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center;"><a href="/wiki/Category:NA-importance_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:NA-importance Metalworking articles">NA</a> </th> <th class="assess-" style="background: #dcdcdc; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Unknown-importance_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Unknown-importance Metalworking articles">???</a> </th> <th style="text-align: center;"><b>Total</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-fa" style="color:inherit; background: #9cbdff; text-align: center;"><span title="Featured article"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Featured_article_star.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Featured article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/16px-Featured_article_star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/24px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/32px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="180"/></a></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Category:FA-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:FA-Class Metalworking articles">FA</a></b> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=FA-Class&importance=Top-Class">3</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=FA-Class&importance=Mid-Class">1</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=FA-Class&importance=Low-Class">4</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=FA-Class">8</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-ga" style="color:inherit; background: #66ff66; text-align: center;"><span title="Good article"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Good article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/16px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/24px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/32px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></span></span></span> <b><a href="/wiki/Category:GA-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:GA-Class Metalworking articles">GA</a></b> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=GA-Class&importance=Top-Class">1</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=GA-Class&importance=High-Class">3</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=GA-Class&importance=Mid-Class">2</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=GA-Class&importance=Low-Class">9</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=GA-Class">15</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-b" style="color:inherit; background: #b2ff66; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:B-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:B-Class Metalworking articles">B</a></b> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=B-Class&importance=Top-Class">4</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=B-Class&importance=High-Class">14</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=B-Class&importance=Mid-Class">32</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=B-Class&importance=Low-Class">65</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=B-Class&importance=Unknown-Class">55</a> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=B-Class">170</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-c" style="color:inherit; background: #ffff66; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:C-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:C-Class Metalworking articles">C</a></b> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=C-Class&importance=Top-Class">36</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=C-Class&importance=High-Class">57</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=C-Class&importance=Mid-Class">170</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=C-Class&importance=Low-Class">272</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=C-Class&importance=Unknown-Class">107</a> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=C-Class">642</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-start" style="color:inherit; background: #ffaa66; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Start-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Start-Class Metalworking articles">Start</a></b> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Start-Class&importance=Top-Class">5</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Start-Class&importance=High-Class">32</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Start-Class&importance=Mid-Class">110</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Start-Class&importance=Low-Class">518</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Start-Class&importance=Unknown-Class">160</a> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Start-Class">825</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-stub" style="color:inherit; background: #ffa4a4; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Stub-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Stub-Class Metalworking articles">Stub</a></b> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Stub-Class&importance=High-Class">1</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Stub-Class&importance=Mid-Class">19</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Stub-Class&importance=Low-Class">331</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Stub-Class&importance=Unknown-Class">81</a> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Stub-Class">432</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-list" style="color:inherit; background: #c7b1ff; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:List-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:List-Class Metalworking articles">List</a></b> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=List-Class&importance=High-Class">1</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=List-Class&importance=Mid-Class">6</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=List-Class&importance=Low-Class">10</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=List-Class&importance=Unknown-Class">1</a> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=List-Class">18</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-project" style="color:inherit; background: #c0c090; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Project-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Project-Class Metalworking articles">Project</a></b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Project-Class&importance=NA-Class">13</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Project-Class">13</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-template" style="color:inherit; background: #fbceb1; text-align: center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Template-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Template-Class Metalworking articles">Template</a></b> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Template-Class&importance=NA-Class">24</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Template-Class">24</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="assess-na" style="color:inherit; background: #f5f5f5; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Category:NA-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:NA-Class Metalworking