Wikipedia:WikiProject Maps/Assessment
| Maps articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA
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2 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| FL
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1 | 1 | |||||
| FM
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168 | 168 | |||||
 GA
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2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 15 | ||
| B | 4 | 17 | 17 | 41 | 26 | 105 | |
| C | 2 | 51 | 36 | 153 | 101 | 343 | |
| Start | 2 | 82 | 82 | 540 | 334 | 1,040 | |
| Stub | 36 | 25 | 248 | 284 | 593 | ||
| List | 3 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 38 | |
| Category | 761 | 761 | |||||
| Disambig | 2 | 2 | |||||
| File | 4,256 | 4,256 | |||||
| Portal | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Project | 32 | 32 | |||||
| Redirect | 3 | 2 | 24 | 203 | 232 | ||
| Template | 3 | 3,445 | 3,448 | ||||
| NA | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Other | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Assessed | 8 | 196 | 171 | 1,047 | 8,884 | 749 | 11,055 |
| Unassessed | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 8 | 196 | 171 | 1,047 | 8,884 | 751 | 11,057 |
| WikiWork factors(?) | ω =10,475 | Ω =4.99 | |||||
Theassessment departmentofWikiProject Mapsfocuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Maps articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in theVersion 1.0 Editorial Teamprogram.
The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the{{WikiProject Maps}}project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories ofCategory:Maps articles by qualityandCategory:Maps articles by importance,which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist (Index·Statistics·Log)
Frequently asked questions
[edit]- See also thegeneral assessment FAQ
- 1. What is the purpose of the article ratings?
- The rating system allows the project to monitor the quality of articles in our subject areas, and to prioritize work on these articles. It is also utilized by theWikipedia 1.0 programto prepare for static releases of Wikipedia content. Please note, however, that these ratings are primarily intended for the internal use of the project, and do not necessarily imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.
- 2. How do I add an article to the WikiProject?
- Just add{{WikiProject Maps}}to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
- 3. Someone put a{{WikiProject Maps}}template on an article, but it doesn't seem to be within the project'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 project talk page (or directly with the person who tagged the article).
- 4. Who can assess articles?
- Any member of the Maps WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article. Editors who are not participants in this project are also welcome to assess articles, but should defer to consensus within the project in case of procedural disputes.
- 5. How do I rate an article?
- Check thequality scaleand select the level that best matches the state of the article; then, follow theinstructionsbelow to add the rating to the project banner on the article's talk page. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in theassessment scale.
- 6. 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.
- 7. What if I don't agree with a rating?
- You can ask any member of the project to rate the article again. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in theassessment scale.
- 8. 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!
Instructions
[edit]Quality assessment
[edit]An article's quality assessment is generated from theclassparameter in the{{WikiProject Banner Shell}}.Articles that have the{{WikiProject Maps}}project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.
The following values may be used for theclassparameter to describe the quality of the article (seeWikipedia:Content assessmentfor assessment criteria):
| FA(forfeatured articlesonly;adds articles toCategory:FA-Class Maps articles) | FA |
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| A(adds articles toCategory:A-Class Maps articles) |  A |
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| GA(forgood articlesonly;adds articles toCategory:GA-Class Maps articles) | GA |
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| B(adds articles toCategory:B-Class Maps articles) | B | |
| C(adds articles toCategory:C-Class Maps articles) | C | |
| Start(adds articles toCategory:Start-Class Maps articles) | Start | |
| Stub(adds articles toCategory:Stub-Class Maps articles) | Stub | |
| FL(forfeatured listsonly;adds articles toCategory:FL-Class Maps articles) | FL |
|
| List(adds articles toCategory:List-Class Maps articles) | List |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for theclassparameter:
| Category(forcategories;adds pages toCategory:Category-Class Maps articles) | Category | |
| Disambig(fordisambiguation pages;adds pages toCategory:Disambig-Class Maps articles) | Disambig | |
| Draft(fordrafts;adds pages toCategory:Draft-Class Maps articles) | Draft | |
| FM(forfeatured mediaonly;adds pages toCategory:FM-Class Maps articles) | FM |
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| File(forfilesandtimed text;adds pages toCategory:File-Class Maps articles) | File | |
| Portal(forportal pages;adds pages toCategory:Portal-Class Maps articles) | Portal | |
| Project(forproject pages;adds pages toCategory:Project-Class Maps articles) | Project | |
| Redirect(forredirect pages;adds pages toCategory:Redirect-Class Maps articles) | Redirect | |
| Template(fortemplatesandmodules;adds pages toCategory:Template-Class Maps articles) | Template | |
| NA(for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages toCategory:NA-Class Maps articles) | NA | |
| ???(articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed inCategory:Unassessed Maps articles) | ??? |
Quality scale
[edit]| Label | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editor's experience | Example | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA {{FA-Class}} |
Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "Featured article"status afterpeer review,and meet the current criteria for featured articles. | Definitive. Outstanding, thorough article; a great source for encyclopedic information. | No further editing necessary, unless new published information has come to light. | Iowa class battleship | ||
| A {{A-Class}} |
Provides a well-written, reasonably clear and complete description of the topic, as described inHow to write a great articleas much as the existence of reputable sources allow it. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, with a well-written introduction and an appropriate series of headings to break up the content. It should have sufficient external literature references, preferably from the "hard" (peer-reviewedwhere appropriate) literature rather than websites. Should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. At the stage where it could at least be considered forfeatured articlestatus, corresponds to the "Wikipedia 1.0" standard. | Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject as much as the existence of reputable sources allow it. A non-expert in the subject matter would typically find nothing wanting. May miss a few relevant points. | Minor edits and adjustments would improve the article, particularly if brought to bear by a subject-matter expert. In particular, issues of breadth, completeness, and balance may need work.Peer-reviewwould be helpful at this stage. | Davenport, Iowa | ||
| GA {{GA-Class}} |
The article has passed through theGood article nomination processand been granted GA status, meeting thegood article standards.This should be used for articles that still need some work to reach featured article standards, but that are otherwise good. Good articles that may succeed in FAC should be considered A-Class articles, but being aGood articleis not a requirement for A-Class. | Useful to nearly all readers. A good treatment of the subject. No obvious problems, gaps, excessive information. Adequate for most purposes, but other encyclopedias could do a better job. | Some editing will clearly be helpful, but not necessary for a good reader experience. If the article is not already fullywikified,now is the time. | Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad | ||
| B {{B-Class}} |
The article meets the following five criteria:
|
Useful to many, but not all, readers. A casual reader flipping through articles would feel that they generally understood the topic, but a serious student or researcher trying to use the material would have trouble doing so, or would risk error in derivative work. | Considerable editing is still needed, including filling in some important gaps or correcting significant policy errors. Articles for whichcleanupis needed will typically have this designation to start with. | Gall–Peters projection | ||
| C {{C-Class}} |
The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains a lot of irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant issues or require substantialcleanup.
