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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).

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 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
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class New York (state) articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class New York (state) articles)		GA
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
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:

Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class New York (state) pages)		Category
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class New York (state) pages)		Disambig
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class New York (state) pages)		Draft
FM (for featured media only; adds pages to Category:FM-Class New York (state) pages)		FM
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class New York (state) pages)		File
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class New York (state) pages)		Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class New York (state) pages)		Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class New York (state) pages)		Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class New York (state) pages)		Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class New York (state) pages)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed New York (state) articles)		???

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):

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.

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.

• Allison Black (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)
• Diane Nelson (jockey) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t)

• Category:1989 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:1990 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:1992 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2004 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2011 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2015 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.

• Transgender community in New York City renamed to Transgender culture of New York City.

• Shae O'Rourke (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to C-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Allison Black (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Been Stellar (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Bonnie's (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Denise Norris (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Tokenzone (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Transgender culture of New York City (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)

• Category:1915 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:1991 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:1993 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:1994 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:1995 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:1996 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:1997 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:1998 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:1999 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2000 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2001 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2002 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2003 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2005 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2006 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2007 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2008 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2009 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2010 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2012 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2013 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2014 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2016 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2017 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2018 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2020 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2021 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.
• Category:2023 politics in New York (state) (talk) removed.

• Transgenderism in New York City renamed to Transgender community in New York City.

• 2025 Westchester County Executive special election (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t)
• Dollar slice (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from B-Class to GA-Class. (rev · t)

• Frederick Sheide (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Ice hockey people from Buffalo, New York (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• List of public art in Manhattan (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as List-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Long Beach, New York (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as List-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Transgender community in New York City (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Houck Mountain (talk) removed.
• Draft:Leland Andrews (talk) removed.
• Rock Rift Mountain (talk) removed.
• File:Statueoflibertyfromtheside.jpeg (talk) removed.

• Alf Jacques (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Redirect-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
• Howard Lutnick (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)
• Samuel Kaplan (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:Arvo Equities (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• New York State Office of Mental Health (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Shae O'Rourke (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Statue of Jan Karski (New York City) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• File:Statueoflibertyfromtheside.jpeg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Waniya Hudson (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Catskill Mountain 3500 Club (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as B-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Diane Nelson (jockey) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Jason Seley (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Yung Lord Fine$$ (talk) removed.

• The View (talk show) renamed to The View.

• Cold Spring Harbor Jr./Sr. High School (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Shannon B. Olsson (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Tonalism (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)
• WCSQ-LP (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Redirect-Class. (rev · t)

• Dorothy Chin Brandt (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• History of Le Moyne Dolphins men's basketball (1988–1992) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:New York state superintendents of public works (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Society and Prisons: Some Suggestions for a New Penology (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t)
• The View (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as GA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Category:New York State Superintendents of Public Works (talk) removed.
• WNYL-LP (talk) removed.
• WSVV-LP (talk) removed.
• Draft:Walsh Company (talk) removed.
• World of T-Shirts (talk) removed.

• Rayan Lawrence (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Unassessed-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance rating changed from Unknown-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Greene County Transit (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Jilly Shimkin (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Unassessed-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)
• Jonathan Rivera (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)