Wikipedia:WikiProject United States History/Assessment
United States History articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 4 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 21 | 78 | |
FL | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||
FM | 46 | 46 | |||||
A | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
GA | 9 | 22 | 54 | 127 | 34 | 246 | |
B | 25 | 121 | 155 | 334 | 175 | 810 | |
C | 20 | 142 | 262 | 817 | 413 | 1,654 | |
Start | 4 | 55 | 193 | 1,014 | 673 | 1,939 | |
Stub | 1 | 69 | 464 | 197 | 731 | ||
List | 2 | 5 | 255 | 236 | 211 | 709 | |
Category | 4,458 | 4,458 | |||||
Disambig | 10 | 10 | |||||
File | 37 | 37 | |||||
Project | 11 | 11 | |||||
Redirect | 1 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 1,018 | 1,052 | |
Template | 168 | 168 | |||||
NA | 2 | 2 | |||||
Other | 38 | 38 | |||||
Assessed | 67 | 358 | 1,004 | 3,059 | 5,788 | 1,724 | 12,000 |
Unassessed | 1 | 12 | 80 | 93 | |||
Total | 67 | 358 | 1,005 | 3,071 | 5,788 | 1,804 | 12,093 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 23,643 | Ω = 4.33 |
Quality: FA-Class | A Class | GA-Class | B-Class | Start-Class | Stub Class | Unassessed Importance: Top | High | Mid | Low | Unknown
Welcome to the assessment department of WikiProject United States History! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's United States History 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 recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.
The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject United States History}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:United States History articles by quality and Category:United States History articles by importance, which serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.
Frequently asked questions
[edit]- How do I add an article to the WikiProject?
- Just add {{WikiProject United States History}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
- How can I get my article rated?
- Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
- Who can assess articles?
- Any member of the United States History WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article. Please add your name to the list of participants if you wish to assess articles on a regular basis.
- 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?
- The Status requester can conduct more thorough examination of articles; please submit it for review there.
- 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.
- 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!
- How can I keep track of changes in article ratings?
- A full log of changes over the past thirty days is available here. If you are just looking for an overview, however, the statistics may be more accessible.
If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.
Instructions
[edit]Quality assessment
[edit]An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject United States History}} project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.
The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):
FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class United States History articles) | FA | |
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class United States History articles) | A | |
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class United States History articles) | GA | |
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class United States History articles) | B | |
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class United States History articles) | C | |
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class United States History articles) | Start | |
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class United States History articles) | Stub | |
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class United States History articles) | FL | |
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class United States History articles) | List |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
Importance assessment
[edit]An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject United States History}} project banner on its talk page:
The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):
Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance United States History articles) | Top | |
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance United States History articles) | High | |
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance United States History articles) | Mid | |
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance United States History articles) | Low | |
NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance United States History articles) | NA | |
??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance United States History articles) | ??? |
Quality scale
[edit]Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
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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.
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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. | Daniel Boone (as of March 28, 2011) |
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:
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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 plantations in West Virginia |
FM | Pictures that have attained featured picture status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. More detailed criteria
A featured picture:
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The page contains a featured image, sound clip or other media-related content. | Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited. | File:SanFrancisco1851a.jpg |
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. | American Civil War (as of March 24, 2011) |
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:
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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. | Constitutional Convention (United States) (as of March 19, 2011) |
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
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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. | Reconstruction Era of the United States (as of March 25, 2011) |
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.
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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. | Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution |
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:
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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. | Historiography of the United States (as of February 11, 2011) |
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. | Virginia Slave Codes of 1705 (as of January 18, 2011) |
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 Kentucky women in the civil rights era |
Category | Any category falls under this class. | Categories are mainly used to group together articles within a particular subject area. | Large categories may need to be split into one or more subcategories. Be wary of articles that have been miscategorized. | Category:History of the United States |
Disambig | Any disambiguation page falls under this class. | The page serves to distinguish multiple articles that share the same (or similar) title. | Additions should be made as new articles of that name are created. Pay close attention to the proper naming of such pages, as they often do not need "(disambiguation)" appended to the title. | Civil war (disambiguation) |
File | Any page in the file namespace falls under this class. | The page contains an image, a sound clip or other media-related content. | Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited. | File:20080310 Soldiers and Sailors edit.JPG |
Portal | Any page in the portal namespace falls under this class. | Portals are intended to serve as "main pages" for specific topics. | Editor involvement is essential to ensure that portals are kept up to date. | Portal:American Civil War |
Project | All WikiProject-related pages fall under this class. | Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development. | Develop these pages into collaborative resources that are useful for improving articles within the project. | Wikipedia:WikiProject United States History |
Redirect | Any redirect falls under this class. | The page redirects to another article with a similar name, related topic or that has been merged with the original article at this location. | Editor involvement is essential to ensure that articles are not mis-classified as redirects, and that redirects are not mis-classified as articles. | History of Lesbianism in the United States |
Template | Any template falls under this class. The most common types of templates include infoboxes and navboxes. | Different types of templates serve different purposes. Infoboxes provide easy access to key pieces of information about the subject. Navboxes are for the purpose of grouping together related subjects into an easily accessible format, to assist the user in navigating between articles. | Infoboxes are typically placed at the upper right of an article, while navboxes normally go across the very bottom of a page. Beware of too many different templates, as well as templates that give either too little, too much, or too specialized information. | Template:Events leading to US Civil War |
NA | Any non-article page that fits no other classification. | The page contains no article content. | Look out for misclassified articles. Currently, many NA-class articles may need to be re-classified. | N/A |
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 U.S. history.
