Wikipedia:WikiProject Objectivism/Assessment
This is the assessment department of WikiProject Objectivism. This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's articles of Objectivism. 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 Objectivism}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Objectivism articles by quality, 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 WikiProject Objectivism 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, 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 parameters in the {{WikiProject Objectivism}} project banner on its talk page:
{{WikiProject Objectivism|class=|importance=}}
The following values may be used for the class parameter:
- FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Objectivism articles)
- A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Objectivism articles) (note: there is currently no A-class review process in place for this project)
- GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Objectivism articles)
- B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Objectivism articles)
- C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Objectivism articles)
- Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Objectivism articles)
- Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Objectivism articles)
- FL (adds lists to Category:FL-Class Objectivism articles)
- List (adds lists to Category:List-Class Objectivism articles)
- Redirect (adds redirects to Category:Redirect-Class Objectivism articles)
- NA (for other non-articles, adds pages to Category:NA-Class Objectivism articles)
Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Objectivism articles. The class should be assigned according to the quality scale below.
Quality scale
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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.
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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. | currently no articles for this project are FA-class |
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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:
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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. | currently no articles for this project are FL-class |
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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. | currently there is no A-class review for this project |
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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:
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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. | Ayn Rand (as of April 2011) |
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
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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. | Journals of Ayn Rand (as of April 2011) |
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.
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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. | Nathaniel Branden (as of March 2011) |
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:
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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. | Harry Binswanger (as of March 2011) |
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. | The Voice of Reason (as of September 2010) |
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 Atlas Shrugged Characters (as of April 2011) |
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. | Wikipedia:5P |
NA | Any non-article page that fits no other classification. | The page contains no article content. | Look out for misclassified articles. Currently, many NA-class articles may need to be re-classified. |
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.
- Anthem_(novella) It's currently listed as C, but I think due to the recent (major) changes it may rank as higher. Brandonk2009 (talk) 16:48, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
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.
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October 19, 2022
Renamed
- Addio Kira renamed to We the Living (film).
- Addio Kira! renamed to We the Living (film).
- Alice O'Connor renamed to Ayn Rand.
- Andrei Taganov renamed to We the Living.
- Anthem Foundation renamed to Objectivist movement.
- Ayn Rand Society renamed to Ayn Rand.
- Criticisms of Objectivism (Ayn Rand) renamed to Objectivism.
- Dagny Taggart renamed to List of Atlas Shrugged characters.
- Dan Conway (Atlas Shrugged) renamed to List of Atlas Shrugged characters.
- Dick McNamara renamed to List of Atlas Shrugged characters.
- Ellis Wyatt renamed to List of Atlas Shrugged characters.
- Ellsworth Toohey renamed to The Fountainhead.
- Francisco d'Anconia renamed to List of Atlas Shrugged characters.
- Gail Wynand renamed to The Fountainhead.
- Hank Rearden renamed to List of Atlas Shrugged characters.
- Howard Roark renamed to The Fountainhead.
- James S. Valliant renamed to Objectivist movement.
- Kira Argounova renamed to We the Living.
- Mozart Was a Red renamed to Murray Rothbard.
- Nat Taggart renamed to List of Atlas Shrugged characters.
- Neo-Objectivism renamed to Objectivist movement.
- Noi Vivi renamed to We the Living (film).
- Objectivism (Ayn Rand) renamed to Objectivism.
- Objectivism in Canada renamed to Objectivist movement.
- Objectivism in India renamed to Objectivist movement.
- Objectivism in the United States renamed to Objectivist movement.
- Objectivist aesthetics renamed to Objectivism.
- Objectivist epistemology renamed to Objectivism.
- Objectivist ethics renamed to Objectivism.
- Objectivist metaphysics renamed to Objectivism.
- Objectivist politics renamed to Objectivism.
- Objectivist theory of value renamed to Objectivism.
- Paul McKeever (politician) renamed to Freedom Party of Ontario.
- Peter Keating renamed to The Fountainhead.
- Requiem for Man renamed to Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal.
- Return of the Primitive renamed to The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution.
- Screen Guide for Americans renamed to Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals.
