User:John F. Lewis/Adopt/Marking

Hello everyone reading this. Since I mark each answer to an adoption test, I thought I would inform you all on what each actually means and what I award them for.

The Green Tick
The green tick (✅) is used mainly to show acceptance/an understanding of the policy in question. I will award the green ticket if the answer shows the following things:


 * 1) Reference to the Policy (E.G. WP:RS).
 * 2) The answer is clear and the understanding/discussion is clear.
 * 3) The case is referred to.

A tick may be awarded too if you have not used a reference as there are certain exceptions where they can not be used.

The Red Cross
The red cross is clearly used to identify/show an answer that is wrong. There is no general criteria but if the answer does not fit to a tick, exclamation or a question mark, It will receive a cross.

The Exclamation
The exclamation will be given if an answer is nearly good quality but it is not exactly there. If the answer does not contain a Policy Reference when appropriate (such as a Deletion Comment Case) it will be given this regardless.

The Question Mark
The question mark will be used when the answer is not exactly clear or it is off topic. This will rarely be used but may be required for complicated questions.

Percentage/Raw data marks
How your topical grades or end of adoption grading goes is all affected by your previous results.

Topical
All tests follow a simple system, they are marked using the templates above. A tick is worth two, a cross and question mark are worth zero and a exclamation is worth one. If the topic is not examined but rather an experience based one (Go and edit an article) the total marks will usually be out of 10. Experience will use a raw data system so damage is minimal and the fact that topical exams will also scale to the raw system.

End of Adoption
At the end of an adoption, all totals are added up and averages out to give an appropriate grade. The end of adoption score will decide whether you have passed or failed the adoption.

You will be given a grade (A, B, C, D, E, F or G) based on your overall percentage. I have made it easy and listed what percentage you need to achieve each grade: (Note: Most grades are in decimals, Below have been rounded to every 5th number)

A - 95% B - 85% C - 70% D - 55% E - 40% F - 30% G - 15% U - 0%

Each grade has its own meaning and once someone gets a certain grade any number of actions may occur.

A: The user may not be asked to do a contribution monitoring and then and there, Graduates immediately. B: A user MAY taken a contribution monitoring if they wish. If denied, They will be asked to preform a correct maintenance task (CSD, Article for Deletion, Article for Creation et cetera) C: You pass! You will take a contribution monitoring for one week and after, I will decide if you graduate (Most likely you will unless you are given a block or a final warning) D: You just jumped early. You will be allowed to take a contribution monitoring course and after a week your status will be decided. E - F: You will be asked to take an other optional course to see if that get you to a D+. If not, You will be allowed to retake the worst preforming required lesson with new questions. G: This will be discussed on the spot. U: You will not graduate, You will not allowed to retake anything.