Template:WikiProject The Clash

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An article's assessment is generated from the class and importance parameters in the {{WikiProject The Clash}} project banner on its talk page:

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Template layout

class: The following values may be used for the class parameter:

• FA (adds Featured articles to Category:FA-Class The Clash articles) (articles must be nominated for FA and await comments)
• A (adds A-Class articles to Category:A-Class The Clash articles) (The GA nomination must be successfully passed)
• GA (adds Good articles to Category:GA-Class The Clash articles) (articles must be nominated for GA)
• B (adds B-Class articles to Category:B-Class The Clash articles)
• C (adds C-Class articles to Category:C-Class The Clash articles)
• Start (adds Start-Class articles to Category:Start-Class The Clash articles)
• Stub (adds Stub-Class articles to Category:Stub-Class The Clash articles)
• FL (adds Featured lists to Category:FL-Class The Clash articles)
• List (adds List-Class articles to Category:List-Class The Clash articles)
• Category (adds Category pages to Category:Category-Class The Clash articles; assessment is unnecessary)
• Disambig (adds Disambiguation pages to Category:Disambig-Class The Clash articles; assessment is unnecessary)
• Image (adds Media file pages to Category:File-Class The Clash articles; assessment is unnecessary)
• Portal (adds Portal pages to Category:Portal-Class The Clash articles; assessment is unnecessary)
• Project (adds Project pages to Category:Project-Class The Clash articles; assessment is unnecessary)
• Redirect (adds redirect pages to Category:Redirect-Class The Clash articles; assessment is unnecessary)
• Template (adds Template pages to Category:Template-Class The Clash articles; assessment is unnecessary)
• NA (adds Non-article pages to Category:Redirect-Class The Clash articles; assessment is unnecessary)

auto: Answer yes if the class parameter is left blank.

b1 Referencing and citation: Answer yes if the article is suitably referenced, with inline citations where necessary.
b2 Coverage and accuracy: Answer yes if the article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies.
b3 Structure: Answer yes if the article has a defined structure.
b4 Grammar: Answer yes if the article is reasonably well-written.
b5 Supporting materials: Answer yes if the article contains supporting materials where appropriate.
b6 Accessibility: Answer yes if the article presents its content in an appropriately accessible way.

Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed The Clash articles. The class should be assigned according to the quality scale, while the importance should be assigned according to the importance scale below.

importance: The following values may be used for the importance parameter:

• Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance The Clash articles)
• High (adds articles to Category:High-importance The Clash articles)
• Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance The Clash articles)
• Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance The Clash articles)

This parameter is not used if an article's class is set to NA, Category, Disambig, Image, Portal, Project, Redirect, or Template, and may be omitted in those cases.

attention: Answer yes if the page needs immediate attention, otherwise remove this line.

This parameter populates Category:The Clash articles needing attention.

needs-infobox: Answer yes if the page needs an infobox, otherwise remove this line.

This parameter populates Category:The Clash articles needing infoboxes.

needs-photo: Answer yes if the page needs an image, otherwise remove this line.

This parameter populates Category:The Clash articles needing photographs.

audio-file: Answer yes if the page has an audio file, otherwise remove this line.

This parameter populates Category:The Clash articles with audio files.

collaboration: Answer yes if the page is currently candidate to be the The Clash WikiProject Collaboration of the Fortnight, otherwise remove this line.

This parameter populates Category:The Clash WP Collaboration candidates.

NOT USED AT THE MOMENT

past-collaboration: Enter the wikilink to the previous article that was The Clash WikiProject Collaboration of the Fortnight, otherwise remove this line.

This parameter populates Category:The Clash WP Past collaborations.

NOT USED AT THE MOMENT

peer-review: Answer yes if the page is currently nominated for Peer review by WikiProject The Clash, otherwise remove this line.

This parameter populates Category:The Clash WP Requests for peer review.

NOT USED AT THE MOMENT

old-peer-review: Answer yes if the page was peer reviewed by WikiProject The Clash, otherwise remove this line.

This parameter populates Category:The Clash WP Old requests for peer review.

NOT USED AT THE MOMENT

category: Set |category=no to prevent unnecessary or undesirable categorization when the banner is used for demonstration or testing purposes.

listas: This parameter is a sortkey for the article talk page (e.g. for The Clash, |listas=Clash, The).

Quality

The quality assessments are mainly performed by members of WikiProjects, who tag talk pages of articles. These tags are then collected by a bot, which then generates output such as a table, log and statistics. The quality scale must be the same across all wikiprojects.

It is vital that people not take these assessments personally. It is understood that we all have different priorities and different opinions about what makes a perfect article. Generally an active project will develop a consensus, though be aware that different projects may use their own variation of the criteria more tuned for the subject area. If you contribute a lot of content to an article you may request an independent assessment.

Three levels, GA, FL and FA, are NOT assessments that can be assigned simply by a project member. These refer to external judgments of article quality made at WP:GA, WP:FL and WP:FA. If these tags are desired, and the article meets the criteria (for GA or FA), it must be nominated (for GA or FA) and await comments. See also the guideline on the English Wikipedia.

Quality scale

WikiProject article quality grading scheme

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.	Cleopatra (as of June 2018)
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; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	List of dates predicted for apocalyptic events (as of May 2018)
A	The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria The article meets the A-Class criteria: Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history).	Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject would typically find nothing wanting.	Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style problems may need solving. WP:Peer review may help.	Battle of Nam River (as of June 2014)
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.	London Calling (as of March 2008)
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 does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. 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.	The Clash (album) (as of November 2007)
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.	Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist) (as of October 2008)
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.	(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (as of November 2007)
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.	Clash City Rockers (as of October 2008)
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 The Clash songs (as of August 2009)
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:The Clash
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.	Mick Jones
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:Clash 21051980 12 800.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:Science
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 The Clash
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.	Black Market Clash (as of November 2007)
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:The Clash
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.	List of related articles

Importance

Importance must be regarded as a relative term. If importance values are applied within this project, these only reflect the perceived importance to this project. An article judged to be "Top-importance" in one context may be only "Mid-importance" in another. 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).

Consider a hierarchy such as History -> History of Europe -> History of Poland -> Polish kings and queens. An article labeled as "Top-importance" for the subject of history would probably warrant inclusion in V0.5, V1.0 and other releases. A "Top-importance" article for the history of Poland would be a reasonable candidate for inclusion, but most "Top-importance" articles on Polish kings & queens would probably not be included in early releases. Nevertheless, such ranking within a subject area is very helpful in deciding which articles are included first as the scope of the Wikipedia 1.0 project expands. Quality articles which are not considered to be on topics important enough for inclusion on V0.5 will be held in a held nominations page, ready for inclusion as the scope expands.

Importance scale

WikiProject article importance scheme

Importance	Criteria	Example
Top	Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopaedia. High probability that non-Clash fans would look this up.	Main article, London Calling, Group members
High	Subject contributes a depth of knowledge to the encyclopaedia. Subject is notable or significant within the fan community, but not necessarily outside it	Majority of the studio albums
Mid	Subject fills in more minor details, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of another topic.	Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
Low	Subject is peripheral knowledge, possibly trivial.	Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (album and EP)
NA	Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc.	Category:The Clash
???	Subject importance has not yet been assessed.

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