MyWiki:WikiProject Idaho/Article guidelines

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Types of Articles

Types of articles that could/should be built

Find

How to best find if an article already exists. Some have funny names.

New articles

How to request an article be built. How to build a new article.

structure

Basic outlines (by topic)

• Biographies
• Places
• Things
• Politics

templates

Various templates to help with each section listed above

Edit Articles

It exists, but doesn't say what you think it should say.

References

What constitutes good and poor references? + List of bad references

Pictures

About copy-rights, etc.

Categories

Why we have them How they should "link"/"chain"

Assessment

Stubs

Someone has just created an article

• check history in case they are actively (within 24-48 hrs) still working on it
• Try to improve it yourself before tagging
• Clean up tags

Start

How to get to Start?

"C" Class

Full topic, solid references, templates, and categories

"B" Class

Everything there is to know about the topic.

<!-- 1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points have appropriate inline citations. -->
|B-Class-1=no
<!-- 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. -->
|B-Class-2=no
<!-- 3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. -->
|B-Class-3=yes
<!-- 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. -->
|B-Class-4=yes
<!-- 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. -->
|B-Class-5=yes

"A" Class

This is an odd transient classification. It basically tells the group of "Peer-Reviewers" for Idaho to get together on promoting the article to either GA (Good Article) or FA (Featured Article) status.

Importance

Importance should be from the height of the State of Idaho. Meaning how important is it to the ENTIRE State.

Top

Idaho would not exist without this article. (See Idaho). Generally, things that might fall in the 90-95% ranking.

• People (recognized internationally)
• Biggest cities (top 5), Top 5 Counties
• Biggest Landmarks ( top 10)
• Politics: Top State positions, Party Pages, Most recent Election (maybe previous if just occurred)
• Biggest Colleges/Universities (Top 5) - Example; BSU, but not BSU Football (High)
• Snake River
• Nationally recognized {Noun} - Sports Team,
• National Forests (State forests are High)
• International Businesses
• Boise Airport
• Flag and seal of Idaho

High

• On going Lists: List of governors of Idaho
  • People (recognized Nationally)
• Politics: State Legislature (State Senators and Representatives); National Elections within 20 yrs. State elections within 10yrs.
  • County Leaders
• Anything that just missed a limit for Top (but above 75%);
  • Cities/counties 5-10 (top 25%)
  • Any "Yearly" article within the last decade or so.
  • State based Sports teams (that HAVE gone to a National Tournament/Bowl).
  • State Forests, Highways
  • US Only businesses

Mid

Article topic would need to be recognized by 50% of the residents. "Most" people would know about this or be affected by it.

• Things that are Idaho Only.
• People (recognized within Idaho)
  • City Leaders
• Politics: Ex-National (State Senators and Representatives); National Elections within 10 elections. State elections within 20.
• State based Sports teams (that have NOT gone to a National Tournament/Bowl).
• IDaho Only businesses; no real presence outside the state

Low

Basically, everything else. BUT MUST still be WP:NOTABLE.

• People: (born, living or died) in Idaho.
• Politics: "Ran" for office, but did not win. Criminals in Idaho, etc.
• Place: "IN" Idaho, not just referencing Idaho.
• Things: Made in Idaho, not just bought/sold here.

Do NOT Create

• Idaho Potato - See, it links to Potato (And Idaho is not even ON that article's Talk Page); as Idaho potatoes are not an actual "thing". Besides, the top crop is actually Onions