MyWiki:WikiProject University of Massachusetts

WikiProject University of Massachusetts

Shortcut	WP:UMASS
Parent project(s)	Massachusetts
Has goals?	Yes

WikiProject University of Massachusetts is a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of the University of Massachusetts system.

Scope

All articles related to the University of Massachusetts system. This includes, but is not limited to: Umass campuses, professional schools, facilities and biographies of major figures. All these articles should be contained in the Category:University of Massachusetts or its subcategories.

Affiliates

• Wikipedia:WikiProject United States
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Massachusetts
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Universities

Members

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Massachusetts/Active participants}} {{Wikipedia:WikiProject University of Massachusetts/Inactive participants}}

Member Projects

Here you can find University of Massachusetts related member projects that are in progress or finished.

• Member Projects

Templates

Page

Template	Result
{{WikiProject United States|class=|importance=|MA=Yes|MA-importance=|UMass=Yes|UMass-importance=}} Use this template to show an article, image, category, or template is part of this WikiProject. This should be placed at the top of talk pages, not articles.

User Page

Template	Result
{{User WikiProject University of Massachusetts}} Project Members can place this in their infobox	Error creating thumbnail: This user is a participant in WikiProject University of Massachusetts.

Infoboxes

Schools

• {{University of Massachusetts}}
• {{University of Massachusetts Amherst}}
• {{University of Massachusetts Boston}}
• {{University of Massachusetts Dartmouth}}
• {{University of Massachusetts Lowell}}
• {{University of Massachusetts Medical School}}

Alma Mater

For those who attended the Umass system, here are some userboxes to advertise your payment to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

File:UMass Seal Medium PMS 202.pngThis user attends or attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

{{User University of Massachusetts Amherst}}

Error creating thumbnail: File missingThis user attends or attended University of Massachusetts Boston.

{{User University of Massachusetts Boston}}

UMass DartmouthThis user attends or attended University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

{{User University of Massachusetts Dartmouth}}

UMass
LowellThis user attends or attended the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

{{User University of Massachusetts Lowell}}

UMass MedicalThis user attends or attended University of Massachusetts Medical School.

{{User University of Massachusetts Medical School}}

Project tagging

Because this is a new WikiProject, most articles don't have the WikiProject tag yet. Here's the entire category tree, though per talk page discussion you may not want to add tags to articles about students, alumni or faculty (except chancellors, presidents and Regents). We have not yet come to an agreement about whether athletic programs are within the scope of this project. You are encouraged to join in on the ongoing discussion, at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject University of Massachusetts#Project tagging.

Once all the articles in a category are tagged, you can strike it out.

Assessment instructions

Basically since we have so few members, we really can't formulate a review process for everything. A general rule for this project is that if it works for other projects, then it works for us.

An article's assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject University of Massachusetts}} project banner: Place this on the talk page of the article

{{University of Massachusetts| ... | class=??? |importance=??? ...}}

The following values may be used for importance:

• Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance University of Massachusetts articles)
• High (adds articles to Category:High-importance University of Massachusetts articles)
• Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance University of Massachusetts articles)
• Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance University of Massachusetts articles)
• if not completed, the article is added to the Category:Unknown-importance University of Massachusetts articles.

WikiProject content quality grading scheme

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
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)
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)
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)
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

Statistics

{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/University of Massachusetts articles by quality statistics}}

Related Projects

Parent

• WikiProject Massachusetts

Goals

• Cleanup pages that are related to University of Massachusetts
• Merge pages that should be merged
• Watch University of Massachusetts pages for vandalism
• Expand and Create pages for University of Massachusetts Personalities
• Expand and Create pages for University of Massachusetts Campus and History

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