Wikipedia:WikiProject China/Assessment

Article assessments are specified using the {{WikiProject China}} project banner, and can be seen in the sub-categories of Category:China-related articles by quality and Category:China-related articles by importance. Summaries are in Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/China-related articles by quality statistics.

To add an article to WikiProject China, add {{WikiProject China}} to the talk page. Any member of WikiProject China is free to add or update the rating of an article. If you are in doubt or disagree about a rating please bring it up for discussion on our talk page.

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/China-related articles by quality log is a full log of rating changes over the past thirty days. For an overview see the statistics.

Instructions

Quality assessment

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject China}} 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 China-related articles)		FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class China-related articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class China-related articles)		GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class China-related articles)		B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class China-related articles)		C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class China-related articles)		Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class China-related articles)		Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class China-related articles)		FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class China-related 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 China-related pages)		Category
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class China-related pages)		Disambig
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class China-related pages)		Draft
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class China-related pages)		Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class China-related pages)		Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class China-related pages)		Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class China-related pages)		Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class China-related pages)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed China-related articles)		???

Quality scale

WikiProject content quality grading scheme

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. 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.	Battle of Red Cliffs
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: 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; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	List of Chinese inventions
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.	First Battle of Maryang San
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: 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 (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.	Shanghai
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 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. 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.	Gan Ning
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.	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.	People's Liberation Army
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: A useful picture or graphic Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article	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.	Luo Guanzhong
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.	Liu Ding, Prince of Shanyang
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.	Historical capitals of China
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:China
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.	China (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:Greatwall large.jpg
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:China
Redirect	Any redirect falls under this class.	The page redirects to another article with a similar name, related topic or that has been merged with 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.	Chinese Zodiac
Template	Any template falls under this class. The most common types of templates include infoboxes and navboxes.	Different types of templates 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:China topics
NA	Any non-article page that fits no other classification.	The page contains no article content.	Look out for misclassified articles. Currently, many NA-class articles may need to be re-classified.	Wikipedia:WikiProject China/Requested articles

Importance assessment

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

{{WikiProject China|importance=???}}

The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):

Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance China-related articles)		Top
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance China-related articles)		High
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance China-related articles)		Mid
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance China-related articles)		Low
NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance China-related articles)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance China-related articles)		???

Importance scale

WikiProject article importance scheme

Importance	Criteria	Example
Top	Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopedia. High probability that non-Chinese would look this up. When giving this rating to an article, try to check with other members of WikiProject China on our talk page.	China
High	Subject contributes a depth of knowledge to the encyclopedia.	Guzheng
Mid	Subject fills in more minor details, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of another topic.	Chinese Rites controversy
Low	Subject is peripheral knowledge, possibly trivial.	2008 Summer Paralympics
NA	Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc.	Category:China
???	Subject importance has not yet been assessed.	???

Participants

Please feel free to add your name to this list if you would like to join the assessment team

1. Alexjookim (talk · contribs)
2. AQu01rius (talk · contribs)
3. Azpineapple (talk · contribs)
4. Blootix (talk · contribs)
5. Bobbychan193 (talk · contribs)
6. Chen19711 (talk · contribs)
7. Chongkian (talk · contribs)
8. CWH (talk · contribs)
9. Danaman5 (talk · contribs)
10. Durzatwink (talk · contribs)
11. E8xE8 (talk · contribs)
12. Ethansmith (talk · contribs)
13. F1anders (talk · contribs) history & culture
14. FeralOink (talk · contribs) business
15. GWST11 (talk · contribs)
16. Hiàn (talk · contribs)
17. Homunculus (talk · contribs) - Chinese history, politics, law, religion
18. Ideogram (talk · contribs)
19. Jaguar (talk · contribs)
20. Joey Aldo (talk · contribs)
21. Ksyrie (talk · contribs)
22. Kyle.Mullaney (talk · contribs)
23. LittleCuteSuit (talk · contribs)
24. LLTimes (talk · contribs)
25. Mopswade (talk · contribs)
26. Redcloud822 (talk · contribs)
27. Rincewind42 (talk · contribs)
28. Sarcelles (talk · contribs)
29. Sɛvɪnti faɪv (talk · contribs)
30. Shadowy Sorcerer (talk · contribs) Chinese History and Philosophy, especially the more contentious modern political issues.
31. Shellwood (talk · contribs)
32. Shenhemu (talk · contribs)
33. simplyla (talk · contribs) Yunnan, ethnic minorities, linguistics (dialects & minority language), travel
34. StrikoWriter1234 (talk · contribs)
35. Studious Human (talk · contribs) Chinese History
36. STSC (talk · contribs)
37. Takamaxa (talk · contribs) - help out classification of existing articles.
38. Tavatar (talk · contribs)
39. TheAsianGURU (talk · contribs) Mainly WP:China, WP:Hong Kong & other WP Projects.
40. Vancancy (talk · contribs)
41. Warren Leywon (talk · contribs)
42. Whsun808 (talk · contribs)
43. Windmemories (talk · contribs)
44. Zhaofeng Li (talk · contribs)
45. Huaxiazidi (talk · contribs)
46. Someone who likes maps (talk · contribs)

Example assessments

To assess an article, paste one of the following onto the article's talk page.

