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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.
Frequently asked questions
- 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).
Instructions
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.
Assessing for quality
An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject New York (state)}} project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.
The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):
| FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class New York (state) articles) |  FA |
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| A (adds articles to Category:A-Class New York (state) articles) |  A |
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| GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class New York (state) articles) |  GA |
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| B (adds articles to Category:B-Class New York (state) articles) | B | |
| C (adds articles to Category:C-Class New York (state) articles) | C | |
| Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class New York (state) articles) | Start | |
| Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class New York (state) articles) | Stub | |
| FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class New York (state) articles) | FL |
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| List (adds articles to Category:List-Class New York (state) articles) | List |
For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:
Assessing for importance
An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject New York (state)}} project banner on its talk page:
{{WikiProject New York (state)|importance=???}}
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) | ??? |
Quality scale
Importance scale
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.
| Importance | Criteria | Examples | Assessment tagging |
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| Top | Subject is a "core" or "key" topic for New York, or is generally notable to the public at large. |
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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. |
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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:
Articles to tag for WPNY only if they do not fall within the scope of one or more of New York's subprojects:
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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. |
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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. |
Assessment Log
- 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.
March 6, 2025
Reassessed
- Allentown Historic District (Buffalo, New York) (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Brighton, Erie County, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Buffalo Pro Soccer (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Burial Ridge (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Centenary, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Dmitry Bivol vs. Joe Smith Jr. (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Elaine de Kooning House (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Ferry Village, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Frederick Sheide (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- French in Syracuse, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from High-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Goose Island (New York) (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Granite Springs, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- History of parole in New York State (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Holland (hamlet), New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- I Heart New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from High-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Jacob Riis Park Historic District (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Jilly Shimkin (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Keegan Smith (soccer, born 2006) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Lakeville Estates, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- List of Attorneys General of New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- List of cities in New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from High-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Nassau County Executive (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from High-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- National Afro-American Council (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- New York Methodist Hospital (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- New York Orphan Asylum (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- New York State Court Officers (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- New York State Office of Tax Enforcement (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from High-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- New York State Park Police (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- New York State metropolitan areas (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- New York state election, 1952 (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- New York state elections (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Nottingham Estates, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Oakfield, Erie County, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Porter Block (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Rescue Mission Syracuse (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Rochester Kingz (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Saint Regis, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Sandy Beach, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Sheenwater, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Shenandoah, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Southside, Buffalo, New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Starlite Music Theatre (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Suffolk County Council (Boy Scouts of America) (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Sugar Hill Historic District (New York City) (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Sunflower Bean (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Tenants union (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Town supervisor (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Trinity Episcopal Church and Parish House (Watertown, New York) (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Mid-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Wartburg (retirement community) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- William G. Carroll (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
- Wilson (town), New York (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from High-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Draft:Atlas Asphalt (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
- Draft:Pat "PJ" Cauley (talk) removed.
March 5, 2025
Renamed
Reassessed
- 1972 Buffalo Bills season (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- 2024 New York Proposal 1 (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from B-Class to GA-Class. (rev · t)
- LIU Sharks men's ice hockey (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Lisbon station (New York) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Mid-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:Nate Baker (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Truxton station (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- 2014 6 Hours of The Glen (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- 2015 6 Hours of The Glen (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- 2016 6 Hours of The Glen (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- 2021 6 Hours of The Glen (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- 2021 WeatherTech 240 at The Glen (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- 2024 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Boreas Mountain (New York) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- FourLeaf Federal Credit Union (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- William G. Carroll (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
- Boreas Mountain (talk) removed.
March 4, 2025
Renamed
- Lisbon Railroad Depot renamed to Lisbon station (New York).
- Truxton Depot renamed to Truxton station.
Reassessed
- Colgate Raiders men's lacrosse (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
- Hazel Nell Dukes (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- David Saxe (judge) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Economy of Buffalo, New York (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Henry A. Murphy (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Lisbon station (New York) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Slice (app) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Truxton station (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t)
March 3, 2025
Renamed
- Template:Albany, New York weatherbox renamed to Template:Albany weatherbox.
- Niagara County Community College renamed to SUNY Niagara.
Reassessed
- New York State Court Officers (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
- New York State Forest Rangers (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
- New York State Office of Tax Enforcement (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
- New York State Park Police (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
- New York State University Police (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
- Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Template:Albany weatherbox (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Template-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Animated films set in New York (state) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Children's books set in New York (state) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Jay T. Snyder (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- John J. Robinson (politician) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- Robert Smullen (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- SUNY Niagara (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
Removed
- File:Malta Ridge Logo.jpeg (talk) removed.
- File:Nyra color logo.jpg (talk) removed.
- Savannah Weekly Echo (talk) removed.
March 2, 2025
Renamed
- Big Indian Mountain (New York) renamed to Big Indian Mountain.
Reassessed
- Dorsey Levens (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- Genesee and Water Street Railroad (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- New Brighton and Onondaga Valley Railroad (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
- New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Big Indian Mountain (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Harvey Kushner (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Hazel Nell Dukes (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- File:Malta Ridge Logo.jpeg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- File:Nyra color logo.jpg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Draft:Pete Guelli (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
March 1, 2025
Reassessed
- Brighton (CDP), New York (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Daniel Ohebshalom (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
- Elaine de Kooning House (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
February 28, 2025
Reassessed
- Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
- New York State Office of Mental Health Police (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from C-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)
Assessed
- Category:Controversies in New York (state) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Category:Scandals in New York (state) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
- Sundazed Music (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
- ^ For example, this image of the Battle of Normandy is grainy, but very few pictures of that event exist. However, where quite a number of pictures exist, for instance, the moon landing, FPC attempts to select the best of the ones produced.
- ^ An image has more encyclopedic value (often abbreviated to "EV" or "enc" in discussions) if it contributes strongly to a single article, rather than contributing weakly to many. Adding an image to numerous articles to gain EV is counterproductive and may antagonize both FPC reviewers and article editors.
- ^ While effects such as black and white, sepia, oversaturation, and abnormal angles may be visually pleasing, they often detract from the accurate depiction of the subject.
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