Yes, anyone can assess articles (god, we'd need hundreds of more admins if admins were to assess tens of thousands of articles). Articles may be promoted upto B-class without formal review. Although anyone can assess articles, assessment is usually done by active volunteers at the Assessment department of the WikiProject. Anything higher than B-class needs formal review (there exists considerable confusion about the A-class though). Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch>) 2012/2/26 Noopur &lt;noopur.raval(a)gmail.com&gt;

A Class cannot exist without a formal peer review process. In the absence of participation, we cannot award this unless meaningful peer review takes place. Stick to Stub, Start, C, B, GA, FA. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ 2012/2/26 Karthik Nadar &lt;karthikndr(a)gmail.com&gt;

You can start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Unassessed_India_articles . The general criteria for assessment into a particular class can be seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IN1.0#Quality_scale You don't need to stick to the letter in these criteria; you can just see the general quality of the article (whether it is well written, has enough of good sources, citation style, images etc) and decide. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch>) 2012/2/26 Noopur &lt;noopur.raval(a)gmail.com&gt;

I just have to use the 5 point rating thing below to assess right? 2012/2/26 Ashwin Baindur &lt;ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com&gt; -- Noopur Raval Student Arts and Aesthetics Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Ph: 9650567690

Hi Noopur, The five point rating for B Class has been developed by WikiProject Military History. See their template below for an article on a Indian Army soldier: {{WPMILHIST |class=Start |Biography=yes |South-Asian=yes <!-- B-Class 5-criteria checklist | B1 <!-- Referencing and citations --> = y/n | B2 <!-- Coverage and accuracy --> = y/n | B3 <!-- Structure --> = y/n | B4 <!-- Grammar and style --> = y/n | B5 <!-- Supporting materials --> = y/n }}--> This is quite good and can be used by you to assess articles on the talk page. However, this 5 point system is not part of WikiProject India template. So you can copy it into a new section on talk page of article, assess & date-stamp-sign your assessment. Here is a detailed B-class assessment if you want to make a useful analysis & give hints to improvement. If not then just assess & leave the suggestions out (though this is not desireable and not the course recommended). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Periyar_%28river%29#B_Class_assessment Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ 2012/2/27 Noopur &lt;noopur.raval(a)gmail.com&gt;

PS: Wondering if it would be a good idea to ping all members of WP:India as well - can any of the Bot operators please take this up? From: wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com To: wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:25:24 +0000 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-en] BOT Message (was Unassessed WP India articles) Iv left a message of the proposal for coordination @ WP:Reviewers and WP:Peer Review. Can someone operating a bot message users who come under the Reviewer category please? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_reviewers) Thanks! Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:36:40 +0530 From: ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com To: wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-en] Unassessed WP India articles Hi Noopur, The five point rating for B Class has been developed by WikiProject Military History. See their template below for an article on a Indian Army soldier: {{WPMILHIST |class=Start |Biography=yes |South-Asian=yes <!-- B-Class 5-criteria checklist | B1 <!-- Referencing and citations --> = y/n | B2 <!-- Coverage and accuracy --> = y/n | B3 <!-- Structure --> = y/n | B4 <!-- Grammar and style --> = y/n | B5 <!-- Supporting materials --> = y/n }}--> This is quite good and can be used by you to assess articles on the talk page. However, this 5 point system is not part of WikiProject India template. So you can copy it into a new section on talk page of article, assess & date-stamp-sign your assessment. Here is a detailed B-class assessment if you want to make a useful analysis & give hints to improvement. If not then just assess & leave the suggestions out (though this is not desireable and not the course recommended). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Periyar_%28river%29#B_Class_assessment Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ 2012/2/27 Noopur &lt;noopur.raval(a)gmail.com&gt; I just have to use the 5 point rating thing below to assess right? 2012/2/26 Ashwin Baindur &lt;ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com&gt; Its easy to classify if you follow this ready reckoner: Stub - one sentance to one/two paras Start - more than two paras C - has lead & structure, must have infobox if applicable, must have image if available B - developed a structure, has referencing, reasonably complete in content, checked for NPOV, No OR. After this, one cannot self-assess. GA - needs to undergo GAN process by any experienced user A - Needs to Undergo A class review/peer review (usually after GA). FA - Needs to undergo FAC from panel of experienced FAC examining editors GA deals with major issues of MOS & 5 principles, A Class with content, sources, correctness, completeness. So A Class is done en route to FAC and after GA. You can do A Class directly after B Class & take it to FA without going through GA if you wish. Hope this helps, Noopur Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ 2012/2/26 Swaroop Rao &lt;raul.swaroop(a)gmail.com&gt; You can start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Unassessed_India_articles . The general criteria for assessment into a particular class can be seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IN1.0#Quality_scale You don't need to stick to the letter in these criteria; you can just see the general quality of the article (whether it is well written, has enough of good sources, citation style, images etc) and decide. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch) 2012/2/26 Noopur &lt;noopur.raval(a)gmail.com&gt; So, can someone like me help assess articles to Start class or C or B? If yes, can someone (ahem...Ashwin :P ...) direct me where to start? I am willing to help with all culture related stuff. 2012/2/26 Ashwin Baindur &lt;ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com&gt; A Class cannot exist without a formal peer review process. In the absence of participation, we cannot award this unless meaningful peer review takes place. Stick to Stub, Start, C, B, GA, FA. Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ 2012/2/26 Karthik Nadar &lt;karthikndr(a)gmail.com&gt; Best option Naveen. 2012/2/26 Noopur &lt;noopur.raval(a)gmail.com&gt; Slight n00b koschen here. Can non-admin editors just help with assessment? And how? I need a 101 on this. 2012/2/26 Naveen Francis &lt;naveenpf(a)wikimedia.in&gt; Hi Pranav, Should we try something like this ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Assessment/Tag_%26… Thanks, naveenpf 2012/2/26 &lt;wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com&gt; Hiya, The number of unassessed articles on WikiProject India currently stands at more than 18,000! Im wondering if there is an active task force or even a single member of the project that is dealing with these assessments? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Unassessed-Class_India_articles_of_Un…) A similar note has been left on the India noticeboard, as it seems no one has assessed articles for some time for there to be such a massive build up of backlog. 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Naveen, the Tag 2008 was a great idea. Can we have heads up for participation of Tag & Assess 2011? Sign up on the India Noticeboard! Oops I am sending this 24 hours late! Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Ashwin Baindur &lt;ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote:

