Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Creating an A-Class review or reappraisal
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Creating a new A-Class review or reappraisal edit
If an article has been put up for A-Class review in the past and you receive a request for assistance per WP:MHR for a fresh review, a new version has to be created manually.
Find the archive page edit
- Go to Special:WhatLinksHere
- Put the name of the old review page into the upper text box. It will look like Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/<page name>
- Set the namespace in the lower dropbox to "Wikipedia"
- One link should be found. It should look like Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/<Year>/<Outcome> where <Outcome> will be Promoted, Kept, Failed or Demoted
- eg Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/2023/Promoted
- Click on the link of that archive page, which transcludes the review.
Find the last review edit
- On another tab or window, go to the talk page of the article and look in the {{article history}} template for any past reviews. They will have the form Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/<page name><number>.
- If there are any, we will be creating an archive with a number one greater than the last one. Otherwise, we will be creating archive1
Move the review page edit
- On another tab or window go to the review page
- Move the page from <review page> to <review page>/archive<number> without redirect
- eg. Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/History of military logistics/archive1
This requires page mover privileges (bundled if you are an admin). If you don't have page mover, you can request it at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Page mover.
Update the talk page edit
- Go back to the talk page tab and edit the {{article history}} template and change <review page> to <review page>/archive<number>
Update the archive edit
- Go back to the archive page tab and edit it to change <review page> to <review page>/archive<number>
Create the new review edit
- The editor can now create a new review or reappraisal by following the instructions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/A-Class review#Instructions
Warning Do not create a new WAR article history entry. This will be created by the Bot when the review is closed.- Warning Do not remove the class=A from the banner shell or the project banner. This will be done by the Bot if the review determines that the article should be delisted.
