Wikipedia:WikiProject Higher education/Assessment
Welcome to the assessment department of the WikiProject Higher education! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Universities and College articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also 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 {{WikiProject Higher education}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Higher education articles by quality, Category:Higher education articles needing attention, and Category:Higher education collaborations. The quality ratings serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.
Frequently asked questions
[edit]- How can I get my article rated?
- As a member of the WikiProject Higher education, you can do it yourself. If you're unsure, list it in the requesting an assessment section below.
- Who can assess articles?
- Any member of WikiProject Higher education is free to add—or change—the rating of an article, but please follow the guidelines.
- 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 Wikipedia:WikiProject Higher education who will handle it or assign the issue to someone. You may also list it for a Peer review.
- What if I don't agree with a rating?
- Relist it as a request or contact Wikipedia:WikiProject Higher education who will handle it or assign the issue to someone.
- Aren't the ratings subjective?
- Yes, they are, 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 the Wikipedia:WikiProject Higher education directly.
Instructions
[edit]An article's assessment is generated from the class and parameters in the {{WikiProject Higher education}} project banner on its talk page. You can learn the syntax by looking at the talk pages in edit mode and by reading the info below.
This is the rating syntax (ratings and dates are samples, change to what applies to the article in question):
- {{WikiProject Higher education}}
- Displays the default banner, showing the project info and only ??? for the quality parameter.
- {{WikiProject Higher education|class=FA}}
- All assessed articles should have quality filled in. Leaving the other parameters off does not hurt anything.
- {{WikiProject Higher education|class=Start|attention=yes}}
- If an article needs immediate attention, add the attention tag and please leave talk notes as to why. The only valid parameter for this field is "yes". If it does not need attention, leave the parameter off.
- {{WikiProject Higher education|class=B|attention=yes|past-selected=[[July]] [[2006]]|collaboration-past=[[April]] [[2006]]}}
- If an article has been the SATM or COTM, these tags get added in this format.
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Higher education}} project banner on its talk page: {{WikiProject Higher education|class=???}}
The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):
FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class Higher education articles) | FA | |
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Higher education articles) | A | |
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Higher education articles) | GA | |
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Higher education articles) | B | |
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Higher education articles) | C | |
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Higher education articles) | Start | |
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Higher education articles) | Stub | |
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Higher education articles) | FL | |
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Higher education articles) | List |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Higher education articles) | Category | |
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Higher education articles) | Disambig | |
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Higher education articles) | Draft | |
FM (for featured media only; adds pages to Category:FM-Class Higher education articles) | FM | |
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Higher education articles) | File | |
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Higher education articles) | Portal | |
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Higher education articles) | Project | |
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Higher education articles) | Template | |
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Higher education articles) | NA | |
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Higher education articles) | ??? |
The class should be assigned according to the quality scale below.
Quality scale
[edit]All examples below are as of July 2021. Please note that a B-Class article must include at least one reference.
Class | Criteria | Reader's experience | Editing suggestions | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|
FA | The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured article criteria:
A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.
|
Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information. | No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. | United States Military Academy |
FL | The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured list criteria:
|
Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items. | No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. | List of University of Waterloo people |
A | The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria
The article meets the A-Class criteria:
Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history). |
Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting. | Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help. | None |
GA | The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria
A good article is:
|
Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication. | Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing. | Columbia University |
B | The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria
|
Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher. | A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines. | University of California, Berkeley |
C | The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria
The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.
