Wikipedia:WikiProject Religion/Assessment

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Religion articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
Featured article FA 24 1 7 14 8 54
Featured list FL 2 2
A-Class article A 1 1 2
GA 47 2 14 35 13 111
B 369 66 130 142 109 816
C 484 52 112 203 93 944
Start 845 121 342 918 1 571 2,798
Stub 142 23 90 487 408 1,150
List 4 5 15 36 6 70 136
Book 36 36
Category 1 1,218 1,219
Disambig 22 22
File 16 16
Portal 267 267
Project 5 5
Redirect 3 24 27
Template 1 82 83
NA 1 1
Assessed 1,916 271 711 1,841 1,678 1,272 7,689
Unassessed 1 2 5 12 2,240 2,260
Total 1,917 273 716 1,853 1,678 3,512 9,949
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 700427335000000000027,335 Ω = 4.65

Welcome to the assessment department of the Religion WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Religion related 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 {{WPReligion}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Religion articles by quality and Category:Religion articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

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Frequently asked questions [edit]

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 Religion WikiProject is free to add or change the rating of an article.
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.
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, 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.

Instructions [edit]

Quality assessments [edit]

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Religion}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Religion|class=???}}

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article:

FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class Religion articles) Featured article FA 
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Religion articles) A-Class article A 
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Religion articles)  GA 
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Religion articles) B-Class article B 
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Religion articles) C-Class article C 
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Religion articles) Start-Class article Start 
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Religion articles) Stub-Class article Stub 
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Religion articles) Featured list FL 
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Religion articles)  List 

For pages that are not articles, the following values can also be used for the class parameter:

Book (for Wikipedia books; adds pages to Category:Book-Class Religion articles) Wikipedia Book Book 
Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Religion articles) Category page Category 
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Religion articles) Disambiguation page Disambig 
File (for files; adds pages to Category:File-Class Religion articles)  File 
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class Religion articles) Redirect page Redirect 
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Religion articles)  Portal 
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Religion articles)  Project 
Template (for templates; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Religion articles)  Template 
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Religion articles)  NA 
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Religion articles)  ??? 

The class parameter should be assigned according to the quality scale below.

After assessing an article's quality, comments on the assessment can be added either to the article's talk page or to the /Comments subpage which will appear as a link next to the assessment. Adding comments will add the article to Category:Religion articles with comments. Comments that are added to the /Comments subpages will be transcluded onto the automatically generated work list pages in the Comments column.

Quality scale [edit]

WikiProject article quality grading scheme
Class Criteria Reader's experience Editing suggestions Example
Featured article FA  The article has attained featured article status by passing an official review. 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. Bahá'í Faith
A-Class article A  The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been reviewed by impartial reviewers from this WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. 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. Peer review may help. N/A
 GA  The article has attained good article status by passing an official review. Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (but not equalling) the quality of a professional encyclopedia. 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. Thelema
B-Class article B  The article is mostly complete and without major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. 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 also be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines. Christianity
C-Class article C  The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains much irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. 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. Scientology
Start-Class article Start  An article that is developing, but which is quite incomplete and, most notably, lacks adequate reliable sources. 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. Another Gospel
Stub-Class article Stub  A very basic description of the topic. Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. Church of the Truth
Featured list FL  The article has attained featured list status. 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. N/A
 List  Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list, 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 new religious movements
Wikipedia Book Book  A collection of Wikipedia articles arranged as a book (see Wikipedia Books). People who would like to read Wikipedia offline, or in print. It is a good idea to team up with a relevant WikiProject to gather feedback on books. Book:Religion
Category page 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:Religion
Disambiguation page 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. Gods (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:Religious syms.svg
 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:Religion
 Project  All WikiProject-related pages fall under this class. Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development, and are probably not useful to readers. Develop these pages into collaborative resources useful for improving articles within the project. Wikipedia:WikiProject Religion
Redirect page Redirect  Any redirect falls under this class. The page redirects to another article with a similar name, related topic or that has been merged 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. Calvary Chapel Church
 Template  Any template falls under this class. The most common types of template include infoboxes and navboxes. Different types of template 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:Religion topics
 NA  Any non-article page that fits no other classification. The page contains no article content, and is probably not useful to any casual reader. Look out for misclassified articles. Currently many NA-class articles need to be re-classified. N/A

Importance assessment [edit]

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Religion}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Religion| ... | importance=??? | ...}}
Top
High
Mid
Low
???

