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The assessment department of WikiProject Israel focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's State of Israel articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the Version 1.0 Editorial Team program.
The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject Israel}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Israel-related articles by quality and Category:Israel-related articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist. (Index · Statistics · Log)
The article assessment system is used to rate and improve articles under WP Israel. We use the standard Wikipedia rating system, as follows:
Frequently asked questions
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 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 {{WikiProject Israel}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
- 3. Someone put a {{WikiProject Israel}} 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 project talk page (or directly with the person who tagged the article).
- 4. Who can assess articles?
- Any member of WikiProject Israel 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. 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.
- 7. 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.
- 8. 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!
- 9. What if I have a question not listed here?
- If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department; for any other issues, you can go to the main project discussion page.
Instructions
editHow To Assess an Article
editAn article's assessment is generated from the class parameter in the WikiProject Israel project banner on the article's talk page. Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Israel-related articles. At present, there are over ? Israel articles that need assessment (e.g., that need to have a class inserted in the class parameter of the template).
Israel articles to be assessed have some aspects of the template on their talk page, but the template may be incomplete. First, select an article from the list at Category:Unassessed Israel-related articles. Then, look over the article in anticipation of filling out the parameters of the Israel template. Next, replace the WikiProject Israel template on the article talk page with the following:
{{WikiProject Israel
|class=
|importance=}}
The above {{WikiProject Israel}} template has all the answers that you will need for most situations. From your review of the article, delete those answers and parameters that do not fit the article. Then, fill in the listas parameter (e.g., last name, first name), then save. And, you are done!
Class parameter
editAn article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Israel}} project banner on its talk page: {{WikiProject Israel|class=???}}
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 Israel-related articles) | ||
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Israel-related articles) | ||
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Israel-related articles) | ||
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Israel-related articles) | B | |
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Israel-related articles) | C | |
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Israel-related articles) | Start | |
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Israel-related articles) | Stub | |
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Israel-related articles) | ||
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Israel-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 Israel-related articles) | Category | |
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Israel-related articles) | Disambig | |
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Israel-related articles) | Draft | |
FM (for featured media only; adds pages to Category:FM-Class Israel-related articles) | ||
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Israel-related articles) | File | |
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Israel-related articles) | Portal | |
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Israel-related articles) | Project | |
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class Israel-related articles) | Redirect | |
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Israel-related articles) | Template | |
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Israel-related articles) | NA | |
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Israel-related articles) | ??? |
Importance parameter
editAn article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Israel}} project banner on its talk page:
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 Israel-related articles) | Top | |
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Israel-related articles) | High | |
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Israel-related articles) | Mid | |
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Israel-related articles) | Low | |
NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance Israel-related articles) | NA | |
??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Israel-related articles) | ??? |
Quality scale
editClass | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
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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.
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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. | Joel Brand | |
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 Israeli cities | |
Pictures that have attained featured picture status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. More detailed criteria
A featured picture:
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The page contains a featured image, sound clip or other media-related content. | Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited. | File:ISR-EGY border 6521a.jpg | |
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. | Battles of the Kinarot Valley | |
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. | Tel Aviv | |
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. | Israel Defense Forces |
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. | Munich massacre |
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. | American Colony, Jerusalem |
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. | Zahi Armeli |
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 caves in Israel |
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:Israel |
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. | Israel (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:Flag of Israel.svg |
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:Israel |
Project | All WikiProject-related pages fall under this class. | Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development. | Develop these pages into collaborative resources that are useful for improving articles within the project. | Wikipedia:WikiProject Israel |
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. | Christianity in Israel |
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:Israel 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. | User:Biosketch/Nahal Hermon |
Importance scale
editNote that general notability need not be from the perspective of editor demographics; generally notable topics should be rated similarly regardless of the country or region in which they hold said notability. Thus, topics which may seem obscure to a Western audience—but which are of high notability in other places—should still be highly rated.
Importance | Criteria | Example |
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Top | Subject is extremely important, even crucial, to its specific field. Reserved for subjects that have achieved international notability within their field. | Israel |
High | Subject is extremely notable, but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent. | Dome of the Rock |
Mid | Subject is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area. | Falafel |
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. | Beit Zayit |
NA | Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. | Category:Israel |
??? | Subject importance has not yet been assessed. | 2019 in Israel |
Requesting an assessment
editIf 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. Please note that an importance rating may not be given in some cases if the reviewer is unfamiliar with the subject.
If you assess an article, please strike it off using <s>Strike-through text</s> so that other editors will not waste time going there too. Thanks!
Submit new requests here:
- Yair Golan - I have made major changes and added more information to the article, would love to get it reviewed. SaarF (talk) 03:16, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
- Khan Yunis killings, new article I've written that needs to be assessed. Thanks! 1Matt20 22:42, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
- Tel Kabri - Extensive edits and expansion. Also wondering about importance rating in light of media coverage over the wine cellar, but don't know if WP:RECENT applies here or how the whole importance assessment things. More work to be done soon on expanding Areas and Early work section. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | Say Shalom! 8 Tevet 5774 14:27, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
- Moshe Mann - First commander of the IDF's Golani Brigade. Started by me. Infobox by CyberXRef. Expansion by Ynhockey. Thank you in advance. --Buspirtraz (talk) 00:18, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
- Two-state solution: The article has a "high" importance rating. The introduction to the article was very long and very incoherent (it had a "lead too long" tag). I have rewrote the introduction and either moved the material into separate sub-sections, or deleted it because of redundancies (the "diplomatic process" section). I have also added some material, notably in the "history" section, having to do with UN 242, which is the basis for the two-state solution. Would be good if someone takes a look at it. Thanks. Kingsindian (talk) 07:28, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
- Gerald Blidstein I have added additional material to the article on Gerald Blidstein. I removed the Stub designation and would appreciate someone giving it a new rating. Thank you very much. 183x2hope (talk) 04:54, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
- Australian_Jews_in_Israel I have expanded this article and would appreciate a revised assessment. Thank you! B0x3rg1r1 (talk) 02:46, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
- Nubian ibex I vastly expanded this article to include ecology, conservation, physiology, phylogeny, cultural significance, and other elements. I would like to request a re-evaluation on the quality scale --Bbreslau (talk) 21:12, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
- Nabataean Aramaic: after this article reached Good Article status earlier this year, I've incorporated the GA reviewer's extra suggestions, expanded the lead, and added some sample texts. Would love to get feedback on whether this is an A-class article or what to do to get there. Benji man (talk) 10:49, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
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- ^ For example, this image of the Battle of Normandy is grainy, but very few pictures of that event exist. However, where quite a number of pictures exist, for instance, the moon landing, FPC attempts to select the best of the ones produced.
- ^ An image has more encyclopedic value (often abbreviated to "EV" or "enc" in discussions) if it contributes strongly to a single article, rather than contributing weakly to many. Adding an image to numerous articles to gain EV is counterproductive and may antagonize both FPC reviewers and article editors.
- ^ While effects such as black and white, sepia, oversaturation, and abnormal angles may be visually pleasing, they often detract from the accurate depiction of the subject.