User:AlmightyClam/assessment log

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Hey there! Welcome to my assessment log.

As my main focus on Wikipedia at the moment is assessment, I thought that members of my WikiProjects, and maybe some other people, would be interested to know how far I've got. Because I'm nice, I've also put some advice for newcomers regarding assessment at the bottom of the page.

Contents

[edit] Assessment for Wikiproject Novels

2nd April 2008- finished G section of Catergory: Automatically assessed novel articles (started category at section A)

3rd April 2008- finished I section of the same category

19th April 2008- Been neglecting Wikipedia a bit, but today I finished J section

4th May 2008- Finished K and L sections

[edit] Assessment for the Pink Floyd Wikiproject

The last time I checked, no Pink Floyd related articles needed assessing.

[edit] Assessment for Wikiproject Germany

4th May 2008- finished muber sections of Category: Unassessed Germany-related articles

[edit] Advice section

If you are new to Wikipedia, or just new to assessment, you might find these tips helpful:

  • Don't get distracted. If you are concentrating on assessing a long list of articles, it won't help you if you fall by the wayside and start working of the article itself.
  • Set yourself a target. This helps motivate you, i.e. stop you getting bored (atleast, not as quickly). It's best to go onto "unknown rating article" categories and aim to finish a certain letter group (e.g. A). Or, if you've got less time, set yourself a target like "I will assess 15 articles today."
  • If in doubt: Remember, it's always better to under-assess than over-assess. By over-assessing, you may cause users to nominate the article for GA-status too soon, and a low assessment will usually encourage people to work harder on the article anyway.
  • Make your own decisions. Wikipedia is always telling it's users to be bold! So if you've decided on a rating, then don't be put off if it is higher or lower than a rating anothr WikiProject has given it.
  • Also, copy the word "assessment" into your clipboard then paste it into every edit summary box while assessing. It saves a lot of time.