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This is the assessment department of WikiProject Apple Inc. Its goal is to assess the quality of Wikipedia's Apple Inc. articles. Article ratings are used to help recognize excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the Version 1.0 Editorial Team program.

The assessment is done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject Apple Inc.}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Apple Inc. articles by quality and Category:Apple Inc. articles by importance.

Assessment

• Articles by Quality
• Log

Assessment Table

Apple Inc. articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			3	7			10
FL			1	1			2
GA	2	14	4	22		3	45
B	7	11	7	17		1	43
C	22	89	136	392		69	708
Start	6	50	155	829		477	1,517
Stub		8	53	362	9	633	1,065
List	1	5	10	28		2	46
Category					250		250
Draft			1		11	1	13
Disambig					10		10
File					217		217
Project					24		24
Redirect		1	5	5	247		258
Template					82		82
Assessed	38	178	375	1,663	850	1,186	4,290
Total	38	178	375	1,663	850	1,186	4,290

Guidelines to Assessment

Quality assessment

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Apple Inc.}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Apple Inc.|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 Apple Inc. articles)		FA
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Apple Inc. articles)		FL
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Apple Inc. articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Apple Inc. articles)		GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Apple Inc. articles)		B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Apple Inc. articles)		C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Apple Inc. articles)		Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Apple Inc. articles)		Stub
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Apple Inc. articles)		List
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Apple Inc. articles)		Category
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Apple Inc. articles)		Disambig
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Apple Inc. articles)		Draft
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Apple Inc. articles)		File
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Apple Inc. articles)		Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Apple Inc. articles)		Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class Apple Inc. articles)		Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Apple Inc. articles)		Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Apple Inc. articles)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Apple Inc. articles)		???

Quality scale

WikiProject article quality grading scheme

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.	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.	Macintosh Classic
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) 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; 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.	List of mergers and acquisitions by Apple
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.	N/A
GA	The article has attained good article status, having been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria The article meets the good article 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; all inline citations are from reliable sources, including those 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; it contains no original research; and it contains no copyright violations nor 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 (but not equaling) 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.	IOS 10
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. 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 it does not need to be "brilliant". 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. 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 be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines.	Steve Jobs
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 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; 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. It is most likely that C-Class articles have a reasonable encyclopedic style.	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.	iPod Classic
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 usable amount of good content but is weak in many areas. Quality of the prose may be distinctly unencyclopedic, and Wikipedia:Manual of Style compliance non-existent. The article should satisfy fundamental content policies, such as Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons. Frequently, the referencing is inadequate, although enough sources are usually provided 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. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use.	Apple Keyboard
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. Can be well-written, but may also have significant content issues. 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; however, if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible, an article of any length falls into this category. Although Stub-class articles are the lowest class of the normal classes, they are adequate enough to be an accepted article, though they do have risks of being dropped from being an article altogether.	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.	PowerBook 160
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 Macintosh software
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:Macintosh desktops
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.	IPhone Touch
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:Apple iWork.png
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:Apple Inc.
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 Apple Inc.
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.	Chime (Macintosh)
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:Apple
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.	N/A

Importance assessment

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Apple Inc.}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Apple Inc.|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 Apple Inc. articles)		Top
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance Apple Inc. articles)		High
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Apple Inc. articles)		Mid
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance Apple Inc. articles)		Low
NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance Apple Inc. articles)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance Apple Inc. articles)		???

Importance scale

WikiProject article importance scheme

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.	Apple Inc. Macintosh IOS
High	Subject is extremely notable, but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent.	1984 (advertisement) QuickTime MacBook
Mid	Subject is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area.	Mac OS X Lion Apple Inc. design motifs
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.	List of Macintosh games Apple II system clocks IPod Updater
NA	Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc.	Category:Apple Inc.
???	Subject importance has not yet been assessed.	???

Backlog

Backlog Elimination Drive for May 2010

To reduce (or eliminate) our backlog of over 500 unassessed articles, WikiProject Apple Inc. is holding a backlog elimination drive. The drive will end June 10; please make sure you know how to assess. The coordinator for this drive is mono; direct any questions to him. The backlog elimination drive is open to all, and you do not need to be a member of WikiProject Apple Inc. to participate. However, you may want to consider joining, as membership has its benefits.

Guidelines

Assessment tags are placed on the talk pages of articles to categorize and rate articles. Many (576) articles that are tagged with our template, {{WikiProject Apple Inc.}}, are not rated. We need you to assess all these articles!

1. Don't create extra work. Participants should not add an unnassessed tag to an article, then assess it for credit.
2. Log completed assessments in the Running Totals section. If you complete a assessment for an article, don't forget to list it so that you can get credit for the edit.
3. No rubber-stamping of articles. Be thorough and complete in your assessments, and make sure all the i's are dotted and the t's crossed. If you see any glaring problems with the article you are assessing, fix as many as you can before moving on to the next one.
4. Have fun!

Assessing an article

For a guide on how assess an article, see here. Note that GA-class, A-class, and FA-class require a review, so you cannot tag an article as GA-class, A-class, or FA-class, unless it has already been reviewed. Also, remember to assess the importance of the article as well. We will check your assessments to make sure they comply with the standards; if they fail to comply, you will lose the assessment for that article, which would make it up for grabs for another user to assess.

