Welcome to the assessment department of Dorset WikiProject. This is where we assess the quality and importance of Wikipedia articles regarding Dorset. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 programme, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognising excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.
Frequently asked questions
- How can I get my article rated?
- Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
- Who can assess articles?
- Any member of the Dorset WikiProject 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?
- 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.
- 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.
Instructions
Quality assessments
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WPDorset}} project banner on its talk page: {{WPDorset|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 Dorset articles) | ![]() |
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A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Dorset articles) | ![]() |
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GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Dorset articles) | ![]() |
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B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Dorset articles) | B | |
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Dorset articles) | C | |
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Dorset articles) | Start | |
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Dorset articles) | Stub | |
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Dorset articles) | ![]() |
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List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Dorset articles) | List |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Dorset articles) | NA | |
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Dorset articles) | ??? |
After assessing an article's quality, any comments on the assessment can be added to the article's talk page.
Some articles that are stubs will have the following template located at the bottom of the page: {{Dorset-geo-stub}} by inserting {{Dorset-geo-stub}}. Doing so will automatically add the article to the Category:Dorset geography stubs. If you see a stub from the WikiProject Dorset it is advised that you add the template to it, but make sure that it is removed for articles that are Start or above class.
Quality scale
Importance assessment
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WPDorset}} project banner on its talk page:
- {{WPDorset| ... | importance=??? | ...}}
Top |
High |
Mid |
Low |
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The following values may be used for importance assessments:
- Top - adds articles to Category:Top-importance Dorset articles
- High - adds articles to Category:High-importance Dorset articles
- Mid - adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Dorset articles
- Low - adds articles to Category:Low-importance Dorset articles
- Unknown - Any article not rated for importance is automatically added to the Category:Unknown-importance Dorset articles.
Priority scale
Label | Criteria | Examples |
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Top | Articles with international recognition | Dorset, Thomas Hardy |
High | Articles with national recognition | Bournemouth, Poole |
Mid | Articles with regional recognition | Bournemouth Airport, Flag of Dorset |
Low | Articles with local recognition. | Dorset Knob, Poole Stadium |
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.
Requested assessments
Burton, Dorset - Significant changes made since being assessed as a stub --Ykraps (talk) 10:02, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
Good articles
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Listed below are some of our finest articles, which are great examples of how to improve your article! If you're writing about a settlement there's a guideline page, especially written for you as part of our parent WikiProject, UK Geography. See How to write about a settlement. For articles to reach good article status they must go through a peer review by one of the GA reviewers. They will assess it on the quality of its prose and references mainly. Unlike featured article status, you don't need to cover all the areas in detail. For more information see: Wikipedia:Good article criteria and Wikipedia:Featured article criteria.
Featured articles
Brownsea Island Scout camp
Dorset
Dorset Ooser
Isle of Portland
Maiden Castle, Dorset
Nine Stones, Winterbourne Abbas
Mary Anning
Weymouth, Dorset
Good articles
Bournemouth
Cerne Abbas Giant
Christchurch, Dorset
Dorchester, Dorset
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Hengistbury Head
HMS Hood (1891)
Jurassic Coast
Kingston Lacy
Kingston Russell Stone Circle
Lulworth Skipper
Monmouth Rebellion
Murder of Celine Figard
Polled Dorset
Poole
Puddletown
South West Coast Path
Tesco bomb campaign
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Assessment log
Dorset articles: Index · Statistics · Log |
- The logs in this section are generated automatically by a bot on a daily basis. It is a reflection of changes made to the talk page template in ratings of articles of this project. Please do not edit this section.
June 23, 2024
Assessed
- Millsodon (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
June 21, 2024
Reassessed
- Sandbanks Hotel (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Low-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Heart South (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Purbeckodon (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
June 19, 2024
Reassessed
- 1993 Bournemouth bombing (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Poole Bus Station (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Low-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
June 18, 2024
Reassessed
- The Etches Collection (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
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