articles">NA</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=NA-Class&importance=Top-Class">2</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=NA-Class&importance=Mid-Class">5</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=NA-Class&importance=Low-Class">33</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=NA-Class&importance=NA-Class">343</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=NA-Class">383</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center"><b>Assessed</b> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Assessed-Class&importance=Top-Class">51</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Assessed-Class&importance=High-Class">108</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Assessed-Class&importance=Mid-Class">345</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Assessed-Class&importance=Low-Class">1,242</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Assessed-Class&importance=NA-Class">380</a> </td> <td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Assessed-Class&importance=Unknown-Class">404</a> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?quality=Assessed-Class">2,530</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?importance=Top-Class">51</a></b> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?importance=High-Class">108</a></b> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?importance=Mid-Class">345</a></b> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?importance=Low-Class">1,242</a></b> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?importance=NA-Class">380</a></b> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles?importance=Unknown-Class">404</a></b> </td> <td><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Metalworking/articles">2,530</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;" colspan="2"><b>WikiWork factors</b> (<a href="/wiki/User:WP_1.0_bot/WikiWork/faq" title="User:WP 1.0 bot/WikiWork/faq"><span style="color:blue">?</span></a>) </td> <td style="text-align: center;" colspan="3">ω = <b> <span data-sort-value="7003982500000000000♠">9,825</span></b> </td> <td style="text-align: center;" colspan="3">Ω = <b> 4.70</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Frequently_asked_questions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Frequently_asked_questions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Frequently_asked_questions"></span>Frequently asked questions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Frequently_asked_questions"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Metalworking/Assessment&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Frequently asked questions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>How can I get my article rated?</dt> <dd>As a member of the WikiProject Metalworking, you can do it yourself. If you're unsure, list it in the <a href="#Requesting_an_assessment">requesting an assessment section</a> below.</dd> <dt>Who can assess articles?</dt> <dd>Any member of WikiProject Metalworking is free to add—or change—the rating of an article, but please follow the guidelines.</dd> <dt>Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?</dt> <dd>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.</dd> <dt>Where can I get more comments about my article?</dt> <dd>Post a message on the project talk page. You may also list it for a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PR">Peer review</a>.</dd> <dt>Aren't the ratings subjective?</dt> <dd>Yes, they are (see, in particular, the disclaimers on the <a href="#Importance_scale">importance scale</a>), 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!</dd></dl> <p>If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Instructions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Instructions-2013-05-02T11:59:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Instructions-2013-05-02T11:59:00.000Z"></span>Instructions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Instructions-2013-05-02T11:59:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Metalworking/Assessment&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Instructions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p>An article's assessment is generated from the <i>class</i> and <i>importance</i> parameters in the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Metalworking" title="Template:WikiProject Metalworking">WikiProject Metalworking</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> project banner on its talk page. You can learn the syntax by looking at the talk pages in edit mode and by reading the info below. </p><p>This is the rating syntax (ratings and dates are samples, change to what applies to the article in question): </p> <dl><dt>{{WikiProject metalworking}}</dt></dl> <ul><li>displays the default banner, showing the project info and only ??? for the quality and importance parameters.</li></ul> <dl><dt>{{WikiProject metalworking|class=FA|importance=Top}}</dt></dl> <ul><li>all assessed articles should have quality and importance filled in. Leaving the other parameters off does not hurt anything.</li></ul> <dl><dt>{{WikiProject metalworking|class=Start|importance=Mid|attention=yes}}</dt></dl> <ul><li>if an article needs immediate attention, add the attention tag and please leave talk notes as to why. "yes" is the only valid parameter here. If it doesn't need attention, leave the parameter off.</li></ul> <p>The following values may be used for the <i>class</i> parameter: </p> <ul><li><b>FA</b> (adds articles to <a href="/wiki/Category:FA-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:FA-Class Metalworking articles">Category:FA-Class Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>A</b> (adds articles to <a href="/wiki/Category:A-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:A-Class Metalworking articles">Category:A-Class Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>GA</b> (adds articles to <a href="/wiki/Category:GA-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:GA-Class Metalworking articles">Category:GA-Class Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>B</b> (adds articles to <a href="/wiki/Category:B-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:B-Class Metalworking articles">Category:B-Class Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>C</b> (adds articles to <a href="/wiki/Category:C-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:C-Class Metalworking articles">Category:C-Class Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>Start</b> (adds articles to <a href="/wiki/Category:Start-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Start-Class Metalworking articles">Category:Start-Class Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>Stub</b> (adds articles to <a href="/wiki/Category:Stub-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Stub-Class Metalworking articles">Category:Stub-Class Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>Project</b> (for project pages; adds pages to <a href="/wiki/Category:Project-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Project-Class Metalworking articles">Category:Project-Class Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>Template</b> (for templates; adds pages to <a href="/wiki/Category:Template-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Template-Class Metalworking articles">Category:Template-Class Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>NA</b> (for other non-article pages, such as re-directs or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to <a href="/wiki/Category:NA-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:NA-Class Metalworking articles">Category:NA-Class Metalworking articles</a>). NA means "non-article", NOT "non-applicable."