Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Assessment
Working Groups at WikiProject History:
Assessment · Collaboration · Review · Outreach · Task forces
Template:WikiProject History sidebar The Assessment department finds historical articles for the first time and rate them on quality and importance scales.
The articles are rated by examining them and comparing them to the quality and importance scales. A template is then place on the article's talk page stating that the article is within the scope of WikiProject History and displaying what rating the article has been given].
Historical articles can be found in Category:History and its subcategories
- Progress
| History articles by quality and importance | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | |||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | Other | ??? | Total | |
 FA
|
5 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 263 | 3 | 349 | |
| FL
|
3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | ||
 A
|
2 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 28 | |||
 GA
|
11 | 38 | 94 | 172 | 1 | 736 | 41 | 1,093 |
| B | 64 | 232 | 323 | 822 | 1,986 | 434 | 3,861 | |
| C | 105 | 314 | 625 | 2,202 | 7 | 3,960 | 987 | 8,200 |
| Start | 31 | 187 | 577 | 4,328 | 6 | 10,653 | 2,216 | 17,998 |
| Stub | 1 | 33 | 152 | 3,039 | 5 | 6,104 | 2,052 | 11,386 |
| List | 5 | 73 | 211 | 7,289 | 12 | 1,495 | 453 | 9,538 |
| Category | 28,955 | 4,301 | 33,256 | |||||
| Disambig | 62 | 30 | 92 | |||||
| File | 50 | 45 | 95 | |||||
| Portal | 531 | 11 | 542 | |||||
| Project | 65 | 13 | 78 | |||||
| Redirect | 9 | 71 | 110 | 1,137 | 332 | 1,659 | ||
| Template | 1,125 | 147 | 1,272 | |||||
| NA | 1 | 16 | 412 | 1 | 430 | |||
| Other | 658 | 658 | ||||||
| Assessed | 222 | 903 | 2,086 | 18,012 | 32,630 | 30,511 | 6,190 | 90,554 |
| Unassessed | 11 | 3 | 39 | 424 | 477 | |||
| Total | 222 | 903 | 2,086 | 18,023 | 32,633 | 30,550 | 6,614 | 91,031 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 204,927 | Ω = 4.77 | ||||||
Template
 | History Unassessed | |||||||||
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Quality scale
Featured articles
Reserved for articles that meet the featured article criteria and have received featured article status after community review
Featured articles are selected at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates
A-Class
Reserved for articles that have received A-Class status after review by the project. Such articles are expected to largely meet the featured article criteria, and must be comprehensive, accurate, well-sourced, and decently-written.
A-Class articles are selected by the project at Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Review#A-Class Review.
Good articles
Reserved for articles that meet the good article criteria and have received good article status.
Good articles are selected at Wikipedia:Good article nominations.
B-Class
The article meets the following six criteria:
- It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited.
- It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies.
- It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content.
- It is free from major grammatical errors.
- It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams.
- It is written from a neutral point of view
Start Class
Start class article have a few paragraphs that provide all the key points but may not cover all aspects of the subject. These articles usually have an image or infobox to support the text.
Start-class articles are selected by individual assessors.
Stub Class
Stubs are very short articles which offer a quick description of the subject
Stub articles are selected by individual assessors
Importance scale
| Need | The article's priority or importance, regardless of its quality |
| Top | Subject is a must-have for a good encyclopedia |
| High | Subject contributes a depth of knowledge |
| Mid | Subject fills in more minor details |
| Low | Subject is mainly of specialist interest. |