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Welcome to the assessment department of the Archaeology WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Archaeology 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 {{ArchaeologyWikiProject}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Archaeology articles by quality and Category:Archaeology articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.
This is a bot generated table of the assessment process of WikiProject Archaeology supported articles. It is updated automatically every 2-3 days.
Index · Statistics · Log
Archaeology articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
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9 | 24 | 49 | 82 | |||
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3 | 15 | 18 | ||||
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6 | 17 | 46 | 150 | 2 | 221 | |
B | 23 | 82 | 187 | 462 | 392 | 1,146 | |
C | 31 | 150 | 376 | 1,400 | 2 | 961 | 2,920 |
Start | 28 | 154 | 564 | 4,441 | 2,802 | 7,989 | |
Stub | 1 | 19 | 173 | 2,670 | 1,326 | 4,189 | |
List | 4 | 15 | 44 | 424 | 71 | 558 | |
Category | 1 | 3,285 | 3,286 | ||||
Disambig | 16 | 16 | |||||
File | 68 | 68 | |||||
Project | 1 | 14 | 15 | ||||
Template | 2 | 215 | 217 | ||||
NA | 2 | 6 | 16 | 136 | 365 | 525 | |
Other | 1 | 52 | 53 | ||||
Assessed | 95 | 453 | 1,435 | 9,749 | 4,017 | 5,554 | 21,303 |
Total | 95 | 453 | 1,435 | 9,749 | 4,017 | 5,554 | 21,303 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 80,635 | Ω = 4.87 |
Frequently asked questions
- 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 Archaeology WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article.
- 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
An article's assessment is generated from the class and importance parameters in the {{WikiProject Archaeology}} project banner on its talk page:
{{WikiProject Archaeology |class= |importance= |attention= |peer-review= |old-peer-review= |living= |needs-infobox= }}
The following values may be used for the class parameter:
- FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Archaeology articles)
- A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Archaeology articles)
- GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Archaeology articles)
- B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Archaeology articles)
- Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Archaeology articles)
- Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Archaeology articles)
- NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:Non-article Archaeology pages)
Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Archaeology 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 Archaeology articles)
- High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Archaeology articles)
- Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Archaeology articles)
- Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Archaeology articles)
- Unknown - any article which isn't designated by importance is automatically added to the Category:Unknown-importance Archaeology 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
Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example | ||
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The article has attained featured article status by passing an official review. 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. | Water fluoridation (as of August 2014) |
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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. More detailed criteria
The article meets the A-Class criteria:
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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. | Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014) |
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The article has attained good article status by passing an official review. More detailed criteria
The article meets the good article criteria:
A good article is:
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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. | YouTube (as of August 2014) |
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B | The article is mostly complete and without major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria
The article meets the six B-Class 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. | Apple Inc. (as of August 2014) |
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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. 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; need editing for clarity, balance, or flow; or contain policy violations, such as bias or original research. Articles on fictional topics are likely to be marked as C-Class if they are written from an in-universe perspective. It is most likely that C-Class articles have a reasonable encyclopedic style.
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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. | Bishop (chess) (as of August 2014) |
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Start | An article that is developing, but which is quite incomplete. It might or might not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria
The article has a usable amount of good content but is weak in many areas. Quality of the prose may be distinctly unencyclopedic, and MoS compliance non-existent. The article should satisfy fundamental content policies, such as BLP. Frequently, the referencing is inadequate, although enough sources are usually provided to establish verifiability. No Start-Class article should be in any danger of being speedily deleted.
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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. | Interval vector (as of February 2014) |
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Stub | A very basic description of the topic. However, all very-bad-quality articles will fall into this category. More detailed criteria
The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to become a meaningful article. It is usually very short; but, if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible, an article of any length falls into this category. Although Stub-class articles are the lowest class of the normal classes, they are adequate enough to be an accepted article, though they do have risks of being dropped from being an article all together.
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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. | Crescent Falls (as of February 2013) |
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The article has attained featured list status. 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. | List of National Basketball Association season assists leaders (as of April 2014) |
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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 Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1947 (as of January 2013) |
Importance scale
Importance | Criteria | Example |
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Top | Subject is of crucial importance to Wikipedia's coverage of archaeology. Would be mentioned in any basic encyclopaedia. |
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High | Subject is highly notable globally or within the field of archaeology as a whole. Would be mentioned in any introductory archaeology textbook. |
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Mid | Subject is highly notable within a specific region or subfield of archaeology. Would probably be mentioned in general texts in the relevant subfield. |
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Low | Subject is notable, but not particularly so. Is likely to primarily be mentioned in specialist literature. |
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NA | Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. | - |
??? | Subject importance has not yet been assessed. | - |
Requesting an assessment
If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new quality rating for it, please feel free to edit this page and list it below.