- Selfishness without a Self renamed to Philosophy: Who Needs It.
- The Ayn Rand Column renamed to Bibliography of Ayn Rand and Objectivism.
- The Ayn Rand Letter renamed to Objectivist periodicals.
- The Ayn Rand Lexicon renamed to Harry Binswanger.
- The Cause of Hitler's Germany renamed to The Ominous Parallels.
- The Collective (Ayn Rand) renamed to Objectivist movement.
- The Foreign Policy of Self-Interest: A Moral Ideal for America renamed to Peter Schwartz (writer).
- The Intellectual Activist renamed to Objectivist periodicals.
- The Objective Standard renamed to Objectivist periodicals.
- The Objectivist renamed to Objectivist periodicals.
- The Objectivist Forum renamed to Objectivist periodicals.
- The Objectivist Newsletter renamed to Objectivist periodicals.
- The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America renamed to The Ominous Parallels.
- The Voice of Reason (book) renamed to Bibliography of Ayn Rand and Objectivism.
Removed
- Category:Adaptations of works by Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Alan Greenspan (talk) removed.
- Alex Epstein (American writer) (talk) removed.
- Allan Gotthelf (talk) removed.
- File:Allan Gotthelf.jpg (talk) removed.
- Amy Peikoff (talk) removed.
- Andrew Bernstein (talk) removed.
- Anthem (novella) (talk) removed.
- Atlas Shrugged (talk) removed.
- Atlas Shrugged: Part I (talk) removed.
- Atlas Shrugged: Part II (talk) removed.
- Atlas Shrugged (film series) (talk) removed.
- Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt? (talk) removed.
- Category:Atlas Shrugged characters (talk) removed.
- File:Atlas Shrugged film poster.jpg (talk) removed.
- Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (talk) removed.
- Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical (talk) removed.
- Draft:Ayn Rand Center Europe (talk) removed.
- Ayn Rand Institute (talk) removed.
- File:Ayn Rand The Russian Radical (cover).jpg (talk) removed.
- Ayn Rand and the World She Made (talk) removed.
- File:Ayn Rand and the World She Made (cover).jpg (talk) removed.
- Category:Ayn Rand characters (talk) removed.
- Barbara Branden (talk) removed.
- File:Barbara Branden.jpg (talk) removed.
- Bibliography of Ayn Rand and Objectivism (talk) removed.
- BioShock (talk) removed.
- Category:Books about Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Category:Books by Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (talk) removed.
- Chris Matthew Sciabarra (talk) removed.
- Category:Critics of Objectivism (Ayn Rand) (talk) removed.
- Category:Cultural depictions of Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- David Kelley (talk) removed.
- Edith Efron (talk) removed.
- Edwin Locke (talk) removed.
- Elan Journo (talk) removed.
- Erika Holzer (talk) removed.
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- Category:Films based on works by Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Category:Films with screenplays by Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- For the New Intellectual (talk) removed.
- Category:Former Objectivists (talk) removed.
- File:Fountainhead play program cover.jpg (talk) removed.
- Frank R. Wallace (talk) removed.
- Fred Miller (philosopher) (talk) removed.
- Freedom Party of Ontario (talk) removed.
- Gawaahi (talk) removed.
- George Reisman (talk) removed.
- Goddess of the Market (talk) removed.
- File:Goddess of the Market (cover).jpg (talk) removed.
- Harry Binswanger (talk) removed.
- Ideal (novel) (talk) removed.
- Ideal (play) (talk) removed.
- File:Ideal 1989 play ad.jpg (talk) removed.
- Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology (talk) removed.
- It Usually Begins with Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- James G. Lennox (talk) removed.
- Jeff Britting (talk) removed.
- Jimmy Wales (talk) removed.
- John David Lewis (talk) removed.
- John Galt (talk) removed.
- John Ridpath (talk) removed.
- Journals of Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- File:Journals of Ayn Rand (cover).jpg (talk) removed.
- Judgment Day: My Years with Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Kay Nolte Smith (talk) removed.
- Kira Peikoff (talk) removed.
- Leonard Peikoff (talk) removed.
