Wikipedia:WikiProject Tennessee/Assessment

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Welcome to the assessment department of WikiProject Tennessee! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Tennessee related articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject Tennessee}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Tennessee articles by quality and Category:Tennessee articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

Contents 1 Frequently asked questions 2 Instructions 2.1 Quality assessments 2.1.1 Quality scale 2.2 Importance assessment 2.2.1 Importance scale 2.3 Articles needing attention 2.3.1 Merge action needed 3 Article review & dispute resolution 3.1 Request an assessment 3.2 Dispute an assessment 3.3 Project review 3.4 Articles for deletion 4 Assessment log

[edit] Frequently asked questions

How can I get my article rated? 

Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.

Who can assess articles? 

Any member of WikiProject Tennessee is free to add or change the rating of an article.

Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments? 

Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article; they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.

What if I don't agree with a rating? 

You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can ask any member of the project to rate the article again.

Aren't the ratings subjective? 

Yes, they are, but it's the best system we've been able to devise; if you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!

If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.

[edit] Instructions

[edit] Quality assessments

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Tennessee}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Tennessee| ... | class=??? | ...}}

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article:
• FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Tennessee articles)	FA
• A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Tennessee articles)	A
• GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Tennessee articles)	GA
• B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Tennessee articles)	B
• Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Tennessee articles)	Start
• Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Tennessee articles)	Stub
• ??? (adds articles to Category:Unassessed-Class Tennessee articles)	???
• Needed (for articles that do not yet exist but have been identified as subjects that should be covered; adds articles to Category:Needed-Class Tennessee articles)	Needed
For pages that are not true articles, the following values can also be used for the class parameter:
• List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Tennessee articles)	List
• Cat (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Tennessee pages)	Category
• Template (for templates; adds pages to Category:Tennessee templates)	Template
• Image (for images; adds pages to Category:Image-Class Tennessee pages)	Image
• Portal (for portals; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Tennessee pages)	Portal
• WP (for WikiProject pages; adds pages to Category:WikiProject-Class Tennessee pages)	Project
• Dab (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Tennessee pages)	Disambig
• NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:Tennessee non-article pages)	NA

Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed-Class Tennessee articles. The class should be assigned according to the quality scale below.

After assessing an article's quality, comments on the assessment can be added either to the article's talk page or to the /Comments subpage which will appear as a link next to the assessment. Adding comments will add the article to Category:Tennessee articles with comments. Comments that are added to the /Comments subpages will be transcluded onto the automatically generated work list pages in the Comments column.

[edit] Quality scale

Article progress grading scheme [  v • d • e  ]

Label	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editor's experience	Example
FA {{FA-Class}}	Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "Featured article" status, and meet the current criteria for featured articles.	Definitive. Outstanding, thorough article; a great source for encyclopedic information.	No further additions are necessary unless new published information has come to light, but further improvements to the text are often possible.	Tourette Syndrome (as of July 2007)
FL {{FL-Class}}	Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "Featured lists" status, and meet the current criteria for featured lists.	Definitive. Outstanding, thorough list; a great source for encyclopedic information.	No further additions are necessary unless new published information has come to light, but further improvements to the text are often possible.	FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives (as of January 2008)
A {{A-Class}}	Provides a well-written, reasonably clear and complete description of the topic, as described in How to write a great article. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, with a well-written introduction and an appropriate series of headings to break up the content. It should have sufficient external literature references, preferably from reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy (peer-reviewed where appropriate). Should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. At the stage where it could at least be considered for featured article status, corresponds to the "Wikipedia 1.0" standard.	Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject matter would typically find nothing wanting. May miss a few relevant points.	Minor edits and adjustments would improve the article, particularly if brought to bear by a subject-matter expert. In particular, issues of breadth, completeness, and balance may need work. Peer-review would be helpful at this stage.	Durian (as of March 2007)
GA {{GA-Class}}	The article has passed through the Good article nomination process and been granted GA status, meeting the good article standards. This should be used for articles that still need some work to reach featured article standards, but that are otherwise acceptable. Good articles that may succeed in FAC should be considered A-Class articles, but having completed the Good article designation process is not a requirement for A-Class.	Useful to nearly all readers. A good treatment of the subject. No obvious problems, gaps, or excessive information. Adequate for most purposes, but other encyclopedias could do a better job.	Some editing will clearly be helpful, but not necessary for a good reader experience. If the article is not already fully wikified, now is the time.	International Space Station (as of February 2007)
B {{B-Class}}	Commonly the highest article grade that is assigned outside a more formal review process. Has several of the elements described in "start", usually a majority of the material needed for a comprehensive article. Nonetheless, it has some gaps or missing elements or references, needs editing for language usage or clarity, balance of content, or contains other policy problems such as copyright, Neutral Point Of View (NPOV) or No Original Research (NOR). With NPOV a well written B-class may correspond to the "Wikipedia 0.5" or "usable" standard. Articles that are close to GA status but don't meet the Good article criteria should be B- or Start-class articles.	Useful to many, but not all, readers. A casual reader flipping through articles would feel that they generally understood the topic, but a serious student or researcher trying to use the material would have trouble doing so, or would risk error in derivative work.	Considerable editing is still needed, including filling in some important gaps or correcting significant policy errors. Articles for which cleanup is needed will typically have this designation to start with.	Jammu and Kashmir (as of October 2007) has a lot of helpful material but needs more prose content and references.
Start {{Start-Class}}	The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas, and may lack a key element. For example an article on Africa might cover the geography well, but be weak on history and culture. Has at least one serious element of gathered materials, including any one of the following: a particularly useful picture or graphic multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic a subheading that fully treats an element of the topic multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article	Useful to some, provides a moderate amount of information, but many readers will need to find additional sources of information. The article clearly needs to be expanded.	Substantial/major editing is needed, most material for a complete article needs to be added. This article still needs to be completed, so an article cleanup tag is inappropriate at this stage.	Real analysis (as of November 2006)
Stub {{Stub-Class}}	The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to bring it to A-Class level. It is usually very short, but can be of any length if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible.	Possibly useful to someone who has no idea what the term meant. May be useless to a reader only passingly familiar with the term. At best a brief, informed dictionary definition.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful.	Coffee table book (as of July 2005)