NOTE: NO ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE HERE SINCE 2010
- Series of articles on Hadrian's Wall Milecastles Milecastle 0 to Milecastle 13 (so far). Sammy_r (talk) 05:21, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
- Vinča-Belo Brdo —Joseph RoeTk•Cb, 09:40, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
- Henge Aarghdvaark (talk) 09:54, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Assessed as C while working on WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America backlog; but it's probably at least a B, with potential to become a GA. Djembayz (talk) 00:57, 10 November 2012 (UTC)
- Nordic Stone Age No references for nearly 4 years; eligible for sweeping text deletion. NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 18:51, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
- Wade's Causeway been working on this for about 2 weeks, taking it from a basic stub article, want to get it ready for GA/FA eventually but it needs a preliminary rating from the project -PocklingtonDan (talk) 20:41, 26 September 2013 (UTC)
- There is now a peer review page for this at [[Wikipedia:Peer_review/Wade's_Causeway/archive1]] - PocklingtonDan (talk) 09:51, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
- Romano-Celtic Temple - I've made this and been adding to it over this month. I'd appreciate a review to see if we are at 'Start' or 'C' class yet. Work in progress. Zakhx150 (talk) 10:35, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
- Tel Kabri - new addition to the project. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 1 Tevet 5774 20:05, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
- Balangoda_Man - This is rated 'Top-importance' on Wikiproject Sri Lanka but only 'Low-importance' on Wikiproject Archeology. After having made substantial changes to this article to take it up to GA-class, the existing peer-reviewed literature on the subject seems to indicate that the topic (surrounding the earliest prehistoric homo sapiens in Sri Lanka, and South Asia in general) is of much higher importance to Archeology in general. Therefore I would greatly appreciate it if someone could take a second look. Many thanks. Ldesilva (talk) 04:58, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Bath and North East Somerset currently at FLC any help or advice appreciated.— Rod talk 18:03, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- Xerxes Canal Review for B or C class would be great! Cotopaxi5897 (talk) 09:47, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
- Thessaloniki Metro (Archaeology section). Would appreciate a review for classification. Thanks! --Michail (blah) 16:44, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
- Bodzia Cemetery Would appreciate a review for classification, thank you! Alixthö (talk) 05:10, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
- Magnet fishing Requesting a complete review on this article, not even sure if it really pertains to archeology as most people seem to do this trying to find treasures in rivers and other bodies of water, not necessarily for documentation, research, or an archeological purpose. The scale lists it as High importance and even if it was to stay within the project I would significantly dissent on it being High, based on your scales this does not compare to other High importance articles. Cheers OfficerManatee (talk) 07:19, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
Assessment log
- The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.
Unexpected changes, such as downgrading an article, or raising it more than two assessment classes at once, are shown in bold.
August 25, 2024
Reassessed
- Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Moain Sadeq (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Paria, Bolivia (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
August 24, 2024
Reassessed
- Cuel (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Hans Dragendorff (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Villa of Domitian (Sabaudia) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
- Villa of Lucullus (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Villa of Maxentius (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Cabeza de Vaca, Tumbes (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Debalgarh (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Devín Castle (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Eta Anakannon Kofun (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Runestones in Västergötland (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Västergötland Runic Inscription 40 (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Västergötland Runic Inscription 81 (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
August 23, 2024
Reassessed
- Cuz Cuz (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Villa Romana di Patti (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Batuta, Syria (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Great Wilbraham (causewayed enclosure) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as FA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t)
- Kehf el Baroud (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Municipal Museum of Alcázar de San Juan (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Sultanganj Buddha (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
August 22, 2024
Renamed
- Horvat Burgin renamed to Khirbat Umm Burj.
- Draft:Kaizuka period renamed to Kaizuka period.
Reassessed
- Cork horns (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Ein Nashut (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from B-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Hurvat Tzunem (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from B-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Muhammad Khaznadar (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Tobinitai culture (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Tool stone (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Torbulok (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- West Norfolk Hoard (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Wilsford Henge (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Fort Ala Nova (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Glemminge stone (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Katōda Higashibaru Site (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Khirbat Umm Burj (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Nabeta Cave Tombs (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
- Devín Castle (talk) removed.
August 21, 2024
Reassessed
- La vache qui pleure (rock engravings) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Sion Treasure (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Trial trenching (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Umm al-Jimal Paleo-Arabic inscription (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Vectis ware (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Verkhnii Saltiv (museum-reserve) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Benkei-ga-ana Kofun (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Church of St John of the Collachium (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Cork horns (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Muhammad Khaznadar (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
August 20, 2024
Renamed
- Catacombs of Tábor renamed to Tunnels of Tábor.
Reassessed
- Category:Prehistoric Germanic peoples (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Sabu disk (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Tilmen Hoyuk (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Category:Archaeological artefacts of India (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:Kaizuka period (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- La vache qui pleure (rock engravings) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Tunnels of Tábor (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
- Category:Archaeological artifacts of India (talk) removed.
August 19, 2024
Reassessed
- Category:Ancient Celts (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- The Elgin Marbles (book) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Usnu Muqu (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Category:Directors general of the Archaeological Survey of India (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Kerma Museum (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)