RationalWiki:Article rating

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==Ordinary articles==
 
==Ordinary articles==
*Self-explanatory. The default state of any RW article which has not yet been rated or does not yet meet bronze standards.
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*Self-explanatory. The default state of any RW article which has not yet been rated or does not yet meet copper standards.
  
 
==Copper-level articles==
 
==Copper-level articles==

Revision as of 19:46, 2 October 2011

Note: this system was started in May 2010, it may not be fully implemented yet so many articles are still completely unrated.

RationalWiki is trying to implement a rating system for articles, as described below. This is indicated by the use of "brainstars" which are placed in the top right corner. To nominate an article for the "silver" and "gold" ratings, discuss the topic on the article's talk page.

Contents

Ordinary articles

  • Self-explanatory. The default state of any RW article which has not yet been rated or does not yet meet copper standards.

Copper-level articles

Add {{Copper}} to copper-rated articles.[1] (List of copper-rated articles)

Copper oxide brain.png Copper: Not quite a good article

  • Article must not be a stub or VSA and should not be tagged with any of the "articles requiring attention" categories.
  • Article should be close to achieving the bronze criteria without needing a major overhaul
  • Article must have at least a few footnotes and references, and be in at least one content category
  • Article should contain at least one subsection

Bronze-level articles

Add {{Bronze}} to bronze-rated articles. (List of bronze-rated articles)

Copperbrain.png Bronze: Good article

  • Article must not be a stub or VSA and should not be tagged with any of the "articles requiring attention" categories.
  • Article is formatted correctly according to the manual of style.
  • Article contains appropriate internal and external links, categories, and references if appropriate.
  • Article is coherent and free of needless in-jokes, such as irrelevant references to Conservapedia, and the jokes and snark it does contain are balanced with factual content.
  • The article content is original, and not largely copied (even under license).

Silver-level articles

Add {{Silver}} to silver-rated articles. (List of silver-rated articles)

Silverbrain.png Silver: Very good article

  • Article topic is directly relevant to and worthy of RW's mission (i.e., potential upgrading to cover story would be uncontroversial).
  • Article should not contain repetitive content or contain repetitive content or repetitive content.
  • Article is almost fully referenced with appropriate internal and external links, and categories.
  • Article is illustrated appropriately.
  • Article is free of blatant speling and grammar error's.

Cover stories

Add {{Gold}} to gold-rated articles. (List of gold-rated articles)

Goldenbrain.png Gold: Cover story status

  • The topic is highly relevant to RW's mission.
  • Article is essentially a "go to" resource for the topic at hand.
  • Article covers all aspects of the topic at hand in-depth.
  • It is fully referenced with appropriate internal and external links, and categories.
  • Where necessary and possible, the article is supported by others that are of a good quality (e.g., homeopathy and water memory).
  • The cover status has been discussed and agreed on the talk page. This last criterion is the most important.

Behind the scenes

The templates {{copper}}, {{bronze}}, {{silver}} and {{gold}} add the brainstar and include the relevant category for anyone browsing the site. Behind the scenes, the articles are sorted into categories via the talk page by using {{Rated}}. This template adds both a priority and rating to the talk page so they can be cross referenced using {{Rate-priority}}.

Footnotes

  1. Copper is used to make bronze.
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