Wikipedia:WikiProject Rugby league/Assessment

WikiProject Rugby League Links Shortcut: WP:RL       WPRL Taskforce Clean-up List WikiProject Watchlist Templates Project template: {{WikiProject Rugby league}} Member userbox: {{User WikiProject Rugby league}} Biography infobox: {{Infobox rugby league biography}} Statistics Rugby league articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 1 3 4 FL 2 2 GA 1 4 7 12 B 9 22 31 49 14 125 C 3 39 78 345 1 64 530 Start 10 90 605 3,456 668 4,829 Stub 9 209 6,767 1 1,505 8,491 List 5 51 236 1 47 340 Category 3,798 3,798 Disambig 104 104 File 1,094 1,094 Project 39 39 Redirect 1 6 34 141 868 1,050 Template 1,385 1,385 NA 2 2 Other 24 24 Assessed 23 173 1,012 11,006 7,317 2,298 21,829 Unassessed 1 7 511 519 Total 23 173 1,013 11,013 7,317 2,809 22,348 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 77,797 Ω = 5.55 Featured Content FA       Bootham Crescent FA Gateshead International Stadium FA Old Trafford FA Valley Parade GA 1939–40 Northern Rugby Football League Wartime Emergency League season GA Brick Community Stadium GA Cumberland RLFC GA Dwain Chambers GA Glebe RLFC GA Hunter Mariners GA Melbourne Storm GA MKM Stadium GA Ray Lindwall GA Sam Tomkins GA The Matty Johns Show GA York Community Stadium FL List of NRL golden point games FL List of Rugby League World Cup hat-tricks

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Welcome to the assessment department of the WikiProject on Rugby League, which focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's rugby league related articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the WP:1.0 programme.

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

See also the general assessment FAQ.

1. What is the purpose of the article ratings?

The rating system allows the project to monitor the quality of articles in our subject areas, and to prioritize work on these articles. It is also utilised by the Wikipedia 1.0 program to prepare for static releases of Wikipedia content. Please note, however, that these ratings are primarily intended for the internal use of the project, and do not necessarily imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.

2. How do I add an article to the WikiProject?

Just add {{WikiProject Rugby league}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.

3. Someone put a {{WikiProject Rugby league}} template on an article, but it doesn't seem to be within the project's scope. What should I do?

Because of the large number of articles we deal with, we occasionally make mistakes and add tags to articles that shouldn't have them. If you notice one, feel free to remove the tag, and optionally leave a note on the talk page of this department (or directly with the person who tagged the article).

4. Who can assess articles?

Any member of the rugby league WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article. Editors who are not participants in this project are also welcome to assess articles, but should defer to consensus within the project in case of procedural disputes.

5. How do I rate an article?

Check the quality scale and select the level that best matches the state of the article; then, follow the instructions below to add the rating to the project banner on the article's talk page.

6. Can I request that someone else rate an article?

Of course; to do so, please list it in the section for assessment requests below.

7. 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.

8. Where can I get more comments about an article?

People at Wikipedia:Peer Review can conduct a more thorough examination of articles; please submit it for review there, or ask for comments on the main project discussion page.

9. 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.

10. Aren't the ratings subjective?

Yes, they are somewhat subjective, 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!

11. What if I have a question not listed here?

If your question concerns the article assessment process specifically, please refer to the discussion page for this department; for any other issues, you can go to the main project discussion page.

An article's assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Rugby league}} project banner on its talk page (see the template page for more details on the exact syntax):

{{WikiProject Rugby league| class=??? | importance=??? | ...}}

The following values for the class parameter may be used:

• FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class rugby league articles)
• A (adds articles to Category:A-Class rugby league articles)
• GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class rugby league articles)
• B (adds articles to Category:B-Class rugby league articles)
• Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class rugby league articles)
• Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class rugby league articles)
• NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:Non-article rugby league pages)

The following values for the importance parameter may be used:

• Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance rugby league articles)
• High (adds articles to Category:High-importance rugby league articles)
• Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance rugby league articles)
• Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance rugby league articles)

