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Welcome to the assessment department of the Virginia WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's articles about Virginia or the people of Virginia. 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 Virginia}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Virginia articles by quality, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

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[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 the Virginia WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article.
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

An article's assessment is generated from the class and importance parameters in the {{WikiProject Virginia}} project banner on its talk page:

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The following values may be used for the class parameter:

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

[edit] Quality scale

Article progress grading scheme [  v • d • e  ]
Label Criteria Reader's experience Editor's experience Example
Featured article 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)
Featured list 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)
Good article 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] Requesting an assessment

If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below.

[edit] Richard Bland Lee I

Seems as though this should get a rating above stub. Have made many additions and modifications to it including a much more extensive discussion of Lee's farming operation and political career. Corrected some misinformation on his time in Congress. Added another portrait of him and added an infobox. More information on his congressional career needs to be added.--Sonofkenny (talk) 15:25, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

From a content perspective, I'd call this a solid B class article at this point. The only thing that made me hesitate to rate it as B class is that it's quite light on referencing. If you want to take it to WP:GAR, the primary need is to cite additional sources with inline references, and you are right that more ought to be said as to his time in congress. However, the prose is good, and it's definitely progressed nicely.--Kubigula (talk) 18:09, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jamestown High School (Williamsburg, Virginia)

This article could use another review. Last time that it was rated, it was called a stub, but I don't feel that it is even close to that anymore.Mynameisnotpj (talk) 13:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

There's definitely been solid expansion, and I changed the rating to start. It's close to a B quality article - it just needs some more referencing and a bit more about the history of the school. Keep it up!--Kubigula (talk) 04:59, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Old Dominion University

Many approvements have been made and really needs a reassesment --Occasio (talk) 03:09, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

It's definitely making progress, with a good general flow and nice images. However, I'd have to say that it's still start class for an article about a prominent university. The two biggest needs are a section on the history of the school and a section on academics - what programs are offered, how does the school rank nationally etc. The article needs sections on these two topics to get up to B class. To get to good article class, it would need that plus more referencing. Keep up the good work!--Kubigula (talk) 03:36, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] University of Appalachia College of Pharmacy

I was just curious to the rating of the article. Thank you! Chrisfortier 16:51, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Re-assessed the article up to B-level. ~ (The Rebel At) ~ 00:31, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much!

[edit] Grundy, Virginia

I have done some work and wanted to know how it rates. Chrisfortier 23:14, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Nice work on the article; I have re-assessed it as B class, which is as high as it can go without a peer review process. I see you are also pursuing peer review, and I will add my thoughts on that later.--Kubigula (talk) 15:29, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Westfield High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)

Myself, and mostly another dedicated editor have been working on this for almost 2 years now. I haved wanted it to be assessed for sometime, but by morbid coincidence, Westfield also happens to be the school of Cho Seung-hui, the shooter of the Virginia Tech Massacre, two of the Massacre's victims, as well as another, unrelated murderer, Michael Kennedy. Since Monday's trajedy, a great deal of action has taken place on the article, some good and some bad, and for this I would like it to be assessed, and suggestions made to improve it. Thank you. Zidel333 00:25, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I assessed it at B for now. It looks good and you can probably push it higher without too much work. ~ (The Rebel At) ~ 17:53, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Appalachian School of Law

This article passed the GA review. Is it GA or A? Chrisfortier 14:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Right now, I'd leave it at GA. Apply more of the suggestions from the FA review and it should at least make it to A level.~ (The Rebel At) ~ 17:58, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reston, Virginia

This article has undergone a lot of changes since it was last reviewed, and I'd like to know what more needs to be done to make it an A. Thanks Signed - Joshua Davis (articnomad) 02:12, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

It's already rated as a "B", which is as high as we can go without taking it to WP:GAC. If you want to take it to GAC, I'll be happy to take a look and give some feedback?--Kubigula (talk) 17:56, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tangier, Virginia

I have done some cleanup and would like to see if it rates higher now. ~~Elaine 14:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

It's coming along nicely, and I just did a bit of organization myself. Content wise, it's a B class article. However, it really needs some referencing to be upgraded. Let me know if you need any help.--Kubigula (talk) 17:34, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Poquoson High School

What are your thoughts? Chrisfortier 02:53, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Not bad, I'd say its Start class. Good work with the referencing. If you want an idea of a Good Article status high school then take a look at Westfield High School (Fairfax County, Virginia). T Rex | talk 13:32, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
  • I would probably have rated it a B myself, but I'm a bit laxer than Rex. In any event, it's a solid start with a nice infobox and good references. In my opinion, the main need is to add a history section.--Kubigula (talk) 03:52, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St. Luke's Church (Smithfield, Virginia)

Added references, new text, and infobox. Still needs footnotes and more history. VirginiaProp 01:07, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

It's a nice little article with good references. I would say that if you could throw in even a brief history section, it would be a B class article.--Kubigula (talk) 17:20, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I will try to find some more source materials. I have only found sporadic materials so far. VirginiaProp 12:57, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James W. Holley, III

I'm new to article creation, just like to get some feedback on how I'm doing! Not to mention drum up a little notice so others can help improve the article. Thanks! :) Faithlessthewonderboy 02:22, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I'd say it's stub class at this point, though it's a good beginning and a much better stub than most. It just needs a little more fleshing out. Keep up the good work.--Kubigula (talk) 15:12, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the encouragement! :) I've done a bit more work on the article, added additional info and sources and added an infobox. However I am helplessly inept when it comes to images. If anyone out there has the time and ability, please add a picture to the article! There are plenty available on the net, a simple Gsearch shows a ton, but I fear they're all copyrighted, and I don't understand the image policy at all. Thanks again! faithless (speak) 01:14, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Unfortunately they are all non free images and can't be used under fair use because a free alternative could be created (you taking the picture yourself). T Rex | talk 01:25, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Andrew Jackson Montague

I've done some work on this article and would like to reassess it. However, as I did the revising, I don't think I should do the reassessing. Could someone else do the honors? Thanks--Kubigula (talk) 03:41, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

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