Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle Ages/Assessment#Grading Scheme

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

Listing Articles

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

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

class="wikitable"

|{{Top-Class}}

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-Class}}Subject is important. Roughly equivalent to level 5 of WP:VA. For example, Second Crusade or Richard II of England.
{{Mid-Class}}Subject has some importance. For example, Prades Tavernier or Battle of Durbe.
{{Low-Class}}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.

class="wikitable"

|{{FA-Class}}

A Featured Article (N.B. decided centrally through a formal review process).
{{A-Class}}A potential candidate to become a Featured Article.
bgcolor="#44ff22"|15px GAA Good Article (N.B. decided centrally through a formal review process).
{{B-Class}}The article is of a good quality, but has not obtained Good Article status.
{{C-Class}}The article is of an acceptable quality.
{{Start-Class}}The article provides some meaningful content.
{{Stub-Class}}The article provides very little meaningful content.


= Detailed Criteria for Class =

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

{{Grading scheme}}

Assessment