Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Trams/Assessment

Welcome to the assessment department of WikiProject UK Trams! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's UK Tram 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. It is maintained by the Assessment Taskforce of the UK Trams WikiProject.

FAQs

 * What is the purpose of article assessments? : The assessment system allows a WikiProject to monitor the quality of articles in its subject areas, and to prioritize work on these articles. The ratings are also used by the Wikipedia 1.0 program to prepare for static releases of Wikipedia content.


 * Are these ratings official? : Not really; these ratings are meant primarily for the internal use of the project, and usually do not imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.


 * Who can assess articles? : In general, anyone can add or change an article's rating. However, the "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. Individual WikiProjects may also have more formal procedures for rating an article, and please note that the WikiProject bears ultimate responsibility for resolving disputes.
 * How do I assess an article? : Consult the quality scale below; once you have chosen the level that seems to be closest to the article, set the class parameter in the WikiProject banner template to the level's name (omitting "Class" from the end). For example, to rate an article as "B-Class", use   in the banner. Again, the "FA" and "GA" labels should not be added to articles unless are currently designated as such.


 * Someone put a project banner template on an article, but it's not really within the WikiProject'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 article's talk page (or directly with the person who tagged the article).
 * What if I don't agree with a rating? : Feel free to change it—within reason—if you think a different rating is justified; in the case of major disputes, the WikiProject as a whole can discuss the issue and come to a consensus as to the best rating.
 * 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!
 * 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.

How to rate articles
Any member of Wikiproject UK Trams are invited to rate articles for the project. Articles with unassessed quality can be found at Category:Unassessed UK Trams articles and articles with unassessed importance ratings can be found at Category:Unknown-importance UK Trams articles

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in any of the project banners found on article's talk page:

For example adding produces:


 * is the general template.


 * The following is a list of parameters for different quality ratings and importance ratings:

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article:
 * FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class UK Trams articles)
 * A (adds articles to Category:A-Class UK Trams articles)
 * GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class UK Trams articles)
 * B (adds articles to Category:B-Class UK Trams articles)
 * Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class UK Trams articles)
 * Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class UK Trams articles)
 * Needed (for articles that do not yet exist but have been identified as subjects that should be covered; adds articles to Category:Needed-Class UK Trams articles)

For pages that are not articles, the following values can also be used for the class parameter:
 * Template (for templates; adds pages to Category:Template-Class UK Trams articles)
 * Dab or Disambig (for disambiguation pages; add pages to Category:Disambig-Class UK Trams articles)
 * Cat or Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class UK Trams articles)
 * Img or Image (for images and other media; adds pages to Category:File-Class UK Trams articles)
 * List (for articles that are lists made up primarily of links to other pages; adds pages to Category:List-Class UK Trams articles)
 * NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class UK Trams articles)
 * Portal (for any pages related to the portal; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class UK Trams articles)

The following values may be used for importance assessments:
 * Top - The article is about one of the core topics of UK Tram transport as listed in Train topics. Adds articles to Category:Top-importance UK Trams articles
 * High - The article is about the basic technologies and infrastructures or the most well-known or culturally or historically significant aspects of UK Tram transport. Adds articles to Category:High-importance UK Trams articles
 * Mid - The article is about a topic within UK Tram transport that may or may not be commonly known outside the UK Tram transport industry. Adds articles to Category:Mid-importance UK Trams articles
 * Low - The article is about a topic that is highly specialized within UK Tram transport and is not generally common knowledge outside the tram transport industry.

Article quality rating scale
Use the following scale to assess article's quality ratings:

Article importance rating scale
Use the following scale to assess article's importance ratings:

Participants
If you wish to participate, please add your name to WikiProject UK Trams/Assessment taskforce, aswell as below!

Please add your name below:
 * 1)   Bluegoblin  7   20:23, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

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Requesting an assessment
To request an assessment of an article which has significantly been improved since its last assessment, please list it below:

If you think an article is contending for A, GA or FA status, please list it here: