Wikipedia:WikiProject Biology/Assessment
| Biology articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA
|
8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||
| FL
|
2 | 2 | |||||
 GA
|
16 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 68 | |
| B | 8 | 46 | 74 | 144 | 29 | 301 | |
| C | 8 | 78 | 203 | 940 | 144 | 1,373 | |
| Start | 8 | 194 | 1,849 | 384 | 2,435 | ||
| Stub | 11 | 811 | 1 | 155 | 978 | ||
| List | 1 | 3 | 23 | 51 | 4 | 82 | |
| Category | 2,924 | 2,924 | |||||
| Disambig | 22 | 22 | |||||
| File | 25 | 25 | |||||
| Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Project | 20 | 20 | |||||
| Redirect | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 245 | 281 | |
| Template | 188 | 188 | |||||
| NA | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Other | 139 | 139 | |||||
| Assessed | 42 | 152 | 520 | 3,861 | 3,572 | 718 | 8,865 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Total | 42 | 152 | 520 | 3,862 | 3,572 | 730 | 8,878 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 24,580 | Ω = 4.75 | |||||
Welcome to the assessment department of the WikiProject Biology. This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Biology 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 Biology}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Biology articles by quality, Category:Biology articles by importance, Category:Biology articles needing attention, Category:Biology past collaborations, and Category:Biology past selected articles. The quality and importance ratings serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist. There is also Category:Non-article Biology pages) for things like redirect pages, templates, categories, images, etc.
Frequently asked questions
[edit]- How can I get my article rated?
- As a member of the WikiProject Biology, 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 Biology 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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Biology 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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Biology who will handle it or assign the issue to someone.
- 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!
If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department, or to contact the Wikipedia:WikiProject Biology directly.
Instructions
[edit]Articles can be easily rated by installing the Rater tool. Ratings can also edited manually by adding the {{WikiProject Biology}} project banner to an article's talk page and updating itsclass and importance parameters. You can learn the syntax by looking at the talk pages in edit mode and by reading the info below.
This is the rating syntax (ratings and dates are samples, change to what applies to the article in question):
- {{WikiProject Biology}}
- displays the default banner, showing the project info and only ??? for the quality and importance parameters.
- {{WikiProject Biology|class=FA|importance=Top}}
- all assessed articles should have quality and importance filled in. Leaving the other parameters off does not hurt anything.
- {{WikiProject Biology|class=Start|importance=Mid|attention=yes}}
- if an article needs immediate attention, add the attention tag and please leave talk notes as to why. "yes" is the only valid parameter here. If it doesn't need attention, leave the parameter off.
- {{WikiProject Biology|class=B|importance=High|attention=yes|past-selected=[[July]] [[2006]]|past-collaboration=[[April]] [[2006]]}}
- if an article has been the SATM or COTM, these tags get added in this format. This is the actual project tag of
The following values may be used for the class parameter:
- FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Biology articles)
- A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Biology articles)
- GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Biology articles)
- B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Biology articles)
- Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Biology articles)
- Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Biology articles)
- NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:Non-article Biology pages). This means "non-article", NOT non-applicable.
Articles for which a valid class and/or importance is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Biology 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 Biology articles)
- High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Biology articles)
- Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Biology articles)
- Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Biology articles)
- All other articles will be automatically added to the Category:Unknown-importance Biology 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.
Quality scale
[edit]Note: A B-class article should have at least one reference.
| Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA |
The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured article criteria:
A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.
|
Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information. | No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. | Cleopatra (as of June 2018) |
| FL |
The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured list criteria:
|
Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items. | No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. | List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018) |
 A |
The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria
The article meets the A-Class criteria:
Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history). |
Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting. | Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help. | Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014) |
| GA |
The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria
A good article is:
|
Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication. | Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing. | Discovery of the neutron (as of April 2019) |
| B | The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria
|
Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher. | A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines. | Psychology (as of January 2024) |
| C | The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria
The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.
|
Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study. | Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems. | Wing (as of June 2018) |
| Start | An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following:
|
Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more. | Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use. | Ball (as of September 2014) |
| Stub | A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. | Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant. | Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant. | Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014) |
| List | Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area. | There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader. | Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized. | List of literary movements |
Importance scale
[edit]The criteria used for rating article importance are not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia needing to look up the topic (and thus the immediate need to have a suitably well-written article on it). Thus, subjects with greater popular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of hagiography. Importance does not equate to quality; a featured article could rate 'mid' on importance.
Note that general notability need not be from the perspective of editor demographics; generally notable topics should be rated similarly regardless of the country or region in which they hold said notability. Thus, topics which may seem obscure to a Western audience—but which are of high notability in other places—should still be highly rated. Rate international region/country-specific articles from the prespective of someone from that region.
| Label | Criteria | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Top | Subject is a "core" or "key" topic for the study of Biology, or is particularly notable for their contributions in this area to people other than students of Biology. They define and determine the subject of the Biology WikiProject. | Biology and the sub-articles linked from the main article |
| High | Subject is notable in a significant and important way within the field of Biology, but not necessarily outside it. | |
| Mid | Subject contributes to the total subject of the Biology WikiProject. Subject may not necessarily be famous. | |
| Low | Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within the field of Biology, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of another topic. |
Assessment log
[edit]| Biology articles: Index · Statistics · Log |
The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.
Assessment log
November 21, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- George Karreman (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
- Papanicolaou stain (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
- Superorganism (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Draft:Verticimonosporium (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
November 20, 2024
[edit]Assessed
[edit]- Li Jitong (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:The work of Mendel (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Wildlife templates (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- Draft:Hazem M. Kalaji (talk) removed.
November 19, 2024
[edit]Assessed
[edit]- Draft:Punched (2029 film) (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:Urocyon littoralis santacruzae (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- Template:Cite GBIF (talk) removed.
- Draft:Geneyx (talk) removed.
- Weddell line (talk) removed.
November 18, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Extraterrestrial sample curation (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- Draft:James A. R. Marshall (talk) removed.
- Primary vein (talk) removed.
November 17, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Hsien-wen Wu (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Category:17th-century German naturalists (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:18th-century German naturalists (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:19th-century British naturalists (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:19th-century German naturalists (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:19th-century New Zealand biologists (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:20th-century British naturalists (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:20th-century New Zealand biologists (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:21st-century British naturalists (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:21st-century New Zealand biologists (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Primary vein (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:Pseudomonas (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Youth in the United Kingdom (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- Draft:Nutcracker Therapeutics (talk) removed.
- The Children Star (talk) removed.
November 16, 2024
[edit]Assessed
[edit]- Facundo D. Batista (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Feng Zefang (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- Palpitomonas (talk) removed.
November 15, 2024
[edit]Assessed
[edit]- Palpitomonas (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Taxonomy of the Lepidoptera (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as List-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Top-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:Zirabagtaria (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)