Wikipedia:WikiProject SUNY/Assessment

Welcome to the assessment department of the WikiProject SUNY! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's State University of New York articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:SUNY articles by quality and Category:SUNY articles needing attention. The quality and importance ratings serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

When assessing an article for this project, please add the template to the article's talk page as follows:


 * The  parameter should be chosen from those given in the Wikipedia 1.0 Assessment Scale.  Note that you should not assign any article GA, A or FA classes arbitrarily. These grades must pass through official Wikipedia channels and undergo a peer review process.
 * The  parameter should be "High", "Mid", or "Low", depending on how important the article is to understanding the State University of New York as a whole.
 * If the article needs immediate attention due to suspected copyright infringement, vandalism, exposure of personal information, or other urgent issues please add
 * If the article has no infobox (and it makes sense to add one), please add
 * If the article has no photo, please add

Frequently asked questions

 * How can I get my article rated? : As a member of WikiProject SUNY, you can do it yourself. If you're unsure, list it in the requesting an assessment section below.
 * Who can assess articles? : Any member of WikiProject SUNY is free to add—or change—the rating of an article, but please follow the guidelines.
 * Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments? : Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article; they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.
 * Where can I get more comments about my article? : Contact WikiProject SUNY who will handle it or assign the issue to someone. You may also list it for a Peer review.
 * What if I don't agree with a rating? : Relist it as a request or contact WikiProject SUNY who will handle it or assign the issue to someone.
 * Aren't the ratings subjective? : Yes, they are, 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!

If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department or at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject SUNY.

Quality scale
Please try to search for examples. Please note that a B-Class article must include at least one reference. Examples from WikiProject SUNY are provided where possible.

Links

 * Assessment change log