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==[[Image:Emblem of the Papacy SE.svg|30px]] Article rating and assessment scheme==
An '''article rating and assessment scheme''' has been implemented for articles identified as being of interest to [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism|WikiProject Catholicism]]. In this scheme, Catholicism-related articles ('article' here also includes lists) may be assigned:
*a particular rating which indicates an assessment of their '''class''' (overall quality), and 
*a particular rating which indicates an assessment of their '''importance''' (priority or relative significance).
The primary purpose of this rating and assessment scheme is to provide project members and editors with a sub-categorised survey of the current status of Catholicism-related articles, which can then be used to prioritise the overall workload and highlight articles needing improvements at various stages.

For example, higher-priority articles (those most essential to any encyclopaedia) in need of most work (ie lower quality) can be readily identified for attention and collaboration.

There will be a number of secondary benefits from the scheme, such as being able to track which kinds and topics of articles are 'neglected'.

This assessment and rating scheme follows the precepts adopted by the '''[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Version 1.0 Editorial Team]]''', see '''[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment]]''' and '''[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Work via Wikiprojects|Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Work via Wikiprojects]]''' for details.

The ''class'' and ''importance'' ratings are recorded by setting appropriate values to the parameters of the Project banner, '''{{tl|WikiProject Catholicism}}''', which is placed on the corresponding talk pages of in-scope Catholicism-related articles. See the '''[[Template talk:Project Catholicism|template instructions]]''' for details on these parameters which can be set.

See the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism/Assessment#Quality scale|Quality scale]]''' for guideline criteria for rating an article by class/quality. See the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism/Assessment#Importance scale|Importance scale]]''' for guideline criteria for rating an article by importance/priority.

The assessments of ''class'' and ''importance'' are assigned manually by WP Catholicism project members (or other interested parties) &ndash; see the '''[[#Instructions|Rating instructions]]''' for details. Assigning a rating will automatically place the article in an appropriate rating category.

Once assigned, behind the scenes a bot ({{User|Mathbot}}) runs periodically (scheduled daily, about 0300hrs UTC) which compiles a variety of listings, statistics and log data, which can then later be analysed by the Project. See the table to the right for links to these auto-generated and updated pages, and the associated ''by quality'' and ''by importance'' categories.

There is a [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Catholicism articles by quality log|bot-generated daily log]] which lists articles Reassessed, Assessed and Removed.

It is expected that this rating and assessment scheme will require periodic and iterative maintenance, as new articles are created or identified, and existing articles are progressively improved (or, hopefully much rarer, demoted), requiring the status to be reassessed.

Of course, anyone is free to edit any of the articles they choose without regard to priority, however it is hoped that this will provide some basis for a more methodical approach to the longer-term overall improvement of content and coverage in the field.
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==[[Image:Emblem of the Papacy SE.svg|30px]] Instructions ==
An article's assessment is recorded via the use of certain parameters of the '''{{tl|WikiProject Catholicism}}''' project banner, which is affixed to the talk pages of in-scope articles. 

The two parameters used for this exercise are ''class'' (indicates an assessment of the article's current overall quality) and ''importance'' (indicates an assessment of the relative priority or significance of the particular article to general knowledge of Catholicism-related topics). Usage summary (note the parameters are in lowercase):
:''<nowiki>{{WikiProject Catholicism|class=??? |importance=??? }}</nowiki>''
These parameters flag the article according to the values chosen (which then appear on the project banner), and also assign the article to a corresponding category. The possible values of these parameters and guidance criteria on which value to choose are detailed below: see '''[[#Importance scale|Importance scale]]''' for the ''importance'' parameter and '''[[#Quality scale|Quality scale]]''' for the ''class'' parameter.

