Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle Ages/Assessment

This page has been created to help to assess articles related to the WikiProject Middle Ages.

Listing Articles

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Follow these simple insructions to assess an article for WikiProject:Middle Ages.

  1. Add {{WPMA|class=|importance=}} to the article's talk page.
  2. Decide the article's class using the tables below, and update the template in the talk page. For example, {{WPMA|class=start|importance=}}
  3. Decide the subject's importance in relation to the Middle Ages using the table below, and update the template in the talk page. For example, {{WPMA|class=start|importance=low}}
  4. Publish changes, and it will automatically update.

Criteria

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Importance: the subject's importance in relation to the Middle Ages, regardless of the article's quality.

Top Subject is a must-have for any print encyclopaedia. Roughly equivalent to levels 1-4 of WP:VA. For example, Crusades or First Crusade.
High Subject is important. Roughly equivalent to level 5 of WP:VA. For example, Second Crusade or Richard II of England.
Mid Subject has some importance. For example, Prades Tavernier or Battle of Durbe.
Low Subject is peripheral knowledge, of little interest to only a few people. For example, Bromkinsthorpe or John Lewe.

Class: the article's current quality.

Detailed criteria are given below.

  FA A Featured Article (N.B. decided centrally through a formal review process).
  A A potential candidate to become a Featured Article.
  GA A Good Article (N.B. decided centrally through a formal review process).
B The article is of a good quality, but has not obtained Good Article status.
C The article is of an acceptable quality.
Start The article provides some meaningful content.
Stub The article provides very little meaningful content.



Detailed Criteria for Class

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These are the detailed criteria per class/quality division, following the assessment scheme used by the Wikipedia V1.0 Editorial team.