Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics/Fascism/Assessment

This is the assessment page of fascism task force. It contains FAQ about assessment, instructions how to assess articles, and statistics. For assessment log, see Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Fascism articles by quality log.

FAQ
Based on WikiProject Council assessment FAQ and on WikiProject Military History assessment FAQ.

What is the purpose of article assessments?
Article assessment has three purposes:
 * 1) Monitoring the quality and the importance of articles
 * 2) Prioritizing work. Quality assessment allows to know which articles need improvement, and importance assessment allows to know which articles are important to fascism task force.
 * 3) Preparing for static releases of Wikipedia content. Version 1.0 Editorial Team works to publish sets of Wikipedia articles in print, CD and DVD. To that end, WP 1.0 bot tracks article quality and importance assessment.

Is assessment conected to Article Feedback Tool?
No, Article Feedback Tool is a completely separate system.

Who can assess articles?
Generally, anyone (including unregistered users and users who are not members of fascism task force) can add or change articles' rating.

However, GA and FA labels should only be used on articles that have been reviewed and are currently designated as good articles or featured articles, respectively.

Can I assess articles that I have written or contributed significantly to?
Generally, yes. Be Bold and do so! However, GA and FA labels should only be used on articles that have been reviewed and are currently designated as good articles or featured articles, respectively.

How do I assess articles?
Follow the instructions below.

Someone put fascism task force banner on an article, but it's not really within the task force's scope. What should I do?

 * Read the scope to be sure.
 * Relax. Sometimes people make mistakes.
 * Be bold! Feel free to remove fascism task force banner.
 * Leave a note on the article's talk page (or directly on the talk page of the user who tagged the article), explaining why the article is not within the scope.
 * In the case of a major dispute, explain the problem in the task force's talk page. The task force as a whole can discuss the issue and come to a consensus.

I don't agree with a rating. What should I do?

 * Read the grading scheme to be sure.
 * Relax. Sometimes people make mistakes, or have a different opinion.
 * Be bold! Feel free to change the rating, if a different rating is justified.
 * Leave a note on the article's talk page (or directly on the talk page of the user who tagged the article), explaining the change.
 * In the case of a major dispute, explain the problem in the task force's talk page. The task force as a whole can discuss the issue and come to a consensus.

Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?
Reviewers do not leave detailed comments in most cases. You can leave a message in the talk page of the user who assessed the article. He/she will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.

Quality scale
{{Grading scheme }}
 * Project         = fascism
 * B_example       = Benito Mussolini (as of March 6, 2012}
 * C_example       = British Union of Fascists (as of March 3, 2012)
 * Start_example   = Squadrismo (as of January 20, 2012
 * Stub_example    = Avanguardia Giovanile Fascista (as of April 2, 2011)
 * Cat_cat         = yes
 * Dab_cat         = yes
 * Dab_example     = Russian Fascism
 * File_cat       = yes
 * Portal_cat      = yes
 * Portal_example  = Portal:Fascism
 * Redirect_cat    = yes
 * Template_cat    = yes
 * Template_example = Template:Fascism
 * NA_cat          = yes

Importance assessment
Assess article's importance via the following parameters in Template:WikiProject Politics:
 * importance - a rating of the article's importance to WikiProject Politics. Choose the rating according to WikiProject Politics importance scale.
 * fascism - Answer "yes" in order to add the article to fascism task force.
 * fascism-importance - a rating of article's importance to fascism task force. Follow the importance scale below.