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National Football League articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 3 8 6 17
FL 2 3 89 27 121
FM 2 2
GA 45 16 108 256 425
B 119 175 292 231 817
C 199 179 848 1,635 2,861
Start 174 543 2,589 9,132 2,817 15,255
Stub 40 1,100 5,771 1 9,420 16,332
List 6 35 213 579 4 67 904
Category 1,721 1,721
Disambig 51 51
File 1,004 1,004
Portal 1 1
Project 58 58
Redirect 2 6 55 7,502 7,565
Template 3,789 3,789
NA 1 755 756
Other 49 49
Assessed 548 993 5,253 17,693 14,937 12,304 51,728
Unassessed 8 8
Total 548 993 5,253 17,693 14,937 12,312 51,736
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 188,995 Ω = 5.29

This is the assessment department for the National Football League WikiProject. This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia articles relating to the National Football League. While much of the work is 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 National Football League}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:National Football League articles by quality and Category:National Football League articles by importance.

Frequently asked questions

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How can I get my article rated?
As a member of the NFL WikiProject, you can do it yourself. If you're unsure, list it in the requesting an assessment section below.
Who can assess articles?
Any member of the project is free to add—or change—the rating of an article, but please follow the guidelines.
Why did someone change the assessment of a particular article?
You should start by asking the person who assessed the article; if you leave a note on their Talk page they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning. If you'd like a second opinion, then list the article in the requesting an assessment section below and someone will take a look.
Where can I get more comments about my article?
You may consider listing the article for a Peer review.
What if I don't agree with a rating?
Relist it as a request or post a note on the project talk page.
Aren't the ratings subjective?
Yes, they are (see, in particular, the disclaimers on the importance scale), 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!

If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.

Instructions

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Quality assessment

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An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject National Football League}} project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

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

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

Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class National Football League pages) Category
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class National Football League pages) Disambig
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class National Football League pages) Draft
FM (for featured media only; adds pages to Category:FM-Class National Football League pages)   FM
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class National Football League pages) File
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class National Football League pages) Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class National Football League pages) Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class National Football League pages) Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class National Football League pages) Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class National Football League pages) NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed National Football League articles) ???
  • The quality parameter should be assigned according to the Quality scale below.

Importance assessment

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An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject National Football League}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject National Football League|importance=???}}

The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):

Top (adds articles to Category:Top-importance National Football League articles)  Top 
High (adds articles to Category:High-importance National Football League articles)  High 
Mid (adds articles to Category:Mid-importance National Football League articles)  Mid 
Low (adds articles to Category:Low-importance National Football League articles)  Low 
NA (adds articles to Category:NA-importance National Football League articles)  NA 
??? (articles for which a valid importance rating has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unknown-importance National Football League articles)  ??? 

Quality scale

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WikiProject content quality grading scheme
Class Criteria Reader's experience Editing suggestions Example
  FA The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates.
More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured article criteria:

A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.

