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The assessment department of the LCN WikiProject focuses on assessing the quality of LCNWiki's LCN articles. The resulting article ratings are used within the project to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

Prose article List article
Stub-Class article Stub The first stage of an article's evolution is called a stub. A stub is an extremely short article that provides a basic description of the topic at best; it includes very little meaningful content, and may be little more than a dictionary definition. At this stage, it is often impossible to determine whether the topic should be covered by a prose article or a list, so this assessment level is shared between the two scales.
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Start-Class article Start List A stub that undergoes some development will progress to the next stage of article evolution. An article at this stage provides some meaningful content, but is typically incomplete and lacks adequate references, structure, and supporting materials. At this stage, it becomes possible to distinguish between prose articles and lists; depending on its form, an article at this level will be assessed as a Start-Class prose article or a List-Class list.
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C-Class article C CL As the article continues to develop, it will reach the C-Class level. At this stage, the article is reasonably structured and contains substantial content and supporting materials, but may still be incomplete or poorly referenced, but not both. As articles progress to this stage, the assessment process begins to take on a more structured form, and specific criteria are introduced against which articles are rated.
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B-Class article B BL An article that reaches the B-Class level is complete in content and structure, adequately referenced, and includes reasonable supporting materials; overall, it provides a satisfactory encyclopedic presentation of the topic for the average reader, although it might not be written to the standard that would be expected by an expert. Articles at this stage commonly undergo peer review to solicit ideas for further improvement. B-Class is the final assessment level that can be reached without undergoing a formal review process, and is a reasonable goal for newer editors.
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GA After reaching the B-Class level, an article may be submitted for assessment as a good article. Good articles must meet a set of criteria similar to those required for the B-Class assessment level, and must additionally undergo the formal good article review process. This assessment level is available only for prose articles; no comparable level exists for lists.
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A-Class article A A-Class list AL A good or B-Class article that has undergone additional improvement may be considered for the A-Class assessment level. An A-Class article presents a complete and thorough encyclopedic treatment of a subject, such as might be written by an expert in the field; the only deficiencies permissible at this level are minor issues of style or language. To receive an A-Class rating, a candidate article must undergo the formal Creeperopolis A-Class review process. The A-Class rating is the highest assessment level that may be assigned by an individual WikiProject; higher assessment levels are granted only by Wikipedia-wide independent assessment processes.
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Featured article FA Featured list FL The featured article and featured list ratings represent the pinnacle of article evolution and the best that Wikipedia has to offer; an article at this level is professional, outstanding, and represents a definitive source for encyclopedic information. Featured status is assigned only through a thorough independent review process; this process can be grueling for the unprepared, and editors are highly advised to submit articles for A-Class review prior to nominating them for featured status.

Criteria

The following tables summarize the criteria used to assess articles at each level of the quality assessment scale. In addition to the criteria, the tables list the assessment process used at each level and provide an example of an article previously assessed at that level.

Assessment criteria for prose articles
Class Criteria Assessment process Example
Featured article FA The article meets all the featured article criteria. Featured article candidacy The 5th Column
A-Class article A The article meets all of the A-Class criteria. A-Class review Server Moderation Team
GA The article meets all of the good article criteria. Good article review Operation Tim
B-Class article B The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. Individual review September 2020 LCN Economic Crisis
C-Class article C The article meets B1 or B2 as well as B3 and B4 and B5 of the B-Class criteria. Individual review 2019 Council of Islamic States crisis
Start-Class article Start The article meets the Start-Class criteria. Individual review 2019 Farkasfalka Raid
Stub-Class article Stub The article meets none of the Start-Class criteria. Individual review Gjorka (politician)
List The list meets the List-Class criteria. Individual review List of Council of the Republic laws, bills, and motions

Instructions

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

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article:

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the project banner on its talk page:

The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the quality of the article: