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This is the WikiProject Hotels assessment summary page. See WP:1.0 and WP:WVWP for more information.

The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject Hotels}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Hotels articles by quality and Category:Hotels articles by importance, which serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

1. How do I add an article to the WikiProject?
Just add {{WikiProject Hotels}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
2. Someone put a {{WikiProject Hotels}} template on an article, but it's not a Hotels related topic. What should I do?
Because of the large number of articles we deal with, we occasionally make mistakes and add tags to articles that shouldn't have them. If you notice one, feel free to remove the tag, and optionally leave a note on the talk page of this department (or directly with the person who tagged the article).
3. What is the purpose of the article ratings?
The objective of the rating system is twofold. First, it allows the project to monitor the quality of articles in our subject areas, and to prioritize work on these articles. Second, the ratings will be used by the Wikipedia 1.0 project to compile a "released version" of Wikipedia that can be distributed to readers. Please note, however, that these ratings are meant for the internal use of the project, and do not imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.
4. How can I get an article rated?
Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
5. Who can assess articles?
Any member of the Hotels WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article.
6. Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?
Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article; they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.
8. 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.
9. Aren't the ratings subjective?
Yes, they are (see, in particular, the disclaimers on the importance scale), 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!
10. How can I keep track of changes in article ratings?
A full log of changes over the past thirty days is available here. If you are just looking for an overview, however, the monthly statistics may be more accessible.
11. What if I have a question not listed here?
If your question concerns the article assessment process specifically, please refer to the discussion page; for any other issues, you can go to the main project discussion page.

Instructions

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An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Hotels}} 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 Hotels articles category)   FA
FL (for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class Hotels articles category)   FL
A (for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class Hotels articles category)   A
GA (for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class Hotels articles category)   GA
B (for articles that satisfy all of the B-Class criteria; adds them to the B-Class Hotels articles category) B
C (for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class Hotels articles category) C
Start (for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class Hotels articles category) Start
Stub (for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class Hotels articles category) Stub
List (for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class Hotels articles category) List
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class Hotels pages category) NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed Hotels articles category) ???

For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:

Category (for categories; adds them to the Category-Class Hotels pages category) Category
Draft (for drafts; adds them to the Draft-Class Hotels pages category) Draft
File (for files and timed text; adds them to the File-Class Hotels pages category) File
Portal (for portal pages; adds them to the Portal-Class Hotels pages category) Portal
Project (for project pages; adds them to the Project-Class Hotels pages category) Project
Template (for templates and modules; adds them to the Template-Class Hotels 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 Hotels pages category) Disambig
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds them to the Redirect-Class Hotels pages category) Redirect

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

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

Grading scheme

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Quality scale

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Importance scale

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Assessment log (updated by bot)

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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.

Requests for assessment

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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.

  • Motel is currently rated "start class" and "top importance" in both WP Hotels and Travel and Tourism. I've tried to flesh it out a bit, as this is supposedly a key topic, but am unsure on a few points - namely the significant overlap between the 'history' and 'timeline' sections of the article as well as the question of how much weight to give to the decline of these properties. Many have gone badly downhill or closed outright as old roads are bypassed by freeway and independents driven out of the motel industry by increased competition from hotel chains. While there are some egregious instances of once-modern (1950's or 1960's) motel strips turning into crime-ridden slums (Seattle's Aurora Avenue (US 99, bypassed by I-5 in 1968) being one prime example) it would seem many of these properties are just small country roadside small businesses which slowly fade away as the original owners retire and the business is no longer profitable. The text does seem a bit repetitive in places, too. It is also prone to say the same things twice. 66.102.83.61 (talk) 20:53, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]