  1. It is:
    1. well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard;
    2. comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context;
    3. well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate;
    4. neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias;
    5. stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and
    6. compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarism or too-close paraphrasing.
  2. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of:
    1. a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections;
    2. appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and
    3. consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required.
  3. Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly.
  4. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style where appropriate.
 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. Jim Thorpe, Heidi Game, Bob Mann (American football)
(as of November 2024)
  FL The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates.
More detailed criteria
The article meets the featured list criteria:
  1. Prose. It features professional standards of writing.
  2. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria.
  3. Comprehensiveness.
  4. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities.
  5. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages.
  6. Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.
 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; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible. AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award, List of Detroit Lions first-round draft picks, Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award
(as of November 2024)
  A The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been examined by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class.
More detailed criteria
The article meets the A-Class criteria:
Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:Article development. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history).
 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. WP:Peer review may help. Battle of Nam River
(as of June 2014)
  GA The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations.
More detailed criteria
A good article is:
  1. Well-written:
    1. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and
    2. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
  2. Verifiable with no original research:
    1. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline;
    2. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose);
    3. it contains no original research; and
    4. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism.
  3. Broad in its coverage:
    1. it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and
    2. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
  4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.
  5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
  6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
    1. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and
    2. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
 Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication. 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. Jack Kemp, Lawrence Taylor, 1986 New York Giants season
(as of November 2024)
B The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards.
More detailed criteria
  1. The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as {{cite web}} is optional.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously.
  5. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content.
  6. The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.
 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. Tony Dungy, Aaron Donald, Blake Bortles
(as of November 2024)
C The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup.
More detailed criteria
The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.
 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. Aeneas Williams, Daunte Culpepper, Edgar Manske, 1999 St. Louis Rams season
(as of November 2024)
Start An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources.
More detailed criteria
The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following:
  • A useful picture or graphic
  • Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic
  • A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic
  • Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article
 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. 1945 Cleveland Rams season, Art Rooney II, Carol Davis (American football)
(as of November 2024)
Stub A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria. 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. Gary Green (American football), Hartford Blues, Jammer (American football)
(as of November 2024)
List Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, 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. NFLPA Alan Page Community Award, List of NFL career interceptions leaders, List of New Orleans Saints starting quarterbacks
(as of November 2024)
Category Any category falls under this class. Categories are mainly used to group together articles within a particular subject area. Large categories may need to be split into one or more subcategories. Be wary of articles that have been miscategorized. Category:2000 National Football League season by team, Category:Defunct National Football League teams
Disambig Any disambiguation page falls under this class. The page serves to distinguish multiple articles that share the same (or similar) title. Additions should be made as new articles of that name are created. Pay close attention to the proper naming of such pages, as they often do not need "(disambiguation)" appended to the title. Glossary of football terms
File Any page in the file namespace falls under this class. The page contains an image, a sound clip or other media-related content. Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited. File:Brent Musberger crop.jpg, File:Super Bowl V.svg
Portal Any page in the portal namespace falls under this class. Portals are intended to serve as "main pages" for specific topics. Editor involvement is essential to ensure that portals are kept up to date. Portal:American football
Project All WikiProject-related pages fall under this class. Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development. Develop these pages into collaborative resources that are useful for improving articles within the project. Wikipedia:Good topics/History of the New York Giants, Wikipedia:Featured topics/Detroit Lions draft history
Template Any template falls under this class. The most common types of templates include infoboxes and navboxes. Different types of templates serve different purposes. Infoboxes provide easy access to key pieces of information about the subject. Navboxes are for the purpose of grouping together related subjects into an easily accessible format, to assist the user in navigating between articles. Infoboxes are typically placed at the upper right of an article, while navboxes normally go across the very bottom of a page. Beware of too many different templates, as well as templates that give either too little, too much, or too specialized information. {{National Football League}}, {{NFL records}}
NA Any non-article page that fits no other classification. The page contains no article content. Look out for misclassified articles. Currently, many NA-class articles may need to be re-classified.

Importance scale

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The criteria used for rating article importance 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). Thus, subjects with greater popular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of baseball. Importance does not equate to quality; a featured article could rate 'mid' on importance.

One way to think of importance is this: imagine a person with absolutely no knowledge of the NFL who is researching the topic on Wikipedia. Importance can be defined by how greatly the absence of an article on a particular subject would be felt and/or how quickly that article's absence would be noted.

WikiProject importance assessments

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Top Subject is a must-have for a print encyclopedia
High Subject contributes a depth of knowledge
Mid Subject fills in more minor details
Low Subject is mainly of specialist interest.
NA Subject is a disambiguation or redirect page, residing in article space and thus does not require an importance assessment.

See the table on the right for a summary of manual assessment levels. Keep in mind that the importance assessment of an article bears no relation to the quality of that article, nor is it a reflection on the amount of work editors have put into that article. It's simply a measure of the relative importance of that article within the sphere of the NFL project.

Importance must be regarded as a relative term within this project. Assessments should only reflect the perceived importance to the NFL project. An article judged to be "Top-importance" in one WikiProject's context may be only "Low-importance" for another WikiProject. For example, a player may have an exemplary college football career where he leads his team to a national title and wins major individual awards, but then has only a short, non-distinguished NFL career. The article covering this player could be regarded as "Top-importance" to the College Football project but as "Low-importance" to the NFL project.

Consider a hierarchy such as National Football League (Top) -> NFL Draft (High) -> 2011 NFL Draft (Mid)-> List of 2011 NFL Draft early entrants (Low). As one can see the centrality to the overall scope of the NFL of the topic being covered by each article in this hierarchy decreases. Another example of a hierarchy one could consider: National Football League (Top) -> 2005 NFL season (High) -> 2005 Minnesota Vikings season (Mid)-> Minnesota Vikings boat party scandal (Low).