[edit] Importance assessment

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Tennessee}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Tennessee| ... | importance=??? | ...}}

The following values may be used for importance assessments:
• Top - adds articles to Category:Top-importance Tennessee articles	Top
• High - adds articles to Category:High-importance Tennessee articles	High
• Mid - adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Tennessee articles	Mid
• Low - adds articles to Category:Low-importance Tennessee articles	Low
• Leave this field blank to add to Category:Unassigned-importance Tennessee articles	???

[edit] Importance scale

Label	Criteria	Examples
Top	Core topics about Tennessee. Generally, these topics are sub-articles of the main Tennessee article, vital for the understanding of Tennessee or extremely notable to people outside of Tennessee. This category should stay limited to approximately 100 members. Biographies should be limited to the top one or two Tennesseeans in a particular field or persons of the greatest historical importance. In a nutshell: Known or of importance to a worldwide population. Practical tip: These subjects pop into your head when you think about Tennessee and a specific field.	History of Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee
High	Topics that are very notable within Tennessee, and well-known outside of it, and can be reasonably expected to be included in any print encyclopedia. In a nutshell: Known or of importance to a countrywide population. Practical tip: You know the subject and most likely would be able to recall it without looking at any sources.	Great Smoky Mountains Knoxville, Tennessee
Mid	Topics that are reasonably notable on a local level within Tennessee without necessarily being famous or very notable outside of Tennessee. Could only be included in a multi-volume encyclopeadia. In a nutshell: Known or of importance to a statewide population. Practical tip: Most likely you will recognize the subject if someone mentions it to you.	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Low	Topics of mostly local interest or those that are only included for complete coverage or as examples of a higher-level topic; peripheral or trivial topics or topics that have only a limited connection to Tennessee. In a nutshell: Known or of importance to a local population. Practical tip: Most likely you will not recognize the subject.	Cumberland Gap Tunnel Gresham Middle School

[edit] Articles needing attention

If an article is in need of immediate attention (proper sourcing, significant cleanup, etc.), please denote this using the template as follows:

{{WikiProject Tennessee|...|attention=yes|...}}

This will add the article to Category:Tennessee articles needing attention. Also, add your concerns to the article's talk page, so an editor wishing to address the problem(s) can focus his or her efforts.

Please review this category from time to time to see if you can help with an article needing attention. Once the major problems have been addressed, please remove the attention notation from the template on the talk page.

[edit] Merge action needed

When you propose a merge involving a WikiProject Tennessee article, please denote this using the template as follows:

{{WikiProject Tennessee|...|merge=yes|...}}

This will add the article to Category:Tennessee articles needing merge action.

Please review this category from time to time to see if you can help reach a consensus on the proposed merge. Once a consensus is reached (and the merge is performed, if appropriate), please remove the merge notation from the template on the talk page.

[edit] Article review & dispute resolution

[edit] Request an assessment

If you have

• started a Tennessee related article article and would like an outside opinion on it

• made significant changes to a rated Tennessee related article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it

• found a Tennessee related articles that has not been reviewed yet

please feel free to list it below for an assessment.

