Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Review/A-Class review instructions

Instructions

Requesting a review

To request an A-Class review of an article:

1. Add A-Class=current to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of the article's talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax).
2. From there, click on the "currently undergoing" link that appears in the template. This will open a page to discuss the status of the article.
3. Place === [[Name of nominated article]] === at the top.
4. Below it, write your reason for nominating the article and sign by using four tildes (~~~~).
5. Add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Name of nominated article}} at the top of the list of A-Class review requests below.

If an article is nominated a second (or third, and so forth) time, either because it failed a prior nomination, or because it may no longer meet the standards and may thus need to be demoted:

1. Move (do not copy) the existing review subpage (Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Name of nominated article) to an archive (Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Name of nominated article/archive1).
2. Follow the instructions for making a request above (editing Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Name of nominated article, which will be a redirect to the archive, into a new nomination page).
3. Be sure to provide a prominent link to the last archive at the top of the nomination statement (e.g. "Prior nomination here.").

There is no limit on how quickly renominations of failed articles may be made; it is perfectly acceptable to renominate as soon as the outstanding objections from the previous nomination have been satisfied.

Commenting

Reviewers should keep the criteria for featured articles in mind when supporting or opposing a nomination. However, please note that (unlike actual featured articles) A-Class articles are not expected to fully meet all of the criteria; an objection should indicate a substantive problem with the article. In particular, objections over relatively minor issues of writing style or formatting should be avoided at this stage; a comprehensive, accurate, well-sourced, and decently-written article should qualify for A-Class status even if it could use some further copyediting.

Closing and archiving

Reviews will be closed by one of the project coordinators, normally after four days have elapsed. However, any project coordinator may extend the four-day review period by up to three days if (a) the article has no opposes but insufficient support for promotion or if (b) the article's nominator requests, prior to the review's closure, more time to resolve matters arising. An article will generally be promoted to A-Class if (a) it has garnered at least three endorsements from uninvolved editors, and (b) there are no substantive objections indicative of a major flaw in the article.

To extend the review period, coordinators should add, directly above the nomination text, as appropriate:

1. either :'''Review extended''' until [time], [date] (UTC) to garner further comment. ~~~~
2. or :'''Review extended''' until [time], [date] (UTC) to resolve existing objections. ~~~~.

To close a review, coordinators should:

1. Add {{subst:archive top}} and {{subst:archive bottom}} to the top and bottom of the review subpage, respectively.
2. Change the A-Class=current in the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of the article's talk page to either A-Class=pass (if the nomination is successful) or A-Class=fail (if it is not), and update the assessment class if needed.
3. Move the {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Name of nominated article}} from the list of requests below to the current archive page.
4. Remove the article link from the A-Class review list at {{WPMILHIST Announcements}}.
5. If the nomination was successful, add the article name to the list of A-Class articles.