Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink/Assessment

Quality assessments

An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Food and drink}} banner template on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

The following standard grades may be used to describe the quality of mainspace articles (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

More information FA, FL ...

FA	(for featured articles only; adds them to the FA-Class Food and drink articles category)		FA
FL	(for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class Food and drink articles category)		FL
A	(for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class Food and drink articles category)		A
GA	(for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class Food and drink articles category)		GA
B	(for articles that satisfy all of the B-Class criteria; adds them to the B-Class Food and drink articles category)		B
C	(for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class Food and drink articles category)		C
Start	(for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class Food and drink articles category)		Start
Stub	(for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class Food and drink articles category)		Stub
List	(for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class Food and drink articles category)		List
NA	(for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class Food and drink pages category)		NA
???	(articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed Food and drink articles category)		???

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More information FM, Category ...

FM	(for featured media only; adds them to the FM-Class Food and drink pages category)		FM
Category	(for categories; adds them to the Category-Class Food and drink pages category)		Category
Draft	(for drafts; adds them to the Draft-Class Food and drink pages category)		Draft
File	(for files and timed text; adds them to the File-Class Food and drink pages category)		File
Portal	(for portal pages; adds them to the Portal-Class Food and drink pages category)		Portal
Project	(for project pages; adds them to the Project-Class Food and drink pages category)		Project
Template	(for templates and modules; adds them to the Template-Class Food and drink pages category)		Template

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After assessing an article's quality, any comments on the assessment can be added to the article's talk page.

Quality scale

WikiProject content quality grading scheme

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More information Class, Criteria ...

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. It is: well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard; comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate; neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarism or too-close paraphrasing. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of: a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required. Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style where appropriate.	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.	Maraba coffee
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: Prose. It features professional standards of writing. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. Comprehensiveness. (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items. (b) statements are sourced where they appear, and they provide inline citations if they contain any of the four kinds of material absolutely required to have citations. (c) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists and includes at minimum eight items; does not violate the content-forking guideline, does not largely duplicate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages. (a) Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour; and a minimal proportion of items are redlinked. (b) Media files. It has images and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's usage policies, with succinct captions. Non-free images and other media satisfy the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and are labeled accordingly. (c) Accessibility. It uses proper formatting to be accessible to all readers. Bulleted and unbulleted lists and tables are structured correctly. Visual media, if included, utilize alternative (alt) text. Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.	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 vegetable oils
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.	Burger King
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: Well-written: the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. Verifiable with no original research: it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline; reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose); it contains no original research; and it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	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.	Fish
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 The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as {{cite web}} is optional. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.	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.	Vanilla
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.	2000 St. James Place
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: A useful picture or graphic Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article	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. Improve the grammar, spelling, and writing style; decrease the use of jargon.	Kashi (company)
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.	Abobra
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 fast food restaurants
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:Food and Category:Drink
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.	BK (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.
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.	Food and Drink
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.	This one
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.	Wikipedia:5P
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.	{{WikiProject Food and drink}}
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.	Talk:Burger_King/sandbox

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Importance assessments

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Food and drink}} project banner on its talk page:

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):

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.

