MyWiki:WikiProject Latin/Assessment Department

Salve! Welcome to the Assessment Department of WikiProject Latin. The department is responsible for assessing articles related to the Latin language. This page is designed to clarify the assessments and to demonstrate how the grading system works.
Assessment allows us to recognise excellent articles and identify articles that need work. All articles with the Project Banner {{WikiProject Latin}} on their talk pages need to be rated,

Logs

The Assessment logs can be found at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Latin articles by quality log.

The Project Banner

== Criteria and technical information == This is the area for members to understand the criteria and assessing systems as well as the basic WikiMarkup (the language of Wikipedia's editing system) involved in these processes. They are the standard templates.

It should be noted that at this moment in time not all of the below are compatible with our template. Work is being done to amend this, if you feel you can help to add all of these to our assessing, contact 95jb14 (talk) directly ON HIS TALKPAGE before you do anything, create it in a sandbox first as well.

An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Latin}} 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):

FA	(for featured articles only; adds them to the FA-Class Latin articles category)		File:Featured article star.svg FA
FL	(for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class Latin articles category)		File:Featured article star.svg FL
A	(for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class Latin articles category)		File:Symbol a class.svg A
GA	(for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class Latin articles category)		File:Symbol support vote.svg GA
B	(for articles that satisfy all of the B-Class criteria; adds them to the B-Class Latin articles category)		B
C	(for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class Latin articles category)		C
Start	(for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class Latin articles category)		Start
Stub	(for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class Latin articles category)		Stub
List	(for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class Latin articles category)		List
NA	(for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class Latin pages category)		NA
???	(articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed Latin articles category)		???

For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:

Category	(for categories; adds them to the Category-Class Latin pages category)		Category
Draft	(for drafts; adds them to the Draft-Class Latin pages category)		Draft
File	(for files and timed text; adds them to the File-Class Latin pages category)		File
Portal	(for portal pages; adds them to the Portal-Class Latin pages category)		Portal
Project	(for project pages; adds them to the Project-Class Latin pages category)		Project
Template	(for templates and modules; adds them to the Template-Class Latin pages category)		Template

The following non-standard assessment grades for mainspace content may be used at a WikiProject's discretion:

Disambig	(for disambiguation pages; adds them to the Disambig-Class Latin pages category)		Disambig

WikiProject content quality grading scheme

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
File:Featured article star.svg FA	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}}	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.	Cleopatra (as of June 2018)
File:Featured article star.svg FL	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}}	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 dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018)
File:Symbol a class.svg A	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.	Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014)
File:Symbol support vote.svg GA	The article meets all 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}}	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.	Everybody Wants to Rule the World (as of October 2025)
B	The article meets all 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 {{Wikipedia:Content assessment/B-Class criteria|raw=yes}}	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.	Psychology (as of January 2024)
C	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.	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.	Wing (as of June 2018)
Start	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: A 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	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.	Gravel (as of January 2006)
Stub	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.	Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014)
List	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 literary movements

Requests for Assessment

Members

Members are those who regularly assess our articles. To be a member, you have to be a member of the main WP first. If need be a Head of Department can be created by the first member.

1. 95jb14 (talk) 12:38, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
2. I.M.S. (talk) 15:33, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Featured Content

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Featured Articles Are the top class of Articles. They are not rated by an individual but have to go through a candidate process where senior editors discuss whether it qualifies and come to a consensus. A featured article is always.

File:Featured article star - cross.svgFormer

Featured articles may not always continue to reach their original criteria. These have to be sent to review so that it can be determined whether or not it is right for them to continue to be graded as an FA. If not then they will be classed as 'former'.

• Vulgar Latin,

current status: B,

current FA Nomination status: Not being Nominated,

FA: 12th October 2004,

Review: 12th August 2006,

Former: 24th September 2006

File:Cscr-candidate.svgCandidates

Before an article can be called an FA, it has to be proposed and nominated at WP:FA candidates, although it is worth discussing it on it's own talk page first. It becomes a candidate and is discussed until a general consensus is reached over and about it's status and rating as an F.A..

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If an articles status as an FA is questionable it can be reviewed in the Review area as a discussion.

Good Articles

File:Symbol support vote.svg Good Articles

File:Cquote1.svgGood articles are articles which are considered to be of good quality but which are not yet, or are unlikely to reach, featured article quality. Good articles should meet the good article criteria and have passed through the good article nomination process successfully. In short, they should be well written, factually accurate and verifiable, broad in coverage, neutral in point of view, stable, and illustrated, where possible, by relevant images with suitable copyright licenses. Good articles need not be as comprehensive as featured articles, but they should not omit any major facets of the topic: a comparison of the criteria for good and featured articles describes further differences.File:Cquote2.svg

Wikipedia:Good Articles Definitions and Descriptions

File:GA candidate.svgCandidates

Good articles are important to us but they do have to go through a nomination process. This is where they are under review. We should try to press 'B' articles that are good enough into nomination. One example is Ancient Rome, a former GA.

File:Symbol unsupport vote.svg Former

In recent times the FA and GA Assessing criteria have changed and in some cases have made it more difficult for articles to be nominated. Articles that were nominated and succeeded but later didn't match the criteria can be found. These are distinguished with a separate banner on their talkpage. They should be listed here. They are normally described as being 'delisted'.

• Latin, current status: B, Current GA Nomination status: Not being Nominated at the Moment.
• Ancient Rome, current status: B, Current GA Nomination status: Not being Nominated at the Moment.

File:Symbol unsupport vote.svg Fails

Not all articles will pass, in fact many will fail. Those that fail nominations will be listed here with the date and further information. If they later succeed it should be struck through.

File:Symbol wait.svg On hold

File:Symbol neutral vote.svg Second Opinion

If you are unsure as to whether an article meets GA criteria you can ask for a second opinion. We may not keep these up to date but will try!

Popular Pages

I, 95jb14, have added our WikiProject to a wiki based toolserver that determines the most popularly viewed pages and we are currently on the waiting list. Our request key is mbb0h8i, this is to edit or delete the request before it is accepted. It will appear as a subpage, Wikipedia:WikiProject Latin/Popular pages and has a maximum number of articles available to view on the list set to 1500 (the maximum). Don't worry it shows all of the articles in order of Popularity so the some that are after 1500 will be the least popular any way. The website is here: [1].

Our list is now available for view for the first time (for November now) at [2]

File:Quality images logo.svgQuality Images

Quality images are run by the Commons (Wikimedia Commons) but a banner is shown on 'File:' articles. They are images, videos and diagrams that meet certain standards based on technical image quality. There are over 7,100 of these images. It is not something we need to worry about or focus on but I felt it is necessary to include here.