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This is the WikiProject Texas assessment summary page. See WP:1.0 and WP:WVWP for more information. For Texas articles, see Category:Texas or Category:Texas-related lists. For Texas stubs, see Category:Texas stubs.
The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject United States|TX=yes}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Texas articles by quality and Category:Texas articles by importance, which serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.
Index · Statistics · Log
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Texas articles by quality statistics}}
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Texas articles by quality statistics}}
FAQ
[edit source]- 1. How do I add an article to the WikiProject?
- Just add
{{WikiProject United States|TX=yes}}to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else. - 2. Someone put a
{{WikiProject United States|TX=yes}}template on an article, but it's not a Texas related topic. 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 talk page of this department (or directly with the person who tagged the article). If User:WatchlistBot did it, you can add it to the exclusion list for the project (User:WatchlistBot/Texas to make sure that it will not be retagged again.
- 3. What is the purpose of the article ratings?
- The objective of the rating system is twofold. First, it allows the project to monitor the quality of articles in our subject areas, and to prioritize work on these articles. Second, the ratings will be used by the Wikipedia 1.0 project to compile a "released version" of Wikipedia that can be distributed to readers. Please note, however, that these ratings are meant for the internal use of the project, and do not imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.
- 4. How can I get an article rated?
- Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
- 5. Who can assess articles?
- Any member of the Texas WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article.
- 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.
- 8. What if I don't agree with a rating?
- You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can ask any member of the project to rate the article again.
- 9. Aren't the ratings subjective?
- Yes, they are (see, in particular, the disclaimers on the importance scale), 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!
- 10. How can I keep track of changes in article ratings?
- A full log of changes over the past thirty days is available here. If you are just looking for an overview, however, the monthly statistics may be more accessible.
- 11. What if I have a question not listed here?
- If your question concerns the article assessment process specifically, please refer to the discussion page; for any other issues, you can go to the main project discussion page.
Instructions
[edit source]An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject United States|TX=yes}} 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 Texas articles category) | File:Featured article star.svg FA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | (for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class Texas articles category) | File:Featured article star.svg FL | |
| A | (for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class Texas articles category) | File:Symbol a class.svg A | |
| GA | (for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class Texas 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 Texas articles category) | B | |
| C | (for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class Texas articles category) | C | |
| Start | (for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class Texas articles category) | Start | |
| Stub | (for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class Texas articles category) | Stub | |
| List | (for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class Texas articles category) | List | |
| NA | (for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class Texas pages category) | NA | |
| ??? | (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed Texas articles category) | ??? |
For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:
| FM | (for featured media only; adds them to the FM-Class Texas pages category) | File:Featured article star.svg FM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | (for categories; adds them to the Category-Class Texas pages category) | Category | |
| Draft | (for drafts; adds them to the Draft-Class Texas pages category) | Draft | |
| File | (for files and timed text; adds them to the File-Class Texas pages category) | File | |
| Portal | (for portal pages; adds them to the Portal-Class Texas pages category) | Portal | |
| Project | (for project pages; adds them to the Project-Class Texas pages category) | Project | |
| Template | (for templates and modules; adds them to the Template-Class Texas 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 Texas pages category) | Disambig | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redirect | (for redirect pages; adds them to the Redirect-Class Texas pages category) | Redirect |
The following values may be used for the importance parameter:
- Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Texas articles)
- High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Texas articles)
- Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Texas articles)
- Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Texas articles)
The parameter is not used if an article's class is set to NA, and may be omitted in those cases. The importance should be assigned according to the importance scale below.
Articles for which a valid importance is not provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Texas articles. The importance should be assigned according to the importance scale below.
Grading scheme
[edit source]Quality scale
[edit source]| 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}}
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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. | 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}}
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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 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}}
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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. | 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}}
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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. | 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.
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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. | 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:
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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. | 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 |
Importance scale
[edit source]{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Texas/Importance}}
Quality log (updated by bot)
[edit source]{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Texas articles by quality log}}
Requests for assessment
[edit source]If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below.