Wikipedia:WikiProject Michael Jackson/Assessment

Michael Jackson articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	3	1		5			9
FL	1	1	2	1			5
GA	6	13	18	21			58
B		5	4	5			14
C		7	10	25		1	43
Start		5	21	87		5	118
Stub		1	1	46		4	52
List		4	2	2			8
Category					11		11
File					2		2
Project					1		1
Redirect				5	13		18
Template					2		2
NA				1			1
Assessed	10	37	58	198	29	10	342
Total	10	37	58	198	29	10	342
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 1,232			Ω = 4.19

WikiProject Project page Talk Assessment log Article stats Article alerts Quality stats

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

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 Michael Jackson 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

Quality assessments

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Michael Jackson}} 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 Michael Jackson articles)		FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Michael Jackson articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Michael Jackson articles)		GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Michael Jackson articles)		B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Michael Jackson articles)		C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Michael Jackson articles)		Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Michael Jackson articles)		Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Michael Jackson articles)		FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Michael Jackson articles)		List

For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:

Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Michael Jackson pages)		Category
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Michael Jackson pages)		Draft
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Michael Jackson pages)		Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Michael Jackson pages)		Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class Michael Jackson pages)		Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Michael Jackson pages)		Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Michael Jackson pages)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Michael Jackson articles)		???

After assessing an article's quality, any comments on the assessment can be added to the article's talk page.

Quality scale

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
FA	The article has attained featured article status. 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. It is: well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard; comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate; neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarism or too-close paraphrasing. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of: a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required. Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style where appropriate.	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.	Michael Jackson
GA	The article has attained good article status. More detailed criteria The article meets the good article criteria: A good article is: Well-written: the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. Verifiable with no original research: it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline; reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose); it contains no original research; and it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (although 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.	Thriller (song)
B	The article is mostly complete and without major issues, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria The article meets the six B-Class criteria: The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as {{cite web}} is optional. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.	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, and expert knowledge is increasingly 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.	Death of Michael Jackson
C	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 substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria The article is better developed in style, structure and quality than Start-Class, but 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.	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 address cleanup issues.	Michael Jackson memorial service
Start	An article that is developing, but which is quite incomplete and, most notably, lacks adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a usable amount of good content but is weak in many areas, usually in referencing. Quality of the prose may be distinctly unencyclopedic, and MoS compliance non-existent; but the article should satisfy fundamental content policies such as notability and BLP, and provide enough sources to establish verifiability. No Start-Class article should be in any danger of being speedily deleted.	Provides some meaningful content, but the majority of readers will need more.	Provision of references to reliable sources should be prioritised; the article will also need substantial improvements in content and organisation.	Bad World Tour
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. 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.	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.	Rock with You (Michael Jackson song)
FL	The article has attained featured list status. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured list criteria: Prose. It features professional standards of writing. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. Comprehensiveness. (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items. (b) statements are sourced where they appear, and they provide inline citations if they contain any of the four kinds of material absolutely required to have citations. (c) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists and includes at minimum eight items; does not violate the content-forking guideline, does not largely duplicate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages. (a) Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour; and a minimal proportion of items are redlinked. (b) Media files. It has images and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's usage policies, with succinct captions. Non-free images and other media satisfy the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and are labeled accordingly. (c) Accessibility. It uses proper formating to be accessible to all readers. Bulleted and unbulleted lists and tables are structured correctly. Visual media, if included, utilize alternative (alt) text. Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.	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 concert tours by Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5
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 awards received by Michael Jackson
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:Jackson musical family
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.	MJ
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 Michael Jackson
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.	History of Michael Jackson
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:Michael Jackson

Importance assessment

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

{{WikiProject Michael Jackson| ... | importance=??? | ...}}

Top

High

Mid

Low

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The following values may be used for importance assessments:

• Top - The article is about one of the core topics of Michael Jackson. Adds articles to Category:Top-importance Michael Jackson articles
• High - The article is about the most well-known or culturally or historically significant aspects of Michael Jackson. Adds articles to Category:High-importance Michael Jackson articles
• Mid - The article is about a topic within the Michael Jackson field that may or may not be commonly known outside the Michael Jackson community. Adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Michael Jackson articles
• Low - The article is about a topic that is highly specialized within the Michael Jackson field and is not generally common knowledge outside the community. Adds articles to Category:Low-importance Michael Jackson articles
• Unknown - Any article which has not yet been assessed on the importance scale is automatically added to the Category:Unknown-importance Michael Jackson articles.

