Wikipedia:WikiProject Delaware/Assessment
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Welcome to the assessment department of the Delaware WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's articles about Delaware or the people of Delaware. 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.
| Delaware articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA |
3 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| FL |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| FM |
4 | 4 | |||||
 GA |
4 | 42 | 57 | 1 | 104 | ||
| B | 10 | 15 | 62 | 140 | 13 | 240 | |
| C | 2 | 7 | 40 | 175 | 1 | 45 | 270 |
| Start | 3 | 18 | 288 | 928 | 184 | 1,421 | |
| Stub | 2 | 21 | 1,396 | 1 | 369 | 1,789 | |
| List | 6 | 11 | 73 | 18 | 108 | ||
| Category | 2,501 | 2,501 | |||||
| Disambig | 1 | 1 | |||||
| File | 71 | 71 | |||||
| Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Project | 21 | 21 | |||||
| Redirect | 1 | 6 | 73 | 269 | 349 | ||
| Template | 182 | 182 | |||||
| NA | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Assessed | 15 | 56 | 474 | 2,848 | 3,063 | 630 | 7,086 |
| Unassessed | 1 | 23 | 24 | ||||
| Total | 15 | 56 | 474 | 2,849 | 3,063 | 653 | 7,110 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 19,847 | Ω = 5.18 | |||||
The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject Delaware}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Delaware articles by quality and Category:Delaware articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.
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 Delaware WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article.
- 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
Syntax
The full syntax is as follows:
{{WikiProject United States
|class=
|importance=
|attention=
|auto=
|needs-infobox=
|small=
}}
General parameters
- class – a rating of the article's quality; see the assessment department for more details.
- importance – a rating of the article's importance; see the assessment department for more details.
- attention – "yes" if the article requires immediate attention. This adds the talk page to Category:Delaware articles needing attention.
- auto – "yes" if the article will be automatically assessed by a bot. This adds the talk page to Category:Automatically assessed Delaware articles.
- needs-infobox – "yes" if the article needs an infobox. This adds the talk page to Category:Delaware articles needing infoboxes.
- small – "yes" to display a small version of the template aligned along the right side of the page.
Quality assessment
An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Delaware}} 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):
| FA | (for featured articles only; adds them to the FA-Class Delaware articles category) | FA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FL | (for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class Delaware articles category) | FL | |
| A | (for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class Delaware articles category) |  A | |
| GA | (for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class Delaware articles category) | GA | |
| B | (for articles that satisfy all of the B-Class criteria; adds them to the B-Class Delaware articles category) | B | |
| C | (for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class Delaware articles category) | C | |
| Start | (for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class Delaware articles category) | Start | |
| Stub | (for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class Delaware articles category) | Stub | |
| List | (for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class Delaware articles category) | List | |
| NA | (for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class Delaware pages category) | NA | |
| ??? | (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed Delaware articles category) | ??? |
For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:
| FM | (for featured media only; adds them to the FM-Class Delaware pages category) | FM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Category | (for categories; adds them to the Category-Class Delaware pages category) | Category | |
| Draft | (for drafts; adds them to the Draft-Class Delaware pages category) | Draft | |
| File | (for files and timed text; adds them to the File-Class Delaware pages category) | File | |
| Portal | (for portal pages; adds them to the Portal-Class Delaware pages category) | Portal | |
| Project | (for project pages; adds them to the Project-Class Delaware pages category) | Project | |
| Template | (for templates and modules; adds them to the Template-Class Delaware pages category) | Template |
The following non-standard assessment grades for mainspace content may be used at a WikiProject's discretion:
| Disambig | (for disambiguation pages; adds them to the Disambig-Class Delaware pages category) | Disambig | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redirect | (for redirect pages; adds them to the Redirect-Class Delaware pages category) | Redirect |
Quality scale
| 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. | Cleopatra (as of June 2018) |
| 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 dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018) |
| 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. | Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014) |
| 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. | Everybody Wants to Rule the World (as of October 2025) |
| 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. | Psychology (as of January 2024) |
| 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. | Wing (as of June 2018) |
| 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. Improve the grammar, spelling, and writing style; decrease the use of jargon. | Yap Day (as of March 2026) |
| 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. | Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014) |
| 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 literary movements |
| 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:Software |
| 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. | Apple (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:Musk Lorikeet jul08.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:Science |
| 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 Military history |
| 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. | Template:Martial arts |
| 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. |
Importance assessment
The criteria used for rating article importance are not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia needing to look up the topic (and thus the immediate need to have a suitably well-written article on it). Thus, subjects with greater popular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of Delaware.
Note that general notability need not be from the perspective of editor demographics; generally notable topics should be rated similarly regardless of the country or region in which they hold said notability. Thus, topics which may seem obscure to a Western audience—but which are of high notability in other places—should still be highly rated.
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Delaware}} project banner on its talk page:
{{WikiProject Delaware|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 Delaware articles) | Top | |
| High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Delaware articles) | High | |
| Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Delaware articles) | Mid | |
| Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Delaware articles) | Low | |
| NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance Delaware articles) | NA | |
| ??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Delaware articles) | ??? |
Importance scale
| Importance | Criteria | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Top | Subject is extremely important, even crucial, to its specific field. Reserved for subjects that have achieved international notability within their field. | Kindergarten |
| High | Subject is extremely notable, but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent. | Factory Acts |
| Mid | Subject is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area. | 0.999... |
| Low | Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within its field of study. It may only be included to cover a specific part of a notable article. | G cell |
| NA | Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. | Category:Palms |
| ??? | Subject importance has not yet been assessed. |
We are currently discussing which articles should be counted as being of Top-importance at Wikipedia:WikiProject Delaware/Assessment/Top-importance articles.
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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Fightin%27_Blue_Hens_football
Assessment log
- The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.
Unexpected changes, such as downgrading an article, or raising it more than two assessment classes at once, are shown in bold.
March 22, 2026
Reassessed
- 1996 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Kathy Jennings (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Template:Ethnicity in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Indigenous peoples of Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
March 21, 2026
Reassessed
- 1976 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- 1940 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1944 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1948 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1952 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1956 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1960 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1964 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1968 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1972 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1976 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1980 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1984 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1988 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1992 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1996 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 2000 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 2016 Delaware elections (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 2026 Delaware elections (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- The Battle of Bunker Hill (painting) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
March 20, 2026
Assessed
- 1856 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1872 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1892 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1896 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1900 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1904 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1908 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1928 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1940 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1944 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1948 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1952 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1956 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1968 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1972 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 1976 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- 2016 United States presidential election in Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:Whitehall Neighborhood, Delaware (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
March 17, 2026
Reassessed
- 2026 Delaware Senate election (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Category:Civil rights activists from Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Musicians from Delaware by genre (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Musicians from Delaware by populated place (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Suffragists from Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Trade unionists from Delaware (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
March 16, 2026
Assessed
- Category:Basketball players in Delaware by team (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- David Brady (Delaware politician) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
- EduBirdie (talk) removed.
Worklist
- The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.
 | This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump. |
This page was once used by the Version 1.0 Editorial Team. It is preserved because of the information in its edit history. This page should not be edited or deleted. Wikiproject article lists can be generated using the WP 1.0 web tool.