Wikipedia:WikiProject Economics/Assessment

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For us Wikipedians, the most valuable commodities are time and labor. In order to use these scarce resources most productively, WP:ECON utilizes article assessment. By assessing quality, we see which articles need the most work. By assessing importance, we know which topics are most vital to economics. This information is critical for WP:ECON's continued rational decision-making when it comes to large-scale article improvement; the opportunity costs of misdirected effort are unacceptable.

[edit] How-to

Assessing an article is easy! Before you begin, look at the Wikipedia Version 1.0 Editorial Team Assessment Scale and Examples. This explains the rating system and gives examples of correctly rated articles.

1. Go to the Unassessed economics articles category. You will see a list of articles in need of assessment.
2. Click on an article link - this should take you to the talk page
3. Click on the "Article" tab - look at the article and make an assessment
4. Click on the "Discussion" tab - this should return you to the talk page
5. Click the "Edit this Page" tab. You will see {{WikiProject Economics | class= | importance= }} at the top of the page.
6. Fill in the tag's attributes
   1. Fill in class= using one of these values: Stub, Start, B, GA, A, FA. (Before assessing, please note the following definitions:)
      • GA - use this value only if the article is currently listed as a Good Article.
      • A - use this value only if you feel the article is well written, is properly referenced, and has lots of content.
      • FA - use this value only if the article is currently listed as a Featured Article.
      • For more information on rating see Assessment Scale
   2. Fill in importance= using one of these values: Top, High, Mid, Low.
7. You're done! (unless you want to go back to the Unassessed economics articles category and do another assessment) -- we hope you will!

Note: You can also put the tag {{WikiProject Economics| class= | importance= }} on any economics article you come across that hasn't yet been associated with this project. This will add it to the list of unassessed topics.

The above guide to article assessments is adapted from WikiProject Business and Economics

[edit] Importance

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[edit] Quality

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