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Welcome to the assessment department of WikiProject Biography. This department focuses on assessing the quality and priority of Wikipedia's biography articles. A quality rating estimates how close an article comes to a professional standard. The priority or importance rating estimates the relative importance of a subject when compared to other biographical articles.; this rating can help project members to prioritise editing work. These quality and priority rating systems were established by the Wikipedia 1.0 Editorial Team, and are customised by WikiProject organisers.

An article's rating is set in the class parameter of the {{WikiProject Biography}} project banner on the article's talk page. Setting the class value causes the article to be listed in the corresponding sub-categories under Category:Biography articles by quality, and to lists generated by bots such as.

Frequently asked questions[edit]

How can I request an article assessment?
Add it to the assessment request queue below. If you'd like someone to write some constructive feedback about the article, say so in your request. You can also request a peer review from editors outside WikiProject Biography.
Who can rate an article?
Anyone can rate a biographical article, but if you revised an article enough to change its potential rating, or if you have a conflict of interest, someone else should review it. A rating higher than B-class requires a more formal review process.
What if I disagree with a rating?
Ask the reviewer what they think the article needs (preferably on the article's talk page). You can also (re)list the article in the assessment request queue, or directly ask a WikiProject Biography member to review it.
Are the ratings subjective?
Reviewers are expected to follow Wikipedia's article quality grading criteria.
How can I begin assessing articles?
See "How to assess an article" below.

BulbB If you have a question not answered here, please feel free to ask on the assessment talk page.

How to assess an article[edit]

Read the criteria in the quality scale, and determine which grade best reflects the state of the article. If the quality grade you chose differs from the one on the article's talk page, set the grade by changing the class parameter for each WikiProject banner, like this:

{{WikiProject Biography |class=Start}}

If the article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography but does not have a {{WikiProject Biography}} banner on its talk page, add the banner.

You can find articles to rate in Category:Unassessed biography articles. This is a list of talk pages that have a banner with an incomplete assessment.

There's more to article assessment than just quality and priority grades. See {{WikiProject Biography}} for complete instructions.

Class parameter[edit]

The valid values for the class parameter are:

Articles without a valid class are listed in Category:Unassessed biography articles. Quality ratings should adhere to the quality scale below.

It is not necessary to add a class parameter to talk pages that do not correspond to ordinary articles. For categories, disambiguation pages, redirects, etc., the class is implicit.

Priority parameters[edit]

{{WikiProject Biography}} has separate priority parameters for specialised sub-projects and work groups. WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers has its own priority scale; please use it. For all other work groups and WikiProjects listed here, use WikiProject Biography's priority scale.

The valid values for all priority parameters are: Top, High, Mid, and Low.

Do not use priority parameters for non-articles (redirects, disambiguation pages, categories, etc.).

Quality scale[edit]

WikiProject article quality grading scheme
Class Criteria Reader's experience Editing suggestions Example
Featured article FA  The article has attained featured article status by passing an official review. 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. Mary Shelley
(as of June 2008)
A-Class article A  The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been reviewed by impartial reviewers from this WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. 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. Peer review may help. Milla Jovovich
(as of June 2008)
 GA  The article has attained good article status by passing an official review. Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (but not equalling) the quality of a professional encyclopedia. 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. Theodore Kaczynski
(as of July 2008)
B-Class article B  The article is mostly complete and without major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. 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. Captain Beefheart
(as of July 2008)
C-Class article C  The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains much irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. 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. Mark Gerban
(as of December 2011)
Start-Class article Start  An article that is developing, but which is quite incomplete. It might or might not cite adequate reliable sources. 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. Samuel Beardsley
(as of May 2008)
Stub-Class article Stub  A very basic description of the topic. However, all very-bad-quality articles will fall into this category. 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. Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal
(as of May 2014)
Featured list FL  The article has attained featured list status. 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. Timeline of Jane Austen
(as of March 2008)
 List  Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list, 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 mycologists
(as of June 2008)

Priority scale[edit]

Priority must be regarded as a relative term. If priority values are applied within this project, these only reflect the perceived importance to this project and to the work groups the biography falls under. An article judged to be "Top-Class" in one context may be only "Mid-Class" in another project. The criteria used for rating article priority 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).

