Wikipedia:WikiProject Science Fiction/Assessment - Wikipedia
Welcome to the assessment department of WikiProject Science Fiction! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's science fiction related articles. Article ratings are used within the project 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 {{Science Fiction Project}} banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Science fiction articles by quality and Category:Science fiction articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for a worklist for the project.
- How can I get my article rated?
- Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
- Who can assess articles?
- Any member of WikiProject Science Fiction 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.
- What if I don't agree with a rating?
- If you disagree with a rating on an article you created, you can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can ask any member of the project to rate the article again. If you disagree with a rating on an article you did not create, feel free to change it.
- 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.
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Science Fiction}} project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.
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 science fiction articles) | FA | |
| A (adds articles to Category:A-Class science fiction articles) | A | |
| GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class science fiction articles) | GA | |
| B (adds articles to Category:B-Class science fiction articles) | B | |
| C (adds articles to Category:C-Class science fiction articles) | C | |
| Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class science fiction articles) | Start | |
| Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class science fiction articles) | Stub | |
| FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class science fiction articles) | FL | |
| List (adds articles to Category:List-Class science fiction articles) | List |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
After assessing an article's quality, any comments on the assessment can be added to the article's talk page.
| 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.
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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. | Star Trek Generations (as of 23 January 2021) |
| 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:
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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 Doctor Who serials |
| 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: |
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. | Robotron: 2084 |
| 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:
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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. | The Invisible Man (1933 film) (as of 8 April 2021) |
| 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
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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. | X-COM: UFO Defense (as of 6 November 2019) |
| 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. | Time travel in fiction (as of 1 May 2021) |
| 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:
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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. | Persephone Station (as of 30 April 2021) |
| 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. | The Harvest (Wilson novel) (as of 2 August 2019) |
| 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 science fiction television programs |
| Category | Any category falls under this class. | Categories are mainly used to group together articles within a particular subject area. | Large categories may need to be split into one or more subcategories. Be wary of articles that have been miscategorized. | Category:Science fiction |
| 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. | Cyberpunk (disambiguation) |
| File | Any page in the file namespace falls under this class. | The page contains an image, a sound clip or other media-related content. | Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited. | File:Startling Stories 1950 Jul cover.jpg |
| Portal | Any page in the portal namespace falls under this class. | Portals are intended to serve as "main pages" for specific topics. | Editor involvement is essential to ensure that portals are kept up to date. | Portal:Speculative fiction |
| Project | All WikiProject-related pages fall under this class. | Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development. | Develop these pages into collaborative resources that are useful for improving articles within the project. | Wikipedia:WikiProject Science Fiction |
| Redirect | Any redirect falls under this class. | The page redirects to another article with a similar name, related topic or that has been merged with the original article at this location. | Editor involvement is essential to ensure that articles are not mis-classified as redirects, and that redirects are not mis-classified as articles. | 2004 Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel |
| 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:Science fiction |
| NA | Any non-article page that fits no other classification. | The page contains no article content. | Look out for misclassified articles. Currently, many NA-class articles may need to be re-classified. | N/A |
Importance assessment
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Science Fiction}} project banner on its talk page:
{{WikiProject Science Fiction|importance=???}}
The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):
| Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance science fiction articles) | Top | |
| High (adds articles to Category:High-importance science fiction articles) | High | |
| Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance science fiction articles) | Mid | |
| Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance science fiction articles) | Low | |
| NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance science fiction articles) | NA | |
| ??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance science fiction articles) | ??? |
| Importance | Criteria | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Top | The article is one of the core topics about science fiction. Generally, this is limited to those articles that are are included as sections of the main Science fiction article. A reader who is not involved in the science fiction field will have high familiarity with the subject matter and should be able to relate to the topic easily. Only a handful of the most culturally significant authors and books will be assessed with Top importance. Articles in this importance range are written in mostly generic terms, leaving technical terms and descriptions for more specialized pages. | Mary Shelley |
| High | The article covers a topic that is vital to understanding science fiction. Most readers will have some knowledge of the subject. Famous books and authors may have High importance. Articles at this level cover particular issues related to science fiction, specific terms are used to detail the topic. | Blade Runner |
| Mid | The article covers a topic that has a strong but not vital role in the history of science fiction. Many readers will be familiar with the topic being discussed, but a larger majority of readers may have only cursory knowledge of the overall subject. Moderately well-known authors and many books will be marked with Mid importance. Articles at this level will cover subjects that are well known but not necessarily vital to understand science fiction. Due to the topics covered at this level, Mid-importance articles will generally have more technical terms used in the article text. Most people involved in the community of science fiction will be rated in this level. | Planet of the Apes |
| Low | The article is not required knowledge for a broad understanding of science fiction. Few readers outside the science fiction field or that are not science fiction students may be familiar with the subject matter. It is likely that the reader does not know anything at all about the subject before reading the article. Lesser known books and authors might be listed with Low importance. Articles at this range of importance will often delve into the minutiae of the science fiction, using technical terms (and defining them) as needed. Topics included at this level include characters and plot elements within most books or shows. | Super Science Stories |
| NA | Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. | Category:Science fiction |
| ??? | Subject importance has not yet been assessed. | ??? |
Requesting an assessment
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 assess a requested article, please strike it off so that other editors will not waste time going there too. Comments are not mandatory and any should be left at the article's talk page; the list below will be wiped periodically; if you registered a request below and it has been fulfilled, please consider coming back and removing it from the list yourself.