</li></ul> <p>Articles for which a valid class and/or importance is not provided are listed in <a href="/wiki/Category:Unassessed_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Unassessed Metalworking articles">Category:Unassessed Metalworking articles</a>. The class should be assigned according to the <a href="#Quality_scale">quality scale</a> below. </p><p>The following values may be used for the <i>importance</i> parameter: </p> <ul><li><b>Top</b> (adds articles to <a href="/wiki/Category:Top-importance_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Top-importance Metalworking articles">Category:Top-importance Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>High</b> (adds articles to <a href="/wiki/Category:High-importance_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:High-importance Metalworking articles">Category:High-importance Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>Mid</b> (adds articles to <a href="/wiki/Category:Mid-importance_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Mid-importance Metalworking articles">Category:Mid-importance Metalworking articles</a>)</li> <li><b>Low</b> (adds articles to <a href="/wiki/Category:Low-importance_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Low-importance Metalworking articles">Category:Low-importance Metalworking articles</a>)</li></ul> <p>The parameter is not used if an article's class is set to <b>NA</b>, and may be omitted in those cases. The importance should be assigned according to the <a href="#Importance_scale">importance scale</a> below. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Quality_scale" data-mw-thread-id="h-Quality_scale-Instructions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Quality_scale-Instructions"></span>Quality scale<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Quality_scale-Instructions"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Metalworking/Assessment&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Quality scale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Note: A B-class article should have at least one reference.</i> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1045256916">.mw-parser-output .navbar-header{text-align:center;position:relative;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .navbar-header .navbar{position:absolute;right:0;top:0;margin:0 5px}</style><div class="navbar-header"><b>WikiProject content quality grading scheme</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Grading_scheme" title="Template:Grading scheme"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Grading_scheme" title="Template talk:Grading scheme"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Grading_scheme" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Grading scheme"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></div> <table class="wikitable plainlinks" style="width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width: 5%;">Class</th> <th scope="col" style="width: 39%;">Criteria</th> <th scope="col" style="width: 21%;">Reader's experience</th> <th scope="col" style="width: 24%;">Editing suggestions</th> <th scope="col" style="width: 11%;">Example </th></tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-fa"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1153963504">.mw-parser-output td.assess,.mw-parser-output th.assess{font-weight:bold;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output td.assess-unbold,.mw-parser-output th.assess-unbold{font-weight:inherit}.mw-parser-output .assess-fa,.mw-parser-output .assess-fl,.mw-parser-output .assess-fm,.mw-parser-output .assess-fpo{background-color:#9cbdff}.mw-parser-output .assess-a,.mw-parser-output .assess-al{background-color:#66ffff}.mw-parser-output .assess-ga{background-color:#66ff66}.mw-parser-output .assess-b,.mw-parser-output .assess-bl,.mw-parser-output .assess-complete{background-color:#b2ff66}.mw-parser-output .assess-c,.mw-parser-output .assess-cl,.mw-parser-output .assess-substantial{background-color:#ffff66}.mw-parser-output .assess-start,.mw-parser-output .assess-basic{background-color:#ffaa66}.mw-parser-output .assess-stub,.mw-parser-output .assess-sl{background-color:#ffa4a4}.mw-parser-output .assess-list{background-color:#c7b1ff}.mw-parser-output .assess-na{background-color:#f5f5f5}.mw-parser-output .assess-unassessed,.mw-parser-output .assess-default{background-color:#dcdcdc}.mw-parser-output .assess-current{background-color:#e6a4ff}.mw-parser-output .assess-deferred{background-color:#d1bcac}.mw-parser-output .assess-future{background-color:#b4bbff}.mw-parser-output .assess-sia{background-color:#e9daff}.mw-parser-output .assess-category{background-color:#ffdb58}.mw-parser-output .assess-disambig{background-color:#00fa9a}.mw-parser-output .assess-draft{background-color:#e7b198}.mw-parser-output .assess-file{background-color:#ddccff}.mw-parser-output .assess-merge{background-color:#add8e6}.mw-parser-output .assess-needed{background-color:#dcdcdc}.mw-parser-output .assess-portal{background-color:#ddb1bc}.mw-parser-output .assess-project{background-color:#c0c090}.mw-parser-output .assess-redirect{background-color:#c0c0c0}.mw-parser-output .assess-template{background-color:#fbceb1}.mw-parser-output .assess-user{background-color:#ddd06a}</style><span title="Featured article"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Featured_article_star.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Featured article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/16px-Featured_article_star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/24px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/32px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="180"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:FA-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:FA-Class Metalworking articles">FA</a></td> <td>The article has attained <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">featured article</a> status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates">WP:Featured article candidates</a>.<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <div style="font-weight:bold;">More detailed criteria</div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content">The article meets the <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Featured article criteria">featured article criteria</a></b>: <p>A <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">featured article</a> exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#CONPOL" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">policies regarding content</a> for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. </p> <ol> <li id="1">It is: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li id="1A"><b>well-written</b>: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard;</li> <li id="1B"><b>comprehensive</b>: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context;</li> <li id="1C"><b>well-researched</b>: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiable</a> against high-quality <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">reliable sources</a> and are supported by inline citations <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:When_to_cite" title="Wikipedia:When to cite">where appropriate</a>;</li> <li id="1D"><b>neutral</b>: it presents views <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">fairly and without bias</a>;</li> <li id="1E"><b>stable</b>: it is not subject to ongoing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">edit wars</a> and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and</li> <li id="1F"><b>compliant with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Wikipedia's copyright policy</a></b> and free of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">plagiarism</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Close_paraphrasing" title="Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing">too-close paraphrasing</a>.