Article importance grading scheme
Label Criteria Examples
Top High probability that non-Historians would look this up. Limited to the top 200 biographies. Must have had a large impact outside of their main discipline, across several generations, and in the majority of the world. For instance, Einstein, brilliant physicist, but his theories have affected people outside of physics and in many other countries besides his nation of origin and several generations. His ideas have changed the way people think. No member should give this rating to any biography without first getting Project approval from the other members. Albert Einstein
High Must have had a large impact in their main discipline, across a couple of generations. Had some impact outside their country of origin. Patrick Henry
Mid Important in their discipline. John Seigenthaler, Sr.
Low Subject is notable in their main discipline. Morena Baccarin

Requesting an assessment[edit]

If you would like a WikiProject Biography volunteer to rate an article, please feel free to list it below.

This is a quality rating only. You will probably not get feedback on the article. If you want comments, please use the peer review process. Articles submitted here will not be rated above B-class. See Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions and Wikipedia:Featured article criteria for higher assessments.

Reviewers: After you assess an article, please remove it from the list. If you checked for B-class readiness, please add a short section titled "B-class review" to the article's talk page. If you do not believe the article meets the criteria for B-class, explain what improvements it needs in order to pass. If it passes, confirm in writing that you checked the article for all B-class criteria, and that it passed. For general assessment instructions, see "How to assess an article" above.

Edit this section and add request to the end of the list.


1 Russell G. Cleary -- Kellypm94 (talk) 13:55, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

2 John Stockton Tapered (talk) 07:41, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

3 Trevor Eyster — 90sNickfan (talk) 07:42, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

4 Camilo Jacob —Jp2593 (talk) 10:43, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

5 Antonio Segui AnAwesomeArticleEditor (talk) 21:05, 1 April 2017 (UTC) (Subject may not be notable per Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Creative professionals--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 23:09, 6 April 2017 (UTC))

6 Diane Hathaway --TommyBoy (talk) 22:44, 1 April 2017 (UTC) (Subject may not be notable per WP:CRIME--Farang Rak Tham (talk) 23:09, 6 April 2017 (UTC))

7 Ray Gabelich —Lindsay658 (talk) 17:58, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

8 Luang Por Dhammajayo -Farang Rak Tham (talk) 20:27, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

9 Luang Por Dattajivo -Farang Rak Tham (talk) 20:27, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

10 Chandra Khonnokyoong -Farang Rak Tham (talk) 20:27, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

11 Luang Pu Sodh Candasaro -Farang Rak Tham (talk) 20:27, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

12 Linda Tillery —NOLA1982 (talk) 03:14, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

Statistics[edit]

Current status[edit]

See also: Category:Biography articles by quality
Biography articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top Other Total
Featured article FA 31 1,238 1,269
Featured list FL 154 154
A-Class article A 100 100
GA 35 4,799 4,834
B 75 20,069 20,144
C 59 50,113 50,172
Start 413,336 413,336
Stub 807,235 807,235
List 3,673 3,673
Book 780 780
Category 21,383 21,383
Disambig 6,583 6,583
File 355 355
Redirect 9,151 9,151
Template 1,322 1,322
NA 64 64
Assessed 200 1,349,712 1,349,912
Draft 9,357 9,357
Unassessed 141,177 141,177
Total 200 1,490,889 1,491,089
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 7,186,872 Ω = 5.54


Historical counts[edit]