Awards

Awards will be given out at the conclusion of the backlog elimination drive. The requirements shown below are subject to change.

At least 1 article assessed: An apple with a bite taken out of it.

At least 15 articles assessed: The Modest Barnstar.

At least 35 articles assessed: The Working Man's Barnstar.

At least 55 articles assessed: The Cleanup Barnstar.

At least 75 articles assessed: The Tireless Contributor Barnstar.

At least 95 articles assessed: The Surreal Barnstar.

At least 115 articles assessed: All Around Amazing Barnstar.

The most assessed artices: The Golden Wiki Award, which will be awarded to two users.

And remember, the ultimate winner here is Wikipedia.

Running Totals

Directions

Please log entries in the following format:

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{{Divhide|{{User|Mono}}}}
{{Div col|cols=3}}
#{{completed}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Apple_Disk_Transfer&diff=prev&oldid=363814792]
#{{completed}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Apple_Dylan&diff=prev&oldid=363814691]
#{{completed}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Apple_Disk_Image&diff=prev&oldid=363814550]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Apple_DOS&diff=prev&oldid=363814425]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Apple_Certified_System_Administrator&diff=prev&oldid=363814295]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:AnyLogic&diff=prev&oldid=363814139]
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Alpine_(e-mail_client)&diff=prev&oldid=363813963]
{{Div col end}}
*Total articles: ''3''
{{Divhide|end}}

Participants

1. mono
2. Airplaneman ✈
3. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐)
4. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs
5. - EdoDodo ^talk

Totals

Airplaneman ✈

Airplaneman (talk · contribs)

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1.  Completed old id assessment
2.  Completed old id assessment
3.  Completed old id assessment
4.  Completed old id assessment
5.  Completed old id assessment
6.  Completed old id assessment

• Have decided to stop logging them after assessing about 50 today. Going for 0 unassessed! Airplaneman ✈ 01:40, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
• This link provides you with my latest submission: around 30% should be assessments, 35% should be de-listings (for example, cross-platform apps and video games, in which case I reassessed them to their appropriate WikiProject(s), usually WP:COMP), 15% should be fixes to the articles being assessed, and 20% of the edits should be on other subjects. (Do ctrl+F and search "assess" to find out how many total articles I have assessed - last count: 6+359=365 assessed. As I have removed the WP:APPLE template from many, search "assess for WP:APPLE" see the drive total [submitted below: currently 179+6=185]) I think, after assessing everything, we should run through the C class articles and do B class checklists, as many B class articles were demoted to C class following mono's addition of a B class checklist to the assessment template (which, by the way, I think is great!) Airplaneman ✈ 22:03, 30 May 2010 (UTC) Last update: 16:59, 31 May 2010 (UTC) (final submission, category empty)
• Total articles: 179 Apple Inc., 365 total

mono

Mono (talk · contribs)

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1.  Completed [1]
2.  Completed [2]
3.  Completed [3]
4.  Completed [4]
5.  Completed [5]
6.  Completed [6]
7.  Completed [7]
8.  Completed File talk:Panther logo.png
9.  Completed [8]
10.  Completed File talk:Jaguar-logo.png
11.  Completed [9]
12.  Completed [10]
13.  Completed File_talk:MacosxlogoX1.png
14.  Completed [11]
15.  Completed [12]
16.  Completed [13]
17.  Completed [14]

• Total articles: 17

~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐)

NerdyScienceDude (talk · contribs)

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1. [15]
2. [16]
3. [17]
4. [18]
5. [19]
6. [20]
7. [21]
8. [22]
9. [23]
10. Hopefully fixing someone else's mistake counts
11. [24]

• Total articles: 11

SuperHamster

SuperHamster (talk · contribs)

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1. Compact Pro
2. TeXShop
3. IPod Hi-Fi
4. Gammu (software)
5. Free Pascal
6. FrontlineSMS

• Total articles approved: 6

- EdoDodo ^talk

EdoDodo (talk · contribs)

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1. [25]
2. [26]
3. [27]
4. [28]
5. [29]
6. [30]
7. [31]
8. [32]
9. [33]
10. [34]
11. [35]
12. [36]
13. [37]
14. [38]
15. [39]
16. [40]
17. [41]
18. [42]
19. [43]
20. [44]
21. [45]
22. [46]
23. [47]
24. [48]
25. [49]
26. [50]
27. [51]
28. [52]
29. [53]
30. [54]
31. [55]
32. [56]
33. [57]
34. [58]
35. [59]
36. [60]
37. [61]
38. [62]
39. [63]
40. [64]
41. [65]
42. [66]
43. [67]
44. [68]
45. [69]
46. [70]
47. [71]
48. [72]
49. [73]
50. [74]
51. [75]
52. [76]
53. [77]
54. [78]
55. [79]
56. [80]
57. [81]
58. [82]
59. [83]
60. [84]
61. [85]
62. [86]
63. [87]
64. [88]
65. [89]
66. [90]
67. [91]
68. [92]
69. [93]
70. [94]
71. [95]
72. [96]
73. [97]
74. [98]
75. [99]
76. [100]
77. [101]

• Total pages: 77

Requests

Please visit the talk page to request an assessment.