Wikipedia:WikiProject Figure Skating/Assessment


 * For the A-class review of figure skating articles, see A-class review.

The purpose of this page is to assess the quality of Wikipedia's figure skating articles. The list could be used to select candidates for Wikipedia 1.0, or perhaps even to create a CVG WikiReader. It should also allow to identify areas that need work.

The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the WikiProject Figure Skating project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Figure skating articles by quality and Category:Figure skating articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist: 

Instructions
An article's assessment is generated from the class parameter in the WikiProject Figure Skating project banner, which gets placed at the top of the article's talk page:

The following values may be used for the class-parameter: indent=0.5|

FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Figure skating articles)

FL (adds lists to Category:FL-Class Figure skating articles)

A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Figure skating articles)

GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Figure skating articles)

B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Figure skating articles)

C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Figure skating articles)

Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Figure skating articles)

Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Figure skating articles)

List (adds lists to Category:List-Class Figure skating articles)

NA (adds pages outside the article mainspace to Category:NA-Class Figure skating articles)

The class should be assigned according to the quality scale below. Do  assign FA/FL, A or GA class to articles without a preceding review and successful promotion! Articles without a valid class are listed in Category:Unassessed Figure skating articles.

The following values may be used for the importance-parameter:
 * Top (adds articles or lists to Category:Top-importance Figure skating articles)
 * High (adds articles or lists to Category:High-importance Figure skating articles)
 * Mid (adds articles or lists to Category:Mid-importance Figure skating articles)
 * Low (adds articles or lists to Category:Low-importance Figure skating articles)

Review criteria
The following figure skating-specific review criteria  be satisfied by articles of featured class or A-class. However, they are recommended to be followed in articles of all assessment classes: 
 * (FS1) Terminology: The article follows the WikiProject Figure Skating terminology guide, which is based on the official terms used by the International Skating Union, U.S. Figure Skating, and Skate Canada, and represents the consensus view of editors interested in maintaining Wikipedia's articles about figure skating.This criterion  be monitored in articles of any assessment class about judging systems, competition segments, technical elements and moves.
 * (FS2) Accessibility: As per WP:TECHNICAL and MOS:JARGON, the article is accessible to casual readers, who may have little knowledge about the sport like those who only watch figure skating every four years at the Winter Olympics, without compromising the correct use of figure skating terminology and the overall accuracy of the article (see FS1).
 * (FS3) Structure: The article follows the WikiProject Figure Skating style guide for article structure and section headings, especially the recommendations for figure skater biographies, competitions, elements and moves, and ice shows.
 * (FS4) Tables and templates: The article correctly uses figure skating-specific tables and templates, created and developed by members of WikiProject Figure Skating.
 * (FS5) Referencing: The article uses figure skating-specific sources in a reasonable manner, following the recommendations of this source repository.

Priority criteria

 * Skater biographies: Level 4 vital biographies should be rated "top" and level 5 vital biographies "high" importance. Biographies of medalists at Super Slam events (Olympic Games, ISU Championships, and the Grand Prix Final) should be rated "mid" and all other biographies "low" importance, unless additional notibility criteria apply.
 * Super Slam events: General articles about Super Slam events should be rated "top" (like World Figure Skating Championships) and specific editions "high" if recent or notable (like 2024 World Figure Skating Championships) or "mid" importance.
 * Other competitions: General articles should be rated "high" (like NHK Trophy) and specific editions "mid" if recent or notable (like 2024 NHK Trophy) or "low" importance.
 * Figure skating elements: Articles about basic element types (like figure skating lifts) should be rated "top", specific elements (like Axel jump or sit spin) "high", and element variations or skating moves "mid" importance (like Ina Bauer or counter turn).
 * Ice shows: Articles about ongoing touring ice shows should be rated "mid" (like Stars on Ice) and other shows "low" importance, unless additional notability criteria apply.

Quality criteria

 * Articles about judging systems that have not been monitored regarding correct use of figure skating terminology must not be rated higher than start class.
 * Articles about figure skating elements or competition segments that have not been monitored regarding correct use of figure skating terminology must not be rated higher than C-class.
 * Articles about figure skating competitions that only consist of a lead section and statistics tables must not be rated higher than start class. For C-class, a prose summary of each competition segment is mandatory.
 * Articles about ice shows that only consist of a lead and participants list must not be rated higher than start class. For C-class, a prose summary of the show's history (recurring events) or synopsis (one-off events) is mandatory.

Quality scale
Quality is graded based on the Version 1.0 Assessment Scale. The following table summarizes the criteria used to assess articles at each level of the quality assessment scale. In addition to the criteria, the tables list the assessment process used at each level, describe the reader's experience at each level, and provide editing suggestions and an example of an article assessed at that level.

Note: Our thanks to WikiProject Military History whose assessment procedures served as a model.