User:IvoShandor/Wikipedia:WikiProject National Register of Historic Places/A-class criteria

A class reviews are conducted per the A-class criteria, laid out below. The idea behind an A-class article is that it is essentially ready for Good article status save a few issues, which should be brought up during the nomination process. The A-class criteria for WikiProject National Register of Historic Places are based on the Good article criteria as well as the Featured article criteria, along with what is known about the ever elusive A-class criteria, this page purports to go a long way in solving that dilemma.

What is an A-class article?
Good question. Hopefully the information below will help clear that up. Please keep in mind these criteria when commenting to support or oppose an A-class nomination.

WikiProject National Register of Historic Places A-class criteria

1. Well-written:
 * Well written means the article should provide a reasonably clear and complete description of the topic. The length should be appropriate given the topic and the lead should conform to all the standards laid out at WP:LEAD
 * a) Writing: The writing should be as clear as possible, there should be no major grammatical errors
 * b) MOS: It does not seriously violate the standards in Wikipedia Manual of style. (In particular, sections to go by include the Structure, Article lead guideline, Article layout guideline, Jargon guideline, Words to avoid using guideline, How to write about Fiction guideline, external links, avoid trivia sections and List incorporation)

2. References:
 * It provides references to any and all reliable sources used for its material. Zero, one or two references is inappropriate for an A-class article. Provides inline citations where necessary, contains no original research.

3. Illustrated
 * While an article does not explicitly need photographs to be an NRHP A class article it should be attempted with zeal to obtain images to illustrate the article. Any images included should not have copyright problems and be appropriately licensed and captioned. Fair use images require a detailed fair use rationale.

4. Breadth of Coverage
 * An A-class article should generally be very useful to the average reader. The article should be a fairly complete treatment of the topic, meaning a non-expert in the subject should be able to find whatever they were looking for from the article. Suffice it to say, an A-class article may miss a few relevant points. As a general rule an article should touch on all major aspects of its topic. It should also remain on topic, not straying off into non-notable trivia.

5. NPOV
 * Strict adherence to the relevant Wikipedia policies is absolutely required in the area of NPOV for A-class articles. See WP:RS, WP:NPOV, WP:OR.
 * a) Fair: Viewpoints are represented fairly and without bias.
 * b) Views: All significant points of view are fairly presented, but not asserted, particularly where there are or have been conflicting views on the topic.

6. Project Compliance
 * The article complies with all relevant guidelines at WP:NRHP. Meaning it should include: an infobox (infobox_nrhp, . ..