Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Assessment

message: It looks like extensive metrics on the number of articles in the project and each article classification have been collected since 2006.  Just out of curiosity, does anyone from the group use those metrics for anything related to the project?  - Michael (talk) 12:07, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes :) Hekerui (talk) 12:13, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Right.  And what do you use them for? - Michael (talk) 13:29, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, mainly for maintenance and finding articles. I recently checked Ravi Shankar, which was among the B Class musician bio articles, against the criteria of that class and found it lacking, so I changed its assessment. However, I was interested in that topic anyway, so I improved the article (then - now) and now its properly placed in that class - and a better article. However, the assessments are really not merely for group members. Providing other users with an assessment of their work is helpful for them in working on articles, especially when one leaves commentary (is it perhaps also a motivation to reach "next level"?). Articles are frequently listed here, try out assessing one, you'll often find interesting articles and can help other/often newer users. In general, categorization makes article subjects more accessible by providing users a set of articles on a similar topic, and Wikiprojects work the same way, only differentiated by quality and "importance", also giving an overview of the general progress for topics and articles (check this for an example how this is applied recently). Also, they are working well with the good article and featured article processes. Hekerui (talk) 15:50, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Wow, they're even more useful than I thought.  For some reason wikipedia has a reputation as an uncontrollable, anything goes, community and it's becoming more and more obvious everyday to me that this isn't the case.  Using metrics to assess the status of something and understand what requires attention is something most businesses can't figure out even when people are paid to do it!  Thanks for your insights, very cool. - Michael (talk) 14:24, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yes Michael, the concept of article statistics is both interesting and useful. Here in the WikiProject Biography there is a bit of an issue of overwhelming amount of articles - with many unassessed, but it does aid to focus and motivate people at the very least. I'd like to see the Biography assessment upto the level of the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chess/Assessment_statistics at some point, where you can for example quickly see all the B-Class Top articles. Of course I'm motivated to do that but realise not everyone has that as a motivating point, thus we are all different and add something to the project. SunCreator (talk) 11:29, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What do you use the article class statistics for? 

message: To help assist in removing the backlog of unassessed articles, I think it would be of benefit if the project banner did a PAGESIZE check on the article and pick out those that should almost certainly be regarded as Stub-Class. Granted, PAGESIZE has certain limitations (it can't distinguish between plain text and infobox code, for example), but if the threshold was set low enough (1,500 bytes, say) then the results should generally be unambiguous. I've looked at the first fifty articles in , and those that are less than 1,500 bytes in size are:
*Abbas Musawi
*Abass Alavi
*Abdul Salam Mumuni
*Abdullah A. Al Abdulgader
*Abdullah Oguz
*Tabriz Abdullayev
*Abe Akira
*Yusup Abdusalomov
*Toshiko Abe
*Thomas Abel (footballer)
*Abel Baronets
*John Abele
All of these are clear cut Stub-Class articles, and having a subcategory of such articles to work through could make the overall backlog more manageable. Thoughts? PC78 (talk) 16:17, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: class=stub|auto=size should be used (or something)... And then a category should be created so that editors from this project or WP:WSS can go thru and add appropriate stub templates to the articles. (N.B. Yusup Abdusalomov will be tagged in Xenobot's current run because it has a stub template). Will have to watch out for redirects and dab pages. –xenotalk 17:23, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I was thinking that a bot could be used to work through the category; if the above is a representative cross section of the unassessed articles, then this could account for about 25% of the total. PC78 (talk) 17:37, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Thinking out loud, perhaps a similar check would be useful for stub templates, i.e. to detect articles that are over a certain size which probably shouldn't be tagged as stubs? PC78 (talk) 19:38, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: More difficult to find the right threshold, but yea, wouldn't hurt to run a report. –xenotalk 02:47, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

text: Perhaps some code that will place these into a maint_cat? –xenotalk 20:07, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be beyond the limits of what a template could do, I'm afraid (I'm 99% sure about that, anyway). I'll try and have a proper look at that list over the weekend, but the first half dozen or so look like clear cut stubs to me. PC78 (talk) 22:51, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Looking through them all right now. Wizardman 23:19, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. I had to fix a couple that went to redirects or dab pages (where the other article was start-class, so the assesment wasn't wrong) but otherwise they were all stubs, though a couple were borderline. Wizardman 00:05, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't suppose you recall which ones you thought were borderline? :Category:Unassessed biography articles smaller that 1,500 bytes (sic) contains 18,000+ articles, so if we're going to go ahead and give them all Stub-Class assessments I'd rather err on the side of caution and lower the threshold. PC78 (talk) 00:14, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Two that I remember, due to the referencing and the time period, were Nefertari (18th dynasty) and Tiaa (princess). Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari was tempting to rate start as well. Those were the only three though, and all are above 1,400 bytes. Wizardman 00:21, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: A well-referenced stub is still a stub. I wouldn't rate any of those Start-Class, personally. PC78 (talk) 00:32, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

