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

The project has a slew of new articles that may need assessments and reviews for problems and perhaps expansion. Assessment requests may be directed to Canada's Wikiproject talk page.
Canada-related articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 3 24 62 89 178
FL 2 26 27 61 116
FM 43 43
A 1 6 2 9
GA 4 33 158 732 927
B 33 228 876 2,128 5 3 3,273
C 20 239 1,545 8,967 2 14 10,787
Start 2 290 6,553 55,320 23 70 62,258
Stub 3 2,671 65,041 73 64 67,852
List 2 85 895 4,462 149 5,593
Category 43,197 43,197
Disambig 435 435
File 1,000 1,000
Portal 14 14
Project 196 196
Redirect 11 19,239 19,250
Template 13,153 13,153
Draft 16 103 119
NA 4 4
Other 9 249 258
Assessed 66 929 12,793 136,838 77,885 151 228,662
Unassessed 24 14 23 61
Total 66 929 12,793 136,862 77,899 174 228,723
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 773,779 Ω = 5.32
Canada articles:
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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 Canada}} 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 Canada-related articles)  FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Canada-related articles)  A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Canada-related articles)  GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Canada-related articles) B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Canada-related articles) C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Canada-related articles) Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Canada-related articles) Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Canada-related articles)  FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Canada-related articles) List

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

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

Quality scale

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WikiProject content quality grading scheme
Class Criteria Reader's experience Editing suggestions Example
 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 Wikipedia's 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;
    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; and
    6. compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarism or too-close paraphrasing.
  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 footnotes—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 where appropriate.
 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. Canada
 FL The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates.
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; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. List of prime ministers of Canada
 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. Hurricane Arthur (2014)
 GA The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations.
More detailed 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;[1] 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. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose);
    3. it contains no original research; and
    4. it contains no copyright violations or 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 non-free 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 (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication. 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. Canadian peacekeeping
B The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards.
More detailed 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 does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. 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. 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 Canada
C The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains 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, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.
 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. Law of Canada
Start An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources.
More detailed criteria
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following:
  • A useful picture or graphic
  • Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic
  • A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic
  • Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article
 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. Improve the grammar, spelling, and writing style; decrease the use of jargon. Canadian Human Rights Act
Stub A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. 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. Science and technology in Canada
List Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, 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 Companions of the Order of Canada
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:Canada
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. Canadian (disambiguation)
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 Canada.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:Canada
Project All WikiProject-related pages fall under this class. Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development. Develop these pages into collaborative resources that are useful for improving articles within the project. Wikipedia:WikiProject Canada
Redirect Any redirect falls under this class. The page redirects to another article with a similar name, related topic or that has been merged with 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. Canadian federal election
Template Any template falls under this class. The most common types of templates include infoboxes and navboxes. Different types of templates 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:Canada topics

