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Welcome to the assessment department of the Aviation WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's aviation articles. While much of the work is (may in the future be) done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the ((WikiProject Aviation)) project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Aviation articles by quality, which serve as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist. The running totals for aviation assessments are shown in the table below, also found here, and the overall project is found at Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index.

See also the general assessment FAQ and the project's B-Class assessment & criteria FAQ and A-Class review & criteria FAQ.

1. What is the purpose of the article ratings?

The rating system allows the project to monitor the quality of articles in our subject areas, and to prioritize work on these articles. It is also utilized by the Wikipedia 1.0 program to prepare for static releases of Wikipedia content. Please note, however, that these ratings are primarily intended for the internal use of the project, and do not necessarily imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.

2. How do I add an article to the WikiProject?

Just add ((WPAVIATION)) to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.

3. Someone put a ((WPAVIATION)) template on an article, but it doesn't seem to be within the project's scope. What should I do?

Because of the large number of articles we deal with, we occasionally make mistakes and add tags to articles that shouldn't have them. If you notice one, feel free to remove the tag, and optionally leave a note on the talk page of this department (or directly with the person who tagged the article).

4. Who can assess articles?

Any member of the Aviation WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article. Editors who are not participants in this project are also welcome to assess articles, but should defer to consensus within the project in case of procedural disputes.

5. How do I rate an article?

Check the quality scale and select the level that best matches the state of the article; then, follow the instructions below to add the rating to the project banner on the article's talk page. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.

6. Can I request that someone else rate an article?

Of course; to do so, please list it in the section for assessment requests below.

7. Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?

Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article; they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.

8. Where can I get more comments about an article?

The review department can conduct more thorough examination of articles; please submit it for peer review there.

9. What if I don't agree with a rating?

You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can ask any member of the project to rate the article again. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.

10. Aren't the ratings subjective?

Yes, they are somewhat subjective, but it's the best system we've been able to devise. If you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!

11. What if I have a question not listed here?

If your question concerns the article assessment process specifically, please refer to the discussion page for this department; for any other issues, you can go to the main project discussion page, or contact a project member directly.

An article's assessment is generated from the class parameters in the ((WPAVIATION)) project banner on its talk page. Stub, Start, and non-article assessments require only the basic parameter; "class=start" (for example). To assess C-class or higher requires the use of the B-Class checklist. (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax):

((WPAVIATION
|class=
))

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

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class aviation articles)		FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class aviation articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class aviation articles)		GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class aviation articles)		B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class aviation articles)		C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class aviation articles)		Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class aviation articles)		Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class aviation articles)		FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class aviation articles)		List

For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:

Quality scale

See:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Assessment FAQ
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Assessment/A-Class
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Assessment/B-Class

Current stats

Aviation WikiProject assessment statistics Aviation pages by quality Quality Total FA 147 FL 13 A 56 GA 563 B 4,437 C 9,182 Start 19,380 Stub 17,069 List 2,233 Category 13,712 Disambig 628 File 2,747 Portal 624 Project 117 Redirect 3,167 Template 2,611 NA 106 Assessed 76,792 Unassessed 271 Total 77,063 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 250,535 Ω = 4.93 log • category

Article class Project Aviation Aircraft Airlines Airports Military Aviation Aviation accident Rotorcraft Gliding Defunct Airlines Air sports Biography Aero engine FA 147 19 1 4 191 16 1 1 0 1 81 2 FL 5 0 1 1 8 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 A 23 11 0 0 94 1 2 0 0 0 36 1 GA 150 166 25 58 536 68 1 5 14 2 140 2 B 783 2,142 85 395 3,291 346 128 177 69 44 729 171 C 2805 4,703 210 880 7,910 497 288 396 92 474 1,140 426 Start 10811 5,822 1,049 4,665 12,272 956 473 631 753 346 1,967 938 Stub 17340 1,344 1,447 9,140 2,642 286 91 85 559 224 1,375 90 List 1579 446 475 594 593 143 21 13 75 6 98 10 Template 1260 1,030 230 390 687 202 25 10 6 95 18 122 Category 6053 4,792 753 1,351 2,033 975 85 100 434 72 304 192 Disambig 511 22 25 463 57 34 1 0 1 1 1 1 File 250 232 1,199 350 573 6 6 0 7 2 27 139 Portal 632 36 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 18 0 Project 45 18 12 6 3 8 1 3 5 1 1 7 Unassessed 271 4 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 59 0 Total 77,095 21,277 5,847 18,977 33,671 3,680 1,161 1,445 2,072 1,289 6,262 2,168

