Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Birds/Assessment

message: Should bird redirects have the  template on their discussion pages?  (For that matter, should they have ANYTHING on their discussion pages?!)  Right now, the fact that so many DO have the template (most of which appear to have been added by an AWB program) is putting a lot of things in the "unassessed" category—even though the main articles have been assessed.  Should I be removing them when I assess the articles, or should I leave them as ???? MeegsC | Talk 16:17, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template on redirect pages 

message: Is the importance scale rating the importance of the article from the standpoint of ornithology overall or from the standpoint of the part of ornithology that it's dealing with?  For example, the article on the House Sparrow may be relatively unimportant from the standpoint of ornithology (they seem to be everywhere) but from the standpoint of studying passerines, it may have more importance.  So which scale of importance is considered in rating an article?--Onorio (talk) 00:16, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What I've seen is that all species are "low" importance, except that species that make up a whole genus are "mid" because all genera are "mid".  And so on for species in their own family or order. With some exceptions, of course.  —JerryFriedman  (Talk) 06:08, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What Is Being Measured By Importance Scale 

message: Any guidelines or thoughts about assessing the importance of lists?  Should they be classified as NA?  If not, how do you compare the importance of the lists of birds of (for example) New Caledonia, Costa Rica, Antarctica and Mongolia?  Should continental lists get top billing and small islands the lowest, regardless of species richness or endemicity?  Should lists of political entities be less important than geographical ones (unless they are the same)?  Can of worms, I know, but I am looking for something simple and straighforward rather than a complicated equation full of variables. Apologies if this has already been sorted out somewhen. Maias (talk) 00:52, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: List assessment - importance

message: How will assessments be archived? Snowman (talk) 10:30, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessments

message: What is the procedure for an article to be assessed once it has achieved "B" status? If someone could give me a run down I would, as always, be appreciative. speednat (talk) 04:54, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Above B there is A, GA and FA. FA and GA both have their own listing procedures, you nominate them on the respective pages and then guide them through. A class, well, that is a leftover from the days before GA, and was used for articles that were not yet featured but were of sufficient quality. Since most articles are sent to GA befre FA, the category is seldom used anymore. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 05:49, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assessments above "B" 

message: I think many articles were rated as 'B' before the wholesale move to inline referencing  -I have begun looking at them to see which need to be moved to C or start. Reading the criteria, reserving 'B' for those which are on their way to GA is prudent. This makes the system more useful as  a scan of B-class might help us more easily identify ones to convert to GA. I have just scanned through those beginning with 'A' and 'B'. Anyone else is welcome to continue or discuss. Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:32, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm busily rating all the "unknown importance" articles using the levels (largely) agreed to above, and still have 5000+ to go, so I probably won't be much help with this project — sorry Cas! I just finished the A's too...  MeegsC | Talk 03:08, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Aah well, if you come across any B class articles of unknown importance then... :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 06:10, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is a great idea to review the B-class articles, so I have started doing a few, starting at the other end of the alphabet and working backwards.  So far I have reviewed those from Z to T, and the exercise has been illuminating.  There were a couple of shockers, as well as some that need just a little work to get to GA.  I will keep going, off and on, but at least there are now fewer than 200 to do - and probably around 150 remaining when the job is done. Maias (talk) 03:59, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: A lot of the B's may also be holdovers from the days before C was added. Just better than start, but no longer B. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 05:29, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Exactly so; now we have a C-class it has upped the standard for B. Maias (talk) 05:37, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

text: I have looked at Z to R. Maias (talk) 11:49, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Finished up to end of 'G' now. Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:33, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: P to M done. Maias (talk) 12:55, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Finished up to end of 'K' 'L' now. Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:58, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

text: i.e. all done. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:28, 28 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reviewing B-class assessments 

message: The map says Scotland is the only place in the UK that golden eagles are found. I learned there have been sightings of them in Ireland and England. Am I right? 2600:6C44:627F:5865:D028:C3FF:FE4B:8D02 (talk) 03:15, 27 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Golden eagle range?