===General workflow===
#Locate an in-scope Catholicism-related article (or list), add the {{tl|WikiProject Catholicism}} project banner to its '''talk page''' if not already there. (Note this also applies to new articles you may create, ie you can add the banner and the rating as you go).
#If currently unassessed (or when adding the project banner anew), determine what its class and importance assessment rating should be, using your judgment and the criteria given here. Try to be as frank as possible in the assessment, the aim here is to appropriately identify articles needing later improvement and there's nothing to be gained by "over-ranking" them.
#Add the selected parameter values to the project banner template call, per the specified syntax. Once previewed/saved, you should see the values updated in the banner and the appropriate categories assigned.
#If in doubt as to the appropriate class or importance level, you can either leave the value unassigned for now (ie omit the parameters), and/or consult with another project member to decide.
#If the article already has a rating, but you disagree or the article has subsequently been edited by you or someone else so that its overall quality has changed (hopefully for the better!), then you can update the parameter yourself to reflect its new status.
#Since we may (naturally enough) not be the most objective assessors of one's own work, it might be an idea in these or other unclear cases to invite another party to give the assessment. '''''NB:''''' The project may need to determine a specific methodology for such reassessments.
#On an ongoing basis, you can patrol the various x-class categories for improvement opportunities.
:::At the ''Quality'' column of the ''Catholicism articles by quality and importance'' table above, click on the Quality code you want to patrol.
:::In the ''Importance'' grid above, click on the ''???'' for [[:Category:Unknown-importance Catholicism articles]] articles.
:::Click on ''Unassessed'' to patrol for new assessments.

===[[Image:Emblem of the Papacy SE.svg|15px]] Importance scale ===
{{Importance scheme|Project=Catholicism
|Top_text="Key" articles, considered indispensable
|Top_example=[[Pope]], [[Catholic Church]]
|High_text=High-priority topics and needed subtopics of "key" articles, often with a broad scope; needed to complement any general understanding of the field
|High_example=[[Thomas Aquinas]], [[College of Cardinals]]
|Mid_text=Mid-priority articles on more specialised (sub-)topics; possibly more detailed coverage of topics summarised in "key" articles, and as such their omission would not significantly impair general understanding
|Mid_example=[[Filioque clause]], [[Knights of Columbus]]
|Low_text=While still notable, these are highly-specialised or even obscure, not essential for understanding the wider picture ("nice to have" articles)
|Low_example=[[Quaesitum est]], [[Suburbicarian diocese]]
}}

The ''importance'' parameter is not used if an article's class is set to '''NA''', and may be omitted in those cases. If the ''importance'' parameter is not yet set, or contains an invalid value, the article will be assigned to [[:Category:Unknown-importance Catholicism articles]].

===[[Image:Emblem of the Papacy SE.svg|15px]] Quality scale ===
Each article may also be assigned to a particular '''''class''''', intended as a point-in-time assessment of its overall "quality" - relative to the criteria given in the quality scale which is detailed below.

This quality scale follows the definitions employed at the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Version 1.0 Editorial Team's]] [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|assessment system]].