Ranking within this project will be helpful in determining which articles should be the focus of editing efforts put forth by the project participants. Additionally, ranking could be helpful in deciding which articles are included first as the scope of the Wikipedia 1.0 project expands. An article labeled as "Top-Importance" for the subject of the NFL would almost certainly warrant inclusion in all general print encyclopedia releases.

National Football League WikiProject article importance grading scheme
Label Criteria Reader's experience Editor's experience Examples
Top General articles:
Reserved exclusively for articles that are vital to the understanding of the National Football League. This should include any articles or lists on the general topic of the league, articles on current franchises and articles that cover topics that are central to the history of the league. 		These will be the most likely reader entry points to the subject. If articles covering these subjects did not exist, they would need to be created. National Football League, Green Bay Packers (current franchise), History of the National Football League, Super Bowl
Biographic articles:
Reserved exclusively for biographic articles covering persons who are vital to the understanding of the National Football League. This will include articles on league founders and notable franchise owners; successful, long-tenured head coaches (particularly any who've won multiple championships) and particularly noteworthy players, e.g. any Hall of Famers, members of the league's All-Time team and players named to five or more first-team All-Pro selections or seven or more Pro Bowls (i.e. Hall of Fame caliber players and coaches) and any other personnel who are central to the league's history. 		George Halas, Don Shula, Johnny Unitas, Dick Butkus, Ray Lewis, Al Davis
High General articles:
Articles that fall just short of being vital in the understanding of the subject as a whole. This should include articles on individual league seasons; articles on individual Super Bowls, league championship games and playoff years, defunct franchises and general articles on topics central to the league. 		Most readers would quickly notice the omission of any of these articles. These articles are probably among the most actively edited articles in the project. 2011 NFL season (individual league season), National Football League playoffs, National Football League Draft, Super Bowl XL (individual Super Bowls and league championship), Canton Bulldogs (defunct franchise)
Biographic articles:
This classification should include articles on players who were very good but not quite among the very best (i.e. Hall of Fame caliber). This would include most coaches who held head coaching positions for 4+ seasons but fall short of "Top" importance criteria, players who were voted first-team All-Pro 2–4 times or reached 3–6 Pro Bowls. Additionally this will include any coaches who held coordinator positions for 8+ seasons and won at least one championship. 		Dan Reeves, Jerry Richardson, Byron White, Shaun Alexander, Marty Schottenheimer, Jack McBride
Mid General articles:
The article covers a topic that has a strong but not vital role in a thorough understanding of the National Football League. This group will include articles on the history of individual franchises; articles on seasons of individual teams; articles on individual NFL drafts, Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams and articles on current stadia and former stadia which were used by an NFL team for 20 years or more. 		Many readers will be familiar with the topic being discussed, but a larger majority of readers may have only cursory knowledge of the overall subject. Articles at this level will cover subjects that are well known but not necessarily vital to understand the subject. History of the New York Jets (history of individual franchises), 1972 Miami Dolphins season(individual franchise season), 2010 NFL Draft (individual draft), CenturyLink Field (current stadium)
Biographic articles:
This should include players who had careers of seven or more seasons, but did not meet the criteria for the categories above, OR any players with shorter tenure, but who made at least two Pro Bowl rosters, a first-team All-Pro selection or who were top-ten selections in the NFL Draft. This should also include most head coaches who coached more than one season who aren't included above and most coordinators with 4+ years of service who don't fall into the categories above and any outstandingly successful position coaches. 		Mike Martz, JaMarcus Russell, Jay Cutler, Mewelde Moore
Low General articles:
The article is not required knowledge for a broad understanding of the topic, but may cover topics directly or indirectly related to it. This category will include articles on individual games and individual plays. 		Few readers outside of the topic area may be familiar with the subject matter. It is likely that the reader does not know anything at all about the subject before reading the article. Articles at this range of importance will often delve into the minutiae of the league. Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Brian's Song, List of 2011 NFL Draft early entrants, Minnesota Vikings boat party scandal, Pitt Stadium (short-term former stadia), Immaculate Reception
Biographic articles:
This should include players who made only minor contributions in the league or none at all, i.e. players with careers of six or fewer seasons who never made an All-Pro first-team roster or made only a single Pro Bowl. This category will also include most position coaches. 		Jamar Hunt, Tai Streets, Brock Lesnar, Todd Marinovich
Unknown The importance of this article has not yet been assessed. Editors should assess this article and add their assessment of its importance to the subject to the NFL project template on the article's talk page. List of such articles
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