Importance scale

Label	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editor's experience	Example
Top	The article is one of the core topics about Michael Jackson. Generally, this is limited to those articles that are included as sections of the main Michael Jackson article.	A reader who is not involved in the Michael Jackson field will have high familiarity with the subject matter and should be able to relate to the topic easily.	Articles in this importance range are written in mostly generic terms, leaving technical terms and descriptions for more specialized pages.	Michael Jackson
High	The article covers a topic that is vital to understanding Michael Jackson.
Mid	The article covers a topic that has a strong but not vital role in the history of Michael Jackson.	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 Michael Jackson. 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 the history of Michael Jackson will be rated in this level.
Low	The article is not required knowledge for a broad understanding of Michael Jackson.	Few readers outside the Michael Jackson field or that are not Michael Jackson students 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 the Michael Jackson, using technical terms (and defining them) as needed. Topics included at this level include most infrastructure of Michael Jackson.

Requesting an assessment

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.

• An article I created for The Remix Suites: I-V MaJic (talk) 20:10, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Assessment log

The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.

December 24, 2024

Assessed

• Category:Jackson family (show business) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:Michael Jackson (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Morphine (song) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Songs written by Michael Jackson (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

December 23, 2024

Assessed

• Category:Michael Jackson-related video games (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Ulala's Channel J (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• WP:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Michael Jackson articles by quality log (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Project-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:WikiProject Michael Jackson (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

December 22, 2024

Renamed

• ATV Music renamed to Sony Music Publishing.
• Baby Be Mine (Michael Jackson song) renamed to Thriller (album).
• Gold (Michael Jackson album) renamed to Anthology (Michael Jackson album).
• Michael Jackson & Friends renamed to MJ & Friends.
• Michael Jackson Family Trust renamed to Estate of Michael Jackson.
• Morphine (song) renamed to Morphine (disambiguation).
• Prince Michael Jackson I renamed to Michael Jackson.
• Ulala's Channel J renamed to Space Channel 5.

Removed

• Category:A-Class Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Category:B-Class Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Template:Bad (album) (talk) removed.
• Category:Books by Michael Jackson (talk) removed.
• Template:Dangerous (album) (talk) removed.
• Category:FA-Class Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Category:FL-Class Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Category:GA-Class Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Draft:Goin' Places (tour) (talk) removed.
• Template:HIStory (album) (talk) removed.
• Category:High-importance Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Category:Images of Michael Jackson (talk) removed.
• Template:Jackson family (talk) removed.
• Category:Jackson family (show business) (talk) removed.
• Category:List-Class Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Category:Michael Jackson (talk) removed.
• Category:Michael Jackson-related video games (talk) removed.
• Category:Michael Jackson articles by importance (talk) removed.
• Category:Michael Jackson articles by quality (talk) removed.
• Template:Michael Jackson songs (talk) removed.
• Category:Mid-importance Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Category:NA-Class Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Category:NA-importance Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Template:Off the Wall (talk) removed.
• Category:Pages using WikiProject Michael Jackson with unknown parameters (talk) removed.
• Template:PartofWPMJ (talk) removed.
• Template:Rebbie Jackson (talk) removed.
• Category:Songs about Michael Jackson (talk) removed.
• Category:Songs written by Michael Jackson (talk) removed.
• Category:Start-Class Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Category:Stub-Class Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Template:The Jackson 5 (talk) removed.
• Draft:The Jackson 5 Second National Tour (talk) removed.
• Draft:The Jackson 5 US Tour (talk) removed.
• Template:The Jackson 5 singles (talk) removed.
• Template:Thriller (album) (talk) removed.
• Category:Top-importance Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Category:Unassessed Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• Category:Unknown-importance Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.
• WP:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Michael Jackson articles by quality log (talk) removed.
• WP:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Michael Jackson articles by quality statistics (talk) removed.
• Template:WikiProject Michael Jackson (talk) removed.
• WP:WikiProject Michael Jackson/Assessment (talk) removed.
• Category:WikiProject Michael Jackson articles (talk) removed.

December 21, 2024

Reassessed

• Category:Michael Jackson songs (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Category-Class. (rev · t)

December 20, 2024

Reassessed

• Category:Michael Jackson (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Category-Class. (rev · t)
• Ulala's Channel J (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
• WP:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Michael Jackson articles by quality log (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Project-Class. (rev · t)

December 19, 2024

Reassessed

• Template:Michael Jackson (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Template-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Michael Jackson-related video games (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Category-Class. (rev · t)
• Morphine (song) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Songs written by Michael Jackson (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:The Jackson 5 (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Template-Class. (rev · t)
• USA for Africa (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)

December 18, 2024

Reassessed

• Template:Jackson family (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Template-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:Michael Jackson (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Michael Jackson-related video games (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Michael Jackson songs (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Tatiana Thumbtzen (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:The Jackson 5 (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Ulala's Channel J (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• WP:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Michael Jackson articles by quality log (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Project-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)

December 17, 2024

Reassessed

• USA for Africa (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)