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The assessment department of the Military history WikiProject focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's military history articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.
Overview
[edit]Introduction
[edit]The assessment system used by the Military history WikiProject to rate article quality consists of two parallel quality scales; one scale is used to assess regular prose articles, while the other is used to assess lists and similar non-prose articles. The progression of articles along these scales is described in greater detail below.
| Prose article | List article | |||||
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| Stub | The first stage of an article's evolution is called a stub. A stub is an extremely short article that provides a basic description of the topic at best; it includes very little meaningful content, and may be little more than a dictionary definition. At this stage, it is often impossible to determine whether the topic should be covered by a prose article or a list, so this assessment level is shared between the two scales. | |||||
| Start | List | A stub that undergoes some development will progress to the next stage of article evolution. An article at this stage provides some meaningful content, but is typically incomplete and lacks adequate references, structure, and supporting materials. At this stage, it becomes possible to distinguish between prose articles and lists; depending on its form, an article at this level will be assessed as a Start-Class prose article or a List-Class list. | ||||
| C | CL | As the article continues to develop, it will reach the C-Class level. At this stage, the article is reasonably structured and contains substantial content and supporting materials, but may still be incomplete or poorly referenced, but not both. As articles progress to this stage, the assessment process begins to take on a more structured form, and specific criteria are introduced against which articles are rated. | ||||
| B | BL | An article that reaches the B-Class level is complete in content and structure, adequately referenced, and includes reasonable supporting materials; overall, it provides a satisfactory encyclopedic presentation of the topic for the average reader, although it might not be written to the standard that would be expected by an expert. Articles at this stage commonly undergo peer review to solicit ideas for further improvement. B-Class is the final assessment level that can be reached without undergoing a formal review process, and is a reasonable goal for newer editors. For specific (b1) citation requirements for a B-class article for this project see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Citations and references. | ||||
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After reaching the B-Class level, an article may be submitted for assessment as a good article. Good articles must meet a set of criteria similar to those required for the B-Class assessment level, and must additionally undergo the formal good article review process. This assessment level is available only for prose articles; no comparable level exists for lists. | |||||
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A good or B-Class article that has undergone additional improvement may be considered for the A-Class assessment level. An A-Class article presents a complete and thorough encyclopedic treatment of a subject, such as might be written by an expert in the field; the only deficiencies permissible at this level are minor issues of style or language. To receive an A-Class rating, a candidate article must undergo the formal military history A-Class review process. The A-Class rating is the highest assessment level that may be assigned by an individual WikiProject; higher assessment levels are granted only by Wikipedia-wide independent assessment processes. | ||||
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The featured article and featured list ratings represent the pinnacle of article evolution and the best that Wikipedia has to offer; an article at this level is professional, outstanding, and represents a definitive source for encyclopedic information. Featured status is assigned only through a thorough independent review process; this process can be grueling for the unprepared, and editors are highly advised to submit articles for A-Class review prior to nominating them for featured status. | ||||
Criteria
[edit]The following tables summarize the criteria used to assess articles at each level of the quality assessment scale. In addition to the criteria, the tables list the assessment process used at each level and provide an example of an article previously assessed at that level.
| Class | Criteria | Assessment process | Example | ||
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| ๐ Image FA |
The article meets all the featured article criteria.
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Featured article candidacy | USS Chesapeake (as of October 2021) | ||
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The article meets all of the A-Class criteria.
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A-Class review | Spendius (as of October 2021) | ||
| ๐ Image GA |
The article meets all of the good article criteria.
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Good article review | Punic Wars (as of October 2021) | ||
| B | The article meets all of the B-Class criteria.
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Individual review | American Civil War (as of January 2024) | ||
| C | The article meets B1 or B2 as well as B3 and B4 and B5 of the B-Class criteria.
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Individual review | Yellow Turban Rebellion (as of October 2021) | ||
| Start | The article meets the Start-Class criteria.
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Individual review | Battle of Monnaie (as of October 2021) | ||
| Stub | The article meets none of the Start-Class criteria. | Individual review | Geng Yan (as of October 2021) |
| Class | Criteria | Assessment process | Example | ||
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| ๐ Image FL |
The list meets all the featured list criteria.
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Featured list candidacy | List of protected cruisers of France (as of October 2021) | ||
| ๐ Image AL |
The list meets all of the A-Class criteria.
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A-Class review | List of Partisan detachments in Bosnia and Herzegovina (as of October 2021) | ||
| BL | The list meets all of the B-Class criteria.
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Individual review | List of British colours lost in battle (as of October 2021) | ||
| CL | The list meets B1 or B2 as well as B3 and B4 and B5 of the B-Class criteria.
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Individual review | List of participants in the Nine Years' War (as of October 2021) | ||
| List | The list meets the List-Class criteria.
