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WikiProject Christianity

Welcome to the assessment department of the Christianity WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Christianity related 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 {{ChristianityWikiProject}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Christianity articles by quality and Category:Christianity articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

Frequently asked questions

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How can I get my article rated?
Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.
Who can assess articles?
Any member of the Christianity WikiProject is free to add or change the rating of an article.
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.
What if I don't agree with a rating?
You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can ask any member of the project to rate the article again.
Aren't the ratings subjective?
Yes, they are, but it's the best system we've been able to devise; if you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!

If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.

Staff

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These editors work to assess and categorize articles within the scope of the Christianity project. If you'd like to help, sign your name below.

Instructions

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Statistics

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Index · Statistics · Log


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Quality assessments

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An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{ChristianityWikiProject}} banner template on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

The following standard grades may be used to describe the quality of mainspace articles (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

FA (for featured articles only; adds them to the FA-Class Christianity articles category)  FA
FL (for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class Christianity articles category)  FL
A (for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class Christianity articles category)  A
GA (for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class Christianity articles category)  GA
B (for articles that satisfy all of the B-Class criteria; adds them to the B-Class Christianity articles category) B
C (for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class Christianity articles category) C
Start (for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class Christianity articles category) Start
Stub (for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class Christianity articles category) Stub
List (for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class Christianity articles category) List
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class Christianity pages category) NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed Christianity articles category) ???

For non-mainspace content, the following values may be used:

FM (for featured media only; adds them to the FM-Class Christianity pages category)  FM
Category (for categories; adds them to the Category-Class Christianity pages category) Category
Draft (for drafts; adds them to the Draft-Class Christianity pages category) Draft
File (for files and timed text; adds them to the File-Class Christianity pages category) File
Portal (for portal pages; adds them to the Portal-Class Christianity pages category) Portal
Project (for project pages; adds them to the Project-Class Christianity pages category) Project
Template (for templates and modules; adds them to the Template-Class Christianity pages category) Template

The following non-standard assessment grades for mainspace content may be used at a WikiProject's discretion:

Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds them to the Disambig-Class Christianity pages category) Disambig
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds them to the Redirect-Class Christianity pages category) Redirect

After assessing an article's quality, any comments on the assessment can be added to the article's talk page.

Quality scale

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Importance assessment

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

{{ChristianityWikiProject| ... | importance=??? | ...}}
Top
High
Mid
Low
???

The following values may be used for importance assessments:

Importance scale

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Label Criteria Reader's experience Editor's experience Example
Top The article is one of the core topics about Christianity. Articles in this area should be limited to those which could, reasonably, be found in any encyclopedia regarding Christianity. A reader who is not involved in the field of Christianity will have high familiarity with the subject matter and should be able to relate to the topic easily. Articles in this importance range are written in mostly generic terms, leaving technical terms and descriptions for more specialized pages. Christianity
High The article covers a topic that contributes a depth of knowledge regarding Christianity. A reader who is not all that familiar with Christianity will likely be familiar with the subject and many details of it. Noah's Ark
Mid The article covers a topic that is important to at least one field within the broad field of Christianity, and that contributes relevant details regarding the subject. Many readers will be familiar with the topic being discussed, but a larger majority of readers may have only cursory knowledge of the overall subject. Articles at this level will cover subjects that are well known but not necessarily vital to understand Christianity. Due to the topics covered at this level, Mid-importance articles will generally have more technical terms used in the article text. Most people whose involvement with Christianity in general has been of such impact that a broad understanding of Christianity is not possible without some knowledge of them will be rated in this level. Ark of the Covenant
Low The article is not required knowledge for a broad understanding of Christianity. Few readers outside the Christianity field may be familiar with the subject matter. It is likely that the reader does not know anything at all about the subject before reading the article. Articles at this range of importance will often delve into the minutiae of Christianity, using technical terms (and defining them) as needed. Topics included at this level include most practices and infrastructure of Christianity. Aarhus Cathedral

Requesting an assessment

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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.

Requests from 2025

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Requests from April 2025
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Requests from March 2025
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Oriental Orthodoxy in Saudi Arabia I recently started this article, and I was wondering if it's possible to get it reviewed and assessed here. Thank you! Ghebreigzabhier | ገብረግዛብሄር 21:40, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Already done Ghebreigzabhier Has been assessed at C-class. Sheriff U3 17:45, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Assessment log

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The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.


May 30, 2025

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May 29, 2025

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May 27, 2025

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  1. ^ For example, this image of the Battle of Normandy is grainy, but very few pictures of that event exist. However, where quite a number of pictures exist, for instance, the moon landing, FPC attempts to select the best of the ones produced.
  2. ^ An image has more encyclopedic value (often abbreviated to "EV" or "enc" in discussions) if it contributes strongly to a single article, rather than contributing weakly to many. Adding an image to numerous articles to gain EV is counterproductive and may antagonize both FPC reviewers and article editors.
  3. ^ While effects such as black and white, sepia, oversaturation, and abnormal angles may be visually pleasing, they often detract from the accurate depiction of the subject.
  4. ^ Prose at the Good Article level is not expected to be at a professional level like it is for Featured Articles. Minor grammatical or style issues that do not impact clarity are not prohibitive of GA status.