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Article improvement

Attention needed:
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- - Kingdom of Vandals and Alans (redirect talk • edit)
  - All Saints' Abbey (redirect talk • edit)
  - Archbishopric of Besançon (redirect talk • edit)
  - Barony of Sax (redirect talk • edit)
  - Bishopric of Olmütz (redirect talk • edit)
  - Bishopric of Verden (redirect talk • edit)
  - Brandenburg-Küstrin (redirect talk • edit)

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Former country pages by quality
Quality
Quality	Total
FA	85
FL	5
A	7
GA	199
B	832
C	2,279
Start	5,386
Stub	2,208
List	399
Category	18,992
Disambig	68
File	64
Portal	6
Project	38
Redirect	451
Template	243
NA	1
Assessed	31,263
Unassessed	55
Total	31,318
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 52,190	Ω = 4.75

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Holy Roman Empire articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		3	3	3		12	21
A	1					1	2
GA	1			9		6	16
B	6	5	5	10		66	92
C	2	20	16	27		181	246
Start	2	13	17	80		489	601
Stub			1	9		157	167
List			2	8		61	71
Category				5	1,400		1,405
Disambig					2		2
File					8		8
Project					1		1
Redirect			2	1	65		68
Template					29		29
Assessed	12	41	46	152	1,505	973	2,729
Unassessed						21	21
Total	12	41	46	152	1,505	994	2,750
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 5,301			Ω = 4.63

Welcome to the Holy Roman Empire task force of WikiProject Former countries, a subproject within the scope of the Empires bureau.

Scope[edit]

The aim of this task force is to improve the quality and accessibility of articles significant to the Holy Roman Empire (962-1806). Add the HRE-taskforce=yes parameter to the WPFC banner on all pages that fall within this category.

Portal

To assist task force members and other editors to create, improve and manage articles relating to the Holy Roman Empire, there is a dedicated portal here.

Vital articles

These are the vital articles of Wikipedia that are within the scope of the Holy Roman Empire task force. Level 3 articles are in bold, with the remainder being level 4. Vital articles can be checked for on these lists; Vital articles/Expanded/History and Vital_articles/Expanded/People. Let's make it our task force's priority to bring all these articles up to at least B-Class.

Participants[edit]

If you are interested in joining the task force, sign your name at the bottom of this list. After joining, you are encouraged to add the ((User WPFC/HRE)) template to your user page. By doing so, we will recognize your support for the task force with a Y before your username.

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Holy Roman Empire task force.

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Inactive

These members have been inactive for over 6 months. If you see yourself on this list, welcome back to the task force! Return your name to the main list if you plan to stay.

Domino theory (talk · contribs) (14 December 2008)
Olessi (talk · contribs) (19 September 2008)
Salona (talk · contribs) (23 March 2008)
Hexagon1 (talk · contribs) (30 January 2011)
TheSilverArrow (talk · contribs) (14 July 2011)
R9tgokunks (talk · contribs)

Deleted

This list of ex-members is kept solely for archival purposes.

52 Pickup (talk · contribs)
Myselfalso (talk · contribs)
vlamb69 (talk · contribs)
Flagman (talk · contribs)

Recognized content[edit]

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged or categorized (e.g. Category:Holy Roman Empire task force articles) correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

Good articles

A-Class articles

Articles needing improvement[edit]

Near B-Class

Add C-Class articles to this list that have only 1 or 2 unmet criteria, and place them in their appropriate columns. These articles require very little work to reach B-Class. When improving an article's Supporting materials criterion, use Wikimedia Commons as a source for images. The N within each title definition links to a guideline further outlining how to meet the specific requirement. After a criteria contains 7 entries, place the remainder in a hidden Other entries list.

Referencing and citation

The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations where necessary.
It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. The use of either <ref> tags or citation templates such as ((cite web)) is not required.

Holy Roman Empire
Charlemagne
Confederation of the Rhine
Electorate of Saxony
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
Imperial immediacy
Lotharingia

Other entries

Pfäfers Abbey
Principality of Ansbach
Alsace
Brandenburg
Duchy of Bavaria
History of Vienna
Burgundian Circle
Groningen (province)

Coverage and accuracy

The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies.
It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing.

Brandenburg
Groningen (province)

Structure

The article has a defined structure.
Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind.

Alsace

Grammar and style

The article is reasonably well-written.
The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it certainly need not be "brilliant". The Manual of Style need not be followed rigorously.

Duchy of Bavaria

Supporting materials

The article contains supporting materials where appropriate.
Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams and an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.

Accessibility

The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way.
It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. Although Wikipedia is more than just a general encyclopedia, the article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.

County of Mark
Pfäfers Abbey

C-Class

These articles have more than two of six unmet conditions needed to become a B-Class article.

Requiring B-Class criteria check

Former countries or subdivisions are in bold.

Navbars[edit]

To handle the mass of different entities, a lot of navbars will be needed. Please list any requests and suggestions here. Once any requested templates are made, link them here so others can access them. A bot-generated list of current templates can be found here.

Completed

((Austrian Circle))
((Bavarian Circle))
((Catholic League))
((Circles of the Holy Roman Empire))
((Electoral Rhenish Circle))
((Electors of the Holy Roman Empire after 1356))
((Franconian Circle))
((Free imperial cities))
((History of the Low Countries))
((Holy Roman Emperors))
((List of states in the Holy Roman Empire))
((Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle))
((Lower Saxon Circle))
((Principalities in the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg))
((Rhenish College))
((Burgundian Circle))
((Swabian Circle))
((Swabian College))
((Swabian League))
((Upper Rhenish Circle))
((Upper Saxon Circle))
((Imperial election))

Requested

Secular and Ecclesiastical Benches of the Council of Princes
Counts of Swabia, the Wetterau, Franconia, and Westphalia
Territories of the Holy Roman Empire outside the Imperial Circles
- Lands of the Bohemian Crown
- Territories of the Swiss Confederation
- Northern Italian territories

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Categories for discussion

06 Apr 2024 – Category:9th century in the Carolingian Empire (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion

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