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{{Project|Quality Article|shortcut=BW:QA<br/>BW:QAC|image=BSG WIKI Quality Article.png}}  
{{Project|Quality Article}}  
 
This project is to jump start articles for Featured Article status, so during Featured Article selection, we can vote on the page and hash our ideas why it should be the next Featured Article.
 
At present, there are '''{{#expr:{{PAGESINCAT:Quality article}}}}''' quality articles, and '''{{#expr:{{PAGESINCAT:Quality article candidate}}}}''' potential quality articles out of a total of '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' articles.


== Criteria for a Quality Article ==
== Criteria for a Quality Article ==
{{Proposed Policy}}


A quality article should have the following attributes:  
A quality article should have the following attributes:  
*The article should be well-researched with [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|proper citations of sources]].
 
*It needs to contain [[Canon|canonical]] information; [[non-canonical]] information should be avoided, unless it has a purpose such as to dispel a common misconception.
# The article should be well-researched with proper citations of sources. (see: [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad]])
*If the article contains POV content, it must be deemed insightful by a majority of the community.
# It needs to contain [[canon]]ical information; [[non-canonical]] information should be avoided, unless it has a purpose there (such as to dispel a common misconception).
*The article must be properly copy-edited for grammar and style. See [[Battlestar Wiki:Standards and Conventions]].
# If the article contains POV content, it must be deemed insightful by a majority of the community.
# The article must be properly copy-edited for grammar and style. (see: [[Battlestar Wiki:Standards and Conventions]])


The following '''do not''' qualify as Quality Article candidates:
The following '''do not''' qualify as Quality Article candidates:
* [[Battlestar Wiki:Find or fix a stub|Stubs]]
 
* Talk pages
* [[Battlestar Wiki:Find or fix a stub|"Stub" Articles]]
* Anything in the ''Battlestar Wiki'', Quotes, Sources, or User namespace
* User or user talk pages.
* Past, Current, or Future Featured/Quality articles that have been marked.
* Talk pages.
* Anything in the "Battlestar Wiki:", "Quotes:", or "Sources:", namespace.
* Past, Current, or Future Featured articles that have been marked.


== Identifying a Potential Quality Article ==
== Identifying a Potential Quality Article ==


Quality Articles should be identified as such, so that a master list can be created.
Quality Articles should be identified as such, so that they may be listed in a master database.


Essentially, this would be done in the following way:
Essentially, this would be done in the following way:
# A contributor tags an article page with {{tl|quality candidate}}, then adds a note to the corresponding article's talk page explaining their reasoning.
# A contributor tags an article page with {{tl|quality candidate}}, then adds a note to the corresponding article's talk page explaining their reasoning.
# Involved members of the community will then discuss the candidate article.  Typically, they should be as critical as possible. (See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Peer Reivew|Wikipedia's Peer Review]] for how it should be done.)
# Invovled members of the community will then discuss the candidate article.  Typically, they should be as critical as possible.
# Create the discussion page by clicking on ([[Image:QA-Pip-C.png]]) and then save {{tlsp|QATALK|''Article''}} on the blank page.
# If the consensus is that the article is of ''potential'' quality, then the discussion will evolve into modifying the article in such a way as to polish the article so as to achieve full "Quality Article" status.
# Once the consensus is that the article is of ''potential'' quality, then the discussion will evolve into modifying the article in such a way as to polish the article so as to achieve full "Quality Article" status.
# Once this is done, the article will be tagged {{tl|quality article}}.
# Once this is done, the article will be changed to {{tl|quality article}}.  
# If you an article could be a featured article on the front page, submit it first for a {{tl|quality article}}.
# The discussion will then be archived and the {{tlp|qa diff|''Article''|''DiffID Number''}} tag will be placed so the discussion can be tracked for when it received QA status.
 
== Current List of Possible Quality Articles ==
:''Master list here, [[:Category: Quality article discussion]].''


== See Also ==
[[Category:Project Page|Quality Articles]]
* [[:Category:Quality article]]
* [[:Category:Quality article candidate]]
* [[:Category:Quality article discussion]]
* [[:Category:Quality article talk archives]]

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