Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing/Tagging and assessing articles

How to install Rater • Evaluating articles for quality and importance • Tagging articles with the WikiProject Writing banner • Updating quality & importance assessments

How to assess articles

In order to track articles under the scope of WikiProject Writing, participants must tag articles with the WikiProject Writing banner (see example). Additionally, you may assess content and assign importance to each article by adding parameters to the banner. These tasks allow us to widen the scope of WikiProject Writing. A simple way to complete this is by utilizing the Rater tool, this allows you to add a banner in visual editor mode. You may also use wikitext using source editor. A step by step guide on how to complete this is located below.

Shortcut

WP:WRITETAG

WikiProject Writing banner

Code Result

{{WikiProject Writing}}

Writing NA‑class

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Writing, a WikiProject interested in improving Wikipedia's coverage of content related to the fields of rhetoric, composition, technical communication, literacy, and language studies.WritingWikipedia:WikiProject WritingTemplate:WikiProject WritingWriting articles
NA	This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.

How to install Rater

Look under the “Installation” section on the Rater Wikipedia page.
Copy and paste the code listed: importScript('User:Evad37/rater.js'); // [[User:Evad37/rater]]
Click on the link provided under the code, this will redirect you to your own module formatting page (shown here for reference): Special:MyPage/common.js
Click on “Create source” or “Edit source” and paste the code on the lines provided.
Publish your changes. Make sure to clear your browser’s cache before moving away from the page. You can find instructions on how to do this based on your web browser here.
Rater is now installed. Head to the talk page of an article and click on the drop down menu under the “More” icon on the top right of the page. From here, you can access the Rater tool.

Evaluating articles for quality and importance

Head to the ‘Review and assessment’ section of WikiProject Writing. Click on one of the categories listed beside the unassessed article section of the quality and importance table. You can also find a list of unassessed writing articles here and a list of unknown-importance writing articles here.
Head to the talk page of an article you wish to evaluate. Click on the “More” dropdown menu found on the top right-hand side of the page. Select “Rater” from the menu and head to the category for WikiProject Writing.
Two dropdown menus are available next to the project for class (quality) and importance ratings. Select the ratings you deem most appropriate and publish your changes. You may need to refresh the page for your edits to show up on the WikiProject Writing banner.

Tagging articles with the WikiProject Writing banner

Once you find an article that aligns with the scope of WikiProject Writing, you can add an article tag on the talk page by using Rater or Wikitext.
Rater: Select Rater from the drop down menu under “More” on the top right-hand side of the article’s talk page. From there, search for WikiProject Writing and save your selection. The WikiProject Writing banner will appear on the talk page of the article.
Wikitext: Select ‘Edit source’ and place the WikiProject Writing tag beneath other WikiProject tags. If the article is not under the scope of another WikiProject already, place the tag at the top of the talk page.
WikiProject Writing tag: {{WikiProject Writing}}

WikiProject Writing tag beneath other WikiProject tags: 
                  {{WikiProject Philosophy |logic=yes |importance=high |class=Start}}
                  {{WikiProject Writing |class=Start |importance=Low}}

As you can see from this example, you can also add article assessments using Wikitext in this style.

Updating quality & importance assessments

You can update article quality and importance at any time using the same steps listed above.
If you would like to discuss a particular rating or importance tag, you can leave a comment on the WikiProject Writing talk page and start a conversation with the community.