All figures given for the end of each month
July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006
Featured article FA 34 3.80 % 106 0.08 % 185 0.11 % 193 0.11 % 212 0.11 % 222 0.11 %
A-Class article A 9 1.01 % 57 0.04 % 77 0.05 % 95 0.05 % 95 0.05 % 104 0.05 %
GA 34 3.80 % 137 0.10 % 195 0.12 % 195 0.11 % 243 0.13 % 266 0.14 %
B 220 24.61 % 1,383 1.05 % 1,967 1.21 % 2,360 1.32 % 2,682 1.44 % 3,060 1.58 %
Start 104 11.63 % 4,107 3.13 % 5,634 3.47 % 6,621 3.71 % 7,980 4.30 % 34,554 9.37 %
Stub 67 7.49 % 3,515 2.68 % 27,816 17.12 % 41,572 23.27 % 43,715 23.59 % 46,635 24.15 %
Assessed 468 52.35 % 9,305 7.10 % 35,874 22.08 % 51,036 28.56 % 54,927 29.65 % 59,904 31.03 %
Unassessed 426 47.65 % 121,800 92.90 % 126,581 77.92 % 127,644 71.44 % 130,325 70.35 % 133,177 68.98 %
Total 894 131,105 162,455 178,680 185,252 193,081
January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007

May 2007

June 2007
Featured article FA 238 0.11 % 248 0.12 % 270 0.10 % 286 0.08 % 300 0.08 % 317 0.08 %
A-Class article A 105 0.05 % 111 0.05 % 109 0.04 % 61 0.02 % 51 0.01 % 62 0.02 %
GA 297 0.14 % 344 0.16 % 358 0.13 % 391 0.11 % 415 0.11 % 451 0.11 %
B 3,583 1.79 % 4,553 2.15 % 6,699 2.52 % 7,420 2.01 % 7,903 2.08 % 9,941 2.52 %
Start 9,617 4.98 % 12,049 6.02 % 16,774 7.92 % 29,405 11.05 % 38,107 10.04 % 60,286 15.44 %
Stub 49,852 24.91 % 62,198 29.36 % 85,677 32.02 % 207,699 56.33 % 219,635 57.87 % 240,797 61.14 %
Assessed 66,124 33.05 % 84,228 39.76 % 122,518 46.05 % 250,411 67.91 % 266,411 70.19 % 311,854 79.18 %
Unassessed 133,957 66.95 % 127,639 60.25 % 143,547 53.95 % 118,311 32.09 % 113,126 29.81 % 81,996 20.82 %
Total 200,081 211,867 266,065 368,722 379,537 393,850
July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007
Featured article FA 325 0.08 % 338 0.08 % 360 0.08 % 368 0.08 % 389 0.09 % 409 0.09 %
A-Class article A 73 0.02 % 67 0.02 % 72 0.02 % 73 0.02 % 74 0.02 % 22 0.005 %
GA 508 0.12 % 547 0.13 % 578 0.13 % 606 0.14 % 638 0.14 % 705 0.15 %
B 11,345 2.77 % 12,551 2.98 % 13,017 2.95 % 13,156 2.95 % 13,323 2.95 % 13,493 2.92 %
Start 72,224 17.61 % 81,464 19.33 % 88,191 19.98 % 89,645 20.13 % 91,489 20.27 % 92,968 20.14 %
Stub 251,820 61.41 % 263,069 62.41 % 284,594 64.46 % 285,629 64.15 % 288,878 64.01 % 296,518 64.22 %
List N/A N/A N/A N/A 79 0.02 % 75 0.02 %
Assessed 336,295 82.01 % 358,036 84.94 % 386,812 87.62 % 389,477 87.48 % 394,870 87.50 % 404,190 87.54 %
Unassessed 73,770 17.99 % 63,456 15.06 % 54,677 12.38 % 55,744 12.52 % 56,426 12.50 % 57,506 12.46 %
Total 410,065 421,492 441,489 445,221 451,296 461,696
January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008
Featured article FA 428 0.09 % 441 0.09 % 467 0.09 % 484 0.09 % 499 0.10 % 515 0.10 %
A-Class article A 19 0.004 % 19 0.004 % 20 0.004 % 22 0.004 % 20 0.004 % 22 0.004 %
GA 757 0.15 % 784 0.16 % 878 0.17 % 934 0.18 % 983 0.19 % 984 0.19 %
B 13,629 2.74 % 13,698 2.74 % 14,023 2.78 % 14,160 2.78 % 14,460 2.80 % 14,594 2.79 %
C N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 119 0.02 %
Start 94,615 19.03 % 95,799 19.20 % 100,651 19.92 % 103,688 20.34 % 109,457 21.19 % 112,541 21.51 %
Stub 308,861 62.11 % 311,161 62.35 % 318,234 62.99 % 323,539 63.47 % 333,698 64.59 % 340,940 65.16 %
List 93 0.02 % 92 0.02 % 106 0.02 % 108 0.02 % 109 0.02 % 114 0.02 %
Assessed 418,402 84.13 % 421,994 84.56 % 434,379 85.98 % 442,935 86.90 % 459,226 88.89 % 469,829 89.80 %
Unassessed 78,898 15.87 % 77,071 15.44 % 70,843 14.02 % 66,799 13.10 % 57,410 11.11 % 53,385 10.20 %
Total 497,300 499,065 505,222 509,734 516,636 523,214