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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 addresscleanupissues. | Cartography | ||
| Start {{Start-Class}} |
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas, and may lack a table.Add example.Has at least one serious element of gathered materials, including anyoneof the following:
|
Not useless. Some readers will find what they are looking for, but most will not. Most articles in this category have the look of an article "under construction" and a reader genuinely interested in the topic is likely to seek additional information elsewhere. | Substantial/major editing is needed, most material for a complete article needs to be added. This article usually isn't even good enough for acleanuptag: it still needs to be built. | Map | ||
| File {{File-Class}} |
The article is a map usually a jpg (discouraged), gif, svg (encouraged) or png | Use ofSVGformat is encouraged. For more details see theFile formats to usesection on WikiProject Maps | ||||
| Stub {{Stub-Class}} |
The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to bring it to A-Class level. It is usually very short, but can be of any length if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible. | May be useless to a reader only passingly familiar with the term. Possibly useful to someone who has no idea what the term meant. At best a brief, informed dictionary definition. | Any editing or additional material can be helpful. | Road atlas | ||
| NA {{NA-Class}} |
The is a non-article page, but relates toWikiProject Maps. |
Importance assessment
[edit]An article's importance assessment is generated from theimportanceparameter in the{{WikiProject Maps}}project banner on its talk page:
{{WikiProject Maps|importance=???}}
The following values may be used for theimportanceparameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (seeWikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topicfor assessment criteria):
| Top(adds articles toCategory:Top-importance Maps articles) | Top | |
| High(adds articles toCategory:High-importance Maps articles) | High | |
| Mid(adds articles toCategory:Mid-importance Maps articles) | Mid | |
| Low(adds articles toCategory:Low-importance Maps articles) | Low | |
| NA(adds articles toCategory:NA-importance Maps articles) | NA | |
| ???(articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed inCategory:Unknown-importance Maps articles) | ??? |
Importance scale
[edit]Importance must be regarded as arelativeterm.If priority values are applied within this project, these only reflect the perceived importanceto this projectand to the work groups the biography falls under. An article judged to be "Top-Class" in one context may be only "Mid-Class" in another project. The criteria used for rating article priority arenotmeant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of theaveragereader of Wikipedia needing to look up the topic (and thus the immediate need to have a suitably well-written article on it).
| Label | Criteria | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Top | High probability that those not particularly interested in Maps would look this up. Must have been highly influential. | Cartography,Map projection |
| High | Must have been influential. | Google Maps |
| Mid | Important. | Mappa Mundi |
| Low | Notable, butrelativelyunimportant. | Campaign Cartographer |
Log
[edit]November 26, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Google Street View in Oceania(talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromStub-ClasstoStart-Class.(rev·t)
- Map wiki(talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromNA-ClasstoDisambig-Class.(rev·t)
Removed
[edit]- Category:Maps of Eastern Europe(talk) removed.
- Category:Maps of Nepal(talk) removed.
- Category:Maps of Turkey(talk) removed.
November 25, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Category:Louisiana location map modules(talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromCategory-ClasstoNA-Class.(rev·t)
- Category:Louisiana maps(talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromCategory-ClasstoNA-Class.(rev·t)
- Map wiki(talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromDisambig-ClasstoNA-Class.(rev·t)
- Template:Massachusetts NNLs map(talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromTemplate-ClasstoNA-Class.(rev·t)
Assessed
[edit]- File:Riverside County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Aguanga Highlighted 0600464.svg(talk) assessed. Quality assessed asFile-Class.(rev·t)Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev·t)
November 24, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Hungary–Romania border(talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromStub-ClasstoStart-Class.(rev·t)
November 22, 2024
[edit]Assessed
[edit]- Category:Labelled maps of Iran municipalities(talk) assessed. Quality assessed asCategory-Class.(rev·t)Importance assessed asNA-Class.(rev·t)
November 21, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]November 20, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Category:15th-century maps(talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromCategory-ClasstoRedirect-Class.(rev·t)
- Babylonian Map of the World(talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromStub-ClasstoStart-Class.(rev·t)
- David H. Burr(talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed fromStub-ClasstoStart-Class.(rev·t)