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Types of Articles

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Types of articles that could/should be built

Find

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How to best find if an article already exists. Some have funny names.

New articles

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How to request an article be built. How to build a new article.

structure

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Basic outlines (by topic)

  • Biographies
  • Places
  • Things
  • Politics

templates

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Various templates to help with each section listed above

Edit Articles

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It exists, but doesn't say what you think it should say.

References

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What constitutes good and poor references? + List of bad references

Pictures

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About copy-rights, etc.

Categories

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Why we have them How they should "link"/"chain"

Assessment

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Stubs

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Someone has just created an article

  • check history in case they are actively (within 24-48 hrs) still working on it
  • Try to improve it yourself before tagging
  • Clean up tags

Start

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How to get to Start?

"C" Class

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Full topic, solid references, templates, and categories

"B" Class

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Everything there is to know about the topic.

<!-- 1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points have appropriate inline citations. -->
|B-Class-1=no
<!-- 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. -->
|B-Class-2=no
<!-- 3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. -->
|B-Class-3=yes
<!-- 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. -->
|B-Class-4=yes
<!-- 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. -->
|B-Class-5=yes

"A" Class

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This is an odd transient classification. It basically tells the group of "Peer-Reviewers" for Idaho to get together on promoting the article to either GA (Good Article) or FA (Featured Article) status.

GA (Good Article)

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FA (Featured Article)

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Importance

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Importance should be from the height of the State of Idaho. Meaning how important is it to the ENTIRE State.

Top

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Idaho would not exist without this article. (See Idaho). Generally, things that might fall in the 90-95% ranking.

  • People (recognized internationally)
  • Biggest cities (top 5), Top 5 Counties
  • Biggest Landmarks ( top 10)
  • Politics: Top State positions, Party Pages, Most recent Election (maybe previous if just occurred)
  • Biggest Colleges/Universities (Top 5) - Example; BSU, but not BSU Football (High)
  • Snake River
  • Nationally recognized {Noun} - Sports Team,
  • National Forests (State forests are High)
  • International Businesses
  • Boise Airport
  • Flag and seal of Idaho

High

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  • On going Lists: List of governors of Idaho
    • People (recognized Nationally)
  • Politics: State Legislature (State Senators and Representatives); National Elections within 20 yrs. State elections within 10yrs.
    • County Leaders
  • Anything that just missed a limit for Top (but above 75%);
    • Cities/counties 5-10 (top 25%)
    • Any "Yearly" article within the last decade or so.
    • State based Sports teams (that HAVE gone to a National Tournament/Bowl).
    • State Forests, Highways
    • US Only businesses

Mid

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Article topic would need to be recognized by 50% of the residents. "Most" people would know about this or be affected by it.

  • Things that are Idaho Only.
  • People (recognized within Idaho)
    • City Leaders
  • Politics: Ex-National (State Senators and Representatives); National Elections within 10 elections. State elections within 20.
  • State based Sports teams (that have NOT gone to a National Tournament/Bowl).
  • IDaho Only businesses; no real presence outside the state

Low

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Basically, everything else. BUT MUST still be WP:NOTABLE.

  • People: (born, living or died) in Idaho.
  • Politics: "Ran" for office, but did not win. Criminals in Idaho, etc.
  • Place: "IN" Idaho, not just referencing Idaho.
  • Things: Made in Idaho, not just bought/sold here.

Do NOT Create

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  • Idaho Potato - See, it links to Potato (And Idaho is not even ON that article's Talk Page); as Idaho potatoes are not an actual "thing". Besides, the top crop is actually Onions