text: I wonder, rather than having a bot go thru and put in class=stub|auto=size, why not just have the template automatically assign it the stub rating? –xenotalk 15:35, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: What do you mean? Hekerui (talk) 19:23, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If the article is less than 1500 bytes and unassessed, it would automatically have the rating of "stub". Thinking about it more though, I'm not sure if this would work tho due to dab pages and lists. –xenotalk 19:25, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finding unambiguous stubs 

message: Hi, I'm not sure whether or not this is the proper procedure – in case it is, please help me in assessing Ruslan Sirota (my first article on WP). Hearfourmewesique (talk) 19:05, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Hekerui (talk) 17:18, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requesting help in assessment of a new article 

message: Wikipedia and imdb have an actress called either Laura Allen or Laura Harris down as 2 different people with seperate cast credits for diffent movies but they are soooooo the same person! i have tried amending this but someone keeps undoing it and its sort of something that i really want done now because its annoying me at this stage and its also the first time i've seen wikipedia contradict itself which looks bad for us and i want people to know they can trust our information because wikipedia is the best system of collected information i have ever seen so can we please gang bang this thing and make it happen?
Thanks guys  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.97.11.149 (talk) 16:00, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: At least their articles say they have different birth dates. That would make them being the same person impossible. Do you have a reliable source that contradicts one article and states that they are the same person? Hekerui (talk) 17:18, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Laura vs. Laura

message: Hello, I've just substantially added to the stub for the Italian artist, Pietro Paolo Agabiti. Is it still a stub? He was only a minor artist and probably doesn't deserve any more than he now has - perhaps an example of one of his works, but nothing more.
Bastianello (talk) 19:35, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: You can list the article here. Regards Hekerui (talk) 15:02, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requesting assessment of a re-written article 

message: Could someone take a look at the Betsy Boze entry? It is tagged with a "start" on the quality scale, but it doesn't say when it was tagged. I think it might qualify for a higher class.
Thank you. Jheditorials (talk) 22:32, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Betsy Boze entry 

message: Could someone please review the Nadia Ali article again? I've updated it, it's been labelled as 'start' but for a non-mainstream artist with limited info available in general, it  has a fair bit of information. Thanks 11:42, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: , rated as C-class. Acather96 (talk) 14:25, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Nadia Ali

message: Hi, 
I've just read the english article about the german artist "alexander marcus" after I've read the german article. In my opinion, the english article does not clearly say that alexander marcus is NOT an actual existing person but a fiction figure created by the music producer felix rennefeld!
So please overwork the article! Thanks  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.99.145.208 (talk) 22:39, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article about alexander marcus 

message: 1.  Have the example articles (for B, C, etc.) link to diffs, NOT to live articles (for example even in August 2008, the article had many versions) and for sure, now that we are 2 years further down an article could be much better (or sadly, worse)!
2.  I think there should be a place (visible) where it shows the date of the rating (and probably link to a diff as well).  This can motivate an editor to ask for a re-rating, etc. and also help create more of a consensus on the "grades".  As it is now, a viewer, may look at an article's grade and if it is "off", then the whole concept of the inherent grade becomes more confusing and disparate.
3.  I think someone writing an indepth explanation of how he voted some articles (iedally whoever the best grader is).  Would be in the form of an essay of course, not policy.  But would be useful to others to understand the thought process involved in the grading and to help others to develop the same facility of the best grader.  Speaking of which, who would you say that is?  
72.82.33.250 (talk) 05:00, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  suggestions/questions on grading 

message: Could someone please look at the above entry. It's been written and edited several times. It has almost 50 references and links to and from 3 other articles. Yet, it has been tagged as a Stub lacking in links to other articles and labeled a conflict of interest. All of the statements in the article have been supported by other sources. While I understand that this is a living person and that I know her, I have based what I wrote on actual facts taken from other sources. I have also added or edited articles for Tommy Walker and Robert Jani and Event Planning because I felt this was a category sorely lacking on Wikipedia. I need to know what I can do to get the multiple tags removed from the beginning of this article and would truly appreciate assistance. I've been working on this one entry for months now trying to resolve the issues. I'm not getting paid to do this, so I'm not sure why it is a conflict of interest. This woman is famous in her industry and deserves a Wikipedia entry as do her deceased associates Tommy Walker and Robert Jani (who have both been accepted without problems into Wikipedia.) I welcome anyone to edit or add to this entry. Thank you.
Cmckibben (talk) 18:20, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biography Assessment for Andrea Elizabeth Michaels 

message: Hi, I removed that from the stub category. Could someone please re-assess the article? -- Frous (talk) 12:18, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I have the article to the assessment request list. --TommyBoy (talk) 06:16, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biography Assessment for [[Maija Vilkkumaa]] 

