Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics/Assessment

Welcome to the assessment department of WikiProject Webcomics! Here's what you need to know:

• Every article in this project should have a quality rating. This helps editors track progress and find things that need work.
• Ratings are stored on the talk page of the article in question.
• This page lists the rating levels and what they mean.
• Anyone can update a rating, except to give some high ratings like "good article" – these have more formal processes. And if you want to help review other people's articles, see the list below.
• If you have worked on an article and would like someone to look at its rating, make a request on this page.
• If you don't get a response to a request on this page, you may wish to try Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Assessment or Wikipedia:Peer review
• This page also has some tools for finding incorrectly-assessed articles and for generating lists of articles by rating.

The ratings for each page appear on its Talk page in the {{WikiProject Webcomics}} project banner. This allows automatic analysis in tools like the WP 1.0 tool.

See also the general assessment FAQ

1. What is the purpose of rating articles by quality? Monitoring quality allows the project to prioritize work on articles that need the most attention. It also lets the project know which could be promoted, for example, which articles could be worthy of being a featured article.
2. Who can assess articles? Any member of WikiProject Webcomics is free to add or change the rating of an article. Editors who are not participants in this project are also welcome to assess articles, but should defer to consensus within the project in case of procedural disputes.
3. Can I assess an article I worked on? You can, as any member of the project can rank an article. However, it's best to get an independent view if you can. Consider submitting it for assessment on this page; if you don't get a reply from another editor then rank it yourself.
4. What's the technical process for ranking an article? Go to the article's Talk page, and inside the {{WikiProject Webcomics}} template, add "|class=xxx", where "xxx" is your ranking. The page on the template has more details.
5. How do I decide what rating an article is? Check the quality scale and select the level that best matches the state of the article, then follow the instructions below to add the rating to the project banner on the article's talk page. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.
6. How can I ask for an article to be assessed? You can request an assessment lower down on this page. However, be aware that this assessment process has been largely inactive for some time, so you may not get a response. Alternatively, you can try the project's peer review department. If you aren't getting a response in either place, or if there is disagreement, you may want to take it to Wikipedia's general peer review.
7. Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments? Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, reviewers may not have time to leave detailed comments. 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.
8. What if I don't agree with a rating? You have a number of options. You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, start a discussion on the article's talk page, or ask any member of the project to rate the article again. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.
9. Aren't the ratings subjective? Yes, they are somewhat subjective, 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!
10. How can I keep track of changes in article ratings? A full log of changes over the past thirty days is available here. If you are just looking for an overview, however, the statistics may be more accessible.
11. Does WikiProject Webcomics rate comics by importance? This project does not rank articles by importance. If you would like to discuss this decision, there is a discussion about it here.
12. What if I have a question not listed here? If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department; for any other issues, you can go to the main project discussion page.

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Comics}} project banner on its talk page:

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 Comics articles)		FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Comics articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Comics articles)		GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Comics articles)		B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Comics articles)		C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Comics articles)		Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Comics articles)		Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Comics articles)		FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Comics articles)		List

For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:

Quality scale

The scale for assessments is defined at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment. Articles are divided into the following categories.