Monthly changes[edit]

Percent change is given relative to the prior count in each class. To calculate the information for one class, where x = amount of articles in class that month and i = amount of articles in the class the previous month... Amount of articles change = x - i; Percent change = (x / i) * 100 - 100, then round up to the nearest one hundredth of a perecent.
August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006
Featured article FA +72 +211.76 % +79 +74.53 % +8 +4.32 % +19 +9.84 % +10 +4.72 %
A-Class article A +48 +533.33 % +20 +35.09 % +18 +23.38 % +0 +0.00 % +9 +9.47 %
GA +103 +302.94 % +58 +42.34 % +0 +0.00 % +48 +24.62 % +23 +9.47 %
B +1,163 +528.64 % +584 +42.23 % +393 +19.98 % +322 +13.64 % +378 +14.09 %
Start +4,003 +3,849.04 % +1,527 +37.18 % +987 +17.52 % +1,359 +20.53 % +1,637 +20.51 %
Stub +3,448 +5,146.27 % +24,301 +691.35 % +13,756 +49.45 % +2,143 +5.15 % +2,920 +6.68 %
Assessed +8,837 +1,888.25 % +26,569 +285.53 % +15,162 +42.26 % +3,891 +7.62 % +4,977 +9.06 %
Unassessed +121,374 +28,491.55 % +4,781 +3.93 % +1,063 +0.84 % +2,681 +2.10 % +2,852 +2.19 %
Total +130,211 +14,564.99 % +31,350 +23.91 % +16,225 +9.99 % +6,572 +3.68 % +7,829 +4.23 %
January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007

May 2007
Featured article FA +16 +6.72 % +10 +4.20 % +22 +8.87 % +16 +5.93 % +14 +4.90 %
A-Class article A +1 +0.96 % +6 +5.71 % -2 -1.80 % -48 -44.04 % -10 -16.39 %
GA +31 +11.65 % +47 +15.83 % +14 +4.07 % +33 +9.22 % +24 +6.14 %
B +523 +17.09 % +970 +27.07 % +2,146 +47.13 % +721 +10.76 % +483 +6.51 %
Start +2,432 +25.29 % +4,725 +39.22 % +12,631 +75.30 % +5,149 +17.51 % +8,702 +29.59 %
Stub +3,217 +6.90 % +12,346 +24.77 % +23,479 +37.75 % +122,022 +142.42 % +11,936 +5.75 %
Assessed +6,220 +10.38 % +18,104 +27.28 % +38,290 +45.46 % +127,893 +104.39 % +16,000 +6.39 %
Unassessed +780 +0.58 % -6,318 -4.72 % +15,908 +12.46 % -25,236 -17.58 % -5,185 -4.38 %
Total +7,000 +3.63 % +11,786 +5.89 % +54,198 +25.58 % +102,657 +38.58 % +10,815 +2.93 %
June 2007
Featured article FA +17 +5.67 %
A-Class article A +11 +21.57 %
GA +36 +8.67 %
B +2,038 +25.79 %
Start +22,179 +58.20 %
Stub +21,162 +9.64 %
Assessed +45,443 +17.06 %
Unassessed -31,130 -27.52 %
Total +14,313 +3.77 %

Assessment log[edit]

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.

Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Biography articles by quality log

Worklist[edit]

The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.
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