Wikipedia:WikiProject Arab world/Review/A-Class review instructions


 * Instructions


 * Requesting a review

To request an A-Class review of an article:
 * 1) Add   to the WPARAB project banner at the top of the article's talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax).
 * 2) From there, click on the "currently undergoing" link that appears in the template. This will open a page to discuss the status of the article.
 * 3) Place   at the top.
 * 4) Below it, write your reason for nominating the article and sign by using four tildes.
 * 5) [ Add]   at the top of the list of A-Class review requests below.

If an article is nominated a second (or third, and so forth) time, either because it failed a prior nomination, or because it may no longer meet the standards and may thus need to be demoted: There is no limit on how quickly renominations of failed articles may be made; it is perfectly acceptable to renominate as soon as the outstanding objections from the previous nomination have been satisfied.
 * 1) Move (do not copy) the existing review subpage (WikiProject Arab world/Assessment/Name of nominated article) to an archive (WikiProject Arab world/Assessment/Name of nominated article/Archive 1).
 * 2) Follow the instructions for making a request above (editing WikiProject Arab world/Assessment/Name of nominated article, which will be a redirect to the archive, into a new nomination page).
 * 3) Be sure to provide a prominent link to the last archive at the top of the nomination statement (e.g. "Prior nomination here.").


 * Commenting

Reviewers should keep the criteria for featured articles in mind when supporting or opposing a nomination. However, please note that (unlike actual featured articles) A-Class articles are not expected to fully meet all of the criteria; an objection should indicate a substantive problem with the article. In particular, objections over relatively minor issues of writing style or formatting should be avoided at this stage; a comprehensive, accurate, well-sourced, and decently-written article should qualify for A-Class status even if it could use some further copyediting.


 * Closing and archiving

Reviews will be closed by one of the project members after four days have elapsed. An article will generally be promoted to A-Class if (a) it has garnered at least three endorsements from uninvolved editors, and (b) there are no substantive objections indicative of a major flaw in the article.

To close a review, coordinators should:
 * 1) Change the   in the WPARAB project banner at the top of the article's talk page to either   (if the nomination is successful) or   (if it is not).
 * 2) Move the   from the list of requests below to the current archive page.
 * 3) Add   and   to the top and bottom of the review subpage, respectively.

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