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Welcome to the assessment department of the Russia WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's articles about Russia. 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 Russia}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Russia articles by quality, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

Frequently asked questionsEdit

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 Russia WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article.
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.

InstructionsEdit

Quality assessmentEdit

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

{{WikiProject Russia|class=???}}

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Quality scale for assessment criteria):

FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class Russia articles) Featured article FA 
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Russia articles) A-Class article A 
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Russia articles)  GA 
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Russia articles) B-Class article B 
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Russia articles) C-Class article C 
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Russia articles) Start-Class article Start 
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Russia articles) Stub-Class article Stub 
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Russia articles) Featured list FL 
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Russia articles)  List 

For pages that are not articles, the following values can also be used for the class parameter:

Book (for Wikipedia books; adds pages to Category:Book-Class Russia articles) Wikipedia Book Book 
Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Russia articles) Category page Category 
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Russia articles) Disambiguation page Disambig 
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Russia articles)  Draft 
FM (for files; adds pages to Category:FM-Class Russia articles) Featured media FM 
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Russia articles)  File 
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class Russia articles) Redirect page Redirect 
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Russia articles)  Portal 
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Russia articles)  Project 
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Russia articles)  Template 
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Russia articles)  NA 
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Russia articles)  ??? 

Quality scaleEdit

WikiProject article quality grading scheme
Class Criteria Reader's experience Editing suggestions Example
Featured article 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 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.

  1. It is:
    1. well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard;
    2. comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context;
    3. 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;
    4. neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; and
    5. 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.
  2. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of:
    1. a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections;
    2. appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and
    3. 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. Citation templates are not required.
  3. 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.
  4. 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. National Anthem of Russia
A-Class article 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. Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3
 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:

  1. Well written:
    1. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and
    2. it complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
  2. Verifiable with no original research:
    1. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
    2. 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;
    3. it contains no original research; and
    4. it contains no copyright violations nor plagiarism.
  3. Broad in its coverage:
    1. it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and
    2. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
  4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
  5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
  6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
    1. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content; and
    2. media 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. Mir
B-Class article 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:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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. History of Russia
C-Class article 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. Alexander I of Russia
Start-Class article Start  An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not 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. Agin-Buryat Okrug
Stub-Class article Stub  A very basic description of the topic. However, all very-bad-quality articles will fall into this category.
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. 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. Law enforcement in Russia
Featured list FL  The article has attained featured list status.
More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured list criteria:
  1. Prose. It features professional standards of writing.
  2. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria.
  3. Comprehensiveness.
  4. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities.
  5. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages.
  6. 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 battlecruisers of Russia
 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 cultural icons of Russia
Wikipedia Book Book  A collection of Wikipedia articles arranged as a Wikipedia book.
More detailed criteria
Collections typically cover a topic and related subjects. These can be downloaded electronically (in PDF or OpenDocument formats), or ordered in print.
 People who would like to read Wikipedia offline, or in print. It is a good idea to team up with a relevant WikiProject to gather feedback on books. Book:Russia
Category page 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:Russia
Disambiguation page 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. Elizabeth of Russia (disambiguation)
Featured media FM  Featured pages in the file namespace falls under this class. The page contains a featured image, sound clip or other media-related content. Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited. File:Su-27 on landing.jpg
 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:Flag of Russia.svg
 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:Russia
 Project  All WikiProject-related pages fall under this class. Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development, and are probably not useful to readers. Develop these pages into collaborative resources useful for improving articles within the project. Wikipedia:WikiProject Russia
Redirect page Redirect  Any redirect falls under this class. The page redirects to another article with a similar name, related topic or that has been merged 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. Korolyov cross
 Template  Any template falls under this class. The most common types of template include infoboxes and navboxes. Different types of template 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:Russia topics
 NA  Any non-article page that fits no other classification. The page contains no article content, and is probably not useful to any casual reader. Look out for misclassified articles. Currently many NA-class articles need to be re-classified. N/A

Importance assessmentEdit

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

{{WikiProject Russia|importance=???}}

The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project:

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

The importance parameter should be assigned according to the importance scale below.

Importance scaleEdit

The criteria used for rating article importance are not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia needing to look up the topic (and thus the immediate need to have a suitably well-written article on it). Thus, subjects with greater popular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of Russia.