|
Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study. | Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems. | National Collegiate Athletic Association |
Start | An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following:
|
Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more. | Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use. | Kyoto University |
Stub | A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. | Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant. | Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant. | Fiji National University |
List | Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area. | 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 universities and colleges in Denmark |
Disambig | Any disambiguation page falls under this class. | The page serves to distinguish multiple articles that share the same (or similar) title. | Additions should be made as new articles of that name are created. Pay close attention to the proper naming of such pages, as they often do not need "(disambiguation)" appended to the title. | Concordia University (disambiguation) |
Template | Any template falls under this class. The most common types of templates include infoboxes and navboxes. | Different types of templates serve different purposes. Infoboxes provide easy access to key pieces of information about the subject. Navboxes are for the purpose of grouping together related subjects into an easily accessible format, to assist the user in navigating between articles. | Infoboxes are typically placed at the upper right of an article, while navboxes normally go across the very bottom of a page. Beware of too many different templates, as well as templates that give either too little, too much, or too specialized information. | Template:Infobox University |
Assessment log
[edit]July 24, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Minor Seminary (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Category:Alumni of the Ulm School of Design (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- CLARIN (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- European University of Technology (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:James Madison Dukes men's track and field athletes (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Law schools in the Philippines (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Moshe Sidi (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Seminaries and theological colleges in New Hampshire (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Seminaries and theological colleges in Utah (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:UConn Huskies women's track and field athletes (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:University and college buildings completed in 1874 (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
July 23, 2024
[edit]Renamed
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- Yerevan Azerbaijan Pedagogical School (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- File:AITD Logo (updated).jpg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t)
- File:DBCE Fatorda Logo.png (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t)
- List of Phi Sigma Sigma chapters (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as List-Class. (rev · t)
- Sigma Pi, Mu Chapter (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Sreenarayanaguru Open University (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- Tiffany Lopez (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- Government First Grade College, Rajajinagar (talk) removed.
- NIILM School of Business (talk) removed.
- File:Tohoku University logo.svg (talk) removed.
July 22, 2024
[edit]Renamed
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- 1994 NIRSA National Soccer Championship (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:College of Central Florida alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Dedi Priadi (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Eastern State Normal School alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Florida Atlantic University alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Florida Gateway College alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Florida Gulf Coast University alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Florida International University alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Florida Southern College alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Florida State University alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Full Sail University alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Illinois College of Optometry alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Illinois Institute of Technology alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Illinois State University alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Illinois Valley Community College alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Judson University alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- List of fictional universities (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as List-Class. (rev · t)
- Literary and Debating Society (Maynooth University) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Loyola Ramblers men's track and field athletes (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Loyola Ramblers track and field (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Maine College of Art & Design alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Maine Maritime Academy alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:New College of Florida alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Nicolet Seminary (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Northwest Florida State College alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Nova Southeastern University alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Orlando College alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Polk State College alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Ringling College of Art and Design alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Romania universities and colleges navigational boxes (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Saint Joseph's College of Maine alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Saint Leo University alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Santa Fe College alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Southeastern University (Florida) alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:St. John Vianney College Seminary alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:St. Thomas University (Florida) alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Stetson University alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:University of Florida alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:University of Maine System alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:University of Maine alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:University of Maine at Augusta alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:University of Maine at Farmington alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:University of Maine at Fort Kent alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:University of Maine at Presque Isle alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:University of North Florida alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:University of South Florida alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:University of West Florida alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Valencia College alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- Lit & Deb (talk) removed.
- NIILM University (talk) removed.
July 21, 2024
[edit]Renamed
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Alvin F. Meredith III (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Council for the Defence of the British Universities (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Donald W. Zacharias (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Hamilton Harty Professor of Music (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- School of Art History and World Art Studies (UEA) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Ulm School of Design (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Association of University Bible Groups of France (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Delta Epsilon Mu (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:LIU Post Pioneers men's track and field athletes (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:LIU Post Pioneers track and field (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- File:Mykolas Romeris University logo.svg (talk) removed.
July 20, 2024
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- ELTE Faculty of Humanities (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- 1998 NIRSA National Soccer Championship (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- Alvin F. Meredith III (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- Center for Pacific Islands Studies (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Comités Abertos de Faculdade (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- ELTE School of English and American Studies (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t)
- Harry Preston (writer) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Nick Bruno (president) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Yuba College (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Yuba College alumni (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
[edit]- Category:2024 Ivy League women's soccer season (talk) removed.
- File:JSIS Logo UW.png (talk) removed.
- Nick Bruno (talk) removed.
July 19, 2024
[edit]Renamed
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- Aurora (university network) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Knox College (Illinois) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Faculty of Electrical Engineering Tuzla (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- File:Faculty of Electrical Engineering Tuzla Logo.png (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t)
- File:JSIS Logo UW.png (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t)
- Jingdezhen Ceramic University (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Saint Petersburg Repin Academy of Arts (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)
July 18, 2024
[edit]Renamed
[edit]Reassessed
[edit]- 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Black Sea Universities Network (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to List-Class. (rev · t)
- Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- National Association of Schools of Art and Design (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
[edit]- Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t)
- List of Upsilon Pi Epsilon chapters (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as List-Class. (rev · t)
- Skill National University (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t)
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t)