- Letters of Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- File:Letters of Ayn Rand (cover).jpg (talk) removed.
- Libertarianz (talk) removed.
- Lindsay Perigo (talk) removed.
- List of Atlas Shrugged characters (talk) removed.
- Martin Anderson (economist) (talk) removed.
- Mattias Svensson (talk) removed.
- Michael Paxton (talk) removed.
- Mimi Reisel Gladstein (talk) removed.
- Mr. A (talk) removed.
- Murray Rothbard (talk) removed.
- Nathaniel Branden (talk) removed.
- File:Nathaniel Branden.jpg (talk) removed.
- Nathaniel Branden Institute (talk) removed.
- Category:Neo-Objectivists (talk) removed.
- File:NightOfJanuary16thmovie.jpg (talk) removed.
- Night of January 16th (talk) removed.
- Category:Novels by Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Objectivism (talk) removed.
- Objectivism's rejection of the primitive (talk) removed.
- Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Objectivism (disambiguation) (talk) removed.
- Objectivism and homosexuality (talk) removed.
- Objectivism and libertarianism (talk) removed.
- Category:Objectivism scholars (talk) removed.
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- Template:Objectivist movement (talk) removed.
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- Category:Objectivist philosophy (talk) removed.
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- On Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Onkar Ghate (talk) removed.
- Peter Schwartz (writer) (talk) removed.
- Philosophy: Who Needs It (talk) removed.
- Category:Plays by Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Category:Question (DC Comics) (talk) removed.
- Question (character) (talk) removed.
- Randian hero (talk) removed.
- Red Pawn (talk) removed.
- Robert Bidinotto (talk) removed.
- Robert Hessen (talk) removed.
- Robert Ringer (talk) removed.
- Romantic realism (talk) removed.
- Rorschach (character) (talk) removed.
- Draft:Rowan Harrison (talk) removed.
- Draft:Supporters of Nuclear Energy (SONE) (talk) removed.
- Tara Smith (philosopher) (talk) removed.
- The Art of Fiction: A Guide for Writers and Readers (talk) removed.
- File:The Art of Fiction (cover).jpg (talk) removed.
- The Atlas Society (talk) removed.
- The Ayn Rand Cult (talk) removed.
- File:The Ayn Rand Cult (cover).jpg (talk) removed.
- The Californian Ideology (talk) removed.
- File:The Disowned Self (cover).jpg (talk) removed.
- The Early Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- The Fountainhead (talk) removed.
- The Fountainhead (film) (talk) removed.
- The Fountainhead (play) (talk) removed.
- The Girl Who Owned a City (talk) removed.
- The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (talk) removed.
- The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels (talk) removed.
- The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution (talk) removed.
- The Night of January 16th (film) (talk) removed.
- The Ominous Parallels (talk) removed.
- The Passion of Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- The Passion of Ayn Rand (film) (talk) removed.
- The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- The Psychology of Self-Esteem (talk) removed.
- File:The Psychology of Self-Esteem (cover).jpg (talk) removed.
- The Romantic Manifesto (talk) removed.
- The Unconquered (1940 play) (talk) removed.
- The Virtue of Selfishness (talk) removed.
- Tibor Machan (talk) removed.
- Tom Stevens (Objectivist Party politician) (talk) removed.
- Category:Unassessed Objectivism articles (talk) removed.
- File:Unconquered playbill.jpg (talk) removed.
- Template:User WikiProject Objectivism (talk) removed.
- We the Living (talk) removed.
- We the Living (film) (talk) removed.
- File:We the Living DVD cover.jpg (talk) removed.
- Who Is Ayn Rand? (talk) removed.
- File:Who is Ayn Rand (1962 edition).jpg (talk) removed.
- WP:WikiProject Objectivism (talk) removed.
- WP:WikiProject Objectivism/Cross talk (talk) removed.
- Category:Works about Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Category:Works about Objectivism (Ayn Rand) (talk) removed.
- Category:Works by Ayn Rand (talk) removed.
- Yaron Brook (talk) removed.
- You Came Along (talk) removed.
Worklist
- The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.
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