</li> </ol></li> <li id="2">It follows the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">style guidelines</a>, including the provision of: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li id="2A"><b>a lead</b>: a concise <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">lead section</a> that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections;</li> <li id="2B"><b>appropriate structure</b>: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical <a href="/wiki/Help:Section" title="Help:Section">section headings</a>; and</li> <li id="2C"><b>consistent citations</b>: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">citing sources</a> for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required.</li> </ol></li> <li id="3"><b>Media.</b> It has <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Images" title="Wikipedia:Images">images</a> and other media, where appropriate, with succinct <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions">captions</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright#Licenses" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright">acceptable copyright status</a>. Images follow the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">image use policy</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content">Non-free</a> images or media must satisfy the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria">criteria for inclusion of non-free content</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_copyright_tags/Non-free" title="Wikipedia:File copyright tags/Non-free">be labeled accordingly</a>.</li> <li id="4"><b>Length.</b> It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">summary style</a> where appropriate.</li> </ol></div> </div></td> <td style="font-size:90%">Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cleopatra&oldid=845466035">Cleopatra</a></span><br/><span style="font-size:90%">(as of June 2018)</span></td> </tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-fl"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1153963504"><span title="Featured list"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Featured_article_star.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Featured list"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/16px-Featured_article_star.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/24px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Featured_article_star.svg/32px-Featured_article_star.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="180"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:FL-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:FL-Class Metalworking articles">FL</a></td> <td>The article has attained <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_lists" title="Wikipedia:Featured lists">featured list</a> status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates">WP:Featured list candidates</a>.<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <div style="font-weight:bold;">More detailed criteria</div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content">The article meets the <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Featured list criteria">featured list criteria</a></b>: <ol> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Prose.'''_It_features_professional_standards_of_writing."></span><span id="1"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Prose.</b> It features professional standards of writing.</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Lead.'''_It_has_an_engaging_[[WP:Lead_section|lead]]_that_introduces_the_subject_and_defines_the_scope_and_inclusion_criteria."></span><span id="2"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Lead.</b> It has an engaging <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lead_section" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Lead section">lead</a> that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria.</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Comprehensiveness.'''"></span><span id="3"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Comprehensiveness.</b></span></span><ul> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="(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."></span><span id="3a"></span><span class="vanchor-text">(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.</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="(b)_statements_are_[[WP:BURDEN|sourced_where_they_appear]],_and_they_provide_[[Wikipedia:Inline_citations|inline_citations]]_if_they_contain_any_of_the_[[WP:MINREF|four_kinds_of_material_absolutely_required_to_have_citations]]."></span><span id="3b"></span><span class="vanchor-text">(b) statements are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BURDEN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BURDEN">sourced where they appear</a>, and they provide <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citations" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Inline citations">inline citations</a> if they contain any of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MINREF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MINREF">four kinds of material absolutely required to have citations</a>.</span></span> </li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="(c)_In_length_and/or_topic,_it_meets_all_of_the_requirements_for_[[WP:SAL|stand-alone_lists]]_and_includes_at_minimum_eight_items;_does_not_violate_the_[[WP:Content_forking|content-forking_guideline]],_does_not_largely_duplicate_material_from_another_article,_and_could_not_reasonably_be_included_as_part_of_a_related_article."></span><span id="3c"></span><span class="vanchor-text">(c) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SAL">stand-alone lists</a> and includes at minimum eight items; does not violate the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forking" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Content forking">content-forking guideline</a>, does not largely duplicate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article.</span></span></li> </ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Structure.'''_It_is_easy_to_navigate_and_includes,_where_helpful,_[[Help:Section|section]]_headings_and_[[Help:Sortable_tables|table_sort]]_facilities."></span><span id="4"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Structure.</b> It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, <a href="/wiki/Help:Section" title="Help:Section">section</a> headings and <a href="/wiki/Help:Sortable_tables" title="Help:Sortable tables">table sort</a> facilities.</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Style.'''_It_complies_with_the_[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style|Manual_of_Style]]_and_its_supplementary_pages."></span><span id="5"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Style.</b> It complies with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> and its supplementary pages.</span></span><ul> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="(a)_''Visual_appeal.''_It_makes_suitable_use_of_text_layout,_formatting,_[[Help:Table|tables]],_and_[[Wikipedia:Colours|colour]];_and_a_minimal_proportion_of_items_are_redlinked."