The following values may be used for importance assessments:

Importance scale [edit]

WikiProject article importance scheme
Importance Criteria Example
 Top  The article is one of the core topics about religion. Generally, this is limited to those articles that are listed on {{Religion topics}}. Many readers will be familiar with the topic being discussed, but a larger majority of readers may have only cursory knowledge of the overall subject. Articles at this level will cover subjects that are well known but not necessarily vital to understand religion, such as specific aspects of more-widely known faiths. Due to the topics covered at this level, Mid-importance articles will generally have more technical terms used in the article text. Most people involved in specific religions will be rated in this level. Religion
Priest
Jesus
Christianity
Islam
Atheism
 High  The article covers a topic that is vital to understanding religion. Religion in the United States
Cult
Prophecy
Catholic Church
 Mid  The article covers a topic that has a strong but not vital role in the history of religion. Articles at this level will cover subjects that are well known but not necessarily vital to understand religion, such as specific aspects of more-widely known faiths. Due to the topics covered at this level, Mid-importance articles will generally have more technical terms used in the article text. Most people involved in specific religions will be rated in this level. Coffin
Baba Rabba
Greek Orthodox Church
Happy Science
 Low  The article is not required knowledge for a broad understanding of religion. Few readers outside the religion field or that are not adherents to the specific faith may be familiar with the subject matter. It is likely that the reader does not know anything at all about the subject before reading the article. Articles at this range of importance will often delve into the minutiae of religion, using technical terms (and defining them) as needed. Topics included at this level include most practices and infrastructure of religions. 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack
Biblical canon
Harold Bussell
Church of God in Christ

Given the number and variety of articles with which this project shall be dealing, I believe that we should devote a good deal of attention in the short run to determining which of the articles we consider to be of greatest importance to the project. We now have a page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Religion/Assessment/Top-importance articles where we can discuss which articles should receive top-importance ranking. Any and all input is more than welcome.

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.

  1. Catholic Church-Requesting review of this article to raise it above C-class status, as editors have made significant improvement.TopazStar (talk) 16:41, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
  2. Bhagavad Gita - Requesting review for GA quality class, as I have majorly re-organized and cleaned it up. Adelle Frank (talk) 21:07, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
  3. Taoic religion - Recently passed GA review. Started with this, expanded it to this, which includes editor notes for expansion, earning the GA pass. Looking for outside input to see if others think this would appropriately be rated A-Class and what project participants think needs to be done to pass a WP:FAC review.Vassyana 10:18, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
  4. Fellowship of Friends - Can you tell me how to rate this article? Thanks. Mario Fantoni 06:22, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  5. Fellowship of Friends - this article is probably a B class, low importance religion.--Moon Rising 17:55, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
  6. Ismailism - I recently rewrote most of the article and have tried to make it as high quality as I could. --Enzuru 21:20, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
  7. Sant Nirankari Mission - I have added new content and done as much referencing as I could. I would need some sort of rating and comments to make it even better. Would appreciate your feedback. Thanks!
  8. Aura-Soma - have been working on this one, and will be trying to get it to GA class once I can get hold of the books referenced to add citations. Think it might be B class now, a second would be very welcome, as would thoughts on anything the article needs to reach GA. - Zeibura (Talk) 13:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
  9. Ayyavazhi - An extremely well-referenced and lengthy article which is written in Summary style with main article for each sections. It seems right to fit as a Good article. Any one pls tale a look into it.
  10. Sai Baba of Shirdi - it's just received GA status and I think it could be brought to A class. Kkrystian 17:16, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
  11. Tamara Siuda -- Significant changes have been made in the past month or so, including layout, content, and the addition of a variety of references. Was not rated under the Religion project before, I believe now to be "GA". IanCheesman (talk) 20:31, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
  12. Kemetic Orthodoxy -- Complete re-write took place over the past few months, including layout, content, and references. Article is now more than four times the original size, and layout is largely based on that of other religion pages. Was not rated under the Religion project before, I believe now to be "GA". IanCheesman (talk) 20:31, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
  13. Share International -- New information added about essential philosophy, incorrect information deleted, new pictures added Camillaworld 15:22,8 August 2008 (UTC)
  14. Lynn de Silva -- New biography article. It has been refined and reviewed quite a bit over the past few months, so I would appreciate your rating and feedback. Thanks! Ldesilva (talk) 03:00, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
  15. History of religions -- I would think this to be a high importance article, but its currently lacking in many ways. Reading through the talk page, it seems like it has been fomred by a bad merge of two other articles. KalevTait (talk) 18:04, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
  16. Religions of Kerala -- I think this is a very intersting article considering unique mixture of people of different faiths in this Indian state. This article still requires some images and has still incomplete sections. Sarvagyana guru (talk) 06:19, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
  17. Dawoodi Bohra -- Please rate as I made some changes to the article. It was not rated before Sherenk (talk) 08:56, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
  18. Mithraic Mysteries -- I have made a lot of changes to this controversial and previously rather dodgy article. A new rating would probably be appropriate. Roger Pearse (talk) 21:10, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
  19. Sol Invictus -- Most parts of this article have been completely rewritten.
  20. Theology -- extensively rewritten, referenced, and cleaned up since last quality assessment (C). --mahigton (talk) 00:21, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
  21. Mormonism and Islam -- Huge rewrite, major additions; this article hasn't yet been rated by this particular project. Would appreciate your opinion on it. - Ecjmartin (talk) 02:44, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
  22. Joseph Campbell -- I haven't been able to find when the last review of the article was; it has been greatly improved over the last year and a half, and would be worth a fresh review. David Kudler (talk) 01:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
  23. Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue -- Please review this new article. Thanks! Ldesilva (talk) 14:11, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
  24. Creativity (religion) -- A review of this article would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! --SCochran4 (talk) 03:26, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
  25. Mithras -- This article has been completely rewritten since February and the talk page suggests the changes were controversial. Could the article be re-rated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.68.2.181 (talk • contribs) 22:35, 25 August 2011 (UTC) I played some part in the changes since February, and agree that a new rating would be helpful. Kalidasa 777 (talk) 22:50, 3 September 2011 (UTC)
  26. Please assess Moon-God Allah.Nightryder84 (talk) 19:41, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
  27. Hyper-Calvinism - I'm planning on doing a rewrite, but need to know where the article stands first. ReformedArsenal (talk) 13:36, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Assessment log [edit]