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Individual review | Atlanta campaign Confederate order of battle, second phase (as of October 2021) | ||
| Stub | The list meets none of the List-Class criteria. | Individual review | List of aircraft of Greece in World War II (as of Febuary 2025) |
Processes
[edit]This section describes the different processes used to assess the quality of military history articles.
Individual review
[edit]The individual review process is used for all assessment activities up to and including the B-Class level. In this process, any editor may review an article against the listed criteria and assign the corresponding quality rating themselves.
Article authors are free to assess their own articles under this process. However, by convention, the final assessment for a B-Class rating is typically left to an independent editor; requests for an independent assessment may be made at the assessment request page.
Peer review
[edit]The peer review process is not used to evaluate an article for a particular assessment level directly; rather, it is a forum where article authors can solicit ideas for further improvements. Peer review is most often requested when an article is at the C-Class or B-Class level; articles at lower levels are typically so incomplete that a meaningful review is impossible, while articles at higher levels go through more formal review processes.
By convention, military history articles are typically listed in the history section of the main peer review request page; however, articles may be listed in other sections if their primary topic lies in another field.
Good article review
[edit]The good article nomination process is an independent review mechanism through which an article receives a "good article" quality rating. The process involves a detailed review of the article by an independent examiner, who determines whether the article meets the good article criteria.
Full instructions for requesting a good article review are provided on the good article review page.
A-Class article/list review
[edit]The military history A-Class review process is the most thorough and demanding assessment of article quality done by the Military history WikiProject. An article that undergoes this process must be reviewed by at least three independent examiners, each of whom must agree that the article meets all of the A-Class criteria.
Full instructions for requesting an A-Class review are provided on the A-Class review page.
Featured article/list candidacy
[edit]The featured article candidacy and featured list candidacy processes are an independent, Wikipedia-wide quality assessment mechanism; these processes are the only way an article can receive a "featured" quality rating. The process involves a comprehensive review of the article by multiple independent examiners, all of whom must agree that the article meets the featured article or list criteria.
Full instructions for submitting a featured article or list candidacy are provided on the corresponding candidacy page. Editors are advised to carefully review the submission instructions; failing to follow them correctly may cause the submission to be rejected.
Instructions
[edit]An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Military history}} project banner on its talk page:
{{WikiProject Military history|class=}}
The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article:
- FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class military history articles)
- FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class military history articles)
- A (adds articles to Category:A-Class military history articles)
- AL (adds articles to Category:AL-Class military history articles)
- GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class military history articles)
- B (adds articles to Category:B-Class military history articles)
- BL (adds articles to Category:BL-Class military history articles)
- C (adds articles to Category:C-Class military history articles)
- CL (adds articles to Category:CL-Class military history articles)
- List (adds articles to Category:List-Class military history articles)
- Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class military history articles)
- Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class military history articles)
The class parameter should be assigned according to the quality scale below.
The following classes may be used for non-article pages; many are automatically generated by the template when it is placed on a page of the corresponding type:
- CAT (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class military history articles)
- DAB (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class military history articles)
- DR (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class military history articles)
- IMG (for files; adds pages to Category:File-Class military history articles)
- NA (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class military history articles)
- POR (for portals; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class military history articles)
- RDR (for redirects; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class military history articles)
- SI (for set index pages; adds pages to Category:SIA-Class military history articles)
- TMP (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class military history articles)
- USR (for user pages; adds pages to Category:User-Class military history articles)
FAQ
[edit]- See also the general assessment FAQ and the project's B-Class assessment & criteria FAQ and A-Class review & criteria FAQ.
- 1. What is the purpose of the article ratings?
- The rating system allows the project to monitor the quality of articles in our subject areas, and to prioritize work on these articles. It is also utilized by the Wikipedia 1.0 program to prepare for static releases of Wikipedia content. Please note, however, that these ratings are primarily intended for the internal use of the project, and do not necessarily imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.
- 2. How do I add an article to the WikiProject?
- Just add {{WikiProject Military history}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.
- 3. Someone put a {{WikiProject Military history}} template on an article, but it doesn't seem to be within the project's scope. 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).
- 4. Who can assess articles?
- Any member of the Military history WikiProject is free to addโor changeโthe rating of an article. Editors who are not participants in this project are also welcome to assess articles, but should defer to consensus within the project in case of procedural disputes.
- 5. Can I assess articles that I have written or contributed significantly to?
- For the most part, yesโin fact, you are encouraged to do so. B-Class assessment, by convention, is generally undertaken by an independent editor (requests can be made here), and A-Class promotion requires the consensus of multiple independent reviewers. However, if your article falls within the Stub- to C-Class range, by awarding the rating yourself you are helping to prevent the assessment requests process becoming overloaded.
- 6. How do I rate an article?