></span><span id="5a"></span><span class="vanchor-text">(a) <i>Visual appeal.</i> It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, <a href="/wiki/Help:Table" title="Help:Table">tables</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Colours" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Colours">colour</a>; and a minimal proportion of items are redlinked.</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="(b)_''Media_files.''_It_has_[[Wikipedia:Images|images]]_and_other_media,_if_appropriate_to_the_topic,_that_follow_Wikipedia's_[[Wikipedia:Image_use_policy|usage_policies]],_with_succinct_[[Wikipedia:Captions|captions]]._[[Wikipedia:Non-free_content|Non-free]]_images_and_other_media_satisfy_the_[[Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria|criteria_for_the_inclusion_of_non-free_content]]_and_[[Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags/Non-free_content|are_labeled_accordingly]]."></span><span id="5b"></span><span class="vanchor-text">(b) <i>Media files.</i> It has <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Images" title="Wikipedia:Images">images</a> and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">usage policies</a>, with succinct <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Captions" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Captions">captions</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content">Non-free</a> images and other media satisfy the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria">criteria for the inclusion of non-free content</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_copyright_tags/Non-free_content" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free content">are labeled accordingly</a>.</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="(c)_''Accessibility''._It_[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility|uses_proper_formating]]_to_be_[[Web_accessibility|accessible_to_all_readers]]._[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility#Lists|Bulleted_and_unbulleted_lists]]_and_[[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility/Data_tables_tutorial|tables]]_are_structured_correctly._Visual_media,_if_included,_utilize_[[Wikipedia:Alternative_text_for_images|alternative_(alt)_text]]."></span><span id="5c"></span><span class="vanchor-text">(c) <i>Accessibility</i>. It <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">uses proper formating</a> to be <a href="/wiki/Web_accessibility" title="Web accessibility">accessible to all readers</a>. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility#Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Bulleted and unbulleted lists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility/Data_tables_tutorial" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility/Data tables tutorial">tables</a> are structured correctly. Visual media, if included, utilize <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Alternative_text_for_images" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Alternative text for images">alternative (alt) text</a>.</span></span></li> </ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Stability.'''_It_is_not_the_subject_of_ongoing_[[Wikipedia:Edit_war|edit_wars]]_and_its_content_does_not_change_significantly_from_day_to_day,_except_in_response_to_the_featured_list_process."></span><span id="6"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Stability.</b> It is not the subject of ongoing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Edit war">edit wars</a> and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.</span></span></li> </ol></div> </div></td> <td style="font-size:90%">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.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events&oldid=843718400">List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events</a></span><br/><span style="font-size:90%">(as of May 2018)</span></td> </tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-a"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1153963504"><span title="A-Class article"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_a_class.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="A-Class article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Symbol_a_class.svg/16px-Symbol_a_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Symbol_a_class.svg/24px-Symbol_a_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Symbol_a_class.svg/32px-Symbol_a_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:A-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:A-Class Metalworking articles">A</a></td> <td>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.<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <div style="font-weight:bold;">More detailed criteria</div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content">The article meets the <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment/A-Class_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Content assessment/A-Class criteria">A-Class criteria</a></b>:<br/> Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_development#How_to_develop_an_article" title="Wikipedia:Article development">Wikipedia:Article development</a>. 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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates">featured article candidate</a>. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Assessment/A-Class_review" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/A-Class review">WikiProject Military history</a>).</div> </div></td> <td style="font-size:90%">Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review" title="Wikipedia:Peer review">WP:Peer review</a> may help.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Nam_River&oldid=612012495">Battle of Nam River</a></span><br/><span style="font-size:90%">(as of June 2014)</span></td> </tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-ga"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1153963504"><span title="Good article"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Good article"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/16px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/24px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/32px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:GA-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:GA-Class Metalworking articles">GA</a></td> <td>The article meets <b>all</b> of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Good article criteria">good article criteria</a>, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations" title="Wikipedia:Good article nominations">WP:Good article nominations</a>.<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <div style="font-weight:bold;">More detailed criteria</div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content">A <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Good articles">good article</a> is: <ol> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Well-written''':"></span><span id="1"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Well-written</b>:</span></span> <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="the_prose_is_clear,_concise,_and_[[WP:Make_technical_articles_understandable|understandable_to_an_appropriately_broad_audience]];_spelling_and_grammar_are_correct;"></span><span id="1a"></span><span class="vanchor-text">the prose is clear, concise, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">understandable to an appropriately broad audience</a>; spelling and grammar are correct;</span></span> and</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_complies_with_the_[[WP:Manual_of_Style|Manual_of_Style]]_guidelines_for_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section|lead_sections]],_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Layout|layout]],_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch|words_to_watch]],_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction|fiction]],_and_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists|list_incorporation]]."