Welcome to the assessment department of the Montana WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Montana related articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the WP:1.0 program,
The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject Montana}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:WikiProject Montana articles by quality.
FAQ[edit]
- 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 utilized 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 Montana}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
- 3. Someone put a {{WikiProject Montana}} 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 Montana 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. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process that must be followed; this is documented in the assessment instructions.
- 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. 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. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process that must be followed; this is documented in the assessment instructions.
- 8. 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!
- 9. 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, leave a message on the talk page.
Assessment instructions[edit]
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Montana}} project banner on its talk page: {{WikiProject Montana|class=???}}
The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):
FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class Montana articles) | FA | |
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Montana articles) | A | |
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Montana articles) | GA | |
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Montana articles) | B | |
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Montana articles) | C | |
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Montana articles) | Start | |
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Montana articles) | Stub | |
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Montana articles) | FL | |
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Montana articles) | List |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
Quality scale[edit]
Article importance[edit]
The criteria used for ranking article importance are not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the perspective of someone from that region.
Label | Criteria | Examples |
Top | Subject is a "core" or "key" topic for Montana, or is generally notable to people other than Montanans. They define and determine the subject of the Montana WikiProject. | Montana |
High | Subject is notable in a significant and important way within the field of Montana, but not necessarily outside it. | Counties, large cities, as well as integral parts of Montana. |
Mid | Subject contributes to the total subject of the Montana WikiProject. Subject may not necessarily be famous. | Political figures in MT, small cities and towns, major buildings in MT. |
Low | Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within the field of Montana, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of another topic. | Lists of Montana topics, schools in MT, people from MT |
Requests for assessment[edit]
Montana Department of Transportation
Assessment Log[edit]
- The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.
Unexpected changes, such as downgrading an article, or raising it more than two assessment classes at once, are shown in bold.
May 23, 2024[edit]
Assessed[edit]
- Draft:Flag of Bozeman (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
May 22, 2024[edit]
Reassessed[edit]
- Glen Lake Rotary Park (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Wally Kurth (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed[edit]
- Draft:Cut Bank Penguin (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- West Lolo Complex Fire (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
May 21, 2024[edit]
Reassessed[edit]
- Bobby Petrino (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
May 20, 2024[edit]
Assessed[edit]
- Bryce Bennett (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
May 19, 2024[edit]
Assessed[edit]
- 2024 Montana House of Representatives election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- 2024 Montana Senate election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- 2024 Montana gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Sections of Billings, Montana (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
May 17, 2024[edit]
Reassessed[edit]
- Ben Mikaelsen (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)