Wikipedia:WikiProject Higher education/Assessment
Welcome to the assessment department of the WikiProject Higher education! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Universities and College 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 Higher education}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Higher education articles by quality, Category:Higher education articles needing attention, and Category:Higher education collaborations. The quality ratings serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.
Frequently asked questions
edit- How can I get my article rated?
- As a member of the WikiProject Higher education, you can do it yourself. If you're unsure, list it in the requesting an assessment section below.
- Who can assess articles?
- Any member of WikiProject Higher education is free to add—or change—the rating of an article, but please follow the guidelines.
- 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.
- Where can I get more comments about my article?
- Contact Wikipedia:WikiProject Higher education who will handle it or assign the issue to someone. You may also list it for a Peer review.
- What if I don't agree with a rating?
- Relist it as a request or contact Wikipedia:WikiProject Higher education who will handle it or assign the issue to someone.
- 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, or to contact the Wikipedia:WikiProject Higher education directly.
Instructions
editAn article's assessment is generated from the class and parameters in the {{WikiProject Higher education}} project banner on its talk page. You can learn the syntax by looking at the talk pages in edit mode and by reading the info below.
This is the rating syntax (ratings and dates are samples, change to what applies to the article in question):
- {{WikiProject Higher education}}
- Displays the default banner, showing the project info and only ??? for the quality parameter.
- {{WikiProject Higher education|class=FA}}
- All assessed articles should have quality filled in. Leaving the other parameters off does not hurt anything.
- {{WikiProject Higher education|class=Start|attention=yes}}
- If an article needs immediate attention, add the attention tag and please leave talk notes as to why. The only valid parameter for this field is "yes". If it does not need attention, leave the parameter off.
- {{WikiProject Higher education|class=B|attention=yes|past-selected=[[July]] [[2006]]|collaboration-past=[[April]] [[2006]]}}
- If an article has been the SATM or COTM, these tags get added in this format.
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Higher education}} project banner on its talk page: {{WikiProject Higher education|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 Higher education articles) | FA | |
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Higher education articles) | A | |
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Higher education articles) | GA | |
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Higher education articles) | B | |
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Higher education articles) | C | |
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Higher education articles) | Start | |
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Higher education articles) | Stub | |
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Higher education articles) | FL | |
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Higher education articles) | List |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Higher education articles) | Category | |
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Higher education articles) | Disambig | |
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Higher education articles) | Draft | |
FM (for featured media only; adds pages to Category:FM-Class Higher education articles) | FM | |
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Higher education articles) | File | |
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Higher education articles) | Portal | |
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Higher education articles) | Project | |
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Higher education articles) | Template | |
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Higher education articles) | NA | |
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Higher education articles) | ??? |
The class should be assigned according to the quality scale below.
Quality scale
editAll examples below are as of July 2021. Please note that a B-Class article must include at least one reference.
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.
|
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. | United States Military Academy |
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:
|
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 University of Waterloo people |
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. | None |
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:
|
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. | Columbia University |
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
|
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. | University of California, Berkeley |
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. | National Collegiate Athletic Association |
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:
|
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. | Kyoto University |
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. | Fiji National University |
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 universities and colleges in Denmark |
Disambig | Any disambiguation page falls under this class. | The page serves to distinguish multiple articles that share the same (or similar) title. | Additions should be made as new articles of that name are created. Pay close attention to the proper naming of such pages, as they often do not need "(disambiguation)" appended to the title. | Concordia University (disambiguation) |
Template | Any template falls under this class. The most common types of templates include infoboxes and navboxes. | Different types of templates serve different purposes. Infoboxes provide easy access to key pieces of information about the subject. Navboxes are for the purpose of grouping together related subjects into an easily accessible format, to assist the user in navigating between articles. | Infoboxes are typically placed at the upper right of an article, while navboxes normally go across the very bottom of a page. Beware of too many different templates, as well as templates that give either too little, too much, or too specialized information. | Template:Infobox University |
Assessment log
editJuly 15, 2024
editRenamed
edit- CELSA Paris renamed to CELSA Sorbonne University.
- Template:FEU renamed to Template:Far Eastern University navbox.