></span><span id="1b"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it complies with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> guidelines for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">lead sections</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">layout</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">words to watch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction">fiction</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists">list incorporation</a>.</span></span></li> </ol></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''[[WP:Verifiability|Verifiable]]'''_with_'''no_original_research''':"></span><span id="2"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiable</a></b> with <b>no original research</b>:</span></span> <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_contains_a_list_of_all_references_(sources_of_information),_presented_in_accordance_with_[[WP:FNNR|the_layout_style_guideline]];"></span><span id="2a"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FNNR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FNNR">the layout style guideline</a>;</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="[[WP:Reliable_sources|reliable_sources]]_are_[[WP:Inline_citation|cited_inline]]._All_content_that_[[Wikipedia:Content_that_could_reasonably_be_challenged|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);"></span><span id="2b"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a> are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation" title="Wikipedia:Inline citation">cited inline</a>. All content that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_that_could_reasonably_be_challenged" title="Wikipedia:Content that could reasonably be challenged">could reasonably be challenged</a>, 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);</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_contains_[[WP:No_original_research|no_original_research]];"></span><span id="2c"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it contains <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">no original research</a>;</span></span> and</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_contains_no_[[WP:Copyright_violations|copyright_violations]]_or_[[WP:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]."></span><span id="2d"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it contains no <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">copyright violations</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">plagiarism</a>.</span></span></li> </ol></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Broad_in_its_coverage''':"></span><span id="3"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Broad in its coverage</b>:</span></span> <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_addresses_the_[[WP:Out_of_scope|main_aspects]]_of_the_topic;"></span><span id="3a"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it addresses the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Out_of_scope" title="Wikipedia:Out of scope">main aspects</a> of the topic;</span></span> and</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_stays_focused_on_the_topic_without_going_into_unnecessary_detail_(see_[[WP:Summary_style|summary_style]])."></span><span id="3b"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">summary style</a>).</span></span></li> </ol></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''[[WP:Neutral_point_of_view|Neutral]]''':_it_represents_viewpoints_fairly_and_without_editorial_bias,_giving_due_weight_to_each."></span><span id="4"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral</a></b>: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Stable''':_it_does_not_change_significantly_from_day_to_day_because_of_an_ongoing_[[WP:Edit_warring|edit_war]]_or_content_dispute."></span><span id="5"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Stable</b>: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">edit war</a> or content dispute.</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Illustrated''',_if_possible,_by_'''media'''_such_as_[[WP:Images|images]],_[[WP:Videos|video]],_or_[[WP:Audio|audio]]:"></span><span id="6"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Illustrated</b>, if possible, by <b>media</b> such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Images" title="Wikipedia:Images">images</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Videos" title="Wikipedia:Videos">video</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Audio" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Audio">audio</a>:</span></span> <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="media_are_[[WP:File_copyright_tags|tagged]]_with_their_[[WP:FAQ/Copyright|copyright_statuses]],_and_[[WP:Non-free_use_rationale_guideline|valid_non-free_use_rationales]]_are_provided_for_[[WP:Non-free_content|non-free_content]];"></span><span id="6a"></span><span class="vanchor-text">media are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_copyright_tags" title="Wikipedia:File copyright tags">tagged</a> with their <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright">copyright statuses</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_use_rationale_guideline" title="Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline">valid non-free use rationales</a> are provided for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-free_content" title="Wikipedia:Non-free content">non-free content</a>;</span></span> and</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="media_are_[[MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE|relevant]]_to_the_topic,_and_have_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Captions|suitable_captions]]."></span><span id="6b"></span><span class="vanchor-text">media are <a href="/wiki/MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE">relevant</a> to the topic, and have <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions">suitable captions</a>.</span></span></li> </ol></li> </ol></div> </div></td> <td style="font-size:90%">Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">featured article</a> on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discovery_of_the_neutron&oldid=890591850">Discovery of the neutron</a></span><br/><span style="font-size:90%">(as of April 2019)</span></td> </tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-b"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1153963504"><a href="/wiki/Category:B-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:B-Class Metalworking articles">B</a></td> <td>The article meets <b>all</b> of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment/B-Class_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Content assessment/B-Class criteria">B-Class criteria</a>. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Good article criteria">good article standards</a>.