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

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
FA	The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured article criteria: A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. It is: well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard; comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate; neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarism or too-close paraphrasing. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of: a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required. Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style where appropriate.	Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	Cleopatra (as of June 2018)
FL	The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured list criteria: Prose. It features professional standards of writing. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. Comprehensiveness. (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items. (b) statements are sourced where they appear, and they provide inline citations if they contain any of the four kinds of material absolutely required to have citations. (c) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists and includes at minimum eight items; does not violate the content-forking guideline, does not largely duplicate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages. (a) Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour; and a minimal proportion of items are redlinked. (b) Media files. It has images and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's usage policies, with succinct captions. Non-free images and other media satisfy the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and are labeled accordingly. (c) Accessibility. It uses proper formating to be accessible to all readers. Bulleted and unbulleted lists and tables are structured correctly. Visual media, if included, utilize alternative (alt) text. Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.	Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018)
A	The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria The article meets the A-Class criteria: Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history).	Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting.	Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help.	Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014)
GA	The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria A good article is: Well-written: the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. Verifiable with no original research: it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline; reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose); it contains no original research; and it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication.	Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing.	Discovery of the neutron (as of April 2019)
B	The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as {{cite web}} is optional. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.	Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.	A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines.	Psychology (as of January 2024)
C	The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.	Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.	Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems.	Wing (as of June 2018)
Start	An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following: A 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	Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more.	Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use.	Ball (as of September 2014)
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria.	Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant.	Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014)
List	Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area.	There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader.	Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of literary movements

Rugby league articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1		3			4
FL				2			2
GA		1	4	7			12
B	9	22	31	49		14	125
C	3	39	78	345	1	64	530
Start	10	90	605	3,456		668	4,829
Stub		9	209	6,767	1	1,505	8,491
List		5	51	236	1	47	340
Category					3,798		3,798
Disambig					104		104
File					1,094		1,094
Project					39		39
Redirect	1	6	34	141	868		1,050
Template					1,385		1,385
NA					2		2
Other					24		24
Assessed	23	173	1,012	11,006	7,317	2,298	21,829
Unassessed			1	7		511	519
Total	23	173	1,013	11,013	7,317	2,809	22,348
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 77,797			Ω = 5.55

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. If you are interested in more extensive comments on an article, please use our peer review section instead.

We've been working on this article recently. Please let us know how we're going. - Richard Cavell (talk) 06:04, 3 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Needs a re-assessment to see if it really covers league and union, or if it's a union site with a few league forums. If it's the latter case—which editors to the article have recently asserted—I don't see this being B-level importance in the project. —C.Fred (talk) 20:43, 14 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I know very little about this sport so I can't comment on how accurate this article is, but the amount of refrenced content, quality of expression and organisation put this way above START class. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 19:47, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It has been placed as a C-class article by the Greater Manchester WikiProject. I would agree with this assessment, because it contains organisation and structure that far surpasses the requirements for Start-class, but lacks the comprehensiveness and the standard of referencing required to be placed as a B-class article, baring in mind B-class is only one step below what should be "near professional quality". I have therefore altered the Rugby league WikiProject's quality assessment grade for this article to C-class. GW(talk) 14:54, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Steve Prescott is somewhat of an idol of mine and I just think the article could have a lot more depth. He’s touched so many people, I don’t feel the article does him justice. WBClarkson (talk) 19:23, 16 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've expanded this article and wonder if it is ready to move up from the stub category. It has also been merged with the page on Stuart Cummings' short cricket career. Is it now start quality? Rtande (talk) 19:54, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to merge these two articles as they're about the same person. There is a reference for this on the Adam Cook talk page. I've added a redirect from Adam_Cook_(rugby_league) to Adam Watene and taken the details from the Adam Cook page and added them to the Adam Watene page. Rtande (talk) 19:52, 7 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There has been significant expansion. Mn1548 (talk) 17:52, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Have assessed as C-class as further inline citations would be required to bring it closer to B-class. Storm machine (talk) 01:20, 17 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Upgraded Mn1548 (talk) 17:52, 11 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unassessed. Mn1548 (talk) 17:41, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Still needs refs but expansion has been done. It's currently classed as a list and hasn't got an importance rating. Mn1548 (talk) 15:23, 6 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

World Club Challenge is of high importance but World Club Series is top importance. Series should not be higher than Challenge in importance. Mn1548 (talk) 14:35, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure of its quality but definitely not stub class, and low importance seems very off. Mn1548 (talk) 17:48, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Alot of [Year] [Team] Season articles are stub class which need upgrading. They all seem to be based off the assessment when they are created and can do with reassement upon competition of the season. Mn1548 (talk) 14:12, 15 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The full log of assessment changes for the past thirty days is available here.

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