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{| class="wikitable"
|+ '''Article progress grading scheme'''
|-
! Label
! Criteria
! Reader's experience
! Editor's experience
! Example
|-
| {{FA-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|FA-Class}}</small>
| 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.
| Definitive. Outstanding, thorough article; a great source for encyclopedic information.
| No further editing necessary, unless new published information has come to light.
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|-
| {{A-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|A-Class}}</small>
| 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 the "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.  
| 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.
| 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.
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|-
| {{GA-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|GA-Class}}</small>
| 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 good. Good articles that may succeed in FAC should be considered A-Class articles, but being a [[Wikipedia:Good article|Good article]] is not a requirement for A-Class. 
| 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.
| 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.
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|-
| {{B-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|B-Class}}</small>
| Has several of the elements described in "start", usually a ''majority'' of the material needed for a completed article. Nonetheless, it has significant gaps or missing elements or references, needs substantial editing for English language usage and/or clarity, balance of content, or contains other policy problems such as copyright, NPOV or NOR.  With NPOV a well written B-class may correspond to the "Wikipedia 0.5" or "usable" standard. Articles that are close to GA status but don't meet the [[WP:WIAGA|Good article criteria]] should be B- or Start-class articles.
| Useful to many, but not all, readers. A casual reader flipping through articles would feel that they generally understood the topic, but a serious student or researcher trying to use the material would have trouble doing so, or would risk error in derivative work.
| Considerable editing is still needed, including filling in some important gaps or correcting significant policy errors. Articles for which [[Wikipedia:cleanup|cleanup]] is needed will typically have this designation to start with.
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|-
| {{Start-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|Start-Class}}</small>
| The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas, and may lack a key element such as a standard [[Wikipedia:List of infoboxes|infobox]]. 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 
| 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.
| 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.
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|-
| {{Stub-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|Stub-Class}}</small>
| 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.
| 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. 
| Any editing or additional material can be helpful.  
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|-
| {{List-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|List-Class}}</small>
| This page is a list.
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|-
| {{NA-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|NA-Class}}</small>
| The page is not an article and does not require a rating.
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|-
| {{Category-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|Cat-Class}}</small>
| This page is a category related to the ''Mortal Kombat'' WikiProject.
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp; 
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|-
| {{Template-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|Template-Class}}</small>
| This page is a template related to the ''Mortal Kombat'' WikiProject.
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp; 
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|-
| {{Disambig-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|Disambig-Class}}</small>
| This page is a disambiguation page related to the ''Mortal Kombat'' WikiProject.
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp; 
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|-
| colspan="5" style="background: #DEDFDE; text-align: center;" | [[WP:MK|''Mortal Kombat'' WikiProject]] Related Class
|-
| {{Future-Class}}<br /><small>{{tl|Future-Class}}</small>
| The article exists of a future subject (game, movie, character, etc.). Contents of these articles can change rapidly and could be outright deleted per [[WP:NOT]].
| These articles should get attention closer to their supposed release date.
| &nbsp;
| ''none''<br /><small>(as of October 2006)</small>
|}