User:Kzollman/Random

I don't remember who started it, but someone suggested using Special:Random to do quick surveys about the quality of wikipedia. Its kind of fun and you get to see (sometimes) strange corners of our little encyclopedia. Here's what I've got.

Articles

 * Byron Kilbourn, short but otherwise fine article about a business figure (includes picture & references)
 * Paul Gonsalves, a little longer article about a musician (includes picture/no refs)
 * Chinese space program, yet longer article about a country (includes pictures & refs)
 * Mt. Angel Training Center and Residential Services, fine article about a non-profit, a little POV (includes picture & refs)
 * Hallock Township, Minnesota Rambot article, never edited by a non-assisted human (no picture/includes refs)
 * Bobby Short Short (haha) article about a singer (no picture/includes refs)
 * Ancient Shores One sentence stub about a book (no picture/no refs)
 * Inka Grings stub about a soccer player (no picture/no refs)
 * Ludovico II of Gonzaga stub about a 15th century italian (includes picture/no refs)
 * Low Earth orbit short article about space (no picture/no references)
 * Alemán Coloniero stub about a language dialect (no picture/includes ref)
 * Ruth Witt-Diamant stub about a professor (no picture/includes ref)
 * Christopher Meyer short article about a politician/diplomat (includes picture & refs)
 * Franjo Tuđman article about a politician tagged with several NPOV tags (no picture/includes ref)
 * Gail D. Fosler stub about a business figure (no picture/no ref)
 * Listeria stub about a bacterial genus (includes picture/no ref)
 * Battle of Fallujah (disambiguation) disambig page (not counted in picture/ref count)
 * Westbus article about a bus company, long-ass list (no picture/includes ref)
 * Oksana Liapina unwikified stub about a gymnast. (no picture/no ref)
 * Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 article about a video game. marked a stub, but its pretty long so I'm not counting it as such.  (includes picture & ref)

Summary

 * 5% where disambig pages
 * 42% of articles that could have illustrations/pictures had at least one
 * 58% of articles that should have references or external links had at least one
 * 42% of articles that could be larger are stubs
 * 5% where edited only by bots/human assisted bots
 * 5% of articles have NPOV disputes

Articles

 * Dermatophytosis sub-stub about an infection (no picture/no ref)
 * Noise print an unmarked stub about an audio technique (no picture/no ref)
 * Stratford, Iowa Mostly a rambot article, with a few sentences added (includes picture and refs)
 * New Zealand postal addresses Reasonably sized article about New Zealand (no pictures/includes refs)
 * Central Democratic Labour Party unmarked stub about a political party in the Netherlands. It includes a reference, but its in dutch, so I won't count it.  (no picture/no ref)
 * HMS Indefatigable (1909) reasonable article about a navy ship. (includes picture and refs)
 * State Road 514 (Florida) stub about a road. (no picture/no ref)
 * Dupuytren's contracture a reasonable article about a medical condition (includes refs/no picture)
 * Marcus Valerius Messalla Niger a short article about a historical figure (includes refs/no picture)
 * Victoria Symphony a short article (stub?) about a moderately notable symphony (includes refs/no picture)

Summary

 * 30% of articles that could have references or external links had at least one
 * 20% of articles that could have illustrations/pictures had at least one
 * 40% of articles that could be longer are stubs

Articles

 * ConFusion short article on a science fiction convention (no picture/includes refs)
 * Wound Badge article on German war medal (includes pictures/no refs)
 * Fire proximity suit very short stub about a suit (no pictures/no refs)
 * Lee Krasner short article about a painter (includes pictures and refs)
 * Dolavon stub about a town in Argentina (no pictures/includes refs but both are in spanish so not counted)
 * Michael Seater stub about an actor (includes picture and refs)
 * Fiat 133 one sentence stub about a car (includes picture/no refs)
 * Insect trap an article about pest control (includes picture and ref)
 * White Horse Pagoda a stub about a building (no picture/no refs)
 * Davidsonia jerseyana a stub about a plum, marked for cleanup (no picture/no refs)

Summary

 * 50% of articles that could have illustrations/pictures had at least one
 * 40% of articles that should have references or external links had at least one
 * 60% of articles that could be larger are stubs
 * 10% of articles are marked for cleanup

Articles

 * Ethyle Cooke a mid-sized article about a silent film actress (picture/includes refs)
 * Huntingdon and Godmanchester a small article about an abolished borough. (picture/includes refs)
 * Alpha Psi Lambda a smallish article about a fraternal organization (picture/includes refs)
 * Castle Eden a sub-stub about a village (no picture/no refs)
 * Kita Bisan-Seto Bridge a stub about a bridge (picture/includes refs)
 * Brebu a bizaar disambiguation page that points to no existing articles (?)
 * DJ Promo a bad promotional article about a (maybe notable) DJ. Needs lots of work (no picture/no refs)
 * Oak Lawn, Illinois a mid-sized article about a town. (picture/includes refs)
 * Brightwave Indie probabilty vanity article. Nominated for deletion (no picture/no refs)
 * Hoogersmilde stub about a dutch town (includes picture/includes refs)

Summary

 * 66.7% of articles that should have a picture had one
 * 66.7% of articles that should have references had one
 * 33.3% of articles that should be longer are stubs
 * 10% of articles were vanity
 * 10% of articles were disambig pages