Wikipedia:WikiProject Apple Inc./Assessment
This is the assessment department of WikiProject Apple Inc. Its goal is to assess the quality of Wikipedia's Apple Inc. articles. Article ratings are used to help recognize excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the Version 1.0 Editorial Team program.
Assessment is done in a distributed way through parameters in the {{WikiProject Apple Inc.}} talk page banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Apple Inc. articles by quality and Category:Apple Inc. articles by importance.
Article statistics
Apple Inc. articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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Quality | Importance | ||||||
Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
FA | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
FL | 1 | 1 | |||||
GA | 2 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 27 | ||
B | 15 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 166 | ||
C | 5 | 80 | 164 | 255 | 3 | 507 | |
Start | 33 | 134 | 560 | 74 | 801 | ||
Stub | 2 | 13 | 267 | 212 | 494 | ||
List | 2 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 45 |
Category | 262 | 262 | |||||
Draft | 22 | 22 | |||||
Disambig | 10 | 10 | |||||
File | 220 | 220 | |||||
Project | 30 | 30 | |||||
Redirect | 2 | 2 | 9 | 546 | 559 | ||
Template | 146 | 146 | |||||
Assessed | 24 | 170 | 391 | 1,180 | 1,237 | 291 | 3,293 |
Total | 24 | 170 | 391 | 1,180 | 1,237 | 291 | 3,293 |
WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 9,554 | Ω = 4.78 |
Guidelines to Assessment
Quality assessment
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Apple Inc.}} project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.
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 Apple Inc. articles) | FA | |
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Apple Inc. articles) | A | |
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Apple Inc. articles) | GA | |
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Apple Inc. articles) | B | |
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Apple Inc. articles) | C | |
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Apple Inc. articles) | Start | |
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Apple Inc. articles) | Stub | |
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Apple Inc. articles) | FL | |
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Apple Inc. 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 Apple Inc. articles) | Category | |
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Apple Inc. articles) | Disambig | |
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Apple Inc. articles) | Draft | |
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Apple Inc. articles) | File | |
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Apple Inc. articles) | Portal | |
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Apple Inc. articles) | Project | |
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class Apple Inc. articles) | Redirect | |
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Apple Inc. articles) | Template | |
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Apple Inc. articles) | NA | |
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Apple Inc. articles) | ??? |
Quality scale
Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
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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.
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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. | Macintosh Classic |
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:
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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 mergers and acquisitions by Apple |
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. | N/A |
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:
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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. | IOS 10 |
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
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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. | Steve Jobs |
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.
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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. | iPod Classic |
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:
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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. | Apple Keyboard |
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. | PowerBook 160 |
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 Mac software |
Category | Any category falls under this class. | Categories are mainly used to group together articles within a particular subject area. | Large categories may need to be split into one or more subcategories. Be wary of articles that have been miscategorized. | Category:Macintosh desktops |
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. | IPhone Touch |
File | Any page in the file namespace falls under this class. | The page contains an image, a sound clip or other media-related content. | Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited. | File:Aerial view of Apple Park dllu.jpg |
Project | All WikiProject-related pages fall under this class. | Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development. | Develop these pages into collaborative resources that are useful for improving articles within the project. | Wikipedia:WikiProject Apple Inc. |
Redirect | Any redirect falls under this class. | The page redirects to another article with a similar name, related topic or that has been merged with the original article at this location. | Editor involvement is essential to ensure that articles are not mis-classified as redirects, and that redirects are not mis-classified as articles. | Chime (Macintosh) |
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:Apple Inc. |
NA | Any non-article page that fits no other classification. | The page contains no article content. | Look out for misclassified articles. Currently, many NA-class articles may need to be re-classified. | N/A |
Importance assessment
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Apple Inc.}} project banner on its talk page:
The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):
Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance Apple Inc. articles) | Top | |
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Apple Inc. articles) | High | |
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Apple Inc. articles) | Mid | |
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Apple Inc. articles) | Low | |
NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance Apple Inc. articles) | NA | |
??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Apple Inc. articles) | ??? |
Importance scale
Really, go with your gut when assessing importance. I (DFlhb) just created this importance scale (and added examples) so that we have something, but feel free to boldly change it, and again, go with your gut, and use your own judgment. This table isn't meant as a "top-down" edict; just use it if you're confused.
Importance | Criteria | Example |
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Top | Reserved for product families, major platforms (macOS, iOS), major Apple Inc.-related articles, major individualls associated with Apple and its history. | Mac (computer) Apple Inc. IOS Jony Ive |
High | Product lines (MacBook Pro), particularly noteworthy products (Apple II), particularly noteworthy OS releases, noteworthy Apple platforms, major parts of Apple history, articles of interest to any Apple fan. First products of major lineups (e.g. first iPad, first Mac) | 1984 (advertisement) MacBook Mac OS X Snow Leopard iPhone 14 Stevenote |
Mid | Most Apple products, most OS releases, relatively minor aspects of Apple products, articles of interest to some Apple fans. | OS X Yosemite Apple Inc. design motifs QuickTime iPhone 13 |
Low | Lists, trivia, most apps by third-party developers, relatively obscure old product lines. | List of Mac games Apple II system clocks Apple A14 OmniFocus Macintosh LC |
NA | Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. | Category:Apple Inc. |
??? | Subject importance has not yet been assessed. | ??? |
November 15, 2024
Assessed
- Draft:SpatialGen (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Draft-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
November 14, 2024
Removed
- Draft:Allie's Story (talk) removed.
November 13, 2024
Assessed
Requests
Please visit the talk page to request an assessment.