Wikipedia:WikiProject Neuroscience/Assessment

Welcome to the assessment department of the Neuroscience WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's neuroscience articles. 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 Neuroscience}} banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Neuroscience articles by quality and Category:Neuroscience articles by importance.

A Featured Article is the highest possible assessment, and requires a community consensus demonstrated at Featured Article Candidates per the guidelines of What Is a Featured Article? An A-Class Article is very well-written, nearly comprehensive and approaching excellence, but may still need minor edits and adjustments.

Frequently asked questions

How can I get my article rated?: List it in the requesting an assessment section below.
Who can assess articles?: Any member of WikiProject Neuroscience is free to add—or change—the rating of an article, but please follow the guidelines.
Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?: 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.
Where can I get more comments about my article?: Contact Wikipedia:WikiProject Neuroscience who will handle it or assign the issue to someone. You may also list it for a Peer review.
What if I don't agree with a rating?: Relist it as a request or contact the project.
Aren't the ratings subjective?: Yes, they are (see, in particular, the disclaimers on the importance scale), 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 on the discussion page for this department, or to contact the Wikipedia:WikiProject Neuroscience directly.

Instructions

Index · Statistics · Log

Neuroscience articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	2	3	5	1			11
FL				1			1
GA	5	10	12	11		1	39
B	22	64	108	97		23	314
C	22	150	329	467		176	1,144
Start	11	69	358	801		347	1,586
Stub		2	120	466		142	730
List	1	3	7	17		2	30
Category			1		550		551
Disambig					4		4
Project					9		9
Template					40		40
NA		3	44	47	345		439
Other					68		68
Assessed	63	304	984	1,908	1,016	691	4,966
Unassessed				1	1	52	54
Total	63	304	984	1,909	1,017	743	5,020
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 17,912			Ω = 4.68

An article's assessment is generated from the parameters in the {{WikiProject Neuroscience}} project banner on the article's talk page. Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed neuroscience articles.

Syntax

You can learn the syntax by looking at the talk pages in edit mode and by reading the info below. This is the rating syntax (ratings are samples, change to what applies to the article in question):

{{WikiProject Neuroscience}} or {{WikiProject Neuroscience|class=|importance=}}

Displays the default banner, showing the project info and only ??? for the quality and importance parameters.

{{WikiProject Neuroscience|class=A|importance=Top}}

Classed A with Top priority. All assessed articles should have quality and importance filled in.

Quality assessment

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

{{WikiProject Neuroscience| ... | class=??? | ...}}

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article:

FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class neuroscience articles)
GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class neuroscience articles)
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class neuroscience articles)
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class neuroscience articles)
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class neuroscience articles)
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class neuroscience articles)
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class neuroscience articles)
Template (adds articles to Category:Template-Class neuroscience articles)
Dab (adds articles to Category:Disambig-Class neuroscience articles)
NA (for pages, such as portals or project pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class neuroscience articles). This means "non-article", NOT non-applicable.

Priority assessment

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

{{WikiProject Neuroscience| ... | importance=??? | ...}}

The following values may be used for the importance parameter:

Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance neuroscience articles)
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance neuroscience articles)
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance neuroscience articles)
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance neuroscience articles)
NA (for pages, such as templates or disambiguation pages, where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-importance neuroscience articles). This means "non-article", NOT non-applicable.

Quality scale

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
FA	The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured article criteria: A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. It is: well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard; comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate; neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarism or too-close paraphrasing. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of: a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required. Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style where appropriate.	Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	Cleopatra (as of June 2018)
FL	The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured list criteria: Prose. It features professional standards of writing. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. Comprehensiveness. (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items. (b) statements are sourced where they appear, and they provide inline citations if they contain any of the four kinds of material absolutely required to have citations. (c) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists and includes at minimum eight items; does not violate the content-forking guideline, does not largely duplicate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages. (a) Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour; and a minimal proportion of items are redlinked. (b) Media files. It has images and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's usage policies, with succinct captions. Non-free images and other media satisfy the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and are labeled accordingly. (c) Accessibility. It uses proper formating to be accessible to all readers. Bulleted and unbulleted lists and tables are structured correctly. Visual media, if included, utilize alternative (alt) text. Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.	Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018)
A	The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria The article meets the A-Class criteria: Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history).	Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting.	Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help.	Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014)
GA	The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria A good article is: Well-written: the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. Verifiable with no original research: it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline; reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose); it contains no original research; and it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication.	Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing.	Discovery of the neutron (as of April 2019)
B	The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as `{{cite web}}` is optional. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.	Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.	A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines.	Psychology (as of January 2024)
C	The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.	Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.	Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems.	Wing (as of June 2018)
Start	An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following: A useful picture or graphic Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article	Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more.	Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use.	Ball (as of September 2014)
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.	Lineage (anthropology) (as of December 2014)
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 literary movements
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.	Portal:Neuroscience

Importance scale

WikiProject article importance scheme
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Importance	Criteria	Example
Top	Subject is extremely important, even crucial, to its specific field. Reserved for subjects that have achieved international notability within their field.	Kindergarten
High	Subject is extremely notable, but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent.	Factory Acts
Mid	Subject is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area.	0.999...
Low	Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within its field of study. It may only be included to cover a specific part of a notable article.	G cell

The criteria used for rating article importance are not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia needing to look up the topic (and thus the immediate need to have a suitably well-written article on it). Thus, subjects with greater popular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to a student or an expert.

Requesting an assessment or re-assessment

If you have made significant changes to an article please feel free to list it below. If you are interested in more extensive comments on an article, contact Project members or enlist it to Peer review instead.

Add articles here! Newest requests on the BOTTOM

Edward Perl: New to Wikipedia, but I started an article on neuroscientist Edward Perl, which was published about a month ago and which has since been improved by other Wikipedia readers/users. I see that this page has been categorized as part of WikiProject Neuroscience; further, there's a note on the Talk page that this article hasn't yet received a rating on the project's importance scale. Don't know if I need to request this (or if it's necessary), but I was a little curious how this worked. Thanks! B Taylor-Blake (talk) 20:23, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, and thanks for asking! Seeing the improvements to the page, I just raised the assessment from start class to C class. I've looked at importance ratings for biography pages in our project, and they are all over the place, so I rated it Mid. The whole business of rating isn't really that important, and it's purely "inside baseball", in that it only refers to the inside process of Wikipedia editing. Importance is not a value judgment about the subject, but merely an indication of how high priority it is for editors in this project to work on it; a lot of biographies are not even listed in this WikiProject. The quality ratings indicate how much more editing is needed before the page is considered to be of the highest quality. The way it works is that someone makes the assessments when they notice it and decide to do it, and your note here made me notice it. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:16, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much, Tryptofish, for the explanation and for the additional work, which I wasn't expecting. I look forward to others' helping to improve the page. B Taylor-Blake (talk) 13:43, 17 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Rheobase - Hi, I've been looking around for some stub articles to work on. This article looks like more than a stub to me - can someone with experience check and confirm? Thanks! Keepstherainoff (talk) 19:19, 9 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You're right -- I've raised the quality rating to B. The article was massively expanded in 2012, and nobody has assessed it since then. (This is actually a pretty obscure concept, even to neuroscientists.) Looie496 (talk) 15:17, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much! I'm planning to work on some of the other stub and start class articles on the project myself over the next few months.Keepstherainoff (talk) 18:39, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cool! Looie496 (talk) 19:03, 18 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Body image disturbance - Hi, I've been looking help for improving and rate the article Srobodao84(talk) 10 Aug 03:03

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