Wikipedia:WikiProject Automobiles

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[edit] Title

WikiProject Automobiles

[edit] Scope

This WikiProject exists to co-ordinate the effort to compile articles on all types and classes of automobile, automotive parts and technology. Additionally, it has the goal of presenting all articles in a consistent, legible and informative format.

[edit] Parent project

WikiProject:Transport

[edit] Sister projects

[edit] Child projects

[edit] Sections

[edit] Example articles

[edit] Featured Articles

The following articles (or prior versions thereof) are some examples of what we believe automobile related articles should ideally look like, although none of them are perfect or complete. Bold article names have been featured on the main page.

Individual vehicles
Brands/companies
Other related

[edit] Current Automobile Featured Article Candidates

The following articles are currently being reviewed as candidates for Featured Article status.

[edit] Former featured articles

While at one point these articles were Featured Articles, they have since had that status revoked. Bold article names have been featured on the main page.

[edit] Good Articles

A number of automobile articles have not reached featured article status, but have been flagged as good articles.

Individual vehicles
Brands/companies

[edit] Current Automobile Good Article Nominees

The following automobile-related articles are currently nominated for Good Article status.

[edit] Former good articles

[edit] Featured pictures

1928 Ford Model A

Four stroke engine

Peugeot 206 WRC during the 2003 Swedish Rally

Radial engine

[edit] Templates

[edit] Stubs

Instead of simply using {{stub}} you might want to use one of the following more specific automobile stub tags, some of which are:

  • {{auto-stub}} for stubs about general automotive topics. Unfortunately, this category contains many articles, so use of one of the subcategories is recommended.

New articles

April 2008
March 2008
February 2008

[edit] Pages needing attention

[edit] Automobiles

[edit] Quality Scale

See the Assessment department for more information!

Article progress grading scheme [  v • d • e  ]
Label Criteria Reader's experience Editor's experience Example
Featured article FA
{{FA-Class}}		 Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "Featured article" status, and meet the current criteria for featured articles. Definitive. Outstanding, thorough article; a great source for encyclopedic information. No further additions are necessary unless new published information has come to light, but further improvements to the text are often possible. Tourette Syndrome (as of July 2007)
Featured list FL
{{FL-Class}}		 Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "Featured lists" status, and meet the current criteria for featured lists. Definitive. Outstanding, thorough list; a great source for encyclopedic information. No further additions are necessary unless new published information has come to light, but further improvements to the text are often possible. FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives (as of January 2008)
A
{{A-Class}}		 Provides a well-written, reasonably clear and complete description of the topic, as described in How to write a great article. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, with a well-written introduction and an appropriate series of headings to break up the content. It should have sufficient external literature references, preferably from reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy (peer-reviewed where appropriate). Should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. At the stage where it could at least be considered for featured article status, corresponds to the "Wikipedia 1.0" standard. Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject matter would typically find nothing wanting. May miss a few relevant points. Minor edits and adjustments would improve the article, particularly if brought to bear by a subject-matter expert. In particular, issues of breadth, completeness, and balance may need work. Peer-review would be helpful at this stage. Durian (as of March 2007)
Good article GA
{{GA-Class}}		 The article has passed through the Good article nomination process and been granted GA status, meeting the good article standards. This should be used for articles that still need some work to reach featured article standards, but that are otherwise acceptable. Good articles that may succeed in FAC should be considered A-Class articles, but having completed the Good article designation process is not a requirement for A-Class. Useful to nearly all readers. A good treatment of the subject. No obvious problems, gaps, or excessive information. Adequate for most purposes, but other encyclopedias could do a better job. Some editing will clearly be helpful, but not necessary for a good reader experience. If the article is not already fully wikified, now is the time. International Space Station (as of February 2007)
B
{{B-Class}}		 Commonly the highest article grade that is assigned outside a more formal review process. Has several of the elements described in "start", usually a majority of the material needed for a comprehensive article. Nonetheless, it has some gaps or missing elements or references, needs editing for language usage or clarity, balance of content, or contains other policy problems such as copyright, Neutral Point Of View (NPOV) or No Original Research (NOR). With NPOV a well written B-class may correspond to the "Wikipedia 0.5" or "usable" standard. Articles that are close to GA status but don't meet the Good article criteria should be B- or Start-class articles. Useful to many, but not all, readers. A casual reader flipping through articles would feel that they generally understood the topic, but a serious student or researcher trying to use the material would have trouble doing so, or would risk error in derivative work. Considerable editing is still needed, including filling in some important gaps or correcting significant policy errors. Articles for which cleanup is needed will typically have this designation to start with. Jammu and Kashmir (as of October 2007) has a lot of helpful material but needs more prose content and references.
Start
{{Start-Class}}		 The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas, and may lack a key element. For example an article on Africa might cover the geography well, but be weak on history and culture. Has at least one serious element of gathered materials, including any one of the following:
  • a particularly useful picture or graphic
  • multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic
  • a subheading that fully treats an element of the topic
  • multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article
 Useful to some, provides a moderate amount of information, but many readers will need to find additional sources of information. The article clearly needs to be expanded. Substantial/major editing is needed, most material for a complete article needs to be added. This article still needs to be completed, so an article cleanup tag is inappropriate at this stage. Real analysis (as of November 2006)
Stub
{{Stub-Class}}		 The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to bring it to A-Class level. It is usually very short, but can be of any length if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible. Possibly useful to someone who has no idea what the term meant. May be useless to a reader only passingly familiar with the term. At best a brief, informed dictionary definition. Any editing or additional material can be helpful. Coffee table book (as of July 2005)


[edit] Project members

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This user is a member of WikiProject Automobiles.


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    [[Category:WikiProject Automobiles members|your username]] to your userpage.