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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Solar System/Navigation}} The assessment department of WikiProject Solar System focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Solar System 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 Template:Tl project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Solar System articles by quality and Category:Solar System articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist (Template:WP1).
FAQ
- See also the general assessment FAQ
- 1. What is the purpose of the article ratings?
- The rating system allows the project to monitor the quality of articles in our subject areas, and to prioritize work on these articles. It is also utilized by the Wikipedia 1.0 program to prepare for static releases of Wikipedia content. Please note, however, that these ratings are primarily intended for the internal use of the project, and do not necessarily imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.
- 2. How do I add an article to the WikiProject?
- Just add Template:Tl to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
- 3. Someone put a Template:Tl template on an article, but it doesn't seem to be within the project's scope. What should I do?
- Because of the large number of articles we deal with, we occasionally make mistakes and add tags to articles that shouldn't have them. If you notice one, feel free to remove the tag, and optionally leave a note on the project talk page (or directly with the person who tagged the article).
- 4. Who can assess articles?
- Any member of WikiProject Solar System is free to add—or change—the rating of an article. Editors who are not participants in this project are also welcome to assess articles, but should defer to consensus within the project in case of procedural disputes.
- 5. How do I rate an article?
- Check the quality scale and select the level that best matches the state of the article; then, follow the instructions below to add the rating to the project banner on the article's talk page. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.
- 6. 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.
- 7. What if I don't agree with a rating?
- You can ask any member of the project to rate the article again. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.
- 8. Aren't the ratings subjective?
- Yes, they are somewhat subjective, 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!
Instructions
Quality Assessment
An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the Template:Template link general. Articles that have the Template:Template link general 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):
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />FA | (for featured articles only; adds them to the FA-Class Solar System articles category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
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| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />FL | (for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class Solar System articles category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />A | (for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class Solar System articles category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />GA | (for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class Solar System articles category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />B | (for articles that satisfy all of the B-Class criteria; adds them to the B-Class Solar System articles category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />C | (for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class Solar System articles category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />Start | (for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class Solar System articles category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />Stub | (for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class Solar System articles category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />List | (for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class Solar System articles category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />NA | (for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class Solar System pages category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />??? | (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed Solar System articles category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />Category | (for categories; adds them to the Category-Class Solar System pages category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
|---|---|---|
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />Portal | (for portal pages; adds them to the Portal-Class Solar System pages category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />Project | (for project pages; adds them to the Project-Class Solar System pages category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />Template | (for templates and modules; adds them to the Template-Class Solar System pages category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
The following non-standard assessment grades for mainspace content may be used at a WikiProject's discretion:
| <templatestyles src="Mono/styles.css" />Disambig | (for disambiguation pages; adds them to the Disambig-Class Solar System pages category) | Script error: No such module "Class". |
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Quality scale
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| 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:{{Wikipedia:Featured article criteria}}
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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. | Solar System | |
| 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:{{Wikipedia: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 natural satellites | |
| The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria
The article meets the A-Class criteria:
{{Wikipedia:Content assessment/A-Class criteria|raw=yes}} |
Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting. | Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help. | 20000 Varuna | |
| The article meets Template:Em of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria
{{Wikipedia:Good article criteria}}
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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. | Comet | |
| The article meets Template:Em 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. | Asteroid | |
| 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. | Extraterrestrial life | |
| 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. | Calypso (moon) | |
| 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. | Dorsum Owen | |
| 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. | List of geological features of the Solar System | |
| 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:Solar System | |
| 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. | Extraterrestrial | |
| 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:Solar system.jpg | |
| Any page in the portal namespace falls under this class. | Portals are intended to serve as "main pages" for specific topics. | Editor involvement is essential to ensure that portals are kept up to date. | Portal:Solar System | |
| 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 Solar System | |
| 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. | Pluto (dwarf planet) | |
| 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:WikiProject Solar System | |
| 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. |
Importance Assessment
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the Template:Tl project banner on its talk page:
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The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):
| Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Solar System articles) | Top | |
| High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Solar System articles) | High | |
| Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Solar System articles) | Mid | |
| Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Solar System articles) | Low | |
| NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance Solar System articles) | NA | |
| ??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Solar System articles) | ??? |
Importance scale
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Solar System/Importance ratings}}
Statistics
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Solar System articles by quality statistics}}
Popular pages
A monthly list of bot-generated pages for WikiProject Solar System along with pageviews.
Log
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.