Wikipedia:WikiProject Devon/Assessment
Welcome to the assessment department of the Devon WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's articles related to Devon. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 programme, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.
The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject Devon}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Devon articles by quality and Category:Devon articles by importance.
Frequently asked questions
- How can I get my article rated?
- Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
- Who can assess articles?
- Any member of the Devon WikiProject is free to add or change the rating of an article.
- 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.
- 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.
- Aren't the ratings subjective?
- Yes, they are, 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!
If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.
Instructions
Quality assessments
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Devon}} 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 Devon articles) |  FA | |
| A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Devon articles) |  A | |
| GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Devon articles) |  GA | |
| B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Devon articles) | B | |
| C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Devon articles) | C | |
| Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Devon articles) | Start | |
| Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Devon articles) | Stub | |
| FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Devon articles) | FL | |
| List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Devon 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 Devon pages) | Category | |
| Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Devon pages) | Disambig | |
| Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Devon pages) | Draft | |
| File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Devon pages) | File | |
| Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Devon pages) | Portal | |
| Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Devon pages) | Project | |
| Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Devon pages) | Template | |
| NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Devon pages) | NA | |
| ??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Devon articles) | ??? |
After assessing an article's quality, any comments on the assessment can be added to the article's talk page.
Some articles that are stubs will have the following template located at the bottom of the page: {{Devon-geo-stub}} by inserting {{Devon-geo-stub}}. Doing so will automatically add the article to the Category:Devon geography stubs. If you see a stub from the WikiProject Devon it is advised that you add the template to it, but make sure that it is removed for articles that are Start or above class.
Quality scale
Importance assessment
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Devon}} project banner on its talk page:
{{WikiProject Devon|importance=|...}}
| Top |
| High |
| Mid |
| Low |
| ??? |
The following values may be used for importance assessments:
- Top - adds articles to Category:Top-importance Devon articles
- High - adds articles to Category:High-importance Devon articles
- Mid - adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Devon articles
- Low - adds articles to Category:Low-importance Devon articles
- Unknown - Any article not rated for importance is automatically added to the Category:Unknown-importance Devon articles.
Priority scale
(*) Relevance can be roughly determined by the amount of the article devoted to Devon-related material.
Requesting an assessment
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.
Requested assessments
Belleverassessed 12 October 2013LOOK II (sculpture in Plymouth)Y.ssk 15:00, 28 August 2021 (UTC). Rated on 21 October 2021Bertram Fletcher Robinson Please can I request a review on the importance scale for this significantly enlarged article, which revealss the significance of the relationship between this subject and two of the most recognised 20th Century writers, in addition to his own significant works.
Quality articles
Listed below are some of our finest articles, which are great examples of how to improve your article! If you're writing about a settlement there's a guideline page, especially written for you as part of our parent WikiProject, UK Geography. See How to write about a settlement. For articles to reach good article atatus they must go through a peer review by one of the GA reviewers. They will assess it on the quality of its prose and references mainly. Unlike featured article status, you don't need to cover all the areas in detail. For more information see: Wikipedia:Good article criteria and Wikipedia:Featured article criteria.
Examples of featured articles
- Exmoor, 21 January 2008 (GA on 7 December 2007).
- Ealdred (archbishop), 19 February 2009 (GA on 27 January 2008).
- Old Exe Bridge. Gained FA on 8 November 2021.
Examples of good articles
- Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, 7 July 2006.
- Lundy, 29 September 2007.
- South West Coast Path, 9 January 2008.
- Grand Western Canal, 6 February 2008.
- Blackdown Hills, 16 September 2008.
- Plymouth, 19 December 2008.
- Climate of south-west England, 15 August 2009.
Article alerts
Articles to be split
- 28 Jun 2024 – Murders of Kate Bushell and Lyn Bryant (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Icaldonta (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 11 Mar 2025 – Draft:Jane Marchand (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Timloubot (t · c)
Popular pages
A list of the top pages within the scope of this project, ordered by number of views, is here. Not updated since March 2016 (the bot that produced them has stopped working).
Assessment log
| Devon articles: Index · Statistics · Log |
- The logs in this section are generated automatically by a bot on a daily basis. It is a reflection of changes made to the talk page template in ratings of articles of this project. Please do not edit this section.
May 13, 2025
Reassessed
- Alex Waterhouse (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
May 12, 2025
Assessed
- 2011 Teignbridge District Council election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- 2011 West Devon Borough Council election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
May 11, 2025
Reassessed
- Tamara Coast to Coast Way (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Arlington SSSI, Devon (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Courts of the Vice-Warden of the Stannaries (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)