Someone put a {{WikiProject Anime and manga}} template on an article, but it's not an anime or manga related topic. What should I do?
Because of the large number of articles we deal with, we occasionally make mistakes and add tags to articles that shouldn't have them. If you notice one, feel free to remove the tag, and optionally leave a note on the talk page of this department (or directly with the person who tagged the article).
What is the purpose of the article ratings?
The objective of the rating system is twofold. First, it allows the project to monitor the quality of the articles within our scope and to prioritize work on these articles. Second, the ratings will be used by theWikipedia 1.0 project to compile a "released version" of Wikipedia that can be distributed to readers. Please note, however, that these ratings are meant for the internal use of the project, and do not imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.
Who can assess articles?
Any member of the Anime and manga WikiProject is free to add or change the rating of an article. Editors who are not participants in this project are also welcome to assess articles, but should defer to consensus within the project in case of procedural disputes. Editors should also note that B-Class assessments require project consensus, while GA, FA, and FL assessments have associated formal review processes that must be followed.
How do I rate an article?
Check the assessment scale and select the level that best matches the state of the article, then follow the guidelines below to add the rating to the project banner on the article's talk page. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.
How can I make a request for someone from the project to assess an article?
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 details or feedback about an article?
The peer review process is one that results in a more thorough examination of articles; to ensure project members also view the article, make sure to list it at our peer review page.
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 (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!
What about lists?
Lists of episodes, characters, and chapters are assessed using the same scale as other articles; however, they progress towards featured list rather than featured article status. Lists which are pure lists of links, however, should be assessed as list class, as they have no real content to be evaluated.
If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.
مقياس التقييم
The scale for assessments is defined at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment. Articles are divided into the following categories.
قالب:Grading scheme
These criteria apply to general-content articles. The manual of style provides additional guidelines about what sorts of content and formatting should be provided for certain articles.
Each anime- and manga-related article has its assessment included within the {{WikiProject Anime and manga}} template, such as{{WikiProject Anime and manga|class=B}}. This provides automatic categorization within Category:Anime and manga articles by quality. Note that the class parameter is case-specific; see the template's documentation for more information.
Priority must be regarded as a relative term. If importance values are applied within this project, these only reflect the perceived importance to this project and to the work groups the article falls under. An article judged to be "Top-importance" in one context may be only "Mid-importance" in another project. The criteria used for rating article priority 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). Articles rated as "low-importance" importance are not necessarily unwanted, but may be candidates for merging into more relevant when appropriate.
All lists, video games and any other notable article that falls within the WikiProject's scope, including most websites, not described in the table below is of low-importance.
Type
Top
High
Mid
Definition
This article is of the utmost importance as it forms the basis of all information.
This article is fairly important as it covers a general area of knowledge.
This article is relatively important as it fills in some more specific knowledge of certain areas.
Series (Main article)
N/A
Lasting impact decades after it was initially released, e.g. Gundam.
Achieved wide commercial success or critically acclaimed outside of Japan, e.g. Sailor Moon.
Characters
N/A
Characters that have become cultural icons outside of the series, e.g. Char Aznable.
Individuals with a career of highly influential works, or historically significant accomplishments, e.g. Akira Toriyama,Eiichiro Oda.
Individuals with a career of internationally successful or critically acclaimed works, e.g. Ken Akamatsu, Rumiko Takahashi.
Companies, organisations, websites
Highly influential companies, particularly the major Japanese companies involved in manga and/or anime production, e.g. Bones, Sunrise, Shueisha, Shogakukan.
Top licensors and distributors of manga/anime in English language countries, e.g. Viz Media, Tokyopop, A.D. Vision
GA class — Covers everything well; must be nominated at WP:GAN and passed by an impartial reviewer in order to qualify. Before nominating, the page should include inline sourcing for controversial statements, contain critical reception information, and have no image copyright issues.
The following are guidelines for episode and chapter lists. Lists are normally assessed using the same scale as other articles; however, they progress towards featured list rather than featured article status, and are not assessed as either good articles or A-class.
List class — Transcludes sublists, volume lists which have been split into sublists, or lists which have no potential as articles (such as stand-alone lists and lists which act as navigational aids; this includes, amongst other, lists of series licensed by a publisher). Articles assessed as list class jump straight to featured list status after passing WP:FLC, instead of progressing along the regular assessment scale.
Stub class — Little structure; severely lacking content, such as chapter names, release dates, or plot summaries. Does not use the appropriate formatting templates ({{Japanese episode list}} for episode lists, or {{Graphic novel list}} for chapter lists) but a simple table, bullet list, numbered list or no formatting at all.
Start class — Some structure, basic overview of the topic present; uses the correct formatting templates, but severely lacks content. Basic lead is present.
C class — Decent structure; lacks Japanese chapter titles, release information, or references.
B class — Coherent structure, proper lead, well-referenced with no missing information.
List of Rosario + Vampire chapters - I have provided missing summaries and links to key characters for each volume. Also updated volume references to the current Viz and Shueisha links. It should be ready for B class. -AngusWOOF (talk) 03:15, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
C. Ref 1 doesn't seem to cover the airdates. You got the initial date and three broadcast stations though. DragonZero (Talk·Contribs) 07:37, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
Ref 1 helped with the Japanese titles. The series premiered on Tokyo MX. I found a link there (Ref 9) that has the airdates.—KirtZMessage10:16, 12 January 2014 (UTC)
Yeah, nine sources the first twelve episode airdates. Missing the last episode though. Use deadurl=no to use the live site as the main instead of the archive. DragonZero (Talk·Contribs) 17:39, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
Fixed. They're all sourced now. Used ref 6 for the OVA. —KirtZMessage 07:42, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Graph of project assessments since the assessment scale was adopted
A full log of assessment changes for the past thirty days is available; unfortunately, due to its extreme size, it cannot be transcluded directly. Archives of previous
featured article candidates
(2006,
2007,
2008),
A-class reviews
(2006,
2007,
2008),
good article reviews
(2008)
and requests for assessment
(2008,
2009,
2010,
2011)
are also available.
