Wikipedia:Version 0.5 Biography Review

This page is designed to facilitate the nomination and review process of core biographies for Wikipedia:Version 0.5 (V0.5), the test CD release designed to pave the way for Wikipedia:Version 1.0. Reviewers from the review team are encouraged to sign up for subject sections that interest them. It is also possible to share responsibility for a section in order to split up the workload. Reviewers first check which articles have already been passed. Then they will aim to review all core biographies within their area of interest by September 30, 2006. This will allow core biographies to bypass the general V0.5 nomination page going straight from this page to the main Version 0.5 page once approved.

[edit] Criteria

All articles of B-Class quality or better (according to the assessment grades) are acceptable.

As these have already been identified as core biographies, most should pass on importance. Everyone listed here must have had a large impact outside of their main discipline, across several generations, and in the majority of the world. However, if you feel strongly that an article does not pass on importance, it can be excluded with the agreement of two other editors under #Importance review.

[edit] Reviewer sign-up

Please sign your name up if you are going to work on one or more sections. These must be reviewed by the end of September.

Arts and entertainment, 58

#Athletes and related, 7

#Artists and architects, 11

#Music, 6

#Performing arts misc., 5

Writers, 29

#Ancient world, 3

#English language, 14

#Continental European languages, 12

Leaders and public figures, 70

Politicians and leaders, 53

#Americas, 7

Asia and Africa, 17

#Africa, 4

#Asia, to 1000 AD, 4

• -- bcasterline • talk 04:41, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

#Asia, 1000 to 1899 AD, 5

• -- bcasterline • talk 04:41, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

#Asia, 20th century, 4

Europe, 29

#Ancient world to 500 AD, 5

#500 AD to 1600 AD, 6

#British Isles, 6

#France, 3

#Germany, 3

#Russia, 5

#Elsewhere, 1

#Religious figures, 10

#Revolutionaries and activists, 7

Thinkers and explorers, 73

#Explorers, 5

Inventors and scientists, 32

#Biologists and doctors, 6

#Inventors, 9

#Physical scientists, 17

#Mathematicians, 9

Philosophers, 18

#Ancient China, 3

#Ancient Greece, 3

#Middle Ages and modern, 12

#Social scientists, 9

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[edit] Review process

• Reviews should only be done by members of the review team (if you want to help sign up here).
• Reviewers then pick an area of interest to them and sign up there.
• The reviewer should not have been a significant contributor to the article under review.

As time allows, each reviewer will check articles on their list based on the criteria above. Articles should not be removed from this list. After an article has been reviewed, the following process is carried out:

[edit] Pass

1. "Strikeout" the article name on this page, using <s> and </s>.
2. Place the {{V0.5|class=XX|category=YY}} template on its talk page. See {{V0.5}} for details of classes and categories.
3. List the article on Wikipedia:Version 0.5 under the appropriate section.

[edit] Fail on importance only

Most, if not all articles of acceptable quality should also pass on importance. However, if the article covers a topic outside the scope of the V0.5 release:

1. Leave a comment next to the article name on this page
2. Leave a comment below in the importance review section.
3. After a total of three reviewers (including yourself) agree and sign that the article should not be included, strikeout the article name, using <s> and </s> and leave a comment such as "scope" or "importance".
4. If consensus is not reached in the importance review section, and one reviewer believes strongly that this article should be included, then the article should be passed for Version 0.5 (see above).
5. Articles that fail on importance are listed here Wikipedia:Version 0.5 Biography Review/Archived nominations.

[edit] Fail on quality

If the article fails to meet B-Class criteria because of quality issues:

1. Consider requesting a cleanup of the article using cleanup tags or requests on the talk page.
2. Consider a clear reason on the article's talk page.
3. "Strikeout" the article name on this page, using <s> and </s>, and place a comment next to the article name indicating briefly why the article failed, and any action taken.