WikiProject Portals assesses quality and importance for portals and related pages.
Portal quality criteria[edit]
Portals are assessed based on how well they serve their purpose as entry points into their respective topic areas. High quality portals are:
- Useful. Provides:
- (a) an introduction to the topic or topics the portal covers, which follows the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section § Introductory text guidelines
- (b) a variety of sample content and navigational sections, as well as a bridge between reading and editing, per Wikipedia:Portal guidelines § What content to include
- Broad in coverage.
- (a) Each selected content section either has at least 20 items on random rotation, or is updated on at least a monthly basis.
- (b) Content is representative of the entire topic or topics the portal covers, and not overly focused on specific aspects. Portals should present a worldwide view of the topic, unless the topic specifically relates to one or more countries or geographical areas.
- Up to date. Changes to article content are reflected in the portal content.
- Formatted appropriately. Follows the (draft) guidelines at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Portals.
Quality scale[edit]
A portal's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Portals}} project banner on its talk page:
{{WikiProject Portals|class=class}}
Portal pages[edit]
The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the portal:
Non-portal pages[edit]
For pages in the WikiProject's scope that are not portals, the following values can also be used for the class parameter:
Importance scale[edit]
A portal's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Portals}} project banner on its talk page:
{{WikiProject Portals|importance=importance}}
These importance ratings are only used in the context of WikiProject Portals, and are primarily based on the scope of a portal's subject, and not its popularity or page views, which may fluctuate over time.