Yippee! That's fantastic news! Empower us editors you tech guys & we shalt worship thou in our temples! ;) Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ 2012/2/27 Yuvi Panda &lt;yuvipanda(a)gmail.com&gt;

Will this cover the whole backlog or will we need to oversee/do a drive anyways? From: tinucherian(a)gmail.com Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:11:12 +0530 To: wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-en] Unassessed WP India articles How about this ? :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_t… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_t… -TC 2012/2/26 Naveen Francis &lt;naveenpf(a)wikimedia.in&gt; Hi Pranav, Should we try something like this ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Assessment/Tag_%26… Thanks, naveenpf 2012/2/26 &lt;wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com&gt; Hiya, The number of unassessed articles on WikiProject India currently stands at more than 18,000! Im wondering if there is an active task force or even a single member of the project that is dealing with these assessments? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Unassessed-Class_India_articles_of_Un…) A similar note has been left on the India noticeboard, as it seems no one has assessed articles for some time for there to be such a massive build up of backlog. Kind Regards, _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-in-en mailing list Wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-in-en mailing list Wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-in-en mailing list Wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en

Thanks Ashwin for the kind words. Btw there is nothing better than *if* it can done manually :) But I am going pile up a few more on to the Unasseessed category by running TinucherianBot on India related article categories, in the coming days. WP:INDIA crossing 1 lakh India related articles will make it "bigger than" any other Indic language Wikipedia itself :) All the best wishes ! -TC 2012/2/27 Ashwin Baindur &lt;ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com&gt;

We have wonderful news as far as the new initiative Tag & Assess 2012 is concerned. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Assessment/Tag_%26… Already 20 editors have signed up! *AshLin, Animeshkulkarni, Ansumang, Around The Globe, Anbu121, Sarvajna, Nearly Headless Nick, Bill william compton, Markvs88, ÐBigXray, basic.atari, naveenpf, ssriram_mt, Amartyabag, VasuVR, Nitika.t, karthikndr, utcursch, Redtigerxyz, Dwaipayan* The sad part is that just about half are the guys on this mailing list. I request that at least half of the 60 plus people on this list should support this venture. That means we could have 20 more people reasonably. How grand that would be - a 40 editor strength team assessing articles! We would make "kachumber" (cucumber salad) of the backlog! Please sign up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_t… Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur

Read this thread & then tell me what you want clarification of. I'm trying to put one up today! Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ 2012/3/1 Debanjan Bandyopadhyay &lt;debastein(a)gmail.com&gt;

Refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Assessment#Quality… From: wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com To: wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 07:41:14 +0000 Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-en] Unassessed WP India articles As a thumb rule, dont assess articles you have created/made considerable contributions to - that might lead to conflict. Otherwise, iirc, Ashwin had sent an email a few days back, explaining different classes and how to assess to which class. Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 09:00:43 +0530 From: ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com To: wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-in-en] Unassessed WP India articles Read this thread & then tell me what you want clarification of. I'm trying to put one up today!Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur ------------------------------------------------------ 2012/3/1 Debanjan Bandyopadhyay &lt;debastein(a)gmail.com&gt; To be clear, I haven't read the whole thread. But if I can assess upto B, am up for it. Lets get a verdict on these articles. How about a class like the GA/FA COTM for assessment to new assesses?? What say Ashwin or is it terribly easy? I don't want to get into conflicts over assessment hence, asking for a class. 2012/2/29 Ashwin Baindur &lt;ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com&gt; We have wonderful news as far as the new initiative Tag & Assess 2012 is concerned. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_India/Assessment/Tag_%26… Already 20 editors have signed up! AshLin, Animeshkulkarni, Ansumang, Around The Globe, Anbu121, Sarvajna, Nearly Headless Nick, Bill william compton, Markvs88, ÐBigXray, basic.atari, naveenpf, ssriram_mt, Amartyabag, VasuVR, Nitika.t, karthikndr, utcursch, Redtigerxyz, Dwaipayan The sad part is that just about half are the guys on this mailing list. I request that at least half of the 60 plus people on this list should support this venture. That means we could have 20 more people reasonably. How grand that would be - a 40 editor strength team assessing articles! We would make "kachumber" (cucumber salad) of the backlog! Please sign up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Noticeboard_for_India-related_t… Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-in-en mailing list Wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en -- Regards, Debanjan - Lets make this world a better and more informative place _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-in-en mailing list Wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-in-en mailing list Wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-in-en mailing list Wikimedia-in-en(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-en