Template:Article classification

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This page categorizes pages using assessment grades, through built-in transclusion from the projects banner.

Information on Grading Scheme

WikiProject article 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:OODA WIKI:Featured article criteria	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.Template:Under discussion inline	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:OODA WIKI:Featured list criteria	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.	List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018)
A-Class article 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: OODA WIKI:Content assessment/A-Class criteria	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)
Good article 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 OODA WIKI:Good article criteria	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 OODA WIKI:Content assessment/B-Class criteria	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.	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: 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.	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 OODA WIKI articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of literary movements

For a list of articles so classified, see the OODA WIKI:Version 1.0 Editorial Team page (both quality and importance are reflected in the table).

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Template layout

 
{{Article classification
 |project    = <!-- required -->
 |template   = 
   -or-        <!-- required, either term can be used -->
 |banner     = 
 |task_force = <!-- all fields are required if setting taskforce -->
  |tf_link   = 
  |parent    = 
  |tf_name   = 
 |title_size =
 |title_style= 
 |nocat      = 
}}

Usage

• project - sets the link to the project
• template or banner - sets the link to the project banner template. Sometimes the banner template is a shared template that is different than the project or uses a different name. Either |template= or |banner= can be used in this field.
• task_force - A "yes" in this field changes the wording and link structure to reflect a task force associated with the quality ratings.
  • tf_link - the name of the task force, use the name of the task force as defined in its wikilink - E.G. OODA WIKI:WikiProject Foo/Bar task force.
  • parent - the name of the parent WikiProject, use the name of the project as defined in its wikilink - E.G. OODA WIKI:WikiProject Foo/Bar task force.
  • tf_name - the name of the Taskforce, use the name of the task force as defined in its wikilink - E.G. OODA WIKI:WikiProject Foo/Bar task force.
• title_size - This field allows changing of the font size in the title box of the template. The default is 12 pt.
• title_style - This field allows changes to the box style. Use standard CSS format, separated by a semi-colon (;).
• nocat - A "yes" in this field enables category suppression. Used when in situations where automatic categorization is not desired, such as here where the template is being shown in an example. Please see this essay for further explanation.

Basic example

{{Article classification
 |project    = Food and drink
 |banner     = Food and drink
 |nocat      = yes
}}

will generate:

Project home - WikiProject Food and drink

This page categorizes pages using assessment grades, through built-in transclusion from {{WikiProject Food and drink}}.

Information on Grading Scheme

WikiProject article 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:OODA WIKI:Featured article criteria	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.Template:Under discussion inline	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:OODA WIKI:Featured list criteria	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.	List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018)
A-Class article 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: OODA WIKI:Content assessment/A-Class criteria	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)
Good article 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 OODA WIKI:Good article criteria	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 OODA WIKI:Content assessment/B-Class criteria	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.	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: 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.	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 OODA WIKI articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of literary movements

For a list of articles so classified, see the OODA WIKI:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Food and drink articles by quality page (both quality and importance are reflected in the table).

Taskforce example

{{Article classification
 |project    = Herbs and Spices
 |task_force = yes
  |tf_link   = Herbs and Spices task force
  |parent    = Food and drink
  |tf_name   = Herbs and Spices
 |template   = Food and drink
 |nocat      = yes
}}

will generate:

Parent WikiProject - WikiProject Herbs and Spices

Taskforce Link - Herbs and Spices Taskforce

This page categorizes pages using assessment grades, through built-in transclusion from {{WikiProject Food and drink}}.

Information on Grading Scheme

WikiProject article 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:OODA WIKI:Featured article criteria	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.Template:Under discussion inline	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:OODA WIKI:Featured list criteria	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.	List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018)
A-Class article 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: OODA WIKI:Content assessment/A-Class criteria	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)
Good article 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 OODA WIKI:Good article criteria	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 OODA WIKI:Content assessment/B-Class criteria	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.	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: 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.	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 OODA WIKI articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of literary movements

For a list of articles so classified, see the OODA WIKI:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Herbs and Spices articles by quality page (both quality and importance are reflected in the table).

See also

Standard class types
FA	FL	FM	A-Class article A
{{Class|FA}}	{{Class|FL}}	{{Class|FM}}	{{Class|A}}
Good article GA	B	C	Start
{{Class|GA}}	{{Class|B}}	{{Class|C}}	{{Class|Start}}
Stub	List	NA	???
{{Class|Stub}}	{{Class|List}}	{{Class|NA}}	{{Class|Unassessed}}
Non-standard class types
Future	SIA	A-Class list AL
{{Class|Future}}	{{Class|SIA}}	{{Class|AL}}
BL	CL	Category
{{Class|BL}}	{{Class|CL}}	{{Class|Category}}
Disambig	Draft	File
{{Class|Disambig}}	{{Class|Draft}}	{{Class|File}}
Needed	Portal	Project	Redirect
{{Class|Needed}}	{{Class|Portal}}	{{Class|Project}}	{{Class|Redirect}}
Template	User
{{Class|Template}}	{{Class|User}}
Importance types
Top	High	Mid	Low
{{Importance|Top}}	{{Importance|High}}	{{Importance|Mid}}	{{Importance|Low}}
Bottom	NA	???
{{Importance|Bottom}}	{{Importance|NA}}	{{Importance|Unknown}}

Class

• {{Article classification}}
• {{Grading scheme}}
• {{Assessment Class Summary}}
• {{Category class}}
• {{Articles by Quality}}
• {{Class}}

Importance

• {{Article importance}}
• {{Importance scheme}}
• {{Assessment Importance Summary}}
• {{Category importance}}
• {{Articles by Importance}}
• {{Importance}}
• {{Importance/colour}}
• {{Importance/icon}}

Hybrid

• {{Articles by Quality and Importance}}
• {{Article by Quality and Importance}}

Others

• {{Articles by Quality Pie Graph}}
• {{Articles by Importance Pie Graph}}
• {{Progression rainbow}}
• {{WikiProject assessment progression}}

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