Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2009-2010

Welcome to the 2009–2010 Tag & Assess Drive! The Films WikiProject has about 50,000 Stub and Start class articles as currently assessed for the project, as well as over 4,500 unassessed articles. The last time the majority of the articles were assessed was completed in October 2006 and it is time to take another look at the quality of our articles. Since 2006, we have gained thousands of new articles, task forces, and improvement parameters in our project banner. We need to update our many assessments to help keep our project focused on where we need to improve. The drive will run from November 2009 to April 2010 and will focus on the following tasks:


 * 1) Ensure that all articles are correctly assessed with the proper class
 * 2) Verify that all the articles are within our project's scope
 * 3) All articles are tagged with the appropriate task force(s)
 * 4) All articles are properly tagged with appropriate improvement parameters
 * 5) Minor cleanup (optional)

You can join the drive by first adding your name to the list of participants and adopting one or more of the ranges of 200 articles in the worklists below. You can then work through the range, tagging and assessing, following the instructions below. Each range is broken down into sub-sections of ten articles each, so you can keep track of where you are within your section. Initially, each review of the article may take a couple of minutes but eventually, with more practice, most people get faster than that. To further improve the quality of our articles, try to tidy up as you go, removing any unused template parameters from the worklist.

If you have any questions about scope, class assessments, improvement parameters, or task forces, please raise them on the talk page. Alternatively, leave a message on the talk page of one of the project's coordinators.

Rewards
As a token of our appreciation for your efforts, we will be presenting service awards and barnstars based on the number of articles you work through. To add a bit of friendly competition, the three editors who tag and assess the most articles by the conclusion of the drive will be awarded bronze, silver, and gold wikis. Coordinators will administer awards and by default will post them on your talk page within a few days of the end of the drive. If you'd like yours earlier, please ask one of the drive coordinators.




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Instructions

 * Assessment help
 * For general assessment help, see assessment FAQ.
 * For the formal Stub, Start, C, and B-Class criteria, see the WP:FILMS' quality scale.
 * For specific B-class questions, see the B-class checklist FAQ.
 * For instructions on how to use the project banner, see Template:Film/doc.

For each article:
 * Read the article. Then:
 * 1) Check that it's within the project's scope.
 * 2) Check that the class is correctly assessed.
 * 3) Add any missing task force parameters/improvement tags.
 * 4) Consider making minor improvements to the article.


 * Check that it's within the project's scope
 * All films, characters, awards, filming techniques, studios, movie theaters, world cinema, and filmographies are included in our project's scope. Biography articles for actors/actresses, directors, producers, or other people do not fall under our scope. The same goes for television series, as well as any redirects. Questions about whether an article falls under our scope can be left on the talk page.


 * Check that the class is correctly assessed
 * An article may still remain at its current class if no significant changes were made since it was last reviewed. However, if an article has been expanded/improved and warrants a change in class, then reassess it to the proper class.
 * For a Stub to reach Start class, the article should meet the Start-class criteria.
 * All Start-class articles should be reviewed against the B-class criteria to determine if they should be assessed at C-class. If it meets all five of the parameters in the checklist, than the article should be reassessed at B class. If it only meets one of the parameters, it should remain at Start-class. However, if it meets two or more of the parameters, it should be assessed as C-class. Example formatting:


 * Add any missing task force parameters/improvement tags
 * Editors and bots have already tagged the majority of articles with the appropriate task forces, but there may be errors or some films still lacking task forces. An article can be tagged with more than one task force, so try and become familiar with the full list to assist in tagging. In addition, an article can be tagged with more than one improvement tag if it is lacking in more than one area.
 * For speed, and ease of cutting and pasting, you may wish to open the complete list of task forces and improvement tags in a new tab or window. Select the task force(s) and/or improvement tag(s) you want and paste them into the article's talk page banner.
 * To avoid clutter, remove any unused/depreciated template parameters from the talk page before saving (for example, if an article has an infobox then remove |needs-infobox=yes.
 * Always remove the |auto=yes parameter if the quality rating has been verified or changed, and if the article is within the scope of the project.


 * Consider making minor improvements to the article
 * The following are optional changes that can be made at your discretion (the main focus of the drive is to the reassess articles and add appropriate task forces/improvement tags). These improvements will help in standardizing our articles with one another while further improving their quality.
 * Add cleanup tags to sections if necessary (such as to the plot section if it is too long).
 * Remove excessive wikilinking and standalone taglines/quotes.
 * Remove screenshots/DVD covers or other non-free images that don't meet the criteria.
 * Any other changes you feel comfortable with.

Tips
''Feel free to add any helpful tips below that you have found makes it easier to assess the articles. Your tip may help other editors find shortcuts and expedite reviewing.''
 * If using a browser that supports tabs, first open all ten articles in the section within the range. Glance over the article, and determine if it should be upgraded. Look and see if an image and infobox are included in the article. Then, switch over to the talk page. If the article needs to be reassessed, or needs to add an improvement tag or task force, add them. Then open the next set of ten articles and repeat. This is better than opening an article, clicking over to the talk page and then having to go back to the main range page.
 * When viewing the talk page, if it takes awhile to open the talk page to check and see if the banner has missing/extra parameters, try just viewing the categories at the bottom of the page. Some will say if the article is already tagged with needing an image/infobox. Or you can click on the [Show] button on the banner itself to see if it is currently tagged. If it is already appropriately tagged, just close it and move on.
 * Have a second window open that you can copy and paste your edit summaries into along with the task force and improvement parameters. Even if you type quickly, the copy and paste feature is usually even faster.
 * If an article has excessive parameters such as importance and needing plot/cast/production/etc. and does not require further reassessment or tagging, then don't worry about taking the time to remove them as they have no impact on the banner. If you are already changing the class and/or adding improvement/task forces then feel free to remove the excessive parameters. This can greatly improve the time time it takes to review ranges.
 * If time is a factor for you, try shooting for reviewing just a few sections within a range a day. For example, before heading off to bed or while watching a TV show, review 10-50 articles. If it becomes part of a routine, you'll make steady progress in completing these ranges.

Participants
Please add your name below, in alphabetical order, using the template. Then add a running total (tally) of articles worked on. This tally should include articles that you have evaluated and needed no changes, as well as those that you have re-assessed. It will be the basis for awards. To make it easier to pick up where you leave off, and to avoid edit conflicts, please "adopt a range" in the Worklists below.


 * 1) - 220
 * 2) - 210
 * 3) - 395
 * 4) - 810
 * 5) - 5,200
 * 6) - 2,200
 * 7) - 400
 * 8) - 400
 * 9) - 50
 * 10) - 401
 * 11) - 14,079
 * 12) - 400
 * 13) - 2,390
 * 14) - 2,650
 * 15) - 200
 * 16) - 10
 * 17) - 1,000
 * 18) - 200

Worklists
After completing each 10-article range within each worklist, either strike through the article names (with " " and " " ) or add " Done, ~ " at the foot of the section. In the below table adopt whatever range you want (try and stick to one at a time (don't worry there are plenty to choose from!). When you complete the first 50 articles in the 200-article range then add a check mark under that column. Do the same as you continue to progress through the range.