• R. Winston Morris

• Arda E. Lee's Hidden Hollow

• Carol Chumney i gave it the lowest ratings to start, just so there would be ratings there but i want you to take a look at itRankun 07:26, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

At the moment I would not agree to change the ratings of the article. The first two paragraphs (Biography and Acclaimations) have been copied from the City of Memphis website (http://www.cityofmemphis.org/framework.aspx?page=701). The article has been tagged for possible copyright violation. It might be necessary to re-write sections of the article. doxTxob \ ^talk 19:46, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

• Nutbush, Tennessee from Start-class to B-class.
• Arnold Field (Halls, Tennessee) from Stub-class to Start-class.
• Reverie, Tennessee from Start-class to B-class.

Would someone mind to re-assess the above three articles? I have researched and written most of the content myself. The articles are rated very low as I did the first temporary rating myself when I went through the hundreds of Tennessee related articles and rated them for the Wikipedia Project Tennessee. All the three articles fulfil the formal criteria of the higher class, in my opinion. There are almost no red links, all the facts are sourced, the articles are structured with sub-headers and images are present to illustrate the topics. They are all small topics, so there is not much chance for expansion.

I would also like to ask expert advice on what to improve on the Nutbush, Tennessee article to bring it to Good Article(GA)-class. Every suggestion is welcome.

Thank you! doxTxob \ ^talk 20:29, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

• A cursory glance at the articles shows (to me, at least) that these articles are indeed B-Class. The only thing I can see with a quick look is the need for some grammatical adjustments, mostly on Nutbush, Tennessee. The sources appear in order, though. With some fact-checking and maybe a little more literal fluffing (surely there's something we can add to the town's economic section - cotton production figures, the name of the cotton plant, etc.?), I think Nutbush, Tennessee can stand the GA test. I'll be happy to help is required - the wife and I specialize in sentence structuring (though it may not seem like it sometimes!). We'll look over it a little further tonight. Sidatio 21:02, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your opinion. I would be happy for someone to look over the grammar. Actually German is my first language, Enlish only second, although I do not think I am too bad at it, some native speaker polishing would be greatly appreciated.

For the rating for the above three articles I would appreciate you changing the rating if there is no opposition. I hate to do it myself, it does not look right. And any member of the Wiki Project Tennessee can change the ratings in articles that are part of the project. Thank you for that!

I copy part of this discussion on the talk page of the Nutbush, Tennessee article, so we might continue the discussion about Nutbush on the article's talk page, where it is close to the article. doxTxob \ ^talk 21:38, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

You're not bad at it at all! The grammar fixes in question are very, very minor - we just wanted to clear them up so some nitpicky reviewer didn't look through the article and turn it down based solely on those minor issues. I'll change the ratings tonight when I get home from work, and we'll look through the Nutbush article to see how best to "fluff" it. ;-) Sidatio 21:51, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Great! Let's continue the discussion on the Nutbush talk page. And thanks again for your help. doxTxob \ ^talk 00:21, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

• Tennessee Air National Guard Any objections to bumping this article up from Start to B-Class? I have included concise histories of all units in the TNANG as well as synopses of the aircraft used and facilities. Anyone have any suggestions for improvement? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nf utvol (talk • contribs)

Looks okay to me. The info for the 572nd Band is repeated under the "Geographically Separated" category. I'd pull that. Can we get more info on that unit, as well? Competitions, notable events, anything we can use to bolster it? Have any of the TANG units been deployed in overseas conflicts? It should still be a B-Class, but it'd be nice to see that kinda info. Sidatio 19:57, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Agree with B-class. Low end but still B-class in my opinion. Article has useful images, depicing planes that are in use in the units mentioned. The article is structured with subheaders. The three wings are treated in subsections and references are present, this encourages other authors to continue the way it was started and use reference, too. I like that very much.

Suggestion 1: Try to get rid of red links further down in the article. As you seem to be knowledgable about the subject matter it might be worth to start new articles on the topics that miss a corresponding article. For the start the new article might need only a few sentences, structure with subheaders and references.

Suggestion 2: When I read the article I was missing one thing. In the introduction a reader who is not very familiar with the topic (like me, for example) might ask what the whole purpose of the TN Air National Guard (or Air National Guards in general) is. Not too specific, as the purposes of the wings is described, just in two sentences the general purpose of the Air National Guard.

Suggestion 3: Explain abbreviations. I have corrected that for all but the abbreviation BRAC, I don't know what it means, than one still needs "treatment". For readers not familiar with the topic the abbreviations used might be unknown. Introductions can be very useful if explained and introduced to the reader in every article. The best way to introduce an abbreviation to the reader is when the term appears in the article for the first time. You use the fully spelled words followed by the abbreviation in brackets. From then on the abbreviation can be used in the text without the fully spelled words. Like this example: "The Tennessee Valley Authoity (TVA) was founded in 19xx. The purpose of the TVA is ... and so on ...". Always be aware that other readers might not have the knowledge you have about the topic. So every abbreviation needs an explanation.