<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <div style="font-weight:bold;">More detailed criteria</div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content"><ol> <li id="B1"><b>The article is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources">suitably referenced</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation" title="Wikipedia:Inline citation">inline citations</a>.</b> It has <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>, and any important or controversial material which is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Likely_to_be_challenged" title="Wikipedia:Likely to be challenged">likely to be challenged</a> is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <a href="/wiki/Help:Footnotes" title="Help:Footnotes"><ref> tags</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Citation templates">citation templates</a> such as <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code> is optional.</li> <li id="B2"><b>The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies.</b> It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Assessment/A-Class_criteria" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/A-Class criteria">A-Class article</a>, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.</li> <li id="B3"><b>The article has a defined structure.</b> Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">lead section</a> and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.</li> <li id="B4"><b>The article is reasonably well-written.</b> The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Featured article criteria">of the standard of featured articles</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> does not need to be followed rigorously.</li> <li id="B5"><b>The article contains supporting materials where appropriate.</b> Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes">infobox</a> etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.</li> <li id="B6"><b>The article presents its content in an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">appropriately understandable way</a>.</b> It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and <a href="/wiki/MOS:JARGON" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:JARGON">technical terms should be explained or avoided</a> where possible.</li> </ol></div> </div></td> <td style="font-size:90%">Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> and related <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_style_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia style guidelines">style guidelines</a>.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Psychology&oldid=1193670158">Psychology</a></span><br/><span style="font-size:90%">(as of January 2024)</span></td> </tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-c"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1153963504"><a href="/wiki/Category:C-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:C-Class Metalworking articles">C</a></td> <td>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 <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup">cleanup</a>.<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <div style="font-weight:bold;">More detailed criteria</div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content">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.</div> </div></td> <td style="font-size:90%">Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleanup" title="Wikipedia:Cleanup">cleanup</a> problems.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wing&oldid=844463722">Wing</a></span><br/><span style="font-size:90%">(as of June 2018)</span></td> </tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-start"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1153963504"><a href="/wiki/Category:Start-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Start-Class Metalworking articles">Start</a></td> <td>An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources.<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <div style="font-weight:bold;">More detailed criteria</div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content">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: <ul><li>A useful picture or graphic</li> <li>Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic</li> <li>A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic</li> <li>Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article</li></ul></div> </div></td> <td style="font-size:90%">Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">Providing references to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a> 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.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ball&oldid=624271817">Ball</a></span><br/><span style="font-size:90%">(as of September 2014)</span></td> </tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-stub"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1153963504"><a href="/wiki/Category:Stub-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Stub-Class Metalworking articles">Stub</a></td> <td>A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">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.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">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.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lineage_(anthropology)&oldid=639075986">Lineage (anthropology)</a></span><br/><span style="font-size:90%">(as of December 2014)</span></td> </tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-list"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1153963504"><a href="/wiki/Category:List-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:List-Class Metalworking articles">List</a></td> <td>Meets the criteria of a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">stand-alone list</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Set_index_articles" title="Wikipedia:Set index articles">set index article</a>, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_literary_movements" title="List of literary movements">List of literary movements</a></td> </tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-project"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1153963504"><a href="/wiki/Category:Project-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Project-Class Metalworking articles">Project</a></td> <td>All <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject">WikiProject</a>-related pages fall under this class.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">Develop these pages into collaborative resources that are useful for improving articles within the project.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history">Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history</a></td> </tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-template"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1153963504"><a href="/wiki/Category:Template-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:Template-Class Metalworking articles">Template</a></td> <td>Any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages">template</a> falls under this class. The most common types of templates include <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Infoboxes" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes">infoboxes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Navigation_template" title="Wikipedia:Navigation template">navboxes</a>.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">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.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">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.