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Welcome to the assessment department of WikiProject Film! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Film 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 Film}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Film articles by quality, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

How can I get my article rated?

Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.

Who can assess articles?

Any member of the Film WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article.

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, 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!

If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.

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

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

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

In lieu of a moribund importance rating, the project has deprecated the importance parameter in favor of a targeted drive towards "core"-type articles as determined by consensus in external lists and polls rather than individual editorial whim. This work is concentrated at the Core department of this WikiProject.

If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below. (Note that this is not required; any editor may assess or re-assess an article on their own, if acting in good faith.)

If you assess an article, please strike it off so that other editors will not waste time going there too. Comments are not mandatory and any should be left at the article's talk page; the list below will be wiped periodically.

If you are interested in more extensive comments on an article, please list it for peer review instead.

• The Waiting City - Hello! I've added various new sections to this stub article and would love if someone could take a look at it to revise its assessment rating. When I first started editing, it was a Stub-class article but I believe it could now be classified under a new assessment rating. I have added new sections and included many citations throughout it as well. I would greatly appreciate any feedback on the article's talk page too. Thank you! Kaexkae (talk) 12:01, 27 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hi @Kaexkae: This is years late, but I'm trying to get thorough the backlog! You did great work on this article and I wish someone had gotten around to review it sooner! This is clearly not a stub anymore. I rated it a C class, but it's very nearly B class (and another editor may think differently). I think with some edits to the trim down the themes section it would be B class. Great work! – SquawkGuard (talk) 00:03, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Ghost Messenger has been edited a lot past two years and is ready for reassessment. Ppg409 (talk) 5:59, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

@Ppg409: Hi, I reviewed your page and really enjoyed it! Unfortunately, I left it as a start class. You have a lot of detail, but it needs a little work to be a balanced page and meet wiki style.

• Oyster Farmer appears to be suitable for upgrading from a stub.Michaelwallace22 (talk) 00:06, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Michaelwallace22: Certainty no longer a stub! I know this request is from years ago, but you did a lot of great work on this one. (The James Bond fact was fun!) I put it as C-class. I think the Themes and Plot sections could be even better with some edits and with the citations cleaned up! - SquawkGuard (talk) 07:11, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Windsor International Film Festival - Currently out of date, and is severely needed of change. A major, impactful organization and event for the City of Windsor, Ontario, and within the film and film festival industry.
• Make It Funky (film) - I added this new article recently and supplied a class=Start value on the talk page. But I wonder if it might qualify for a higher assessment? ORES via Rater suggests B class, but I know better than to self-assign. Thank you. NOLA1982 (talk) 21:46, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@NOLA1982: Hi! I've been going through the backlog and I agree with ORES B-class stuff! It's always especially difficult for smaller films to fill them with sources. Congrats on the work! – SquawkGuard (talk) 01:46, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SquawkGuard: Thanks for your work on clearing the backlog of film assessments, and for upgrading the assessment on this terrific (IMHO) documentary film. All best to you. NOLA1982 (talk) 02:00, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Sher Mountain Killings Mystery- I have expanded this stub article by 2000 words for a university assignment. Would appreciate it if it could be reviewed. Thank you. JejuToSyd (talk) 18:25, 25 May 2022 (UTC)JejuToSyd (talk) 09:24, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@JejuToSyd: You made a Stub a C-class! (And hopefully you got an A-in-class at your university) Fixing citations and edits for flow and balence would improve this page even more. - SquawkGuard (talk) 07:41, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Khartoum (film) currently rated as Start but more content has been added since it was last assessed. HerbertGP36 (talk) 17:50, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Kisapmata currently rated as C-class, has not yet been checked against criteria of B-Class. 08:54, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
  • Left as C-class. It's really good, with a ton of sources, but needs to be edited for clarity and readability – SquawkGuard (talk) 00:19, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Vertigo currently rated as B-class but has seen a lot of changes since its last assessment. --Immacritic101 (talk) 22:18, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Page looks great for GA nomination go to WP:GAN – SquawkGuard (talk) 03:50, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Adventure film has been expanded upon from this, where it was tagged as requiring work since 2007 (!) to its current state. It was previously a start, and I would like a re-assessment. Andrzejbanas (talk) 13:05, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• The Dead Girl's Feast - Newly created article on Brazilian Drama, translated from the Portuguese wiki. ChemicalBear (talk) 22:10, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChemicalBear: Hi ChemicalBear! It's great to see new film pages and this is a cool movie too! It is still a Start-Class, but it's a great beginning. You need to add more sources. (Published reviews from critics are great for this!) I did some style form edits on the page too, check 'em out and keep editing! — SquawkGuard (talk) 23:27, 7 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (film) - I have greatly expanded it and added some sources. It does not have many sources, so I do not think other sections could be added but I do not think that it is still stub-class. Easternsahara (talk) 21:15, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Easternsahara: I saw that Peer Review beat us to the page, but Congrats on the Start-Class! I hope you keep on improving it! Tarlby's peer review has some great advice. — SquawkGuard (talk) 03:45, 9 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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.

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Film articles by quality log