Wikipedia:WikiProject R&B and Soul Music/Assessment

Welcome to the assessment department of the R&B and Soul Music WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's R&B and Soul Music related articles. 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.

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

Progress update on our articles

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As of 11 December 2024, there are 14,451 articles within the scope of WikiProject R&B and Soul Music, of which 168 are featured. This makes up 0.17% of the articles on Wikipedia and 1.51% of featured articles and lists. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are 34,632 pages in the project.

Click on [show] for progress bar for the Unassessed R&B and Soul Music articles

Backlog: Unassessed R&B and Soul Music articles
Goal: 0 articles
Current: 4 articles
Initial: 1,144 articles
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Frequently asked questions

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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 R&B and Soul Music WikiProject is free to add or change the rating of an article.
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.
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

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Quality assessments

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An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject R&B and Soul Music}} project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

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 R&B and Soul Music articles)   FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class R&B and Soul Music articles)   A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class R&B and Soul Music articles)   GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class R&B and Soul Music articles) B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class R&B and Soul Music articles) C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class R&B and Soul Music articles) Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class R&B and Soul Music articles) Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class R&B and Soul Music articles)   FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class R&B and Soul Music articles) List

For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:

NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class R&B and Soul Music articles) NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed R&B and Soul Music articles) ???

After assessing an article's quality, any comments on the assessment can be added to the article's talk page.

Quality scale

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Importance assessment

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An article's importance assessment is generated from the























importance parameter in the {{WikiProject R&B and Soul Music}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject R&B and Soul Music| ... | importance=??? | ...}}
Top
High
Mid
Low
???

The following values may be used for importance assessments:

Importance scale

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Label Criteria Reader's experience Editor's experience Example
Top The article is one of the core topics about R&B and Soul Music. Generally, this is limited to those articles that are included as sections of the main R&B and Soul Music article. A reader who is not involved in the field of R&B and Soul Music will have high familiarity with the subject matter and should be able to relate to the topic easily. Articles in this importance range are written in mostly generic terms, leaving technical terms and descriptions for more specialized pages. R&B and Soul Music
High The article covers a topic that is vital to understanding R&B and Soul Music.
Mid The article covers a topic that has a strong but not vital role in the history of R&B and Soul Music. Many readers will be familiar with the topic being discussed, but a larger majority of readers may have only cursory knowledge of the overall subject. Articles at this level will cover subjects that are well known but not necessarily vital to understand R&B and Soul Music. Due to the topics covered at this level, Mid-importance articles will generally have more technical terms used in the article text. Most people involved in R&B and Soul Music will be rated in this level.
Low The article is not required knowledge for a broad understanding of R&B and Soul Music. Few readers outside the R&B and Soul Music field may be familiar with the subject matter. It is likely that the reader does not know anything at all about the subject before reading the article. Articles at this range of importance will often delve into the minutiae of R&B and Soul Music, using technical terms (and defining them) as needed. Topics included at this level include most practices and infrastructure of R&B and Soul Music.

Requesting an 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.

Assessment log

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R&B and Soul Music articles:
Index · Statistics · Log
The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.


December 11, 2024

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Reassessed

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December 10, 2024

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December 9, 2024

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Renamed

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Reassessed

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  • After 7 (After 7 album) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
  • All Good? (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
  • Best of En Vogue (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
  • Nicki Minaj (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)

Assessed

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December 8, 2024

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Assessed

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December 7, 2024

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Renamed

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Reassessed

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  • Coko (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)

Assessed

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December 6, 2024

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Assessed

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Removed

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December 5, 2024

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Reassessed

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Assessed

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Removed

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