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RationalWiki:Article rating
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.
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[edit] Ordinary articles
Self-explanatory. The default state of any RW article which has not yet been rated or does not yet meet bronze standards.
[edit] Significantly problematic articles
This super-special rating is also self-explanatory. Don't add it to stubs (don't rate stubs at all, actually), but add it to articles that are in dire need of attention for any number of reasons.
[edit] Bronze-level articles
Add {{Bronze}} to bronze-rated articles. (List of bronze-rated articles)
- 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).
[edit] Silver-level articles
Add {{Silver}} to silver-rated articles. (List of silver-rated articles)
- 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.
- Article is almost fully referenced with appropriate internal and external links, and categories.
- Article is illustrated appropriately.
- Article is free of blatant spelling and grammar errors.
[edit] Cover stories
Add {{Gold}} to gold-rated articles. (List of gold-rated articles)
- 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.
[edit] Behind the scenes
The templates {{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}}.
[edit] Footnotes