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The Assessment department finds historical articles for the first time and rate them on quality and importance scales.

The articles are rated by examining them and comparing them to the quality and importance scales. A template is then place on the article's talk page stating that the article is within the scope of WikiProject History and displaying what rating the article has been given].

Historical articles can be found in Category:History and its subcategories

Progress

History articles		Importance
		Top	High	Mid	Low	None	Total
Quality
	FA		1	3	4	104	112
	A					12	12
	GA		1	8	5	157	171
	B	20	18	22	6	1003	1069
	C	3	6	8	7	190	214
	Start	11	17	27	20	2932	3007
	Stub		5	9	14	3289	3317
	List					53	53
	Assessed	34	48	77	56	7740	7955
	Unassessed	1	1	1		7331	7334
	Total	35	49	78	56	15071	15289

Template

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject History, a group devoted to the the study, and improvement of Wikipedia articles on the subject, of History. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.
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Additional information: This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-Class status: Referencing and citation: not checked Coverage and accuracy: not checked Structure: not checked Grammar: not checked Supporting materials: not checked Neutrality: not checked To fill out this checklist, please add the following to the template call: <!-- 1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited. --> |B-Class-1=yes/no <!-- 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. --> |B-Class-2=yes/no <!-- 3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content. --> |B-Class-3=yes/no <!-- 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. --> |B-Class-4=yes/no <!-- 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. --> |B-Class-5=yes/no <!-- 6. It is written from a neutral point of view. --> |B-Class-6=yes/no

Usage

The following is the full syntax used for placing this template on a talk page:

{{WikiProject History
|small=
|nested=
|class=
|importance=
|Attention= 
|A-Class=
|peer-review=
|old-peer-review=
<!-- B-Class checklist -->
<!-- 1. It is suitably referenced, and all 
major points are appropriately cited. -->
|B-Class-1=
<!-- 2. It reasonably covers the topic, and 
does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies. -->
|B-Class-2=
<!-- 3. It has a defined structure, including 
a lead section and one or more sections of content. -->
|B-Class-3=
<!-- 4. It is free from major grammatical errors. -->
|B-Class-4=
<!-- 5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, 
such as an infobox, images, or diagrams. -->
|B-Class-5=
<!-- 6. It is written from a neutral point of view. -->
|B-Class-6=
<!-- Task forces -->
}}

General parameters:

• small – "yes" if the banner should be rendered in its miniature size; this should be used sparingly and only on crowded talk pages for the time being.
• nested – "yes" if the banner is being used in conjunction with {{WikiProjectBannerShell}}.
• class – a rating of the article's quality; see the quality scale for more details.
• importance - a rating of the article's quality; see the importance scale for more details.
• Attention – "yes" if the article is extremely low quality and requires the attention of experienced editors.
• A-Class – current/pass/fail
• peer-review – "yes"
• old-peer-review – "yes"

B-Class checklist (available only for articles rated as "Stub-Class", "Start-Class", or "B-Class":

• B-Class-1 – "yes" if the article meets criterion #1 for B-Class status; "no" if it does not.
• B-Class-2 – "yes" if the article meets criterion #2 for B-Class status; "no" if it does not.
• B-Class-3 – "yes" if the article meets criterion #3 for B-Class status; "no" if it does not.
• B-Class-4 – "yes" if the article meets criterion #4 for B-Class status; "no" if it does not.
• B-Class-5 – "yes" if the article meets criterion #5 for B-Class status; "no" if it does not.
• B-Class-6 – "yes" if the article meets criterion #6 for B-Class status; "no" if it does not.

Quality scale

Featured articles

Reserved for articles that meet the featured article criteria and have received featured article status after community review

Featured articles are selected at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates

A-Class

Reserved for articles that have received A-Class status after review by the project. Such articles are expected to largely meet the featured article criteria, and must be comprehensive, accurate, well-sourced, and decently-written.

A-Class articles are selected by the project at Wikipedia:WikiProject History/Review#A-Class Review.

Good articles

Reserved for articles that meet the good article criteria and have received good article status.

Good articles are selected at Wikipedia:Good article nominations.

B-Class

The article meets the following six criteria:

1. It is suitably referenced, and all major points are appropriately cited.
2. It reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain major omissions or inaccuracies.
3. It has a defined structure, including a lead section and one or more sections of content.
4. It is free from major grammatical errors.
5. It contains appropriate supporting materials, such as an infobox, images, or diagrams.
6. It is written from a neutral point of view

B-Class articles are selected by individual assessors.

Start Class

Start class article have a few paragraphs that provide all the key points but may not cover all aspects of the subject. These articles usually have an image or infobox to support the text.

Start-class articles are selected by individual assessors.

Stub Class

Stubs are very short articles which offer a quick description of the subject

Stub articles are selected by individual assessors

Importance scale

Wikipedia content modification information:

• This page was last modified on 6 February 2008, at 18:00.

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