Statistics by task force

Aircraft Aircraft pages by quality Quality Total FA 19 A 11 GA 166 B 2,142 C 4,703 Start 5,822 Stub 1,342 List 445 Category 4,792 Disambig 22 File 232 Portal 36 Project 18 Redirect 486 Template 1,030 NA 2 Assessed 21,268 Unassessed 4 Total 21,272 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 62,755 Ω = 4.42 Assessment log Worklist Aircraft engines Aircraft engine pages by quality Quality Total FA 2 A 1 GA 2 B 171 C 426 Start 938 Stub 90 List 10 Category 192 File 139 Project 7 Redirect 67 Template 122 Assessed 2,167 Total 2,167 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 7,452 Ω = 4.57 Assessment log Worklist Rotorcraft Rotorcraft pages by quality Quality Total FA 1 A 2 GA 12 B 128 C 288 Start 473 Stub 91 List 21 Category 85 Disambig 1 File 6 Project 1 Redirect 25 Template 25 NA 1 Assessed 1,160 Total 1,160 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 4,473 Ω = 4.50 Assessment log Worklist Airlines Airline pages by quality Quality Total FA 1 FL 1 GA 25 B 85 C 210 Start 1,048 Stub 1,447 List 475 Category 753 Disambig 25 File 1,199 Portal 1 Project 12 Redirect 331 Template 230 NA 1 Assessed 5,844 Unassessed 1 Total 5,845 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 15,072 Ω = 5.35 Assessment log Worklist Defunct Airlines Defunct Airlines pages by quality Quality Total FL 1 GA 14 B 69 C 92 Start 753 Stub 559 List 75 Category 434 Disambig 1 File 7 Project 5 Redirect 54 Template 6 Assessed 2,070 Total 2,070 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 7,722 Ω = 5.19 Assessment log Worklist Airports Airport pages by quality Quality Total FA 4 FL 1 GA 58 B 395 C 880 Start 4,665 Stub 9,140 List 594 Category 1,351 Disambig 463 File 350 Portal 1 Project 6 Redirect 668 Template 390 NA 3 Assessed 18,969 Unassessed 4 Total 18,973 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 82,986 Ω = 5.48 Assessment log Worklist

Military aviation Military aviation pages by quality Quality Total FA 191 FL 8 A 94 GA 536 B 3,291 C 7,909 Start 12,271 Stub 2,642 List 593 Category 2,033 Disambig 57 File 573 Project 3 Redirect 2,498 Template 687 Assessed 33,386 Unassessed 1 Total 33,387 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 119,884 Ω = 4.45 Assessment log Worklist Gliding Gliding pages by quality Quality Total FA 1 GA 5 B 177 C 396 Start 631 Stub 85 List 13 Category 100 Project 3 Redirect 20 Template 10 Assessed 1,441 Unassessed 3 Total 1,444 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 5,790 Ω = 4.47 Assessment log Worklist Accident Aviation accident pages by quality Quality Total FA 16 FL 1 A 1 GA 68 B 346 C 497 Start 956 Stub 286 List 143 Category 975 Disambig 34 File 6 Portal 4 Project 8 Redirect 130 Template 202 NA 2 Assessed 3,675 Unassessed 4 Total 3,679 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 9,659 Ω = 4.45 Assessment log Worklist Air sports Air sports pages by quality Quality Total FA 1 FL 2 GA 2 B 44 C 474 Start 346 Stub 224 List 6 Category 72 Disambig 1 File 2 Project 1 Redirect 16 Template 95 NA 1 Assessed 1,287 Total 1,287 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 5,106 Ω = 4.68 Assessment log Worklist Aerospace biography Aerospace biography pages by quality Quality Total FA 81 FL 3 A 36 GA 140 B 728 C 1,141 Start 1,967 Stub 1,375 List 98 Category 304 Disambig 1 File 27 Portal 18 Project 1 Redirect 260 Template 18 NA 2 Assessed 6,200 Unassessed 59 Total 6,259 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 25,149 Ω = 4.60 Assessment log Worklist

If you submit an article for assessment, please return the favor and assess another one on the list!

• If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below.
• Note: This is only to rate the article on quality - you may or may not get feedback on the article. If you are interested in more extensive comments on an article, or wish to have it classified as an A-Class article, please use the WikiProject Review department instead.
• If you want help improving an article, try the collaboration department and read Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Assessment/Instructions.

