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The '''Mars taskforce''' aims to improve the quality of existing articles related to '''[[Mars]]''', to create articles to cover a broader range of Mars-related topics, and to categorize and link them in appropriate ways.  The result of this work should be articles that are accessible to the lay reader and yet also useful to the professional working in the field. All concrete proposals, suggestions and activities should be discussed on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Astronomy/Mars task force|talk]] page. Any and all interested parties are encouraged to participate; please let us know who you are by becoming a member.
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== Guidelines and Wikipedia policy==

Editors should become familiar with Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:List of policies|policies]], most important of which are [[WP:NOR|No original research]], [[WP:V|Verifiability]], and [[WP:NPOV|Neutral point of view]]. 
The best way to ensure that an article will not be modified ad nauseam by those who are not familiar with the subject is to (1) be clear, and (2) add citations. In general, one should attempt to include general citations for the lay reader, as well as citations to the scientific literature when appropriate. Citations to [[tertiary source]]s (such as news articles) or unreliable sources (such as self-published material and web pages) should be avoided. 

== How can I help? ==

* Find pages that interest you, and to add them to your watchlist.
* Click on "what links here." The information cited on the referring page is sometimes wrong! 
* Add wikilinks to appropriate topics within articles and cross references to the "see all" sections.
* Identify topics that need work, and list the deficiencies in the talk page or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Mars task force/to do|to do list]].
* Add citations!
* [[WP:Bold|Be bold]]! If you don't fix it, no one will.
* Adopt a topic and bring it to [[WP:GA|Good article]] status.

==Categories==

Categories are a major part of the infrastructure of Wikipedia.  They contain lists of related articles and allow users to find articles that are related to each other.  '''[[:Category:Mars]]''' is the main category for Mars, although most articles should be listed in subcategories.  Beginners should use these categories to organize new or existing articles, and advanced editors are encouraged to maintain and edit the category system itself.
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Article assessments are used for internal use within this WikiProject, as well as for selection guidance for use in the [[WP:1.0|1.0 CD release version of Wikipedia]]. To assess the [[Template:Grading scheme|quality]] and [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Release Version Criteria#Importance of topic|priority]] of an article, it is only necessary to add information to the project banner at the top of each talk page. As an example

:'''<nowiki>{{WikiProject Mars |class=Start |importance=Low}}</nowiki>'''

will rate the quality of the article as "Start" class, and mark it as being of low priority. Quality can be one of:
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|{{FA-Class}} || Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "[[Wikipedia:Featured articles|Featured article]]" status after [[Wikipedia:Peer Review|peer review]], and meet the current criteria for featured articles. 
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|{{A-Class}}|| Provides a well-written, reasonably clear and complete description of the topic, as described in [[Wikipedia:How to write a great article|How to write a great article]].
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|{{GA-Class}}|| The article has passed through the [[Wikipedia:Good articles/Nominations|Good article nomination process]] and been granted GA status, meeting the [[WP:WIAGA|good article standards]].
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|{{B-Class}}|| The article is mostly complete and without major issues, but requires some further work to reach [[WP:Good article criteria|good article standards]]. 
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|{{C-Class}}||The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains a lot of irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant issues or require substantial [[cleanup]].
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|{{Start-Class}}||  An article that is developing, but which is quite incomplete and, most notably, lacks adequate reliable sources.
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|{{Stub-Class}}|| A very basic description: the article is either very short, or a rough collection of information that will need much work to bring it to A-Class level.
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Priority is a ''relative'' grading scheme only for articles within the domain of [[Mars]], and can be one of:
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|{{Top-Class}} ||Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopaedia
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|{{High-Class}} ||Subject contributes a depth of knowledge
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|{{Mid-Class}} ||Subject fills in more minor details
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|{{Low-Class}}||Subject is mainly of specialist interest
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If article assessments change, or if substantial change to the topic is proposed, such as a merger, please add this to the comments section: This will show up on the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Mars articles by quality|bot generated list]].

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Add your name [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Mars task force/Members|to the list here]], and add {{tl|User WPMars}} to your user page. Current members:
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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Mars task force/box-header|To do list|Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Mars task force#To do list|}}
Here is a list of things that [[WP:WikiProject Astronomy/Mars task force/to-do|need to be done]].
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Here are the list of Mars related templates.
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==Tools==
:''Main tool page: [[tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org]]''
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks]] -  Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Checklinks|Checklinks]] - Edit and repair external links
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver]] - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer]] - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.




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