Remark: The 572nd Band appears twice in the article, once under its own subheader and once in the section with the geographically seperated units. Both sentences are the same, this does not make immediate sense to me. You might want to fix that. This was mentioned before, saw that too late. doxTxob \ ^talk 19:42, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Changed the rating from start to B-class, as per above. doxTxob \ ^talk 19:50, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the input! I made a few of the corrections listed. I'll work on compiling a list of deployments for the various units and get something up about that here in the next couple of days. Also, could someone recommend an importance rating for this article?Nf utvol 19:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

• Gatlinburg — expanded the history and geography sections and added hard-copy citations (should be at least B class)
• Cades Cove — expanded the geology and history sections and included a section with brief descriptions of its historical structures; included hard references (should be at least B class)

I agree both articles should be B-Class. Both articles have been worked on extensively in the last few weeks and relevant new information has been added. Formally both articles fulfill the criteria for B-Class articles, namely having the majority of formal elements that make a complete article. In both articles images illutrate the topic, sub-headings are present that fully treat elements of the topic, especially in the history sections of both articles. References are used and links help explain the topic. Both articles are complete enough for a reader to understand the topic.

This project is quite new and I am not sure of the correct process. I suggest that if there are no objections in the next few days the quality rating can be changed to B-class. doxTxob \ ^talk 19:24, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Changed both articles from Start-class to B-class as per above. doxTxob \ ^talk 18:57, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

• East Tennessee Historical Society I put together this article a while back, yet never got around to having others assign a rating or importance to it.Nf utvol 19:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dispute an assessment

If your Tennessee related article has been rated and you do not agree with the rating, please keep in mind that assessments might not always be objective. Compare the article in question to the assessment standards for quality and importance as outlined above in this page. If you think the article in question meets higher standards than assessed, please feel free to list it below for a review.

• Cades Cove — CC very well-known in East Tennessee (I'm not sure about Middle and West); draws over two million visitors per year, which is more than most state parks; one of the most important (if not the most important) areas dedicated to the preservation and understanding of pioneer life in Appalachia. I would rate it mid-level. Bms4880 17:02, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

You are right, according to the definitions of the importance for the project the article is certainly mid-level. Cades Cove is reasonably notable within TN. I have changed it. doxTxob \ ^talk 18:58, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

• Knox County, Tennessee - This article is in terrible shape - we have very little history (though I bolstered it some with a section on the Civil War), the Government section is mostly about Black Wednesday, and we lack basic geographic features like bodies of water, high and low points in the county, etc. This is a Start-class article, not a B-class. Maybe a re-rate will draw more attention to it, so we can get it up to where it needs to be. Sidatio 15:07, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

You made some great additions to the article recently. As for the rating, I see the article as somewhat too developed to be Start-class. The quality scale does not require the article to be perfect to be B-class, there are some formal requirements to fulfil, though, which in the case of this article are fulfilled (in my opinion). Multiple links are present to illustrate the topic, subheadings struclture the article and the paragraphs about the Civil War and law and government treat that topic to some extend. Missing elements or gaps, the need for editing or even policy issues do not nessessarily keep an article from being assessed as B-class.

There is certainly much work needed to bring this article into a shape to be an undisputed B-class article. I am glad to see that you have started to take care of it and add some much needed improvements on the contents, so the artcile is getting better every day.

I saw you live in Knox County, maybe you can add a useful image or two to the article. A useful image is one of the formal criteria a B-class article needs to fulfil, so an image would bring the article closer to the undisputed B-class quality.doxTxob \ ^talk 15:37, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I suppose it is somewhere in between. As far as the pictures go, that's certainly easy enough - but what pictures to take? There's several shots that would be good for Knoxville, but to find one that defines Knox County on the whole would take a little thought. Maybe a shot from House Mountain, or a picture of the French Broad. I'll snap a few this weekend, but my main focus at this juncture is to get the written information up to par - especially the Government section. Thanks for the input! Sidatio 15:54, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Project review

If you are a member of the WikiProject Tennessee and want to suggest a Tennessee related article for review by other project members, please feel free to list it below.

Four of the Tennessee related articles tagged with the project banner are top and high quality articles that need priority assessment of their importance for the TN project. All of them are taken care of by other projects already. Still, they should get an importance rating for the Tennessee project.

Talk:Battle_of_Shiloh, FA (Featured article) class article. Not yet rated for importance for the TN project.

Talk:Daniel_Boone, FA (Featured article) class article. Not yet rated for importance for the TN project.

Talk:James_K._Polk, FA (Featured article) class article. Not yet rated for importance for the TN project.

Talk:John_Seigenthaler,_Sr., GA (Good article) class article. Not yet rated for importance for the TN project.

doxTxob 18:41, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Articles for deletion

If you have found a Tennessee related article that you think needs to be deleted, please feel free to list it below for a review.

[edit] Assessment log

Tennessee articles: Index · Statistics · Log

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