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Importance
Top High Mid Low Total
Quality
Featured article FA 5 5 10
Featured list FL 1 1 2
A 4 3 1 8
Good article GA 1 27 57 11 96
B 5 230 710 66 1011
Start 12 531 1761 226 2530
Stub 6 375 4940 834 6155
List 65 47 112 35 259
Assessed 89 1220 7589 1173 10071
Total 89 1220 7589 1173 10071
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See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/Assessment

Welcome to the assessment department of the U.S. Roads WikiProject! This project aims to assess articles under the general Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads umbrella. It is not specifically related to the U.S. Trains Assessment subproject, but will aim to mirror the beneficial features of their assessment process.

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[edit] Quality scale

See also: Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment
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. Kansas Turnpike
(March 30, 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. List of Interstate Highways in Texas
(March 4, 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. Pennsylvania Route 39
(July 27, 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, 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. Interstate 476
(March 8, 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. Specifically, it has a "Route description", a "History", and a junction or exit list. The first two sections have about 50-75% of the material that the finished product should have. 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. U.S. Route 209
(August 4, 2007)
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

If an article is missing a "Route description," "History," or junction / exit list, it goes here (unless the article is a former state route or falls under some other classification where one of the sections would not make sense).

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. California State Route 237
(August 4, 2007)
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. Delaware Route 24
(August 4, 2007)
List
{{List-Class}}
Meets the criteria of a Stand-alone List, which is a page that contains primarily a list. 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 State Routes in New York
(August 4, 2007)
NA
{{NA-Class}}
Is not an article, and fits no other classification. Probably not useful to any casual reader, these are typically only WikiProject pages or a Portal. Look out for mis-classified articles. Currently many NA-class articles need to be re-classified. Interstate 470 dab page
(August 4, 2007)

[edit] Importance scale

Rating Definition Examples
Top Articles of national and international importance. Articles on systems; select national routes.
High Articles of national importance. All two-digit interstates not in Top-importance.
Three-digit interstates that connect multiple metropolitan areas.
Select state highways, such as NY 17 or CA 99; presence on a network like the National Highway System or California's "High Emphasis Routes" is a good general criterion, but should not be followed blindly.
Major U.S. routes that have not been duplicated by interstates.
Roads that are freeways in major metropolitan areas.
Mid Articles of state or regional importance. Most state highways and all U.S. routes and three-digit interstates not in High-importance.
Select county routes.
Low Articles of local importance. Named interchanges.
All remaining county routes.
Minor primary state routes and most secondary state routes.
Most bannered/business routes.

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