- George Edgar Slusser still unassessed despite having already been a DYK. Chris Troutman (talk) 15:31, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Rachel Aaron — science fiction and fantasy author. Article was improved while the subject of an AfD. Consensus was to Keep. Scottyoak2 (talk) 18:39, 21 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Void Star: request assessment of this article I have created. Thanks, M.Kayali (talk) 03:19, 3 September 2017 (UTC).[reply]
- Binary stars in fiction: I removed a large amount of fluff and now it may meet the criteria for C-class. The other associated WikiProjects have been notified. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:34, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- America 3000: I'm a student editor and selected this page as my main project. I've made extensive revisions to the article. Prior to my work the article was considered a Stub. I believe it is now at minimum a 'start'. WillKBeatty (talk) 17:40, 24 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- The Colors of Space: I've added a plot summary and 1 link, making it longer than a typical stub. I'd like to know if it can be considered start-class. Thanks, Pastychomper (talk) 12:18, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- The Unbalancing: requesting assessment of this article for the novel The Unbalancing by R. B. Lemberg. CorundumCat (talk) 13:01, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.
- Dr. Tachyon (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Dune (franchise) (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from High-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- List of Lavender Castle episodes (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- M'Ress (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Jason X: Planet of the Beast (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- La Soupe aux choux (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:Simon Messingham (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- StarFist series (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Starbase (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Disambig-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
- WP:Good topics/Doctor Who specials (2023) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Project-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Shastri (2024 film) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- File:DataTNG.jpg (talk) removed.
- List of Mysticons characters (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from List-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
- Starbase (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to Disambig-Class. (rev · t)
- The War of the Worlds (1953 film) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:DC Universe (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Oath of Fealty (novel) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Odyssey (novel) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- John W. Campbell (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Number Three (Battlestar Galactica) (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- The Robot Wars (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- File:DoAndroidsDream.png (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:Dog Man (book) (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- File:Dune 1984 soundtrack album cover.jpg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Orbital (novel) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Speculative fiction portal (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- The Zeta Project (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Antonina Liedtke (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Censor Addiction (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
- Count Baltar (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Earth–Minbari War (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Revival (upcoming TV series) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Thom Keyes (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Big Finish New Worlds (talk) removed.
- Category:Fictional gas giants (talk) removed.
- Amanda Ripley (character) (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Lists of fictional humanoid species (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Self-replicating machines in fiction (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Mid-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Fictional giant planets (talk) removed.
- Metanoia (film) (talk) removed.
- Draft:.45 Parabellum Bloodhound (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Baltar (Battlestar Galactica) (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Chigs (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Days of Eclipse (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Existential risk studies (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from B-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Gorean subculture (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Honored Matres (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Mid-Class. (rev · t)
- List of recurring Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Nien Nunb (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:Untitled Cyberpunk 2077 sequel (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Berzerk (video game) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Censor Addiction (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Imaginary friend (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:In Space with Markiplier (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Service Model (novel) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)