- K.S. Hegde Medical Academy renamed to K. S. Hegde Medical Academy.
Reassessed
edit- Charles J. Turck (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to GA-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
edit- File:Athletics-William-Mary-Single-Line-Green-on-Gold.png (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t)
- CELSA Sorbonne University (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Cabarrus College of Health Sciences (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Carolinas College of Health Sciences (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Template:Far Eastern University navbox (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t)
- International Extension College (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- James Sprunt Community College (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- K. S. Hegde Medical Academy (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Kenneth Porter (poet) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- List of Los Angeles Valley College alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as List-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Universities and colleges in Oromia (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
edit- Government Girls General Degree College, Ekbalpur (talk) removed.
- Category:Universities and colleges in Oromia Region (talk) removed.
July 14, 2024
editRenamed
edit- Lethbridge College renamed to Lethbridge Polytechnic.
Reassessed
edit- Air Link International Aviation College (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Asian Institute of Computer Studies (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Asian Institute of Tourism (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Edgecombe Community College (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Edmund A. Walsh (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (Honduras) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
- Hotchkiss Scholar (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Southern University at Shreveport (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- University for Development Studies (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- University of the Philippines Asian Center (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Wake Technical Community College (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
edit- Alex Preston (author) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Lethbridge Polytechnic (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Stephen Roger Powers (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Toller Lecture (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Virginia University of Lynchburg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
edit- Namboodiri Vidyalayam (talk) removed.
July 13, 2024
editRenamed
edit- Bay de Noc Community College renamed to Bay College.
- Coastline Community College renamed to Coastline College.
- James A. Rhodes State College renamed to Rhodes State College.
- Mid Michigan Community College renamed to Mid Michigan College.
- File:Wlv coa.JPG renamed to File:University of Wolverhampton logo.jpg.
Reassessed
edit- Oklahoma State University–Oklahoma City (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Pan African Universities Debating Championship (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
edit- Category:2024 Ivy League women's soccer season (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Arunachal Pradesh University (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Bay College (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Christ Chapel (Hillsdale College) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- Coastline College (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Edinburgh Futures Institute (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t)
- Kathy Eagar (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Mid Michigan College (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- Rhodes State College (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- File:University of Wolverhampton logo.jpg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Veterinary medicine in Scotland (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
edit- J.J. College of Arts and Science (talk) removed.
- File:Moscow State Academy of Law.jpg (talk) removed.
July 12, 2024
editRenamed
editReassessed
edit- F. Michael Connelly (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
edit- Jean-Loup Rivière (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Pima Aztecs men's track and field athletes (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Pima Aztecs track and field (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- The Bottom Line (Bryant University) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- Template:University of Santo Tomas Manila (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
edit- Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (talk) removed.
- File:UAAP sipa logo.png (talk) removed.
July 11, 2024
editRenamed
edit- International Islamic University of Indonesia renamed to Indonesian International Islamic University.
Reassessed
edit- Asia Pacific University Sports Union (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Penn West Clarion (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
edit- Donald E. Polkinghorne (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Grambling State Tigers women's track and field athletes (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Indonesian International Islamic University (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Jeong-Hee Kim (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- List of Latino Greek-letter organizations (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as List-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Manhattan Jaspers women's track and field athletes (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Moscow Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- File:UAAP sipa logo.png (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t)
- École normale supérieure (Atakpamé) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
edit- File:Rlmc logo.jpg (talk) removed.
- File:Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society logo.gif (talk) removed.
July 10, 2024
editReassessed
edit- Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
edit- Delta Tau Lambda (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- F. Michael Connelly (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Heydar Raqabi (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Military College of Materials Management, Jabalpur (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Student wing (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- W. Lewis Burke (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
edit- Canadian College (talk) removed.
- History of Florida International University (talk) removed.
July 9, 2024
editRenamed
editReassessed
edit- Beta Sigma (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- List of Aligarh Muslim University faculty (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from List-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Sul Ross State University Lobos (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
edit- Applied science (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Frank Broeze (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- I Wayan Arka (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t)
- Lev Raphael (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Penn West Clarion (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Tibet University of Traditional Tibetan Medicine (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)