Wikipedia:WikiProject American Old West/Assessment

Assessment at WikiProject American Old West is conducted on two separate levels. First the article is assessed for its "class." Stub, start, B, C, GA, or FA? Class helps keep track of where we are and where we should go. The second criterion an article is assessed on is its importance to the project. A table below helps explain. First, the article subject's historical value is assessed. Mid-level importance articles have some significance, but not as much as top level articles. Top level importance articles are articles that are important to include in an encyclopedia. The lowest assessment is for little-known, interesting pieces of trivia relating to the American Old West.

Assessment instructions
An article's assessment is generated from the class parameter in the WikiProject American Old West project banner on its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax):



The following values may be used:


 * FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class American Old West articles)
 * should only be used for articles that are currently listed as featured articles


 * GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class American Old West articles)
 * should only be used for articles that are currently listed as good articles


 * B (adds articles to Category:B-Class American Old West articles)
 * C (adds articles to Category:C-Class American Old West articles)
 * Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class American Old West articles)
 * Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class American Old West articles)
 * NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class American Old West articles)

Non-article pages can be rated, though for the list and category class it's better to use our templates because it adds them to the appropriate category in Category:WikiProject American Old West articles, which helps immensely with overall organization.

The following values may be used:


 * Dab (adds articles to Category:Disambig-Class American Old West articles)
 * should be used on disambiguation pages related to WikiProject American Old West


 * Image (adds articles to Category:Image-Class American Old West articles)
 * should be used on image pages related to or in articles related to WikiProject American Old West


 * Redirect (adds articles to Category:Redirect-Class American Old West articles)
 * should be used on redirect pages related to articles in WikiProject American Old West


 * Template (adds articles to Category:Template-Class American Old West articles)
 * should be used on WikiProject American Old West template pages, such as an infobox or navigation box.

Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed American Old West articles. The class should be assigned according to the quality scale below.

Importance assessment
An article's assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the WikiProject American Old West project banner on its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax):



The following values may be used:


 * Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance American Old West articles)
 * should only be used for top-importance articles.


 * High (adds articles to Category:High-importance American Old West articles)
 * should only be used for high-importance articles.


 * Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance American Old West articles)
 * should only be used for mid-importance articles.


 * Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance American Old West articles)
 * should only be used for low-importance articles.


 * NA (for use on non-articles).

Importance scale
Articles for which a valid importance is not provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance American Old West articles. The importance should be assigned according to the importance scale below.