Wikipedia:WikiProject Sussex/Assessment

Welcome to the assessment department of the WikiProject Sussex! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Sussex related 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 WikiProject Sussex project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Sussex-related articles by quality, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

FAQ

 * See also the general assessment 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 who
 * 2) How do I add an article to the WikiProject? : Just add WikiProject Sussex to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
 * 3) Someone put a WikiProject Sussex 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 Sussex 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; this is documented in the assessment scale.
 * 6)  Can I request that someone else rate an article? : Of course; to do so, please list it in the assessment requests section.
 * 7)  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.
 * 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; this is documented in the assessment scale.
 * 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 directly.

Usage
The WikiProject Sussex project banner template should be added (not subst:ed) to the talk page of every article within the scope of the project. While the template does not require any additional parameters, it has a number of optional ones that add various extra features to the banner. The full syntax is as follows:


 * class is for the quality of the article
 * importance is for the importance for researchers of Sussex
 * unref=yes if references needed
 * needs-photo=yes if the article lacks a photograph.
 * any of the above parameters can be left blank

Comments should be added on the linked Talk sub page created by the template.

Quality assessments
After assessing an article's quality, any comments on the assessment can be added to the article's talk page.

Importance assessment
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the WikiProject Sussex project banner on its talk page:



The following values may be used for importance assessments:
 * Top - The article is about one of the core topics of Sussex. Adds articles to Category:Top-importance Sussex-related articles
 * High - The article is about the infrastructure or the most well-known or culturally or historically significant aspects of Sussex. Adds articles to Category:High-importance Sussex-related articles
 * Mid - The article is about a topic within Sussex that may or may not be commonly known outside the Sussex area. Adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Sussex-related articles
 * Low - The article is about a topic that is highly specialized within Sussex and is not generally common knowledge outside the Sussex area. Adds articles to Category:Low-importance Sussex-related articles

All articles that lack an importance rating are categorized in Category:Unknown-importance Sussex-related articles.

Requesting an assessment
This is a list of recent requests. To add to this list please click here.

Assessment log

 * The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.