Importance assessment

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

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

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 Canada. Generally, this is limited to those articles that are listed on {{Canada topics}} A reader who is not involved in Canada 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. Government of Canada, Culture of Canada, British Columbia
High The article covers a topic that is vital to understanding specific topics about Canada or general topics about parts of Canada Most readers will have some knowledge of the subject Articles at this level cover particular issues related to Canada, specific terms are used to detail the topic Prime Minister of Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, History of Manitoba
Mid The article covers a topic that has a strong but not vital role in Canada. 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 Canada. Due to the topics covered at this level, Mid-importance articles will generally have more technical terms used in the article text. Minister of Transport (Canada), Rick Mercer, Jasper National Park
Low The article is not required knowledge for a broad understanding of Canada, but may cover topics directly related to Canada. Few readers outside of Canada or that are not within the local area of the article's topic 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 Canada, using technical terms (and defining them) as needed. Todd Russell, Canada's grand railway hotels, Villages of Alberta, OpenBSD
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Project Aprox.
size		 Statistics WikiProject Canada banner Independent banner
WikiProject Ontario 20,000 stats {{WikiProject Canada |on=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Quebec 11,000 stats {{WikiProject Canada |qc=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Nova Scotia 4,500 stats {{WikiProject Canada |ns=yes}} deleted
WikiProject New Brunswick 3,000 stats {{WikiProject Canada |nb=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Manitoba 4,300 stats {{WikiProject Canada |mb=yes}} deleted
WikiProject British Columbia 11,000 stats {{WikiProject Canada |bc=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Prince Edward Island 1,300 stats {{WikiProject Canada |pe=yes}} none
WikiProject Saskatchewan 5,000 stats {{WikiProject Canada |sk=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Alberta 9,500 stats {{WikiProject Canada |ab=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Newfoundland and Labrador 4,000 stats {{WikiProject Canada |nl=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Toronto 7,800 stats {{WikiProject Canada |toronto=yes |toronto-importance=}} {{WikiProject Toronto}} (3 transclusions)
WikiProject Montreal 3,000 stats {{WikiProject Canada |montreal=yes |montreal-importance=}} {{WikiProject Montreal}} (1,000 transclusions)
WikiProject Vancouver 2,200 stats {{WikiProject Canada |vancouver=yes |vancouver-importance=}} {{WikiProject Vancouver}} (880 transclusions)
WikiProject Ottawa 2,100 stats {{WikiProject Canada |ottawa=yes |ottawa-importance=}} {{WikiProject Ottawa}} (1,300 transclusions)
WikiProject Canadian Territories 3,300 stats {{WikiProject Canada |yt=yes}}
{{WikiProject Canada |nt=yes}}
{{WikiProject Canada |nu=yes}}		 none
WikiProject Governments of Canada 2,700 stats {{WikiProject Canada |cangov=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Political parties and politicians in Canada 9,300 stats {{WikiProject Canada |ppap=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Electoral districts in Canada 2,500 stats {{WikiProject Canada |riding=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Canadian law 1,300 stats {{WikiProject Canada |canlaw=yes}} deleted
WikiProject History of Canada 1,500 stats {{WikiProject Canada |history=yes}} none
WikiProject Geography of Canada 18,000 stats {{WikiProject Canada |geography=yes}} none
WikiProject Canadian communities 17,000 stats {{WikiProject Canada |community=yes}} none
WikiProject Education in Canada 3,700 stats {{WikiProject Canada |education=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Canadian sport 8,500 stats {{WikiProject Canada |sport=yes}} none
WikiProject Canadian TV shows 2,000 stats {{WikiProject Canada |tvshow=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Canadian music 10,000 stats {{WikiProject Canada |music=yes}} deleted
WikiProject Saskatchewan communities and neighbourhoods 1,500 stats {{WikiProject Canada |sk=yes |community=yes}} deleted
Projects and taskforces outside the scope of WikiProject Canada's talk page banner
WikiProject Film/Canadian cinema task force 2,800 stats {{WikiProject Canada |cinema=yes}}
 NB: only adds a link, does not assess		 {{WikiProject Film|Canadian-task-force=yes}}
WikiProject Military history/Canadian military history task force 2,800 stats {{WikiProject Canada |military=yes}}
 NB: only adds a link, does not assess		 {{WPMILHIST|Canadian-task-force=yes}}
WikiProject Canada Roads 2,300 stats none {{Canada Roads WikiProject}}
WikiProject Canadian football 3,600 stats none {{WikiProject Canadian football}}
WikiProject Prescott-Russell 36 none none {{WikiProject Prescott-Russell}}
Degrassi task force 180 stats none {{WikiProject Television|degrassi=y}}
WikiProject Okanagan 530 stats none {{WikiProject Okanagan}}

See also

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  1. ^ Prose at the Good Article level is not expected to be at a professional level like it is for Featured Articles. Minor grammatical or style issues that do not impact clarity are not prohibitive of GA status.
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