• Charlie Mitchell (chef) - New BLP article requesting review.
• Smiths (snack foods) - This article is showing as Start Class but has been greatly improved.Davidstewartharvey (talk) 23:16, 10 October 2025 (UTC)
• Minnesotan cuisine - This article has not been reviewed, despite being one of if not the largest and most in-depth regional cuisine articles for US states. This article is currently start-class and was not given an importance rating. I will continue to better the elocution and flow of the article along with finding higher quality citations from books written on the subject. Thank you - Kahlo157 (talk) 12:25 August 8 2025 (UTC)
• Athletic Brewing Company - I am working on revising this article and would like a rating as a guide to me as a new wikipedian for what to focus on. MentholFlavoredOreo (talk) 04:09, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
• Dewakan - First two-Michelin-star restaurant in Malaysia, new article requesting for review. GNKJ95 (talk) 13:09, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
• Food reality television - has been improved with new content and references. It is currently rated a C-class article, but the talk page says it has not yet been checked again B-class criteria. I appreciate your help.
• Nanjing salted duck - This article is not yet rated. I have made significant changes to it, adding a lot of new information, including multiple sections, multiple references, infobox, images, etc. I will continue to add and revise it over the next few weeks and try to make it as best as I can, thank you. KRNEING (talk) 04:01, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
• New Mexico chile - The article has long since been overhauled with far more comprehensive information, new sections, improved flow, and citation and cleanup; currently C-class. My goal is to have this article eventually featured. Thank you! Kehkou (talk) 07:38, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
• Corporate farming - This article was ranked as start class. I have made significant changes to the whole thing, so a reassessment/input would be much appreciated. Creigpat (talk) 21:02, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
• Please assess Kiwifruit, it is a high importance piece with a lot of viewership, it should be at least B may need a little help to become A, if you can indicate things to fix to make it A it would be good as well.144.188.128.3 (talk) 00:45, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
• American Institute of Wine & Food - A relatively new article, and the topic is often referenced on other pages. It would be great to see it expanded. Hayden.L (talk) 04:19, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
• Sieving, never assessed Anthere (talk)
• Scialatelli - has recently had a lot of sources added, might be start class now. Also may be rated too high on the importance scale. Ibadibam (talk) 01:54, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
• English breakfast tea - stub template has been removed and sources added. Ibadibam (talk) 00:01, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
• Cooking with Dog - New article in need of first assessment.Luminum (talk) 22:38, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
• Broccolini - Have added a few sources & information recently. Currently at start class but should be at C. JoshMuirWikipedia (talk) 13:03, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
• Mate (beverage) - Has not been rated yet, no ratings for impotance or quality. Rated as B on the Uruguayan WikiProject.Springfan (talk) 17:02, 19 April 2017 (UTC)
• Ahi poke -it is currently listed as a stub. Sources, formatting and content have been added. Klosc440 (talk) 15:17, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
• Amager Bryghus -is rated as a stub. Sources, and content added. Jesus82 (talk) 16:16, 27 August 2017 (UTC)
• Looney's Pub -currently not assessed. Article has many sources but there is room for expansion and review. Thsmi002 (talk) 17:41, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
• Toby's Dinner Theatre -currently not assessed. In my opinion, there can be improvements made to the food and drink portion of this page. Thsmi002 (talk) 17:43, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
• Pecorino di Carmasciano - currently not assessed. Just created. Ergo Sum 05:45, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
• Charu (coffee shop) - currently a stub. I made some improvements. Is it enough for an upgrade to start class? Cheers! Gianvito Scaringi (talk) 13:59, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
• Lithuanian cuisine - complemented significantly since the January of 2018. Would be nice to get an assesment within WikiProject Food and drink project. -- Ke an (talk) 08:59, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
• Castanea sativa - we (a group of agronomy students) have made substantial changes to the article, and we would like a new assessment of the article. Thanks! Altcropgrup (talk) 16:25, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
• Junk food (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) High importance, rated C in 2013, has been quite dramatically expanded and improved since then. Tsavage (talk) 04:38, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
• Twisties - could this be reassessed when there is time? It has been expanded and citations added. Thank you! SunnyBoi (talk) 14:21, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
• Aero (chocolate bar) - could this please also be reassessed? I have added further information and citations throughout. Thanks so much! SunnyBoi (talk) 14:21, 21 July 2019 (UTC)
• Smoked meat - I have made significant additions to the article. It was rated start class, had little accurate information and was flagged for citations (went from 2 to 43). Please review. Thank You! Perplexed28 (talk) 13:18, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
• Mediterranean diet - arguably significant updates since it was assessed. --Signimu (talk) 17:47, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
• Weight Watchers (diet) - new article, no rating yet. --Signimu (talk) 20:54, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
• Max Headroom has been expanded with many citations and factual corrections (last assessed 2010). Also... should it be part of this project? Already part of Fictional characters, which seems like a more natural fit. BrightVamp (talk) 15:03, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
• Cơm tấm has been completed overhauled. I was initially a stub-class with a few uncited paragraph. After this overhaul, it's well structured, tons of new content, and well cited. I strongly believe it deserves a better quality class. Please re-assess it. Thank you! --Koonlew (talk) 21:18, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
• White Onion - Currently assessed as a stub, but I have been developing the content in it and feel that it is at least a start or a c-class article. Although a flag for the amount of citations exists, I have significantly increased the content and citations of the work. If possible, I would like this article reassessed. Thank you! --Crosspuzzles12 (talk) 00:59, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
• Bicol Express has been improved with expanded information, new content and added references. It is currently a stub article but I believe it has been improved to a start or C-class quality. Are you able to reassess it, please? Thank you! --RibbaSky (talk) 01:02, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
• Cuisine of Quebec is start-class but I put a lot of time into it and I would like it to be re-assessed to reflect what it is now --Safyrr (talk) 18:39, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
• Colby-Jack I have been working on this page for a while and would like it assessed from a stub to a higher class because I feel it is more than a stub. --Kayy1199 (talk) 00:47, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
• Celebrity tomato I have added a substantial amount of information to this stub and would like it to be assessed for a higher rating. Thank you! --Tanny2010 (talk) 08:18, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
• Meat and Livestock Australia Hi, I have expanded this article over the past few months and the article has reached a C-class article status. Assessment against the b-class article criteria would be highly appreciated. Thank you! Umbrella.Won (talk) 01:15, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
• Monégasque cuisine Hi, I have expanded this article quite substantially and would like it to be assessed for a higher rating. Thank you! A.ww22 (talk) 07:51, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
• Flourless chocolate cake Hi, I have updated the article regarding Flourless chocolate cake. I added references and citations and would like it to be assessed for a higher rating from stub. Thank you! Sshockley1 (talk) 01:15, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
• Crushed red pepper I've expanded the crushed red pepper article by adding additional sections and missing citations. I would like this article to be assessed for a higher rating. Thanks! SterlingAC (talk) 01:29, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
• Hardtack - I have made multiple edits to this page and overhauled the history section to include references to period-accurate documents and literature. This article has had it's requests for additional citations removed and I believe it meets B-Class status, if not GA. Thanks! JRHistorical (talk) 18:19, 4 May 2023 (UTC)