- Check the quality scale and select the level that best matches the state of the article; then, follow the instructions below to add the rating to the project banner on the article's talk page. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.
- 7. Can I request that someone else rate an article?
- Of course; to do so, please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
- 8. 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.
- 9. Where can I get more comments about an article?
- The peer review process can conduct more thorough examination of articles; please submit it for review there.
- 10. 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. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.
- 11. Aren't the ratings subjective?
- Yes, they are somewhat subjective, 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!
- 12. 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 this department; for any other issues, you can go to the main project discussion page, or contact the project coordinators directly.
Requests
[edit]Requests for A-Class review
[edit]Battle of 42nd Street โข Transocean Air Lines Flight 942 โข Savannah River Site โข Landing at Scarlet Beach โข Savannah River Plant โข Menรฉndez's revolution โข MIT Radiation Laboratory โข Siege of Ariminum (538) โข 2020 Salvadoran political crisis โข Natal Native Pioneer Corps โข Simรณn Bolรญvar
Requests for assessment
[edit]- Please note that this section is transcluded from a separate requests page, which you may wish to add to your watchlist.
Editors can self-assess articles against the five B-class criteria(FAQ) up to and including C-Class. If you have made significant improvements to an article against one or more of B-class criteria and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below, specifying which criteria you have worked on. If you feel unable to assess against one or more of the B-class criteria, please say so when posting. Requests for formal A-Class review should be made at the review department. Please consider entering articles you have improved in the military history article writing contest.
Experienced assessors are encouraged to take a look at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Coordinators#AutoCheck report for May and check a few of โ B-Class assessments. Feel free to downgrade them if you consider they don't meet one or more the criteria. Please also delete any that you have checked. See also Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Assessment, whose articles often overlap with military history topics.
ADD NEW REQUESTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SECTION AND BEFORE THE LINE FOR THE BACKLOG CHECK REQUEST
Please remember to sign your requests.
Uraiasโ A Gothic commander in the Gothic War (535โ554), please assess for B-class. Thank you. A.Cython(talk) 18:00, 22 May 2026 (UTC)[]- B class. Thanks. I still need to clarify the contest rules but I now need to work in that the project also accepts a GA assessment by reviewer and how that affects the contest opening and end of the month changes. My original thought on a clarification which I recently noted on your talk page may not cover this so it seems just as well that I am behind on making that change (and some other tasks, unfortunately). Donner60 (talk) 02:32, 23 May 2026 (UTC)[]
- @Donner60: Thank you for the assessment, and please to point to me these rules once written in detail. Of course, please correct anything that violates the rules. The contest has meaning only when the rules are applied fairly to all. A.Cython(talk) 03:03, 23 May 2026 (UTC)[]
- B class. Thanks. I still need to clarify the contest rules but I now need to work in that the project also accepts a GA assessment by reviewer and how that affects the contest opening and end of the month changes. My original thought on a clarification which I recently noted on your talk page may not cover this so it seems just as well that I am behind on making that change (and some other tasks, unfortunately). Donner60 (talk) 02:32, 23 May 2026 (UTC)[]
Dieudonnรฉ Kayembeโ Bot rated as C class. Please assess for B class. Romanov loyalist (talk) 13:54, 30 May 2026 (UTC)[]- It's close but needs work on B2 -- infobox notes First/Second Congo War participation under Conflicts, but the article does not appear to discuss this in any direct manner; additionally there's essentially no coverage between 1945 (early life section) and post-2000 (the rest of the article).โSWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 00:06, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[]
- It looks like there are no public sources (at least that I can find) about the details of most of his career before he became a general. In that case, the article will probably have to remain as C class. Romanov loyalist (talk) 22:29, 1 June 2026 (UTC)[]
- It's close but needs work on B2 -- infobox notes First/Second Congo War participation under Conflicts, but the article does not appear to discuss this in any direct manner; additionally there's essentially no coverage between 1945 (early life section) and post-2000 (the rest of the article).โSWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 00:06, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[]
Gottfried Emanuel von Einsiedel- Prussian general (d. 1745). Please assess for B class. Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 05:55, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[]- B class. A few minor issues that I fixed for you.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:34, 10 June 2026 (UTC)[]
Raymond Harries: expanded article, please update assessment. Thanks, Zawed (talk) 10:45, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[]- On 14 May 1950 when his Gloster Meteor F4 jet fighter when it ran out of fuel and crashed near Sheffield, Yorkshire. Something missing here, I think--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:43, 10 June 2026 (UTC)[]
- Whoops, missed a rather crucial bit of information there...@Sturmvogel 66: this is ready for another look. Thanks, Zawed (talk) 09:09, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[]
