Wikipedia:WikiProject Western Asia/Assessment

Western Asia articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA			2			1	3
FM					6		6
GA	2	2	2	9		2	17
B	19	31	35	65	1	21	172
C	9	31	46	230		106	422
Start	1	26	90	664	1	289	1,071
Stub		3	37	1,170	1	594	1,805
List	1	3	28	166		81	279
Category					6,040		6,040
Disambig					12		12
File					119		119
Portal					16		16
Project					20		20
Redirect		3	4	71	357		435
Template					357		357
Other					2		2
Assessed	32	99	244	2,375	6,932	1,094	10,776
Unassessed			1	5		392	398
Total	32	99	245	2,380	6,932	1,486	11,174
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 18,423			Ω = 5.28

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

Frequently asked questions

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 Western Asia 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

Quality assessments

An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Western Asia}} banner template on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

The following standard grades may be used to describe the quality of mainspace articles (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

FA	(for featured articles only; adds them to the FA-Class Western Asia articles category)	FA
FL	(for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class Western Asia articles category)	FL
A	(for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class Western Asia articles category)	A
GA	(for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class Western Asia articles category)	GA
B	(for articles that satisfy all of the B-Class criteria; adds them to the B-Class Western Asia articles category)	B
C	(for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class Western Asia articles category)	C
Start	(for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class Western Asia articles category)	Start
Stub	(for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class Western Asia articles category)	Stub
List	(for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class Western Asia articles category)	List
NA	(for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class Western Asia pages category)	NA
???	(articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed Western Asia articles category)	???

For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:

FM	(for featured media only; adds them to the FM-Class Western Asia pages category)	FM
Category	(for categories; adds them to the Category-Class Western Asia pages category)	Category
Draft	(for drafts; adds them to the Draft-Class Western Asia pages category)	Draft
File	(for files and timed text; adds them to the File-Class Western Asia pages category)	File
Portal	(for portal pages; adds them to the Portal-Class Western Asia pages category)	Portal
Project	(for project pages; adds them to the Project-Class Western Asia pages category)	Project
Template	(for templates and modules; adds them to the Template-Class Western Asia pages category)	Template

The following non-standard assessment grades for mainspace content may be used at a WikiProject's discretion:

Disambig	(for disambiguation pages; adds them to the Disambig-Class Western Asia pages category)		Disambig
Redirect	(for redirect pages; adds them to the Redirect-Class Western Asia pages category)		Redirect

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

Quality scale

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. It is: well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard; comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; 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; neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; 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 compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarism or too-close paraphrasing. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of: a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and 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. 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. 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.	Cleopatra (as of June 2018)
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: Prose. It features professional standards of writing. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. Comprehensiveness. (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items. (b) statements are sourced where they appear, and they provide inline citations if they contain any of the four kinds of material absolutely required to have citations. (c) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists and includes at minimum eight items; does not violate the content-forking guideline, does not largely duplicate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages. (a) Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour; and a minimal proportion of items are redlinked. (b) Media files. It has images and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's usage policies, with succinct captions. Non-free images and other media satisfy the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and are labeled accordingly. (c) Accessibility. It uses proper formating to be accessible to all readers. Bulleted and unbulleted lists and tables are structured correctly. Visual media, if included, utilize alternative (alt) text. 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 dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018)
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.	Battle of Nam River (as of June 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: Well-written: the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct;^[1] and it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. Verifiable with no original research: it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline; 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); it contains no original research; and it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and 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.	Discovery of the neutron (as of April 2019)
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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.	Psychology (as of January 2024)
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.	Wing (as of June 2018)
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.	Ball (as of September 2014)
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.	Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014)
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 literary movements

Importance assessment

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

{{WikiProject Western Asia| ... | importance=??? | ...}}

Top

High

Mid

Low

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The following values may be used for importance assessments:

Top - The article is about one of the core topics of Western Asia. Adds articles to Category:Top-importance Western Asia articles
High - The article is about the most well-known or culturally or historically significant aspects of Western Asia. Adds articles to Category:High-importance Western Asia articles
Mid - The article is about a topic within the Western Asia field that may or may not be commonly known outside the Western Asia community. Adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Western Asia articles
Low - The article is about a topic that is highly specialized within the Western Asia field and is not generally common knowledge outside the community. Adds articles to Category:Low-importance Western Asia articles
Unknown - Any article which has not yet been assessed on the importance scale is automatically added to the Category:Unknown-importance Western Asia articles.

Importance scale

Label	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editor's experience
Top	The article is one of the core topics about Western Asia.	A reader who is not involved in the Western Asia field 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.
High	The article covers a topic that is vital to understanding Western Asia.
Mid	The article covers a topic that has a strong but not vital role in the history of Western Asia.	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 Western Asia. 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 the history of Western Asia will be rated in this level.
Low	The article is not required knowledge for a broad understanding of Western Asia.	Few readers outside the Western Asia field or that are not Western Asia students 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 Western Asia, using technical terms (and defining them) as needed. Topics included at this level include most infrastructure of Western Asia.

Requesting an assessment

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.

Royal Oman Police

Unassessed. I ahve made the article taking stringent precautions so as to adhere to the best practices. I wish to see the article being given a FA rating, It has all the information needed in a precise manner and mantains neutrality. However I wish to see if others feel the same! --Pranav (talk) 14:07, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment log

Iran 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.

May 13, 2025

Renamed

Miral Group (Company) renamed to Miral Group (company).

Reassessed

Glaucus (river of Asia Minor) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to List-Class. (rev · t)

Assessed

Miral Group (company) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

May 12, 2025

Renamed

2025 WAFF Championship renamed to 2026 WAFF Championship.

Assessed

2026 WAFF Championship (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

Removed

Category:Saudi Arabian general practitioners (talk) removed.

May 11, 2025

Renamed

Al Ittihad SC (Iraq) renamed to Al-Ittihad SC (Iraq).
Nat Geo Kids (Middle East) renamed to Nat Geo Kids Abu Dhabi.

Assessed

Al-Ittihad SC (Iraq) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
Nat Geo Kids Abu Dhabi (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

May 10, 2025

Renamed

Mongol invasion of Persia and Mesopotamia renamed to Mongol conquest of Persia and Mesopotamia.
Nat Geo Kids Abu Dhabi renamed to Nat Geo Kids (Middle East).

Reassessed

Aparat (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)

Assessed

Mongol conquest of Persia and Mesopotamia (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)

May 9, 2025

Reassessed

Saudi Arabia (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)

May 8, 2025

Reassessed

Sahduta (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)

Assessed

Category:Buildings and structures in Ramat Gan (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

May 7, 2025

Assessed

Sahduta (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)

Removed

Tomb of Hassan Modarres (talk) removed.

^ 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.

[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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