Wikipedia:WikiProject Scottish Islands/Assessment

Quality: FA-Class | A Class | GA-Class | B-Class | C-Class | Start-Class | Stub Class | Unassessed Importance: Top | High | Mid | Low | None Welcome to the assessment department of WikiProject Scottish Islands. This department assesses the quality of articles related to the islands of Scotland. This helps us recognise good articles as well as identify articles which need improvement. The work here is also part of the WP:1.0 programme.

In order to access searches of the various parameters all you you need to do is click on a number in the table above.

Frequently asked questions

 * How do I add an article to the WikiProject? : Just add to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
 * How can I get my article rated? : Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
 * Who can assess articles? : Any member of the Scottish Islands WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article. Please add your name to the list of participants if you wish to assess articles on a regular basis.
 * 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? : The peer review department can conduct more thorough examination of articles; please submit it for review there.
 * 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.
 * Aren't the ratings subjective? : Yes, they are (see, in particular, the disclaimers on the importance scale), 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.
 * How can I keep track of changes in article ratings? : A full log of changes over the past thirty days is available here.

If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.

Instructions
An article's assessment is generated from the class and importance parameters in the WPSI project banner on its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax):



The following values may be used for the class parameter:


 * [[Image:Featured article star.png|16px]]FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Scottish Islands articles)
 * A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Scottish Islands articles)
 * [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|14px]] GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Scottish Islands articles)
 * B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Scottish Islands articles)
 * Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Scottish Islands articles)
 * Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Scottish Islands articles)
 * NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Scottish Islands articles)

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

The following values may be used for the importance parameter:


 * Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Scottish Islands articles)
 * High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Scottish Islands articles)
 * Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Scottish Islands articles)
 * Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Scottish Islands articles)

The parameter is not used if an article's class is set to NA, and may be omitted in those cases. The importance should be assigned according to the importance scale below.

Requesting an 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.

Unassessed articles can be found here.

Unassessed
 * Bahá'í Faith in Scotland, lots of island related material, weird syntax and in house references. Not sure where to go with this.
 * A number of articles about roads and transport have been added to the project. Please check for details.

Completed
 * Werner Kissling - C
 * Colonsay House - start class
 * Fraoch Eilean, Loch Awe
 * The Stronghold
 * The Arran Banner
 * Midhowe Chambered Cairn
 * Liddle Burnt Mound
 * Unstan Chambered Cairn
 * Unstan ware
 * Battle of Coire Na Creiche (Siol Thormoid - reassess)
 * Yell Sound
 * John Gow C/mid - excellent stuff.
 * Thorbjorn Thorsteinsson - start/low. Arguably a stub, but there may not be a great deal more that is known to say about him. I'm not at all sure that Category:People executed by the Earldom of Orkney has much mileage. Perhaps the story of Red Legs Greaves suggests "Category:Scottish people associated with islands that are not Scottish islands" and the emergence of a daughter wiki project.....
 * Dark Harvest Commando Start/low
 * Camuscross - possible merge with Isleornsay. Saved by the bell. Start/low
 * Vinland (novel) stub/low
 * The Martyrdom of St Magnus stub/low
 * Sgurr na Coinnich - start/low
 * Oronsay Priory - start/mid
 * Reassessment
 * The Minch - stub/Top to C/high
 * West Burra - stub to C
 * Highland Land League - stub to C
 * Archdiocese of Nidaros - move to WikiProject Norway
 * Castaway 2000 start/low
 * Charles Edward Stuart's Flight start/mid leaving none unassessed
 * Pentland Ferries C/mid
 * Bernera Riot start/mid
 * Daniel Campbell (d. 1753) start/low
 * Inchbuie - stub/mid
 * Malcolm Macmillan - stub/low
 * Marquess of Zetland - start/low
 * K Foundation Burn a Million Quid (the Jura's still out on this one) - B/low
 * Timeline of prehistoric Scotland - mid
 * Skerryvore Recent improvements - (see also Dubh Artach) - revised to mid: tallest lighthouse in Scotland
 * Inchaffray Abbey / Abbot of Inchaffray - is there any connection with the project, beyond the name? I also looked for less than 'low' and don't think the abbot should be part of the project. Finavon (talk) 21:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Zetland pipes stub/low. I sometimes wish there was a classification less than 'low' - I suspect that the pipes have a claimed relationship with Shetland that is assumed rather than real. I can't see anything obvious on a quick Google search. The first one that came up that mentions the Shetland Islands says: "Zetland Estates Latest News. ... The old pipes have been removed and the hot water is being pumped through their replacements". Ben MacDuiTalk /  Walk  21:40, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Loch of Stenness stub/mid
 * Luing cattle stub/mid
 * Shetlandic (reassess) Promoted to B - still High
 * Northern Gannet (species of gannet which has a high percentage breeding on Scottish islands - Latin name from Bass Rock too) Start/mid
 * Kilchurn Castle class= start (see comments (2)...)
 * Godred V of the Isle of Man class=start|importance=mid
 * Olaf I of the Isle of Man class=start|importance=mid
 * Unassessed Whisky Articles -
 * Attended to. All imp=low unless otherwise stated.


 * Ardbeg‎ start
 * Arran Single Malt stub
 * Bowmore Distillery‎ start
 * Bruichladdich‎ start
 * Bunnahabhain‎ start
 * Caol Ila‎ start
 * Classic Malts of Scotland‎ stub
 * Highland Park Single Malt‎ start
 * Isle of Jura Single Malt‎ stub
 * Island Single Malts‎ stub/high
 * Kilchoman Distillery‎ start
 * Lagavulin Single Malt‎ start
 * Laphroaig‎ start
 * List of distilleries in Scotland‎ none
 * Port Charlotte (whisky)‎ stub
 * Port Ellen Single Malt‎ stub
 * Scapa stub
 * Talisker start
 * Isle of Mull Railway - Currently stub class, but has been expanded, needs reassessment as I think it should qualify for start class now. Fair enough - done.

Participants
''To join the assessment team, please add your name to the list below. Adding your name is not necessary in order to assess articles, but it helps to know who is regularly participating''



Archive
The following are archives of Scottish Islands articles by quality as of January 2010.

'By quality/1' · 'By quality/2' · 'By quality/3' · 'By quality/4' · 'By quality/5' · 'By quality/6'

Links

 * Scottish Islands articles by quality statistics
 * http://toolserver.org/~enwp10/


 * Scottish Islands articles by quality log


 * Jan 21010 archive of Scottish Islands articles by quality