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Welcome to WikiProject New York (state)'s assessment department. This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's New York (state) 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 {{WikiProject New York (state)}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:New York (state) articles by quality and Category:New York (state) articles by importance.

Who can assess articles?

Any editor is free to add or change the rating of an article, but please follow the quality and importance criteria specified below.

Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?

Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, reviewers 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 comments about my article?

You may leave a post on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York (state) or list it for peer review.

What if I don't agree with a rating?

You may contact the editor who reviewed the article and ask them to take another look, or leave a post on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York (state).

Aren't the ratings subjective?

Yes, they are, particularly in terms of judging importance. However, the criteria used by WPNY are no more nor no less subjective than those used by any other WikiProject.

Why does WPNY only tag some New York-related articles, not all of them?

In the past, some of WPNY's subprojects, particularly WikiProject New York City, had removed the WPNY banner from any and (nearly) all articles within their scope, leaving said articles covered only by the subproject. In 2012, it was decided at the WPNY level to tag articles covered by subprojects based solely on the article's importance to the state, both to avoid the slippery slope of endless article tagging by one parent project after another and to codify when articles should and should not be solely tagged by a subproject. The end result is that the subprojects can maintain articles of local importance while WPNY can focus its efforts on articles of greater importance to the state.

If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department, or leave a post on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York (state).

Current assessment statistics

An article's assessment is generated from the values entered in the {{{class}}} and {{{importance}}} parameters of the {{WikiProject New York (state)}} talk page banner template.

An article's quality assessment is recorded using the |class= parameter in the {{WikiProject banner shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject New York (state)}} 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 New York (state) articles category)		FA
FL	(for featured lists only; adds them to the FL-Class New York (state) articles category)		FL
A	(for articles that passed a formal peer review only; adds them to the A-Class New York (state) articles category)		A
GA	(for good articles only; adds them to the GA-Class New York (state) articles category)		GA
B	(for articles that satisfy all of the B-Class criteria; adds them to the B-Class New York (state) articles category)		B
C	(for substantial articles; adds them to the C-Class New York (state) articles category)		C
Start	(for developing articles; adds them to the Start-Class New York (state) articles category)		Start
Stub	(for basic articles; adds them to the Stub-Class New York (state) articles category)		Stub
List	(for stand-alone lists; adds them to the List-Class New York (state) articles category)		List
NA	(for any other pages where assessment is unwarranted; adds them to the NA-Class New York (state) pages category)		NA
???	(articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in the Unassessed New York (state) articles category)		???

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

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

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject New York (state)}} project banner on its talk page:

The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):

Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance New York (state) articles)		Top
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance New York (state) articles)		High
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance New York (state) articles)		Mid
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance New York (state) articles)		Low
NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance New York (state) articles)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance New York (state) articles)		???

The criteria used for rating article importance 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). Thus, subjects with greater popular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of military history. Importance does not equate to quality; a featured article could rate 'mid' on importance.

Note that general notability need not be from the perspective of editor demographics; generally notable topics should be rated similarly regardless of the country or region in which they hold said notability. Thus, topics which may seem obscure to a Western audience—but which are of high notability in other places—should still be highly rated. Rate international region/country-specific articles from the perspective of someone from that region.

WikiProject New York (state) article importance grading scheme

Importance	Criteria	Examples	Assessment tagging
Top	Subject is a "core" or "key" topic for New York, or is generally notable to the public at large.	New York (state) and all sub-articles (e.g. History of New York (state)) The Big 5 cities (NYC, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo) Current statewide elected officeholders, including U.S. Senators (e.g., Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer)	Articles in this category shall be tagged for WPNY even if they also fall within the scope of one or more of New York's subprojects.
High	Subject is notable in a significant and important way within the field of New York, but not necessarily outside it.	All other cities and villages (e.g., Oswego, Cooperstown, Watertown) All counties, including NYC boroughs (e.g., Herkimer County, Cattaraugus County, Brooklyn) All large geographic areas (e.g., Adirondack Mountains, Finger Lakes, Long Island) All statewide elective offices (e.g., List of Governors of New York, New York State Comptroller) State-level governmental entities (e.g., New York State Senate, New York State Education Department) Current state-level appointed officeholders (e.g., John King, Jr., Jonathan Lippman) Current professional athletic teams in the "Big 4" leagues (e.g., Buffalo Bills, New York Knicks) all sub-articles of Top-importance articles Transportation entities of statewide importance (e.g., Erie Canal, New York State Thruway)	Articles in this category shall be tagged for WPNY even if they also fall within the scope of one or more of New York's subprojects.
Mid	Subject contributes to the total subject of the New York WikiProject. Subject may not necessarily be famous.	Articles to tag for WPNY even if they also fall within the scope of one or more of New York's subprojects: Any former statewide officeholder, including U.S. Senators (e.g., Mario Cuomo, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Judith Kaye) Any other individuals and events of historic importance to the state (e.g., Peter Minuit, Robert Moses, September 11 attacks) Any current professional athletic team not in the "Big 4" major leagues but competing in the highest league for their sport (e.g. Rochester Knighthawks, New York Liberty) Geographic articles of statewide importance (e.g., Letchworth State Park, Niagara Falls State Park) Articles to tag for WPNY only if they do not fall within the scope of one or more of New York's subprojects: Towns and hamlets (e.g., Gaines, Childs) All other geographic articles (e.g., Montauk Point, Upper Saranac Lake) National Register of Historic Places listings that don't qualify for higher importance (e.g., George Eastman House) Any current state legislator or U.S. Representative (e.g., Rachel May, Joe Morelle) All other current professional athletic teams (e.g., Rochester Americans, Brooklyn Cyclones) College athletic programs in NCAA Division I (e.g., Syracuse Orange, Cornell Big Red)	Articles in this category shall be tagged for WPNY as noted under "Examples".
Low	Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within the field of New York, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of another topic.	Former state legislators and U.S. Representatives, except where they had particular importance in the state's history Semi-pro and amateur sports teams, including individual college sports teams Defunct athletic teams of all sorts All other articles, particularly buildings, companies and organizations that just happen to be located in New York, and people who just happened to have lived in New York without contributing significantly to the state's history. Texaco, David Cusick, Kodak Tower, Dinsmore golf course etc.	Articles in this category shall be tagged for WPNY only if they do not fall within the scope of one or more of New York's subprojects.