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.
Importance | Criteria | Example |
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Top | This article is of the utmost importance to this project, as it forms the basis of all information. | History of the United States |
High | This article is fairly important to this project, as it covers a general area of knowledge. | Great Depression in the United States |
Mid | This article is relatively important to this project, as it fills in some more specific knowledge of certain areas. | Great Dismal Swamp maroons |
Low | This article is of little importance to this project, but it covers a highly specific area of knowledge or an obscure piece of trivia. | Federalist No. 7 |
NA | Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. | Category:American Civil War artillery |
??? | This article is of unknown importance to this project. It remains to be analyzed. | ??? |
Requesting an assessment
[edit]If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below. If you are interested in more extensive comments on an article, please use the peer review department instead.
History of Denver - I've made significant changes to the article over the last few months and would like to get it assessed. Thank you, Killian441 (talk) 23:02, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
Student_Nonviolent_Coordinating_Committee - Others have greatly expanded it. I proposed for A-Class, independent evaluations needed here.--Carwil (talk) 19:53, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
Participants
[edit]Please feel free to add your name to this list if you would like to join the assessment team
Assessment log
[edit]November 21, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Mutual assured destruction (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Category:Native American women activists (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
November 20, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- American League of Colored Laborers (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
- Bitburg controversy (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Confederated Southern Memorial Association (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Draft:American unionism (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Big Three (American television) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as High-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Defunct sports venues in Boston (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- National Democratic Party (United States) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- One-drop rule (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t)
- Taxpayer March on Washington (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Wikipedia categories named after speakers of the United States House of Representatives (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- 1977–1980 Florida orange juice boycott (talk) removed.
- Julius sip-in (talk) removed.
- Category:Wikipedia categories named after Speakers of the United States House of Representatives (talk) removed.
November 19, 2024
[edit]Renamed
[edit]- Foreign policy of the Donald Trump administration renamed to Foreign policy of the first Donald Trump administration.
Reassessed
[edit]- American Eclipse (book) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Confederated Southern Memorial Association (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Alexander Allen Faris (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- American cuisine (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Chicken and waffles (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Defunct American football venues in Massachusetts (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Defunct American football venues in the United States (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Defunct horse racing venues in Louisiana (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Defunct horse racing venues in Nebraska (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Defunct horse racing venues in Washington (state) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Defunct sports venues in Nevada (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Foreign policy of the first Donald Trump administration (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Maple syrup (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as FA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Soul food (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
November 18, 2024
[edit]Renamed
[edit]- MARTA Archeology Project renamed to MARTA Archaeology Project.
Reassessed
[edit]- Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Category:Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Confederated Southern Memorial Association (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Kitchen Cabinet (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- MARTA Archaeology Project (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Wikipedia categories named after Speakers of the United States House of Representatives (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]November 17, 2024
[edit]Renamed
[edit]- Wall Street Crash of 1929 renamed to Wall Street crash of 1929.
Reassessed
[edit]- History of tariffs in the United States (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
- Industrial Revolution in the United States (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to High-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Micajah Bullock (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Wall Street crash of 1929 (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Top-Class. (rev · t)
November 16, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- History of Bellingham, Washington (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Charley (Andrew Jackson captive) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Samuel McDowell (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
November 15, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- File:Cicatrices de flagellation sur un esclave.jpg (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from FM-Class to File-Class. (rev · t)
- May Erwin Talmadge (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Texas annexation (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to High-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- 1858 State of the Union Address (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Boston Marathon bombing (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t)
- Centralia massacre (Washington) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Constitution Square Historic Site (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as GA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Faith Huntington (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- File:Scourged back by McPherson & Oliver, 1863, retouched.jpg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as FM-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Theodore (Andrew Jackson captive) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Transcendentalism (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Trump tariffs (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- Draft:Bank Black Movement (talk) removed.
- Draft:List of mayors of Frederick, Maryland (talk) removed.
- ^ For example, this image of the Battle of Normandy is grainy, but very few pictures of that event exist. However, where quite a number of pictures exist, for instance, the moon landing, FPC attempts to select the best of the ones produced.
- ^ An image has more encyclopedic value (often abbreviated to "EV" or "enc" in discussions) if it contributes strongly to a single article, rather than contributing weakly to many. Adding an image to numerous articles to gain EV is counterproductive and may antagonize both FPC reviewers and article editors.
- ^ While effects such as black and white, sepia, oversaturation, and abnormal angles may be visually pleasing, they often detract from the accurate depiction of the subject.