist in the maintenance of the page. Tasks which members of this project may wish to assist with include:
- Keeping the list at WP:GA in sync with Category:Wikipedia good articles
- Updating the numbers in the table on WP:GA
- Sweeping through listed entries to ensure they meet the criteria for listing
- Reviewing nominations at WP:GAN and adding them to the list if they meet the criteria
- Encouraging Wikiprojects to review articles for accuracy where expert input is desirable
- Identifying good content and nominating it to WP:GAN
- Organizing GAN backlog elimination drives
- Maintaining and updating the Good Article Collaboration of the week
- Promoting the Good articles list
- Reviewing articles listed at WP:GAR and give recommendations for consensus
Templates for use by WP:GA include the following:
- {{GA}} - added to the talk page of listed articles; automatically places them in Category:Wikipedia good articles
- {{DelistedGA}} - added to the talk page of delisted articles. An explanation of why an article has been delisted should always be left as well.
- {{DelistedGAbecause}} - a more subtle version of {{DelistedGA}}, with the syntax {{DelistedGAbecause|reason}}
- {{FailedGA}} - for articles that fail the self nomination
- {{ArticleHistory}} - combines the features used by the aforementioned templates into one, single template, which is also designed to work with the peer review and featured article processes as well.
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in order to change the Importance scale or Quality level of an article in our banner, do the following:
- delete the standard {{WikiProject Companies}} tag.
- replace it with {{WikiProject Companies| class=X | importance= X}}. The X should be replaced with whatever importance or quality level is needed.
Article importance grading scheme
Label |
Criteria |
Examples |
Top |
Companies of top importance are major, international corporations. Their actions influence the global economy on both a longterm and day to day basis. These companies are both famous and established, often times spurring major cultural shifts and changing the way people run their daily lives. Some companies may not have achieved the global scale of these companies, yet have heavily influenced our way of life and set the standard for a particular field of business may also be included as top companies, Example: Southwest Airlines. These may also include defunct companies such as Bell or TWA. |
Walmart, Ford, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft |
High |
Companies in the high category are still very important, and are usually found on the Fortune 500 list. These companies are less international then many top companies, but are still very well known and extremely influential on a national level. |
Walgreens, Halliburton, EA Games, Jet Blue, and Hallmark |
Mid |
Companies of a mid-level importance are large, profitable corporations which exist on a regional level; Or they may be national companies which mainly function in the background and aren't commonly known outside of financial circles. |
Wegmans, Buffalo News, and Conrail. |
Low |
Companies in this catagory are minor subsidiaries or local small businesses. |
Mighty Taco |
New, current, and defunct companies should all be tagged and ranked. Some of the companies above are of mid importance, some high, and some top. Just because the final, current company is of top importance (att), does not make all of its predecessors such a level. |
- Basic usage
{{cvgproj|class=|importance=}}
- Standard usage
This should cover recently started articles.
{{cvgproj
|class= Stub
|importance= Low
|screenshot= yes
|cover= yes
}}
Required parameters |
class |
Set to FA , A , GA , B , Start or Stub to rate the article on the Wikipedia 1.0 assessment scale. For templates or other non-article pages, set class=NA . |
importance |
Set to Top , High , Mid , or Low to rate the article's importance within video game articles. |
Optional parameters |
peer-review |
Set to yes if the article is undergoing a WikiProject Video games peer review. |
tf |
Set to Devil May Cry if the article is supported by the the Devil May Cry task force. There are several different task forces, such as Animal Crossing , Command & Conquer , Silent Hill , and Suikoden that can also be used. If an article falls into multiple taskforces (up to 3) use tf2 and tf3 as additional parameters. |
old-peer-review |
Set to yes if the article has an archived WikiProject Video games peer review. If the peer review is under a different name due to a page move, set this parameter to the old name. For example, if Super Foo has an old peer review at Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games/Peer review/Bar, set old-peer-review=Bar . |
old-GCOTW |
Set to yes if the article was previously selected for the Gaming Collaboration of the week. |
screenshot |
Set to yes to flag as needing a screenshot of the game. It will add the page to Category:Video game articles requesting screenshots. |
cover |
Set to yes to flag as needing either the game's box art, icon or logo. It will add the page to Category:Video game articles requesting identifying art. |
For a generic stub about computer and video games, use {{videogame-stub}}. This will put the article into the Video game stubs category.
For a more specific stub by genre, use:
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Or for stubs by company, use:
Other stub types include:
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Our daughter projects have also created the {{Doom-stub}}, {{MortalKombat-stub}}, {{Poke-stub}} (Pokémon), {{FinalFantasy-stub}}, and {{Warcraft-stub}} templates. These will also put articles into the corresponding stub categories. |
Grading scheme
Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
FA |
The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. |
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) |
FL |
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:
- Prose. It features professional standards of writing.
- Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria.
- Comprehensiveness.
- Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities.
- Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages.
- Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.
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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) |
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 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).
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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 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:
- Well-written:
- the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and
- it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
- Verifiable with no original research:
- it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
- reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose);
- it contains no original research; and
- it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.
- Broad in its coverage:
- it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and
- it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
- Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
- Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
- Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
- media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and
- media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
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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
- The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as
{{cite web}} is optional.
- The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.
- The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.
- The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously.
- The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.
- The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.
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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. |
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 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. |
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:
- A useful picture or graphic
- Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic
- A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic
- Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article
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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. |
Ball (as of September 2014) |
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 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 |
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