Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby league/Assessment
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Welcome to the assessment department of the WikiProject on Rugby League, which focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's rugby league related articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the WP:1.0 programme.
The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject Rugby league}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Rugby league articles by quality and Category:Rugby league articles by importance, which serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.
FAQ
[edit]- See also the general 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 utilised by the Wikipedia 1.0 program to 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 Rugby league}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
- 3. Someone put a {{WikiProject Rugby league}} 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 talk page of this department (or directly with the person who tagged the article).
- 4. Who can assess articles?
- Any member of the rugby league 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 the quality scale and select the level that best matches the state of the article; then, follow the instructions below to add the rating to the project banner on the article's talk page.
- 6. Can I request that someone else rate an article?
- Of course; to do so, please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
- 7. 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.
- 8. Where can I get more comments about an article?
- People at Wikipedia:Peer Review can conduct a more thorough examination of articles; please submit it for review there, or ask for comments on the main project discussion page.
- 9. 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.
- 10. 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!
- 11. What if I have a question not listed here?
- If your question concerns the article assessment process specifically, please refer to the discussion page for this department; for any other issues, you can go to the main project discussion page.
Instructions
[edit]An article's assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Rugby league}} project banner on its talk page (see the template page for more details on the exact syntax):
- {{WikiProject Rugby league| class=??? | importance=??? | ...}}
The following values for the class parameter may be used:
- FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class rugby league articles)
- A (adds articles to Category:A-Class rugby league articles)
- GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class rugby league articles)
- B (adds articles to Category:B-Class rugby league articles)
- Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class rugby league articles)
- Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class rugby league articles)
- NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:Non-article rugby league pages)
The following values for the importance parameter may be used:
- Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance rugby league articles)
- High (adds articles to Category:High-importance rugby league articles)
- Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance rugby league articles)
- Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance rugby league articles)
Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed rugby league articles and articles for which a valid importance is not provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance rugby league articles. The class and importance should be assigned according to the quality scale below.
Quality scale
[edit]| Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 FA |
The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured article criteria:
A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.
|
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. | Cleopatra (as of June 2018) |
| FL |
The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured list criteria:
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Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items. | No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. | List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018) |
 A |
The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria
The article meets the A-Class criteria:
Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history). |
Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting. | Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help. | Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014) |
 GA |
The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria
A good article is:
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Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication. | Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing. | Discovery of the neutron (as of April 2019) |
| B | The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria
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Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher. | A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines. | Psychology (as of January 2024) |
| C | The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria
The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.
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Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study. | Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems. | Wing (as of June 2018) |
| Start | An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following:
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Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more. | Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use. | Ball (as of September 2014) |
| Stub | A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. | Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant. | Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant. | Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014) |
| List | Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area. | There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader. | Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized. | List of literary movements |
Importance scale
[edit]| Importance | Criteria | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Top | Subject is extremely important, even crucial, to its specific field. Reserved for subjects that have achieved international notability within their field. | Kindergarten |
| High | Subject is extremely notable, but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent. | Factory Acts |
| Mid | Subject is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area. | 0.999... |
| Low | Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within its field of study. It may only be included to cover a specific part of a notable article. | G cell |
Statistics
[edit]Current status
[edit]| Rugby league articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
| FA
|
1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| FL
|
2 | 2 | |||||
| GA
|
1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |||
| B | 9 | 22 | 31 | 49 | 14 | 125 | |
| C | 3 | 40 | 78 | 345 | 1 | 64 | 531 |
| Start | 10 | 89 | 605 | 3,456 | 668 | 4,828 | |
| Stub | 9 | 209 | 6,767 | 1 | 1,505 | 8,491 | |
| List | 5 | 51 | 236 | 1 | 47 | 340 | |
| Category | 3,764 | 3,764 | |||||
| Disambig | 75 | 75 | |||||
| File | 1,094 | 1,094 | |||||
| Project | 25 | 25 | |||||
| Redirect | 5 | 30 | 136 | 844 | 1,015 | ||
| Template | 1,177 | 1,177 | |||||
| NA | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 313 | 324 | |
| Other | 24 | 24 | |||||
| Assessed | 23 | 173 | 1,012 | 11,006 | 7,319 | 2,298 | 21,831 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 7 | 511 | 519 | |||
| Total | 23 | 173 | 1,013 | 11,013 | 7,319 | 2,809 | 22,350 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 77,781 | Ω = 5.55 | |||||
Requests for assessment
[edit]If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below. If you are interested in more extensive comments on an article, please use our peer review section instead.
We've been working on this article recently. Please let us know how we're going. - Richard Cavell (talk) 06:04, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
Needs a re-assessment to see if it really covers league and union, or if it's a union site with a few league forums. If it's the latter case—which editors to the article have recently asserted—I don't see this being B-level importance in the project. —C.Fred (talk) 20:43, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
I know very little about this sport so I can't comment on how accurate this article is, but the amount of refrenced content, quality of expression and organisation put this way above START class. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 19:47, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
- It has been placed as a C-class article by the Greater Manchester WikiProject. I would agree with this assessment, because it contains organisation and structure that far surpasses the requirements for Start-class, but lacks the comprehensiveness and the standard of referencing required to be placed as a B-class article, baring in mind B-class is only one step below what should be "near professional quality". I have therefore altered the Rugby league WikiProject's quality assessment grade for this article to C-class. GW(talk) 14:54, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Steve Prescott is somewhat of an idol of mine and I just think the article could have a lot more depth. He’s touched so many people, I don’t feel the article does him justice. WBClarkson (talk) 19:23, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
I've expanded this article and wonder if it is ready to move up from the stub category. It has also been merged with the page on Stuart Cummings' short cricket career. Is it now start quality? Rtande (talk) 19:54, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
I'd like to merge these two articles as they're about the same person. There is a reference for this on the Adam Cook talk page. I've added a redirect from Adam_Cook_(rugby_league) to Adam Watene and taken the details from the Adam Cook page and added them to the Adam Watene page. Rtande (talk) 19:52, 7 January 2018 (UTC)
There has been significant expansion. Mn1548 (talk) 17:52, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
- Have assessed as C-class as further inline citations would be required to bring it closer to B-class. Storm machine (talk) 01:20, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
Upgraded Mn1548 (talk) 17:52, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
Unassessed. Mn1548 (talk) 17:41, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
Still needs refs but expansion has been done. It's currently classed as a list and hasn't got an importance rating. Mn1548 (talk) 15:23, 6 September 2023 (UTC)
A disparity
[edit]World Club Challenge is of high importance but World Club Series is top importance. Series should not be higher than Challenge in importance. Mn1548 (talk) 14:35, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Not sure of its quality but definitely not stub class, and low importance seems very off. Mn1548 (talk) 17:48, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
[Year] [Team] Season
[edit]Alot of [Year] [Team] Season articles are stub class which need upgrading. They all seem to be based off the assessment when they are created and can do with reassement upon competition of the season. Mn1548 (talk) 14:12, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
Log
[edit]The full log of assessment changes for the past thirty days is available here.
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