Wikipedia:WikiProject Magic: The Gathering/Assessment

Welcome to the assessment department of the WikiProject Magic: The Gathering! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's video games articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the WP:1.0 program.

The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through the  parameter in the mtgproject project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Magic: The Gathering articles by quality, which serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

FAQ

 * 1. What is the purpose of the article ratings? : The rating system allows the project to monitor the quality of articles in our subject areas, and to prioritize work on these articles. It is also utilized by the Wikipedia 1.0 program to prepare for static releases of Wikipedia content.  Please note, however, that these ratings are primarily intended for the internal use of the project, and do not necessarily imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.
 * 2. How do I add an article to the WikiProject? : Just add mtgproject to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
 * 3. Someone put a mtgproject template on an article, but it doesn't seem to be within the project's scope. What should I do? : Because of the large number of articles we deal with, we occasionally make mistakes and add tags to articles that shouldn't have them.  If you notice one, feel free to remove the tag, and optionally leave a note on the talk page of this department (or directly with the person who tagged the article).
 * 4. Who can assess articles? : Any member of the Magic: The Gathering WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article. Editors who are not participants in this project are also welcome to assess articles, but should defer to consensus within the project in case of procedural disputes.
 * 5. How do I rate an article? : Check the quality scale and select the level that best matches the state of the article; then, follow the instructions below to add the rating to the project banner on the article's talk page. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process that must be followed; this is documented in the assessment instructions.
 * 6. Can I request that someone else rate an article? : Of course; to do so, please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
 * 7. Where can I get more comments about an article? : Ask any of the participants for help.
 * 8. What if I don't agree with a rating? : You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can ask any member of the project to rate the article again.  Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process that must be followed; this is documented in the assessment instructions.
 * 9. Aren't the ratings subjective? : Yes, they are somewhat subjective, but it's the best system we've been able to devise. If you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!
 * 10. What if I have a question not listed here? : If your question concerns the article assessment process specifically, please refer to the discussion page for this department; for any other issues, you can go to the main project discussion page.

Assessment instructions
An article's assessment is generated from the class parameter in the mtgproject project banner on its talk page:



The following values may be used:


 * FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Magic: The Gathering articles; should only be used for articles that are currently listed as featured articles)
 * A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Magic: The Gathering articles; should be agreed upon by two independent reviewers
 * GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Magic: The Gathering articles; should only be used for articles that are currently listed as good articles)
 * B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Magic: The Gathering articles)
 * C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Magic: The Gathering articles)
 * Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Magic: The Gathering articles)
 * Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Magic: The Gathering articles)
 * List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Magic: The Gathering articles)

Other supported values, for non-article pages, include:


 * Redirect (adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class Magic: The Gathering articles)
 * Template {adds pages to Category:Template-Class Magic: The Gathering articles)
 * Cat (adds pages to Category:Category-Class Magic: The Gathering articles)
 * Image (adds pages to Category:Image-Class Magic: The Gathering articles)

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

Requests for assessment
If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below. If you are interested in more extensive comments on an article, please use the peer review department instead. Note that while there is no formal process for attaining an A-rating, it is highly recommended that at least two assessors agree on rating an article as A-class before declaring it as such.

Archive
Requests for assessment are archived in this section after being acted upon.