• Boeing 737 MAX groundings continually improving.
  • Article has been rated B class which is a fair rating. -Fnlayson (talk) 14:09, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport - The article has been expanded and improved a lot. I think it should have a higher rating now. Windmemories 15:57, 15 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• St. Louis Lambert International Airport - This article hasn't been reviewed for a decade and has since been expanded and improved upon significantly. Digital inf3rno (talk) 20:03, 1 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• History of non-scheduled airlines in the United States - A recently written article awaiting first assessment. Thanks, Recensore256 (talk) 07:53, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Filled in aviation project banner with preliminary info and rated as a C for now. -Fnlayson (talk) 15:04, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Royal Aero Club Looks like a B-class article if I understood the criteria right. ^{[Username Needed]} 10:53, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

   Not done Does not pass criteria B1, unsourced information including statement of facts not cited. B3, Inadequate lead section, needs expansion. Citations needed template added. Recommending that author cite information and expand lead section. Toast (talk) 17:35, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• HESA Kowsar - Updated some parts of the articles and spread out the citations that are excessive. Ominae (talk) 06:16, 17 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• São Pedro Airport (Brazil) The article was improved after years after the last revision. Agente Rolf (talk) 13:33, 27 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Kang Daniel The article content has expanded significantly throughout the past year and likely requires another assessment. HrToss (talk) 10:27, 5 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport This article has been improved on recently and requires new assessment. Currently rated Start-class and is likely a B-class in regards to current criteria.Intelqual (talk) 19:36, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Honda HA-420 HondaJet - if I understand correctly, last review was back in 2013, with the only problem towards class B being lack of refs; with number of refs going from 16 in 2013 to 88 now, there is a chance that it qualifies for Class B now. Ipsign (talk) 11:41, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• AJI T-610 Super Pinto - I did some grammar and link fixes. I'm waiting for someone to reclassify it as either a B or C-class article, because it's certainly not a Start-class article. Carlo71201 (talk) 7:23, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
  • Updated checks. It meets C class for WP:Air now. -Fnlayson (talk) 14:09, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Mooring mast: Hi there, I've added a considerable amount of material into this stub page and would appreciate an assessment of the class and importance rating. --Magdalene246 (talk) 05:02, 10 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Kurnool Airport - The article is expanded and improved with necessary citations. The articles was rated as Stub. A fresh assessment would be very much appreciated. - Srihari Thalla (talk) 11:43, 27 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Nellore Airport - The article is expanded and improved with necessary citations. The articles was rated as Stub. A fresh assessment would be very much appreciated. -- DaxServer (talk) 12:14, 19 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Ramagundam Airport - The article is expanded and improved with necessary citations. An assessment would be very much appreciated. -- DaxServer (talk) 16:58, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Longest Flights - This article has had a lot of development and contributions over the past several years and an effort over the last 6 months to ensure accuracy, citations, objectivity, and development into a generally good wiki article. I suggest it is now ready for a review and consideration for Assessment by the great Aviation Project? DigitalExpat (talk) 13:22, 1 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• American Airlines Flight 476 I just expanded it. There are some issues with prose that need to be worked out, but I can safely say it is no longer a stub. Scorpions13256 (talk) 15:32, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

   Done Rated as Start. B-class not attained for irrelevant material and a need for more precise wording to retain style and encyclopedic stature.Toast (talk) 13:01, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Arsenalul Aeronautic - Request an assessment, article not yet rated. Alin2808 (talk) 11:46, 3 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Sukhoi Su-57 - Requesting reassessment against the GA criteria, where I don't think it meets them for reasons that I've given in the individual reassessment page. Steve7c8 (talk) 18:23, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• General Dynamics F-16XL - for at least B class. I feel I have addressed the "Referencing and citation" criteria. HarryKernow (talk) 09:28, 22 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• 1985 Manchester Airport disaster was rewritten and greatly expanded in 2015. It was a historically important disaster (55 fatalities, though the aircraft never left the ground), and the article is very detailed with lots of images. I just noticed today it was rated as start class. I think it should at least be rated B class. Anyone care to have a look? Thanks! Dcs002 (talk) 03:18, 28 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• LOT Polish Airlines Flight 232 was just accepted from a draft on the ninth of December. I would be grateful if someone took a few minutes to assess it, thanks! RandomGuy3114 (talk). 13:50, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]