Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Motorcycling/Archive 11

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

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A Little Help
Will some admin please review my draft article on Draft:TM Racing (motorcycle manufacturer) and promote it to live space. It is adequately sourced and better sourced than many articles on motorcycles in live space. The admins reviewing it don't understand that articles in major publications like Dirt Rider, Motocross Action and Cycle News are reliable sources and "not just passing mentions". I have adjusted the "Tone" as indicated in the 23 Sep 21 comment and I believe this article is more refined than SWM (motorcycles) or Fantic Motor. TM Racing is a major player in the enduro racing world with multiple championships. It's time there was a wikipedia article for them. -- Cdw ♥'s ♪ ♫ ( talk ) 23:10, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Firstly, the Wikiproject Motorcycling doesn't have many active members, so there may not be much response - there may not even be an admin here who will see it. The article is wrongly named - should be TM Racing. Disambiguation (motorcycle manufacturer) is only added when necessary - in this case witnessed by the redlink, it's unnecessary. The article is very wordy, and with wrong use of Initial Capitals, eg., Two Stroke should be two stroke. The inline cite boxes are wrongly arranged/spaced/punctuated. It's not easy authoring a new article, but needs clean up. If the NPP (new page patrollers - none of those named above the draft are admin) want better refs then that's the place to start. Wikipedia is a general encyclopedia, and an Italian off-road manufacturer may be a low priority in En-Wiki. BTW, we do not link Italian, it's not wise to use "Currently" (see WP:CURRENTLY) and I don't understand "shifter kart"(?). I hate anything dirt (Motocross, Night of the Jumps, speedway, tractor pulling, monster trucks etc), so I wouldn't read it, but I applaud your enthusiasm.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 01:55, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Kawasaki KX125
This was questionably redirected to the main Kawasaki motorcycle page to get rid of a TNT-worthy data dump. I have reverted this back to the last decent stub version, but as I know almost nothing about motorcycle notability beyond that searching for this produces lots hits suggesting an article could be written, I cannot flesh out an article by myself. Mangoe (talk) 03:05, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments
Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a class parameter to WikiProject banner shell, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to WikiProject banner shell, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass WPBannerMeta a new custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:53, 12 April 2023 (UTC)