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Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Assessment

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Welcome to the assessment department of the Aviation WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's aviation articles. While much of the work is (may in the future be) 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 Aviation}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Aviation articles by quality, which serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist. The running totals for aviation assessments are shown in the table below, also found here, and the overall project is found at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index.

Frequently asked questions

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See also the general assessment FAQ and the project's B-Class assessment & criteria FAQ and A-Class review & criteria 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 utilized 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 {{WPAVIATION}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
3. Someone put a {{WPAVIATION}} 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 Aviation 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. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.
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?
The review department can conduct more thorough examination of articles; please submit it for peer review there.
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. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.
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, or contact a project member directly.

Instructions on how to assess an Aviation article

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An article's assessment is generated from the class parameters in the {{WPAVIATION}} project banner on its talk page. Stub, Start, and non-article assessments require only the basic parameter; "class=start" (for example). To assess C-class or higher requires the use of the B-Class checklist. (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax):

{{WPAVIATION
|class=
}}

An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Aviation}} banner template on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

The following standard grades may be used to describe the quality of mainspace articles (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

FA (for featured articles only; adds them to the FA-Class aviation articles category)  FA
FL (for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class aviation articles category)  FL
A (for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class aviation articles category)  A
GA (for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class aviation articles category)  GA
B (for articles that satisfy all of the B-Class criteria; adds them to the B-Class aviation articles category) B
C (for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class aviation articles category) C
Start (for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class aviation articles category) Start
Stub (for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class aviation articles category) Stub
List (for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class aviation articles category) List
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class aviation pages category) NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed aviation articles category) ???

For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:

FM (for featured media only; adds them to the FM-Class aviation pages category)  FM
Category (for categories; adds them to the Category-Class aviation pages category) Category
File (for files and timed text; adds them to the File-Class aviation pages category) File
Portal (for portal pages; adds them to the Portal-Class aviation pages category) Portal
Project (for project pages; adds them to the Project-Class aviation pages category) Project
Template (for templates and modules; adds them to the Template-Class aviation pages category) Template

The following non-standard assessment grades for mainspace content may be used at a WikiProject's discretion:

Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds them to the Disambig-Class aviation pages category) Disambig
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds them to the Redirect-Class aviation pages category) Redirect

Quality scale

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See:

Statistics

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Current stats

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Aviation WikiProject assessment statistics

log category

Article
class
Project
AviationAircraftAirlinesAirportsSovietAviation
accident
RotorcraftGlidingDefunct
Airlines
Air sportsBiographyAero
engine
FA 152 20 1 4 0 16 1 1 0 1 83 2
FL 13 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0
A 60 13 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 38 2
GA 586 175 23 59 37 72 1 6 15 2 148 4
B 4,706 2,199 120 417 162 286 132 184 82 45 855 171
C 10,264 4,735 329 1,169 342 856 305 404 142 388 1,019 442
Start 20,670 5,853 1,265 4,869 440 952 469 619 818 345 2,298 935
Stub 14,939 1,306 1,408 7,741 137 162 88 89 547 216 1,285 90
List 2,235 447 446 593 18 154 23 13 67 6 105 11
Template 2,882 1,249 280 577 31 230 27 9 6 95 22 123
Category 15,544 6,328 1,167 2,259 264 1,271 128 136 466 90 965 216
Disambig 655 22 27 466 2 40 2 0 11 2 1
File 3,670 648 1,571 825 0 40 9 0 7 4 37 140
Portal 622 36 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 18 0
Project 120 18 12 6 0 8 1 3 5 1 1 7
Redirect 6,464 636 401 2,262 53 242 29 23 79 20 238 65
Unassessed 201 0 0 29 1 0 1 0 10 0 0 0
Total 84,234 23,693 7,064 21,287 1,500 4,496 1,230 1,488 2,250 1,219 7,121 2,209


Statistics by task force

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Requesting an assessment

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If you submit an article for assessment, please return the favor and assess another one on the list!

  • 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.
  • Note: This is only to rate the article on quality - you may or may not get feedback on the article. If you are interested in more extensive comments on an article, or wish to have it classified as an A-Class article, please use the WikiProject Review department instead.
  • If you want help improving an article, try the collaboration department and read Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Assessment/Instructions.