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Welcome to the assessment department of WikiProject Volcanoes! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's articles about volcanoes, volcanology, igneous petrology, and related subjects. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment 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 Volcanoes}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:WikiProject Volcanoes articles by quality and Category:WikiProject Volcanoes articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

Statistics

WikiProject Volcanoes articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	Total
FA	6	16	26	13		61
FL		3				3
FM					56	56
GA	10	35	90	51		186
B	26	39	101	62		228
C	20	71	185	178		454
Start	16	167	616	901		1,700
Stub		32	446	1,602		2,080
List		10	47	73	9	139
Category					1,235	1,235
Disambig					12	12
File					44	44
Portal					11	11
Project					28	28
Redirect		3	25	116	265	409
Template					57	57
NA					2	2
Other					2	2
Assessed	78	376	1,536	2,996	1,721	6,707
Total	78	376	1,536	2,996	1,721	6,707
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 23,852			Ω = 5.07

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 WikiProject Volcanoes 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 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!

If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.

Instructions

An article's assessment is generated from the class and importance parameters in the {{WikiProject Volcanoes}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Volcanoes|class= |importance= }}

Class

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Volcanoes}} 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 WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class WikiProject Volcanoes 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 WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		Category
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		Disambig
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		Draft
FM (for featured media only; adds pages to Category:FM-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		FM
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		File
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed WikiProject Volcanoes articles)		???

Importance

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

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

Quality scale

This table is transcluded here, and is identical to the one at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment.

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.	Mauna Loa
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; 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 largest volcanic eruptions
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; 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.	Lake Toba
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.	Otago Peninsula
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.	Deception Island
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. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use.	Volcano Number
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.	Volcanic field
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.	Lists of volcanoes
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:Volcanoes
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.	Underwater volcano
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:Volcano.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:Volcanoes
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 Volcanoes
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:WikiProject Volcanoes

Importance scale

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 volcanologists and others working within the field.

WikiProject article importance scheme
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Importance	Criteria	Example
Top	The article is about one of the core topics in volcanology, or an extremely important and famed volcano. Includes volcanoes of great historical importance, or eruptions with the most devastating consequences. Probably most Decade Volcanoes should be in this category, with a few rated "high" instead. The most important types of volcanoes should be here, as we need to develop good articles about them. The most important igneous rocks should be in this category.	Volcano
High	The article is about a very important topic in volcanology, or a very important and noted volcano. Any volcano with eruptions that have killed numerous people or produced large-scale environmental consequences (i.e. most VEI 6+ eruptions) should be no lower than this level. Moderately-important types of volcanoes should be here. Somewhat important or interesting igneous rocks should go here. Articles about people or places notable for their association with a volcano or eruption should be placed no higher than this category. Biographies of the most important volcanologists, those who made crucial advances to the field, should probably be rated here.	Volcanic gas
Mid	The article is about a fairly important topic in volcanology, or a moderately important and notable volcano. Any volcanoes which are very active (or among the most active in their region) should also be rated no lower than this. Most articles in Category:Volcanologists should probably be here, as most of those who would rate "low" importance do not actually have biography articles yet. Less important igneous rocks should go here. Articles about most volcanic protected areas (such as national parks) should go here. Most extraterrestrial volcanoes should probably be rated no lower than this, since only the most important of them even have Wikipedia articles. Many of the very high, but obscure, 6000+ m volcanoes in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina should probably be here instead of "low", simply because their elevation puts them among the highest volcanoes on earth.	Basanite
Low	The article is about a highly specific or minor topic in volcanology, or a somewhat obscure and generally unknown volcano. Many of the volcanoes in this category would be unfamiliar even to those with a broad knowledge of volcanology and of worldwide volcanoes. Obscure igneous rocks fall into here. Articles where the volcanic component is but a minor part (such as some articles about islands of volcanic origin, etc.) should also be in this category, since they are of low importance to this WikiProject. A few of the current articles in Category:Volcanologists definitely belong here.	Aegina
NA	Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc.	Category:Volcanoes
???	Subject importance has not yet been assessed.	???

Assessment log

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.

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/WikiProject Volcanoes articles by quality log

Articles in need of expansion and cleanup

Now that initial assessments have been completed, the most crtitical articles to attend to are those marked with "Top" importance, but only "Start" class (there are no "Stub"s in this category at this time). The most important such article is Volcanology, which is one of the two flagship articles of this WikiProject (along with Volcano) and is sorely in need of comprehensive expansion.

In the "High" importance category, over 20% of the articles are only "Stub" class and another 60% are "Start" class, so these also require attention and expansion.

In general, "B" class articles which are "Mid" importance or higher should be polished up and nominated as good articles.

The easiest way to find articles which fall within a particular intersection of quality and importance categories is to use the Worklist below, which is transcluded from Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/WikiProject Volcanoes articles by quality.