Quality

• {{WPCHINA|class=FA}} - to rate an article at FA-Class
• {{WPCHINA|class=A}} - to rate an article at A-Class
• {{WPCHINA|class=GA}} - to rate an article at GA-Class
• {{WPCHINA|class=B}} - to rate an article at B-Class
• {{WPCHINA|class=C}} - to rate an article at C-Class
• {{WPCHINA|class=Start}} - to rate an article at Start-Class
• {{WPCHINA|class=Stub}} - to rate an article at Stub-Class
• {{WPCHINA}} - to leave the article un-assessed.

Importance

• {{WPCHINA|importance=Top}} - to rate an article at Top importance
• {{WPCHINA|importance=High}} - to rate an article at High importance
• {{WPCHINA|importance=Mid}} - to rate an article at Mid importance
• {{WPCHINA|importance=Low}} - to rate an article at Low importance

Statistics

China-related articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	8	13	16	22			59
FL		2	4	7			13
A			1	2			3
GA	10	43	99	149			301
B	133	265	602	862	1	181	2,044
C	206	494	1,348	2,962		1,221	6,231
Start	10	655	4,100	12,202		4,611	21,578
Stub		227	4,040	19,425		11,504	35,196
List	26	80	263	1,393	9	328	2,099
Category					21,362		21,362
Disambig					1,147		1,147
File					970		970
Portal					184		184
Project					81		81
Redirect		43	222	1,005	2,327		3,597
Template				5	2,596		2,601
NA		4	24	77	1,990		2,095
Other					106		106
Assessed	393	1,826	10,719	38,111	30,773	17,845	99,667
Unassessed				17		3,190	3,207
Total	393	1,826	10,719	38,128	30,773	21,035	102,874
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 350,819			Ω = 5.36

By workgroup

Chinese history articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Other ??? Total FA 6 10 4 2 22 FL 1 1 2 A 1 1 GA 1 24 20 5 50 B 20 36 60 83 2 201 C 29 73 145 123 16 386 Start 102 407 285 54 848 Stub 52 160 168 137 517 List 3 9 8 137 3 160 Category 4 4 8 Disambig 4 4 File 7 7 Portal 1 1 Project 5 5 Redirect 1 6 7 Template 3 3 Assessed 59 306 806 805 30 4 212 2,222 Unassessed 1 4 5 Total 59 306 806 806 30 4 216 2,227 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 9,590 Ω = 4.74	Chinese politics articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 2 2 B 1 6 8 4 2 21 C 3 10 11 49 3 76 Start 5 31 103 10 149 Stub 5 42 4 51 List 1 1 2 Category 19 19 Redirect 1 1 Template 3 3 Assessed 4 22 55 202 22 19 324 Total 4 22 55 202 22 19 324 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,422 Ω = 4.76
Chinese cities articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total GA 2 2 B 5 2 1 8 C 26 1 10 4 41 Start 4 51 32 8 95 Stub 2 50 46 48 146 List 6 6 Category 22 22 File 2 2 Redirect 1 1 Assessed 33 9 112 89 24 56 323 Total 33 9 112 89 24 56 323 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 1,543 Ω = 5.28	Chinese provinces articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Other ??? Total GA 1 1 2 B 11 7 1 19 C 14 1 1 3 19 Start 2 2 4 8 Stub 1 13 14 List 1 1 2 Category 72 1 73 Assessed 26 3 4 29 72 1 2 137 Total 26 3 4 29 72 1 2 137 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 261 Ω = 4.21
Chinese cinema articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Other ??? Total FA 3 3 FL 1 1 GA 15 15 B 1 1 1 15 18 C 1 1 4 30 135 5 176 Start 22 376 1,362 51 1,811 Stub 6 719 1,097 89 1,911 List 29 31 306 5 371 Category 128 175 303 Disambig 1 1 File 9 9 Redirect 4 3 18 25 Template 17 86 103 NA 9 37 46 Other 1 1 Assessed 2 2 61 1,161 159 3,259 150 4,794 Total 2 2 61 1,161 159 3,259 150 4,794 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 21,325 Ω = 5.42

Non-article pages

China-related non-article pages							Type
Class
							Disambiguation	Redirect	Template	Category	Image	Portal	Other	Total
Total							833	2,199	1,318	11,050	971	180	1,841	15,580

Assessment log

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/China-related articles by quality log