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
FA	The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured article criteria: A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. It is: well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard; comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate; neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarism or too-close paraphrasing. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of: a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required. Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style where appropriate.	Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.[under discussion]	Tintin in Tibet
FL	The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured list criteria: Prose. It features professional standards of writing. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. Comprehensiveness. (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items. (b) statements are sourced where they appear, and they provide inline citations if they contain any of the four kinds of material absolutely required to have citations. (c) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists; does not violate the content-forking guideline, does not largely duplicate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages. (a) Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour; and a minimal proportion of items are redlinked. (b) Media files. It has images and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's usage policies, with succinct captions. Non-free images and other media satisfy the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and are labeled accordingly. (c) Accessibility. It uses proper formating to be accessible to all readers. Bulleted and unbulleted lists and tables are structured correctly. Visual media, if included, utilize alternative (alt) text. Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.	Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available.	List of Smallville episodes
GA	The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria A good article is: Well-written: the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. Verifiable with no original research: it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline; reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose); it contains no original research; and it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication.	Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing.	Alex Raymond
B	The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as {{cite web}} is optional. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it does not need to be "brilliant". The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.	Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.	A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines.	Garfield
C	The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.	Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.	Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems.	2000 AD (comics)
Start	An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following: A useful picture or graphic Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article	Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more.	Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use.	Q Force
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria.	Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant.	Action Girl Comics
List	Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area.	There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader.	Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of comic books
Category	Any category falls under this class.	Categories are mainly used to group together articles within a particular subject area.	Large categories may need to be split into one or more subcategories. Be wary of articles that have been miscategorized.	Category:Comics stubs
Disambig	Any disambiguation page falls under this class.	The page serves to distinguish multiple articles that share the same (or similar) title.	Additions should be made as new articles of that name are created. Pay close attention to the proper naming of such pages, as they often do not need "(disambiguation)" appended to the title.	DC Universe (disambiguation)
File	Any page in the file namespace falls under this class.	The page contains an image, a sound clip or other media-related content.	Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited.	File:John Byrne.JPG
Portal	Any page in the portal namespace falls under this class.	Portals are intended to serve as "main pages" for specific topics.	Editor involvement is essential to ensure that portals are kept up to date.	Portal:Comics
Project	All WikiProject-related pages fall under this class.	Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development.	Develop these pages into collaborative resources that are useful for improving articles within the project.	Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Marvel Comics work group
Redirect	Any redirect falls under this class.	The page redirects to another article with a similar name, related topic or that has been merged with the original article at this location.	Editor involvement is essential to ensure that articles are not mis-classified as redirects, and that redirects are not mis-classified as articles.	Martha Kent
Template	Any template falls under this class. The most common types of templates include infoboxes and navboxes.	Different types of templates serve different purposes. Infoboxes provide easy access to key pieces of information about the subject. Navboxes are for the purpose of grouping together related subjects into an easily accessible format, to assist the user in navigating between articles.	Infoboxes are typically placed at the upper right of an article, while navboxes normally go across the very bottom of a page. Beware of too many different templates, as well as templates that give either too little, too much, or too specialized information.	Template:WikiProject Comics
NA	Any non-article page that fits no other classification.	The page contains no article content.	Look out for misclassified articles. Currently, many NA-class articles may need to be re-classified.	Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Templates

These criteria apply to general-content articles. The manual of Style guide provides additional sorts of content and formatting should be provided for certain articles.

Each comics-related article has its assessment included within the {{WikiProject Comics}} template, such as {{WikiProject Comics|class=B}}. This provides automatic categorization within Category:Comics articles by quality. Note that the class parameter is case-specific; see the template's documentation for more information.

If you want an article's quality rating assessed or reassessed, especially if it's one you worked on, please add it to the list below.

• Reviewers may or may not leave feedback on why they gave an article a certain rating, depending on time. If you want a full review of an article, use the WP:COMICS peer review process or the regular peer review process.
• If you want to discuss an article's quality or how to improve it, it's best to do this on the article's talk page.
• Seeking an A-class rating? We suggest you submit it for a Peer Review to allow us more time to respond and review. Be sure to first read what qualifies as an A rating before doing so though.
• If you have a problem with getting an assessment, want to talk about a group of articles at once, or to discuss how ratings are done, ask on this project's Talk page.

If you assess an article, please strike it off using <s>Strike-through text</s> and note your rating here so that other editors will not waste time going there too. Thanks!

Past assessments done as part of WikiProject Comics are located on this page. If you delete a struck-through article from the list, please archive it somewhere.

Add new requests at the bottom.

