Talk:The Urantia Book/Comments

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[edit] Initial rating

I'm actually unsure whether this article might qualify for GA-class and mid-importance status, and hope a second opinion will concur one way or the other. Xaxafrad 19:40, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Xaxafrad,

I would tend to think a B rating is about right at the moment, after reading through the rating scale. Some improvements to me would include more visuals (eg a photo of the Sadlers), and perhaps a rewrite of the cosmology section, which is probably overboard with the lengthy bulleted list and terminology. I've argued before that a more specific topic on "Jesus" in TUB is a large gap under the "Teachings" sub-section, although a person who doesn't know the topic wouldn't miss it. Would be nice for an independent assessment to get a further sense for what might bring the article to the GA level.

As for importance, Wikipedia:WikiProject Religious texts/Assessment makes this statement for one of the ranking levels: "Few readers outside the atheism field or that are not students of religious texts may be familiar with the subject matter. It is likely that the reader does not know anything at all about the subject before reading the article." To be honest I would tend to think this best summarizes the book out of all the options, unfortunately this is considered "low". A "mid" ranking would mean "Many readers will be familiar with the topic being discussed, but a larger majority of readers may have only cursory knowledge of the overall subject." I think that's an overstatement of the familiarity an average person has on the book. Wazronk 01:35, 24 September 2007 (UTC)