- B class--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 10:47, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[]
- Whoops, missed a rather crucial bit of information there...@Sturmvogel 66: this is ready for another look. Thanks, Zawed (talk) 09:09, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[]
- On 14 May 1950 when his Gloster Meteor F4 jet fighter when it ran out of fuel and crashed near Sheffield, Yorkshire. Something missing here, I think--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 15:43, 10 June 2026 (UTC)[]
Hurqus ibn Zuhayr as-Sa'di: Expanded article with new sources and additional historical details. Requesting a B-class assessment. Ahmed.Mhdv (talk) 12:38, 5 June 2026 (UTC)[]- B. โSWATJester Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat! 17:14, 11 June 2026 (UTC)[]
HMS James WattPlease assess for B class--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 19:55, 11 June 2026 (UTC)[]- B class, but please see my B class review notes at the talk page. Djmaschek (talk) 03:08, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[]
- Thanks for catching those! Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 10:47, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[]
- B class, but please see my B class review notes at the talk page. Djmaschek (talk) 03:08, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[]
Ernst Friedrich von Holtzmann- Prussian gunner of mid-1700s. Please assess for B class. Thanks. Djmaschek (talk) 02:35, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[]- B class--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 10:51, 12 June 2026 (UTC)[]
HMS Agamemnon (1852)please assess for B class--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 11:47, 15 June 2026 (UTC)[]- B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:46, 15 June 2026 (UTC)[]
HMS Edgar (1858)Please assess for B class--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 14:40, 15 June 2026 (UTC)[]- B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:46, 15 June 2026 (UTC)[]
Malaya ForceB pls Keith-264 (talk) 15:24, 15 June 2026 (UTC)[]- B class. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 19:46, 15 June 2026 (UTC)[]
HMS Hero (1858)Please assess for B class--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 09:26, 16 June 2026 (UTC)[]- B class, but please see my notes at the talk page. Djmaschek (talk) 02:16, 17 June 2026 (UTC)[]
- Thanks for catching these (again!). Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 11:59, 17 June 2026 (UTC)[]
- B class, but please see my notes at the talk page. Djmaschek (talk) 02:16, 17 June 2026 (UTC)[]
- HMS St Jean d'Acre please assess for B class--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 12:00, 17 June 2026 (UTC)[]
Please also check the military history assessment backlog for articles needing assessment.
Assessment backlogs
[edit]Please help to clear any backlogs of unassessed articles in the following categories:
- The current status of Category:Unassessed military history articles = 2 articles unassessed. After articles have been assessed, they are automatically removed from this category.
- The current status of Category:Military history articles with no associated task force = 9 articles without task forces. After task forces have been assigned, articles are automatically removed from the category.
- The current status of Category:Military history articles with incomplete B-Class checklists = 0 articles with incomplete checklists. After the checklists have been completed, articles are automatically removed from the category.
- The current status of Category:Military history articles with missing B-Class checklists = 0 articles with no assessment against the B-class checklist. After the checklists have been started, articles are automatically removed from the category.
Statistics
[edit]| Articles | Lists | ||
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| ๐ Image FA |
1,567 | ๐ Image FL |
156 |
| ๐ Image A |
690 | ๐ Image AL |
37 |
| ๐ Image GA |
5,880 | ||
| B | 22,162 | BL | 369 |
| C | 66,611 | CL | 1,048 |
| Start | 113,661 | List | 4,284 |
| Stub | 27,355 | ||
| Total | 237,926 | Total | 5,894 |
| Other pages | |||
| Category | 50,877 | ||
| Disambig | 2,334 | ||
| Draft | 338 | ||
| File | 5,063 | ||
| Portal | 14 | ||
| Project | 227 | ||
| Redirect | 26,255 | ||
| SIA | 6,279 | ||
| Template | 8,781 | ||
| User | 107 | ||
| Total | 100,275 | ||
| Unassessed | 2 | ||
| Statistics | |||
| ฯ | 1,104,571 | ฮฉ | 4.53 |
- Quality operations: A bot-generated daily log which lists articles Reassessed, Assessed and Removed.
- Popular pages: List of top articles with the most frequent views, updated monthly.
Task forces (general topics)
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Task forces (national and regional)
[edit]- African military history task force: statistics โข category
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- Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific military history task force: statistics โข category
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- Russian, Soviet and CIS military history task force: statistics โข category
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- Roman and Byzantine military history task force: statistics โข category
Task forces (periods and conflicts)
[edit]- American Civil War task force: statistics โข category
- American Revolutionary War task force: statistics โข category
- Classical warfare task force: statistics โข category
- Crusades task force: statistics โข category
- Cold War task force: statistics โข category
- Post-Cold War task force: statistics โข category
- Early Modern warfare task force: statistics โข category
- Early Muslim military history task force: statistics โข category
- Medieval warfare task force: statistics โข category
- Napoleonic era task force: statistics โข category
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms task force: statistics โข category
- World War I task force: statistics โข category
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