Note that general notability need not be from the perspective of editor demographics; generally notable topics should be rated similarly regardless of the country or region in which they hold said notability. Thus, topics which may seem obscure to a Western audience—but which are of high notability in other places—should still be highly rated.

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. Russia, Soviet Union, Moscow
 High Subject is extremely notable, but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent. 1812 Overture, Anadyr River
 Mid Subject is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area. 35th Army (Russia)
 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. Administrative divisions of Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
 NA Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc. Category:Russia
 ??? Subject importance has not yet been assessed. ???

Requesting an assessmentEdit

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.

  1. Oleg Bezuglov The article was assessed shortly after it was created and its rating doesn't reflect the substantial expansion, revision and citation that was done afterwards. Would you be so kind to reassess it? --Fiddler11 03:50, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
  2. Yarovaya Law
  3. European University at Saint Petersburg has been substantially reworked. Would be nice if a worded assessment could be given on the talk page as well, so that problematic points can easily be identified.
    You are probably thinking about a peer review, not an assessment. Assessment is merely an identification of the article's class/importance for a certain WikiProject.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); March 15, 2010; 15:40 (UTC)
  4. Reassessment request for Luzhniki disaster from C-class to B-class article. --Potorochin (talk) 01:05, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
  5. Reassessment requested for Genrikh Lyushkov -- Julius177 (talk) 14:20, 15 February 2012 (UTC)
  6. Reassessment requested for Saint Petersburg Mining Institute -- Kbog 00:11, 18 September 2012
  7. Reassessment requested for Voina -- Voina has become more prominent in light of the Pussy Riot case. Request upgrade from Low to Mid importance. MaxBrowne (talk) 12:09, 5 October 2012 (UTC)
  8. Judiciary of Russia because it has been substantially expanded from a Start-Class article, and it is listed as a Top-importance article. It is relatively complete and well organized, but details of the more obscure parts such as the lower courts, which regular people deal with, is a difficult topic for which few good English sources (and possibly even Russian) are available. I note that, in my opinion, it is as complete (if not more, e.g. administration) as the Russian language version, but has better citations. Int21h (talk) 22:19, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
  9. Battle of Prokhorovka – a B-class assessment for this article. EyeTruth (talk) 23:18, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
  10. Assessment requested for Golovnin Incident. This article has been written as part of an educational assignment and, as the course's mentoring Wikipedian, I hope it is considered useful. Thank you! Spinster (talk) 06:57, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
  11. Assessment requested for Robert Conquest and The Harvest of Sorrow. I believe the arguments in there are of great importance for Russia's history. -- Flushout1999 (talk) 13:50, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
  12. The article on Grigori Rasputin has been changed substantially since 2013. Could someone take a look? Taksen (talk) 18:32, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
  13. The article on National Guard of Russia has beeen expanded from its assessment in April 2016. Could someone take a look?--Mach1988 (talk) 21:15, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
  14. Yelnya Offensive -- please assess after expansion. K.e.coffman (talk) 23:12, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
  15. Boris Saltykov — please assess. Romanov loyalist (talk) 03:24, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
  16. Georgy Khizha — please assess. Romanov loyalist (talk) 03:24, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
  17. Mikhail Poltoranin — please assess. Romanov loyalist (talk) 03:24, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
  18. Alexander Kazakov (politician) — please assess. Romanov loyalist (talk) 03:24, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
  19. Reassess 1991 Russian presidential election SecretName101 (talk) 19:08, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
  20. Reassess Boris Yeltsin 1991 presidential campaign SecretName101 (talk) 19:08, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
  21. Reassess 1996 Russian presidential election SecretName101 (talk) 19:08, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
  22. Reassess Boris Yeltsin 1996 presidential campaign SecretName101 (talk) 19:08, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
  23. Assess Xerox Affair SecretName101 (talk) 19:08, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
  24. Reassess Petrine Baroque Kmitchell2015 (talk) 23:48, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

Assessment logEdit

The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.

Unexpected changes, such as downgrading an article, or raising it more than two assessment classes at once, are shown in bold.

September 14, 2019Edit

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September 12, 2019Edit

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September 10, 2019Edit

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September 9, 2019Edit

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September 8, 2019Edit

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