The following values may be used for the ''class'' parameter (they should be entered exactly as given):
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|+'''Class parameter values''' ([[:Category:Catholicism articles by quality]])
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!width="8%"|'''Value'''
!width="40%"|'''Meaning'''
!width="16%"|'''Reader's experience'''
!width="16%"|'''Editor's experience'''
!width="12%"|'''Examples'''
!width="8%"|'''Category'''
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|{{FA-Class|category=Category:FA-Class Catholicism articles}}<br /><small>{{tl|FA-Class}}</small>
|valign="top"|Articles which are currently [[WP:FA|Featured status]] articles and meet the current criteria for featured articles.
|valign="top"|Definitive. Outstanding, thorough article; a great source for encyclopedic information.
|valign="top"| No further editing is necessary unless new published information has come to light; but further improvements to the text are often possible.
|valign="top"|[[Joan of Arc]], [[Pope Pius XII]]
|valign="top"|[[:Category:FA-Class Catholicism articles|FA-Class Catholicism articles]]
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|{{A-Class|category=Category:A-Class Catholicism articles}}<br /><small>{{tl|A-Class}}</small>
|valign="top"|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]]. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, with a well-written introduction and an appropriate series of headings to break up the content. It should have sufficient external literature references, preferably from "hard" ([[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] where appropriate) literature rather than websites. Should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. At the stage where it could at least be considered for [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article|featured article]] status, corresponds to the "Wikipedia 1.0" standard.  
|valign="top"| Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject.  A non-expert in the subject matter would typically find nothing wanting.  May miss a few relevant points.
|valign="top"| Minor edits and adjustments would improve the article, particularly if brought to bear by a subject-matter expert.  In particular, issues of breadth, completeness, and balance may need work.  [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer-review]] would be helpful at this stage.
|valign="top"|[[Elgin Cathedral]]
|valign="top"|[[:Category:A-Class Catholicism articles|A-Class Catholicism articles]]
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|{{GA-Class|category=Category:GA-Class Catholicism articles}}<br /><small>{{tl|GA-Class}}</small>
|valign="top"|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]]. This should be used for articles that still need some work to reach featured article standards, but that are otherwise acceptable. Good articles that may succeed in FAC should be considered A-Class articles, but '''having completed the [[Wikipedia:Good article|Good article]] designation process is not a requirement for A-Class.'''   
|valign="top"|Useful to nearly all readers. A good treatment of the subject.  No obvious problems, gaps, excessive information. Adequate for most purposes, but other encyclopedias could do a better job.
|valign="top"|Some editing will clearly be helpful, but not necessary for a good reader experience. If the article is not already fully [[:Category:Articles that need to be wikified|wikified]], now is the time.
|valign="top"|[[Knights of Columbus]], [[Bede]], [[First Council of Nicaea]]
|valign="top"|[[:Category:GA-Class Catholicism articles|GA-Class Catholicism articles]]
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|{{B-Class|category=Category:B-Class Catholicism articles}}<br /><small>{{tl|B-Class}}</small>
|valign="top"|The article is mostly complete and without major issues, but requires some further work to reach [[WP:GACR|good article standards]]. See [[WP:BCLASS]] for a helpful checklist of criteria.
|valign="top"| Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.
|valign="top"| A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should also be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the [[WP:MOS|Manual of Style]] and related style guidelines.
|valign="top"|[[Anointing of the Sick]], [[Francis of Assisi]]
|valign="top"|[[:Category:B-Class Catholicism articles|B-Class Catholicism articles]]
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|{{C-Class|category=Category:C-Class Catholicism articles}}<br /><small>{{tl|C-Class}}</small>
|valign="top"|The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains a lot of irrelevant material. The article should have references to reliable sources, but may still have significant issues or require substantial [[WP:Cleanup|cleanup]].The article is better developed in style, structure and quality than Start-Class, but fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements; need editing for clarity, balance or flow; or contain policy violations such as bias or original research.
|valign="top"| Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.
|valign="top"| Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and address cleanup issues.
|valign="top"|[[Episcopal conference]], [[Tomb of Pope Julius II]]
|valign="top"|[[:Category:C-Class Catholicism articles|C-Class Catholicism articles]]
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|{{Start-Class|category=Category:Start-Class Catholicism articles}} <br/><small>{{tl|Start-Class}}</small>
|valign="top"|The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas, and may lack a key element. For example an article on Africa might cover the geography well, but be weak on history and culture. Has at least one serious element of gathered materials, including any '''one''' of the following: 
*a particularly 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 
|valign="top"| Useful to some, provides a moderate amount of information, but many readers will need to find additional sources of information. The article clearly needs to be expanded.
|valign="top"| Substantial/major editing is needed, most material for a complete article needs to be added.  This article still needs to be completed, so an article [[Wikipedia:Cleanup|cleanup]] tag is inappropriate at this stage.  
|valign="top"|''[[Evangelium Vitae]]'', [[Lubomyr Cardinal Husar]]
|valign="top"|[[:Category:Start-Class Catholicism articles|Start-Class Catholicism articles]]
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|{{Stub-Class|category=Category:Stub-Class Catholicism articles}}<br /><small>{{tl|Stub-Class}}</small>
|valign="top"|The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to bring it to A-Class level.  It is usually very short, but can be of any length if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible.
|valign="top"| Possibly useful to someone who has no idea what the term meant.  May be useless to a reader only passingly familiar with the term.  At best a brief, informed dictionary definition. 
|valign="top"| Any editing or additional material can be helpful.  
|valign="top"|[[Friar]]
|valign="top"|[[:Category:Stub-Class Catholicism articles|Stub-Class Catholicism articles]]
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|align="center"|'''NA'''||Not applicable; ie for miscellaneous pages such as disambiguation pages or project pages, which do not require an assessment
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||[[Latin Patriarch]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Catholicism]]||[[:Category:NA-Class Catholicism articles|NA-Class Catholicism articles]]
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|{{Dab-Class|category=Category:Disambig-Class Catholicism articles}}<br /><small>{{tl|Dab-Class}}</small>
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Articles for which a valid ''class'' has not yet been provided are listed by default in [[:Category:Unassessed Catholicism articles]].  

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