Wikipedia:WikiProject Fictional characters/Assessment
Welcome to the assessment department of WikiProject Fictional characters! The department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's fictional character articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP: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 Fictional characters}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Fictional character articles by quality, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist (Index · Statistics · Log).
- How can I get my article rated?
- Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
- Who can assess articles?
- Any member of WikiProject Fictional characters is free to add or change the rating of an article.
- 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.
- 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 ask any member of the project to rate the article again.
- Aren't the ratings subjective?
- Yes, they are, but it's the best system we've been able to devise; if you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!
If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.
Quality assessment
[edit]An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Fictional characters}} 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 (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):
| FA | (for featured articles only; adds them to the FA-Class fictional character articles category) |  FA |
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| FL | (for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class fictional character articles category) | FL |
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| A | (for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class fictional character articles category) |  A |
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| GA | (for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class fictional character articles category) |  GA |
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| B | (for articles that satisfy all of the B-Class criteria; adds them to the B-Class fictional character articles category) | B | |
| C | (for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class fictional character articles category) | C | |
| Start | (for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class fictional character articles category) | Start | |
| Stub | (for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class fictional character articles category) | Stub | |
| List | (for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class fictional character articles category) | List | |
| NA | (for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class fictional character pages category) | NA | |
| ??? | (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed fictional character articles category) | ??? |
For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:
| Category | (for categories; adds them to the Category-Class fictional character pages category) | Category | |
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| Draft | (for drafts; adds them to the Draft-Class fictional character pages category) | Draft | |
| File | (for files and timed text; adds them to the File-Class fictional character pages category) | File | |
| Portal | (for portal pages; adds them to the Portal-Class fictional character pages category) | Portal | |
| Project | (for project pages; adds them to the Project-Class fictional character pages category) | Project | |
| Template | (for templates and modules; adds them to the Template-Class fictional character pages category) | Template |
The following non-standard assessment grades for mainspace content may be used at a WikiProject's discretion:
| Disambig | (for disambiguation pages; adds them to the Disambig-Class fictional character pages category) | Disambig | |
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| Redirect | (for redirect pages; adds them to the Redirect-Class fictional character pages category) | Redirect |
Quality scale
[edit]| Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
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| FA |
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. | Jill Valentine Iron Man |
| 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:
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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 human Sesame Street characters |
| 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:
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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. | Joker (character) Lady Dimitrescu |
| 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. | Jade (Mortal Kombat) |
| 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. | Bugs Bunny |
| 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. Improve the grammar, spelling, and writing style; decrease the use of jargon. | Captain Nemo |
| 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. | Cardinal Bird (mascot) |
| 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. | Lists of characters in a fictional work |
| 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:Fictional characters |
| 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. | Four Heavenly Kings (disambiguation) |
| 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:Supermanflying.png |
| Project | All WikiProject-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 Fictional characters |
| 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. | Geoff McHenry |
| 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:Fict-char-stub |
| 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. | N/A |
| Fictional character pages by quality | |||||||
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| Quality | |||||||
| Total | |||||||
| FA
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40 | ||||||
| FL
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14 | ||||||
| GA
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833 | ||||||
| B | 1,102 | ||||||
| C | 3,193 | ||||||
| Start | 7,002 | ||||||
| Stub | 1,395 | ||||||
| List | 2,358 | ||||||
| Category | 7,040 | ||||||
| Disambig | 100 | ||||||
| File | 3,231 | ||||||
| Project | 28 | ||||||
| Redirect | 61,848 | ||||||
| Template | 282 | ||||||
| NA | 75 | ||||||
| Assessed | 88,541 | ||||||
| Unassessed | 109 | ||||||
| Total | 88,650 | ||||||
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 61,124 | Ω = 4.51 | |||||
The full log of assessment changes for the past thirty days is available; due to its size (ca 100 kB), it cannot be transcluded directly.
- ^ Prose at the Good Article level is not expected to be at a professional level like it is for Featured Articles. Minor grammatical or style issues that do not impact clarity are not prohibitive of GA status.