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Welcome to the assessment department of the WikiProject Xbox. This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's articles related to Xbox. The article ratings are 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 {{xboxp}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Xbox articles by quality and Category:Xbox articles by importance.

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[edit] Frequently asked questions

How can I get my article rated? 
As a member of the WikiProject Xbox, you can do it yourself. If you're unsure, list it in the section for assessment requests below.
Who can assess articles? 
Any member of the WikiProject Xbox is free to add—or change—the rating of an article.
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 (to be determined) who will handle it or assign the issue to someone.
What if I don't agree with a rating? 
Relist it as a request or contact (to be determined) who will handle it or assign the issue to someone.
Aren't the ratings subjective? 
Yes, they are (see, in particular, the disclaimers on the importance scale), 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 (to be determined) directly.

[edit] Instructions

[edit] Quality assessments

An article's assessment is generated from the class and importance parameters in the {{xboxp}} project banner on its talk page.

{{xboxp|class=??? |importance=}}
Featured article FA
Featured list FL
A
Good article GA
B
Start
Stub-
Image
Unassessed

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article:

Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Xbox articles. The class should be assigned according to the quality scale below.

[edit] Importance assessments

The following values may be used for the importance parameter:


Top
High
Mid
Low

The parameter is not used if an article's class is set to NA, and may be omitted in those cases. The importance should be assigned according to the importance scale below.

[edit] Quality scale

Article progress grading scheme
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.
A
{{A-Class}}		 Provides a complete description of the topic, and contains all information that is normally expected of an article like it. Complies with all of the project guidelines, and most of the featured article guidelines. Should be well referenced, and include no excessive information. May miss a few details, and have some problems with the prose, for example with gaming jargon and in universe perspective. Could be considered for featured article status. 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.
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. Good articles in the video games project's scope often still need work meeting project guidelines. Having completed the Good article designation process is not a requirement for A-Class. Useful to most readers. A good treatment of the subject, but may lack information in some areas. Can contain excessive information and violate standards. Some editing will clearly be helpful, but not necessary for a good reader experience. Further improvements may require outside comments, for example through an assessment. Now is the time to work on details such as the proper use of citation templates.
B
{{B-Class}}		 The highest article grade that can be assigned by a single reviewer from WikiProject Video games. Has several of the elements described in "start", usually a majority of the material needed for a comprehensive article. May contain stub sections and excessive information and lists. Contains at least a few reliable, third party references, but some text may be unverifiable. Useful to many, but not all, readers. The reader doing in-depth research may find some points missing, and the layperson may be confronted with excessive information only useful to fans. Considerable editing is still needed, including filling in some important gaps or correcting significant policy errors. Cleanup may be needed, and a close look at the video games guidelines and featured article guidelines will help with identifying problems. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
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. Usually treats the gameplay of a game well, but lacks information on the reception and development of the game. Articles on fiction typically do not contain enough real world information on the subject. 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. Reliable sources need to be found. Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
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. The article is usually very short, but may contain a lot of irrelevant lists and other inappropriate material. 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. Mario Kart Arcade GP 2
Image
{{Image-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. The article is usually very short, but may contain a lot of irrelevant lists and other inappropriate material. 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. Mario Kart Arcade GP 2

[edit] Importance scale

For the Importance scale use the Category:Xbox articles by importance

The criteria used for rating article importance are not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia needing to look up the topic (and thus the immediate need to have a suitably well-written article on it). Thus, subjects with greater popular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of military history. Importance does not equate to quality; a featured article could rate 'mid' on importance.

Note that general notability need not be from the perspective of editor demographics; generally notable topics should be rated similarly regardless of the country or region in which they hold said notability. Thus, topics which may seem obscure to a Western audience—but which are of high notability in other places—should still be highly rated.

  • The importance scale for the towns, provinces are determined by: High Importance: Capital and population higher than a million.
  • The importance scale for the biographies are determined by:
  • The importance scale for the current events are determined by:

[edit] Requesting an assessment

It is vital that people not take these assessments personally. It is understood that we all have different priorities and different opinions about what makes a perfect article. It is proposed that coordinator who performs a complete assessment on each page on that list every three months. If you contribute a lot of content to an article you may request an independent assessment.

For new articles please add this template

Placed on the articles talk page Generates
{{xboxp}}
WikiProject Xbox This article is within the scope of WikiProject Xbox, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's articles on Xbox related topics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale.
??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below. If you are interested in more extensive comments on an article, please use the peer review department instead.

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