[WikiEN-l] Rating the English wikipedia

[Ian Woollard]

This encyclopedia has been rated as C-Class on the project's quality scale.

This encyclopedia has been checked against the following criteria for
B-Class status:

   1. Referencing and citation: criterion not met (many common
articles are not adequately referenced)
   2. Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met (currently 3.5 million
of an estimated 4.4 million articles)
   3. Structure: criterion met (seems to be reasonably well structured)
   4. Grammar and style: criterion met (mostly good enough, but would
not please a purist)
   5. Supporting materials: criterion met (multiple wikis surround and
support it)

I therefore award the Wikipedia class C:

The Wikipedia is substantial, but is still missing important content
or contains a lot of irrelevant material. The Wikipedia should have
references to reliable sources, but may still have significant issues
or require substantial cleanup.

The Wikipedia is better developed in style, structure and quality than
Start-Class, but fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may
have some gaps or missing elements; need editing for clarity, balance
or flow; or contain policy violations such as bias or original
research.

Useful to a casual reader, but would not overall provide a complete
picture for even a moderately detailed study. Considerable editing is
needed to close gaps in content and address cleanup issues.

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-Ian Woollard