1. Cyanide & Happiness This was a fun one to work on and I think it is B-class now. HenryCrun15 (talk) 21:46, 24 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
2. Emily Carroll – Gives good enough coverage of the subject to be C-class. HenryCrun15 (talk) 22:09, 28 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
3. 8-Bit Theater – I did a massive rewrite of this article, based on research and finding previously unincluded articles, to replace the classic decade-old webcomic article. I am not confident that it makes B-class but I would appreciate a review. HenryCrun15 (talk) 08:03, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
4. Tapas (website) hoping to move from C to B. HenryCrun15 (talk) 03:14, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
5. Doctor Fun – I wanted to upgrade this article on a very early, long-running webcomic, but there are very few sources. Does it make a C-class? HenryCrun15 (talk) 01:31, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
6. Hyperbole and a Half Recently, the article on Allie Brosh, the creator of this comic, got to B-class, so I made this article consistent and added some more stuff on the new book to hopefully also raise it. HenryCrun15 (talk) 04:16, 29 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
7. Garfield Minus Garfield – Hopefully upped to C - it was covered extensively (if just for a short time). HenryCrun15 (talk) 00:13, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
8. Never Satisfied - I tried to improve this article to C but I suspect there aren't enough sources or much to say about it. HenryCrun15 (talk) 04:56, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
9. Mom's Cancer - is Start, hopefully improved to C. HenryCrun15 (talk) 00:28, 12 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
10. Goblins (webcomic) - is Start (but was a complete mess), hopefully improved to C. HenryCrun15 (talk) 06:24, 13 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
11. Questionable Content - currently C. I'm not sure it makes B-grade yet but at the least I would like feedback on it. I'm keen to improve it as it's a pretty key subject for early webcomics. HenryCrun15 (talk) 03:28, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
12. Andrew Hussie - a big name in webcomics, but the article is only Start class (largely due to a lack of sources on the person). I think it's C-class now? HenryCrun15 (talk) 06:31, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There are some automatic systems that try to identify incorrectly assessed pages. Category:Incorrectly tagged WikiProject Comics articles and Category:Incorrectly tagged WikiProject Comics articles output lists of these pages. Reasons for this include:

• Invoked review parameter when the associated subpage doesn't exist, or missing review parameter it when it does
• Invalid combination of review status and assessment class
• Link to a portal subpage that doesn't exist
• Use of a deprecated parameter (e.g. portal)
• Assessed as NA-importance when the page is in the article namespace
  • Disambig and Redirect articles should be rated as No for importance
• Assessed as No-importance when the page is not in the article namespace
  • Templates, Categories, Images and Portals should be rated as NA for importance
• Assessed as having an importance when the page is not in the article namespace
• Use of a deprecated parameter (e.g. image)
  • Future class has been deprecated

As of 18 April 2024, there are 21,889 articles within the scope of WikiProject Comics, of which 77 are featured. This makes up 0.33% of the articles on Wikipedia and 0.72% of featured articles and lists. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etcetera, there are 50,372 pages in the project.

Comics article rating and assessment scheme
(NB: Listing, Log & Stats are updated on a daily basis by a bot)

Daily log of status changes

Current Statistics

Comics articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low Bottom NA ??? Total FA 2 8 17 28 55 FL 3 17 1 21 GA 3 20 90 234 69 3 1 420 B 16 65 127 286 45 10 549 C 30 175 672 2,328 248 2 61 3,516 Start 5 126 973 9,191 825 3 203 11,326 Stub 1 5 171 3,882 548 117 4,724 List 10 168 708 107 256 26 1,275 Draft 1 1 69 15 89 175 Category 1 1 6,007 6,009 Disambig 112 112 File 2 1 12,807 12,810 Portal 550 550 Project 1 164 165 Redirect 1 34 2,047 365 4,880 7,327 Template 14 814 828 Assessed 57 411 2,256 18,808 2,225 25,687 418 49,862 Unassessed 14 2 3 401 420 Total 57 411 2,256 18,822 2,227 25,690 819 50,282 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 101,525 Ω = 4.93

The log has now grown too large to transclude. Please see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Comics articles by quality log for full details.