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

Unexpected changes, such as downgrading an article, or raising it more than two assessment classes at once, are shown in bold.

• Alumni Arena (University at Buffalo) renamed to Broadview Arena.
• Ogden Telephone renamed to Ogden Telephone (New York company).
• University at Buffalo Stadium renamed to Broadview Stadium.

• Diana Moreno (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
• George Kirby (baseball) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
• Wide Right II (Buffalo Bills) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Broadview Arena (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Broadview Stadium (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Model 1863 Percussion Contract Rifle (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Ogden Telephone (New York company) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Timothy Taylor Merwin (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Troy Uncle Sam Trojans (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• File:WENY This is Home logo.png (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Bitter Grace (talk) removed.
• Draft:Jared M. Kraham (talk) removed.

• Bill Schuster (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)

• Category:History books about New York (state) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Category:Economy of Smithtown, New York (talk) removed.

• James W. Husted (Representative) renamed to James W. Husted (representative).

• Aureole (restaurant) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
• Michael Remp House (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)

• Charles Marcus Breder Jr. (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• James W. Husted (representative) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Scott MacFarlane (journalist) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:Dwyer Workforce Development (talk) removed.
• Ryan Gallo (talk) removed.

• Cultural influence of the September 11 attacks renamed to Cultural impact of the September 11 attacks.
• G.A.R. Memorial Hall renamed to Grand Army of the Republic Hall.
• Master's of Public Administration at Cornell University renamed to Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.
• Draft:Mike Sacks (Journalist) renamed to Draft:Mike Sacks (journalist).
• Nanticoke Creek (New York) renamed to Nanticoke Creek (New York).
• Pont De Rennes bridge renamed to Pont de Rennes bridge.
• Rochester Community Baseball renamed to Rochester Red Wings.

• Brian Moran (baseball) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
• Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
• Colman McCarthy (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from B-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
• John Polakowski (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
• LIU Sharks women's ice hockey (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Babylon, New York (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to List-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• New Paltz (village), New York (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
• RIT Tigers women's ice hockey (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)

• 2025–26 Niagara Purple Eagles women's basketball team (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• File:9-11 South Tower Crash.gif (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:Amtrak VIA Maple Leaf (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:Connecticut Yankee (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Connecticut Yankee (train) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Cultural impact of the September 11 attacks (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t)
• David Jones (baseball) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Draft:DoorDash Girl controversy (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Draft:Dreams from Drake (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Draft:Early McIntosh (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:Empire State Express (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Fred A. Robbins (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• G.A.R. Memorial Hall (Hunt, New York) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Draft:Grades for Grabs (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Green Mountain Flyer (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Draft:Helloanah (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Henry E. Warner (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Draft:Henry W. Childs (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Joseph Harry Kent (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:Laurentian (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Laurentian (train) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Levi B. Nelson (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Maple Leaf (LV train) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:Maple Leaf (Lehigh Valley Railroad train) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Maple Leaf (train) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Draft:Mike Sacks (journalist) (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:NYC Wolverine (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Pont de Rennes bridge (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Ray Mancini vs. Livingstone Bramble (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:Rouses Point Subdivision (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Theodore Strong (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:2025 Nassau County, New York Legislature election (talk) removed.
• Hawkins New York (talk) removed.
• Draft:John A Osborne (talk) removed.
• Draft:Lauren Strock (talk) removed.
• Draft:Pavel Hlava (talk) removed.
• Category:Sports in Smithtown, New York (talk) removed.
• Category:Sports venues in Schenectady County, New York (talk) removed.
• Category:Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey venues (talk) removed.
• Wail Alselwi (talk) removed.