Wikipedia:WikiProject Louisiana/Assessment
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Welcome to the WikiProject Louisiana assessment department!
Project members are invited, under the guidance of this department, to tag articles by quality and importance using the {{WikiProject Louisiana}} template, a full guide to which is provided below. These gradings help us to identify articles which we can put forward as featured article candidates or good article candidates, and to identify those which need more work.
This system is modelled on that used by WP:1.0, and it is understood that they may use our ratings in their system.
FAQ
[edit]- 1. How do I add an article to the WikiProject?
- Just add {{WikiProject Louisiana}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else. However, we would appreciate it hugely if you could rate the article according to the guidelines below and leave a short summary of your rationale on the talk page. In this case, use {{WikiProject Louisiana|class= |importance= |type= }}
- 2. What is the purpose of the article ratings?
- The rating system allows the project to monitor the quality of articles we are interested in and helps to prioritize work. Please note, however, that these ratings are meant for the internal use of the project, and do not imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.
- 3. How can I get an article rated?
- Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
- 4. Who can assess articles?
- Any Wikipedian, who has familiarized himself/herself with the guidelines below, is free to add or change the rating of an article.
- 5. Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?
- Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article - they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.
- 6. What if I don't agree with a rating?
- You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can raise your objections on the article talk page.
- 7. Aren't the ratings subjective?
- Yes, they are subjective, especially concerning importance. However, it's the best system we've been able to devise. And it works pretty well for many different WikiProjects. If you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!
- 8. What if I have a question not listed here?
- Ask questions on the talk page.
Instructions
[edit]Quality
[edit]An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Louisiana}}. See the template page for more detailed instructions.
- {{WikiProject Louisiana| ... | class=??? | ...}}
The following values may be used:
- FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Louisiana articles)
- A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Louisiana articles)
- GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Louisiana articles)
- B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Louisiana articles)
- Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Louisiana articles)
- Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Louisiana articles)
Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Louisiana articles. The class should be assigned according to the quality scale below.
Importance
[edit]An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Louisiana}}. See the template page for more detailed instructions.
- {{WikiProject Louisiana| ... | importance=??? | ...}}
The following values may be used:
- Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Louisiana articles)
- High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Louisiana articles)
- Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Louisiana articles)
- Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Louisiana articles)
Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed-importance Louisiana articles. The class should be assigned according to the importance scale below.
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. | 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:
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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 |
Importance scale
[edit]We recognize that importance is a relative term. An article judged to be "Top-Class" in one context may be only "Mid-Class" in another. Any importance ratings applied by this project, only reflect the perceived importance to this project. The criteria used for rating article importance are not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather it should serve as a guideline for project participants to determine which article should receive more attention.
Label | Criteria | Examples |
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Top | Definition: Subject is a must-have for a concise print encyclopedia or other reference work on Louisiana. High probability that non-natives of Louisiana would look this up. Practical tip: These subjects pop into your head when you think about Louisiana and a specific field. |
New Orleans |
High | Definition: Subject contributes a depth of knowledge to the encyclopaedia. Is reasonably expected to be included into more comprehensive printed encyclopedia. Practical tip: You know the subject and most likely would be able to recall it without looking at any sources. |
Mardi Gras |
Mid | Definition: Subject fills in more minor details, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of another topic. Could only be included in a multi-volume encyclopedia. Practical tip: Most likely you will recognize the subject if someone mentions it to you. |
Acadiana |
Low | Definition: Subject is peripheral knowledge, possibly trivial. Practical tip: Most likely you will not recognize the subject. |
Gramercy Bridge |
Requests for assessment
[edit]If you have made significant changes to a Louisiana article and would like an outside opinion on a new quality rating for it, please feel free to list it below. NOTE: This is only to rate the article on quality - you may or may not get feedback on the article. If you desire a review, use the peer review process. If you assess an article, please remove it so that other editors will not waste time reviewing the same articles. Thanks!
Articles submitted here will not be rated above 'B', unless they are already rated as 'GA' by Wikipedia:Good articles/Candidates.
Edit this section and place request here: Edit this section and place request here:
- Example - Comment here, Ktkvtsh (talk)
- Police jury - This is a rewrite of an article, previously with a long-standing issue of using a single bare URL for a source, Rjjiii (talk) 05:31, 16 October 2023 (UTC)
Assessment Log
[edit]- The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.
Unexpected changes, such as downgrading an article, or raising it more than two assessment classes at once, are shown in bold.
September 7, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Hugo (mascot) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Gumbo (mascot) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Mac (rapper) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Sir Saint (mascot) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
September 6, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Dracos Anthony Dimitry (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to B-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- The American Tragedy (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
September 5, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Darrell Doucette (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- WRBH (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to C-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Xanna Indians (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
September 4, 2024
[edit]Renamed
[edit]- James Landry Hébert renamed to James Landry Hébert.
Assessed
[edit]- Darrell Doucette (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Dracos Anthony Dimitry (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Ferries of Louisiana (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Knowles–Carter family (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- Category:Beyincé family (talk) removed.
September 3, 2024
[edit]Removed
[edit]- Template:Hurricane Isaac (2012) series (talk) removed.
September 2, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Ed Orgeron (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Bayou Sara, Louisiana (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
September 1, 2024
[edit]Renamed
[edit]- Draft:Effects of Hurricane Katrina in the Southeastern United States renamed to Effects of Hurricane Katrina in the Southeastern United States.
Reassessed
[edit]- 4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)