[WikiEN-l] Rating the English wikipedia

[Newyorkbrad]

Can we at least agree it's High-importance?

Newyorkbrad

On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Ian Woollard <ian.woollard at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> -Ian Woollard
>
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