WIP - This is the process I use to close out assessments in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Fishing/Assessment/Drive WP Fishing Assessment Drive, and it may apply to the wider field of assessment once the initial drive is over. At present, they are objective rules which may use subjective standards for evaluating the consensus.

Process:

If there are sufficient opinions for consensus

Note: This is a very fluid evaluation, as some articles may have consensus with 2 reviewers commenting, others articles may require more. Also, this does not yet treat how to determine if consensus exists.

• In the "Secretary and date closed" block, include your signature. ("~~~~")

• In the "Result:" box, summarize the result you will apply to the article. Use as few words as possible, and don't explain if consensus appears to be unanimous.

• In the "Archived Discussions" box, add the article link to the Recently Closed: point. Use: "[[WP:WikiProject Fishing/Assessment/Drive_Archive#Pagename|Pagename Discussion]] on [[Pagename]]".

• C/P the entry to Wikipedia:WikiProject Fishing/Assessment/Drive_Archive.

• Go to the Article's talk page. Edit the page.

• On the ((fishingassessment)) template, fill in the variables with the appropriate values - Date (date closed) from secretary block, Class, Importance, Reviewers, Completed=Y. Class and Importance should be same as what you will put in the ((WP:FISHING)) template momentarily.

• Below the "Added assessment template" line (assuming it's there,) add:

Assessment closed.  Also edited Fishing project rating template to reflect consensus. ~~~~ 

• Edit the ((WP:FISHING)) template. Change (or add) the class= and importance= variables to the result of the consensus. (((WP:FISHING|class=|importance=)))

• Save the page with Edit Summary:

Edited fishingassessment and WP:FISHING templates with result of article assessment consensus.

• A "sufficient" time later, remove the links you created in the Assessment Drive page on Archived Discussions.