Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Roald Dahl task force

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Welcome!

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Welcome to WikiProject Roald Dahl. This WikiProject is a collaboration area and open group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of articles related to the author Roald Dahl and the surrouding subjects. We currently have 61 articles under the scope of this project, which generally includes articles where Roald Dahl is a relevant focus to the subject. This WikiProject aims primarily to improve and organise these articles in an attempt to establish a standard. Such an effort endeavours to produce a reference that has value as an authority on material, is easy to read, and has a consistent style.

If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page, add yourself to the list of participants, see the to-do list or just start editing.

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Participants

1. --sillybillypiggy^{talk to mesign!} -The founder of the project.
2. --NedVed20^{talk to me}
3. --MayhemMario
4. --Doniago^{What's on your mind?}
5. --~~Ebe123~~ → report ← Contribs
6. --Joefromrandb (talk) 22:18, 25 December 2011 (UTC)
7. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions)
8. Clockery ^{talk contribs} 10:29, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Once you have added your name to the list, you can add this userbox to your homepage,

RD	This user is a member of the Roald Dahl task force

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What can you do?

Please feel free to add to this list. If you feel a task has been completed feel free to remove it and start a new one!

1. Become a member of the task force and encourage others to do so.
2. Tag articles for the task force.
3. Improve: George's Marvellous Medicine.
4. Improve: Going Solo.
5. Work on all Roald Dahl related articles mainly focusing on stubs.
6. Assess articles on class and importance.
7. Get Roald Dahl to FA or GA

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Achievements

Articles with Good Article status

• You Only Live Twice (film)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)

Articles selected for "Did You Know?"

• Did you know... that Roald Dahl Plass, a plaza in Cardiff Bay, has been used as the setting for both Doctor Who and its spin-off Torchwood? — on the Main Page on 29 Ocotber 2006.

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Scope

This task force maintains the following categories:

▼ Roald Dahl task force articles

► Books by Roald Dahl

► Children's books by Roald Dahl

► Roald Dahl characters

► Films based on works by Roald Dahl

► Musicals based on works by Roald Dahl

► Novels by Roald Dahl

► Poetry by Roald Dahl

► Roald Dahl task force articles by importance

► Roald Dahl task force articles by quality

► Screenplays by Roald Dahl

► Short stories by Roald Dahl

► Short story collections by Roald Dahl

► Willy Wonka

► Willy Wonka characters

► Works by Roald Dahl

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News

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Assessment

This task force assesses articles on quality and importance according to the WP:1.0 quality scale. If you feel any article is incorrectly assessed, you can either change it yourself, selecting the correct article class from the scale, or request an assessment from this department for a more objective viewpoint.

Criteria

This task force uses the WP:1.0 quality scale to assess its articles.

Quality Scale

WikiProject article quality grading scheme

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
FA	The article has attained featured article status. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured article criteria: A featured article exemplifies our 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, even brilliant, 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; and 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. 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 system of hierarchical section headings and a substantial but not overwhelming table of contents; and consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using either footnotes (<ref>Smith 2007, p. 1.</ref>) or Harvard referencing (Smith 2007, p. 1)—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references; for articles with footnotes, the meta:cite format is recommended. The use of citation templates is not required. Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions, and acceptable copyright status. Images included 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.	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.	L'incoronazione di Poppea (as of August 2010)
A	The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been reviewed by impartial reviewers from this 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:How to write a great article. 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. Peer review may help.	102nd Intelligence Wing (as of March 2010)
GA	The article has attained good article status. More detailed criteria The article meets the good article criteria: A good article is— Well-written: the prose is clear and concise, respects copyright laws, and the 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; it provides in-line citations from reliable sources for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons—science-based articles should follow the scientific citation guidelines; and it contains no original research. 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 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 images: images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content; and images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (but not equalling) the quality of a professional encyclopedia.	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.	Usain Bolt (as of November 2009)
B	The article is mostly complete and without major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria The article meets the six B-Class criteria: The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations where necessary. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. The use of either <ref> tags or citation templates such as {{cite web}} is not required. 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 it certainly need not be "brilliant". The Manual of Style need not be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams and 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. Although Wikipedia is more than just a general encyclopedia, 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 also be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines.	KV55 (as of November 2009)
C	The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains much 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 is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements; need editing for clarity, balance, or flow; or contain policy violations, such as bias or original research. Articles on fictional topics are likely to be marked as C-Class if they are written from an in-universe perspective.	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.	Architecture of Sweden (as of May 2009)
Start	An article that is developing, but which is quite incomplete and, most notably, lacks adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a usable amount of good content but is weak in many areas, usually in referencing. Quality of the prose may be distinctly unencyclopedic, and MoS compliance non-existent; but the article should satisfy fundamental content policies, such as notability and BLP, and provide enough sources to establish verifiability. No Start-Class article should be in any danger of being speedily deleted.	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.	Real analysis (as of November 2006)
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. More detailed criteria The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to become a meaningful article. It is usually very short; but, if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible, an article of any length falls into this category.	Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority.	Geodia gibberosa (as of July 2009)
FL	The article has attained featured list status. 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) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists; 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. 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.	Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3) (as of December 2012)
List	Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list, 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 aikidoka (as of June 2007)

This task force's importance scale can be found below.

Label	Criteria	Examples
Top	Subject is a "core" topic relating to Roald Dahl and is highly significant to a general audience.	Roald Dahl
High	Subject is very notable or significant when considering Roald Dahl and has some significance to a general audience.	The Twits
Mid	Subject is notable or significant with relation to Roald Dahl (or to a historian), but not necessarily outside it.	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)
Low	Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within the field of Roald Dahl, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of a more relevant subject.	Repton School

Assessing articles

Article assessment is completed through the Wikiproject Novels banner. Before assessment, articles must be tagged for Wikiproject novels by adding {{WikiProject Novels}} to their talk page. They must then be included in this task force by adding the parameter |roald-dahl-task-force=yes to the Novels template, i.e. {{WikiProject Novels|roald-dahl-task-force=yes}}

Once articles have been tagged for the task force, class can be assessed using the parameter |class= followed by the class of the article in question. For example, a Stub-class article could be tagged with {{WikiProject Novels|roald-dahl-task-force=yes|class=Stub}}

Similarly, importance can be assessed using the parameter |roald-dahl-importance= followed by the importance of the article in question. For example, a Mid-importance article could be tagged with {{WikiProject Novels|roald-dahl-task-force=yes|roald-dahl-importance=Mid}}

These parameter can be used together or separately, but ideally articles should be assessed on both quality and importance. The addition of these parameters will not effect the use of any other parameters already in place in the novels template.

Assessment requests

If you would like to request an assessment of a Roald Dahl related article, please list is below. Please sign all requests.

1. Roald Dahl sillybillypiggy^{¡SIGN NOW OR ELSE!} 17:47, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

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Templates

The following templates may be useful for task force members.

• Project banner: To tag articles for this task force, please place {{NovelsWikiProject|roald-dahl-task-force=yes|roald-dahl-importance=}} on the article talk page. If a WikiProject Novels template already exists, just insert the parameter |roald-dahl-task-force=yes within the template.
• Membership userbox: To declare membership of the task force, place the code {{User:Strdst grl/ubx/RoaldDahl}} on your userpage.
• Welcome message: To welcome new members to the task force, place the code {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Roald Dahl task force/welcome}} on their talk page.
• Invite To invite people use {{subst:Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels/Roald Dahl task force/invite}}
• Navbox To be put at the bottom of Roald Dahl pages: {{Roald Dahl}}

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