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Martial_arts" title="Template:Martial arts">Template:Martial arts</a></td> </tr><tr> <td class="assess assess-na"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1153963504"><a href="/wiki/Category:NA-Class_Metalworking_articles" title="Category:NA-Class Metalworking articles">NA</a></td> <td>Any non-article page that fits no other classification.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">The page contains no article content.</td> <td style="font-size:90%">Look out for misclassified articles. Currently, many NA-class articles may need to be re-classified.</td> <td style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Importance_scale" data-mw-thread-id="h-Importance_scale-Instructions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Importance_scale-Instructions"></span>Importance scale<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Importance_scale-Instructions"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Metalworking/Assessment&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Importance scale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The criteria used for rating article importance are <b>not</b> meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of the <i>average</i> 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 <i>popular</i> notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of military history. Importance does not equate to quality; a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">featured article</a> could rate 'mid' on importance. </p><p><i>Note that general notability need not be from the perspective of editor demographics; generally notable topics should be rated similarly regardless of the country or region in which they hold said notability. Thus, topics which may seem obscure to a Western audience—but which are of high notability in other places—should still be highly rated. Rate international region/country-specific articles from the prespective of someone from that region.</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><b>Article importance grading scheme</b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Label </th> <th>Criteria </th> <th>Examples </th></tr> <tr> <td class="import-top" style="text-align:center; color:inherit; background: #ff97ff;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Top-importance_articles" title="Category:Top-importance articles">Top</a> </td> <td>Subject is a "core" or "key" topic for Metalworking, or is generally notable to people other than students of Metalworking. They define and determine the subject of the Metalworking WikiProject. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metalworking" title="Metalworking">Metalworking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casting_(metalworking)" class="mw-redirect" title="Casting (metalworking)">Casting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Forging" title="Forging">Forging</a>, <a href="/wiki/Machining" title="Machining">Machining</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="import-high" style="text-align:center; color:inherit; background: #ffacff;"><a href="/wiki/Category:High-importance_articles" title="Category:High-importance articles">High</a> </td> <td>Subject is notable in a significant and important way within the area of Metalworking, but not necessarily outside it. </td> <td>examples <br/>... </td></tr> <tr> <td class="import-mid" style="text-align:center; color:inherit; background: #ffc1ff;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Mid-importance_articles" title="Category:Mid-importance articles">Mid</a> </td> <td>Subject contributes to the total subject of WikiProject Metalworking. Subject may not necessarily be famous. </td> <td>examples <br/>... </td></tr> <tr> <td class="import-low" style="text-align:center; color:inherit; background: #ffd6ff;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Low-importance_articles" title="Category:Low-importance articles">Low</a> </td> <td>Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within the field of Metalworking, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of another topic. </td> <td>examples <br/>... </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Requesting_an_assessment_or_re-assessment" data-mw-thread-id="h-Requesting_an_assessment_or_re-assessment-Instructions-2013-05-02T11:59:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Requesting_an_assessment_or_re-assessment-Instructions-2013-05-02T11:59:00.000Z"></span>Requesting an assessment or re-assessment<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Requesting_an_assessment_or_re-assessment-Instructions-2013-05-02T11:59:00.000Z"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Metalworking/Assessment&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Requesting an assessment or re-assessment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Witnessforpeace-2013-05-02T11:59:00.000Z-Requesting_an_assessment_or_re-assessment"></span>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. If you are interested in more extensive comments on an article, please use assign the article the attention flag, leave reasoning on its talk page, and leave a message on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Metalworking" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Metalworking">Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject Metalworking</a>. </p> <ol><li><i>Add articles here! Newest requests on the BOTTOM</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Like_this" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Like this">Like this</a> (and put "(re-)assessment request" in your edit summary of this assessment page), leave reasons if a reassement.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_furniture" title="Ancient furniture">Ancient furniture</a></li></ol> <p>List of drill and tap sizes I come to this page all the time. It should be "HIGH" importance as selection of bits based on size is commonly done in metalworking. Quality is another issue; perhaps it can be improved but it's useful to me as is <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Witnessforpeace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Witnessforpeace (page does not exist)">Witnessforpeace</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Witnessforpeace" title="User talk:Witnessforpeace">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Metalworking/Assessment#c-Witnessforpeace-2013-05-02T11:59:00.000Z-Requesting_an_assessment_or_re-assessment" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">11:59, 2 May 2013 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Witnessforpeace-2013-05-02T11:59:00.000Z-Requesting_an_assessment_or_re-assessment"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Witnessforpeace-2013-05-02T11:59:00.000Z-Requesting_an_assessment_or_re-assessment"></span> </p>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Metalworking/Assessment&oldid=999703127">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Metalworking/Assessment&oldid=999703127</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_Metalworking" title="Category:WikiProject Metalworking">WikiProject Metalworking</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:WikiProject_assessments" title="Category:WikiProject assessments">WikiProject assessments</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 11 January 2021, at 14:39<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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