Religion 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.
This is a log of operations by a bot. The contents of this page are unlikely to need human editing. In particular, links should not be disambiguated as this is a historical record.

May 24, 2013 [edit]

Reassessed [edit]

  • Ebionites (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to Top-Class (rev · t).
  • False prophet (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class (rev · t).
  • Isaac Bonewits (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class (rev · t).
  • John Frum (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Stub-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to Unknown-Class (rev · t).
  • Qormusata Tngri (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to High-Class (rev · t).

May 23, 2013 [edit]

Reassessed [edit]

  • Ebionites (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Top-Class to Mid-Class (rev · t).
  • False prophet (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Unassessed-Class (rev · t).
  • Isaac Bonewits (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Low-Class to Unknown-Class (rev · t).
  • John Frum (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Mid-Class (rev · t).
  • Qormusata Tngri (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Unassessed-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from High-Class to Unknown-Class (rev · t).

May 22, 2013 [edit]

Reassessed [edit]

  • Ebionites (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to Top-Class (rev · t).
  • False prophet (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class (rev · t).
  • Isaac Bonewits (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class (rev · t).
  • John Frum (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Stub-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to Unknown-Class (rev · t).
  • Qormusata Tngri (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to High-Class (rev · t).

Assessed [edit]

May 23, 2013 [edit]

Reassessed [edit]

  • Ebionites (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Top-Class to Mid-Class (rev · t).
  • False prophet (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Unassessed-Class (rev · t).
  • Isaac Bonewits (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Low-Class to Unknown-Class (rev · t).
  • John Frum (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Mid-Class (rev · t).
  • Qormusata Tngri (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Unassessed-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from High-Class to Unknown-Class (rev · t).

May 22, 2013 [edit]

Reassessed [edit]

  • Ebionites (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to Top-Class (rev · t).
  • False prophet (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class (rev · t).
  • Isaac Bonewits (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class (rev · t).
  • John Frum (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Stub-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to Unknown-Class (rev · t).
  • Qormusata Tngri (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to High-Class (rev · t).

Assessed [edit]

May 22, 2013 [edit]

Reassessed [edit]

  • Ebionites (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to Top-Class (rev · t).
  • False prophet (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class (rev · t).
  • Isaac Bonewits (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class (rev · t).
  • John Frum (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Stub-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to Unknown-Class (rev · t).
  • Qormusata Tngri (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class (rev · t). Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to High-Class (rev · t).

Assessed [edit]

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