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Evaluating
Wikipedia
What to look for
โ€œReforestationโ€
โ€ข Check for any
Warning Box
โ€ข Find keywords
Click โ€œTalkโ€ Tab
Each Article has a Class
Assigned How good is a โ€œCโ€ or
a โ€œStartโ€ Class? ๏ƒ 
See Quality Scale
Quality Scale
FA (Featured Article) is the Best
Stub the Worst C and Start Class
articles are quite
limitedโ€”not to
be used for any
informationโ€”
possibly for
keywords or
outside links
Another exampleโ€ฆ
Attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) Article is โ€œLockedโ€ to prevent
editing vandalismโ€”happens with
controversial topics
Click Talk
Note Table of Contents
Lots of Action!
Currently a
B Class ๏ƒ 
Previously
a Good
Article
(GA)
Class๏ƒ 
Working to
regain GA
Class
Quality Scale
Another Exampleโ€ฆ.
Leningrad premiรจre of
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7
This is a FA Class Articleโ€”the best
Talk ๏ƒ  Peer reviewed
FA in every WikiProject
Date Promoted from Good to
Featured Class
Featured Articles Explanation
Remember toโ€ฆ
๏‚› Be alert for Warning Box ๏ƒ  somethingโ€™s wrong!
๏‚› Note of article lock ๏ƒ  controversial
๏‚› Click โ€œTalkโ€ Tab
๏‚› Look for Quality Scale Rating
๏‚› Limit use for terms and overview to B Class or
better
๏‚› FA (Featured Articles) are topsโ€”less than
4,000 Wikipedia articles are FA

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