message: I am writing to request the assistance of my fellow Wikipedians in clearing a backlog on the WikiProject assessment requests list dating back to last February. Within the past few months, I have apparently become one of the few Wikipedians to continue actively using that list through the submission of new requests, and the removal of assessed requests submitted either by me or other users. At this point, the list predominently consists of requests submitted by me, or requests submitted by other users which I am not sure how to assess, which is why I am posting this request for assistance from my fellow Wikipedians. --TommyBoy (talk) 05:44, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for Assistance  

message: Who rates an article's quality scale? JC Rules! (talk) 06:24, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: For stubs, starts, C-, and B-class, anyone who can read and follow the directions on this page is welcome to do so.  WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:27, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who rates the articles? 

message: If possible, could some one take a look at the following list of articles and determine if any of them should be assessed as Bs? I've self assessed most of the ones on the list as Cs because they are fully cited, have between 5 and 20 citations each, have sections and the prose isn't that bad.  Given the topic, some of the articles are probably close to being complete as they will get.  I'm just uncomfortable doing it myself as I've been the major contributor.  Thanks! --LauraHale (talk) 23:19, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assessment request 

message: I improved the start-class article on Cornelius Rost, the real life person in the famous German novel and film So weit die Füße tragen (As far as my feet will carry me). Can someone be so kind to review it for at least a possible C? Thanks and regards--Bylot (talk) 18:13, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assessment required 

message: Dear Wikipedia-Community,
the article Michael F. Holick has been rated as "Start Class" article. I think it has improved significantly and is still about to improve, so I'd like to ask you to reassess the article and help and make suggestions to bring its quality to the next level. Thanks for your help in advance, --Matthias3110 (talk) 22:19, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Michael F. Holick]] 

message: Does anyone know if there is any standard for the worthiness or relevance of a biography on Wikipedia?  If so, then where can I find this posted?  I see many requests for assessment here, as well as assistance; but it seems mostly having to do with development, tagging and so on.  Every now and then I happen to come across a biography that I really question if it has true worthiness and relevance on WIkipedia; or, that is, if it  happens to be someone's idea for self-promotion and/or the like.   In other words, do we really have a standard by which to judge if a person is worthy of having a biography here, aside from a basic template of what it should include?  In a few conversations on this page, I see people assessing the length, wordiness and such of an article, but that's not necessarily worthiness.  After all, even if a so-called biography seems to have lots of wordiness, citation and links to other articles, do we have a system to determine if the biography is appropriate or whether it's just an advertisement, a list and citation of secondary or less significant sources, an attempt at self-promotion, an inflated ego trip, etc.    It's important to get the facts right on someone's life, but actual worthiness can be an altogether different topic.  In fact, it leads to the point of whether or not the article should even exist, as well as whether or not editors should even bother with it in the first place.   I have often ignored such articles myself, but then I realized how ridiculous this could become and how much useless clutter and distraction it creates... among other things.   A person doesn't have to be total hoaxer or fraud, as there are also just these simple cases of bad judgement, ego and maybe foolishness.   As such articles and biographies collect and the practice is ignored, it practically leans that way anyway.  So, it has become a concern of mine, after allCa.papavero (talk) 08:11, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry for the delayed reply. General questions about biography issues are handled on the main WikiProject Biography talk page. This page is mainly for questions about assessments. What I think you are referring to is the notability of the subject. The Wikipedia:Notability (people) guideline would be a good place to start, but the key principle to remember is that if there are reliable third party sources to support the article content then there is usually little reason to delete them. Road Wizard (talk) 05:39, 25 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worthiness/Relevance of a Biography 

message: For Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature only, I have downgraded Jane Yolen from C to Start --with some explanation, Talk: Jane Yolen#Assessment. The B grade for WP Biography dates from August 2007 ( and baffles me). The two-year-old Children's lit "C" may have been derived from that "B"; it's a little daunting to differ from the venerable Biography project by two grades. I have now done it --with this notice to you. --P64 (talk) 23:16, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: If it was last assessed in 2007 then the only problem is that it is a little out of date. The B-class criteria were rewritten in 2008 and a new C-class was added. If you think the current version of the article is Start-class then you are welcome to amend the Biography banner as well. If you would like a second opinion on the assessment though I can take a look at it when I get back from work. Road Wizard (talk) 05:34, 8 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks. In the future I'll amend Biography banners in the Stub/Start/C range, where that seems obvious. --P64 (talk) 22:32, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Feel free to update them whenever you like. We have over 1 million assessments to maintain so any help that dedicated projects can provide is welcome. Road Wizard (talk) 22:40, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jane Yolen downgrade needed 

message: I rate your article a B. Good luck, I hope it stays. God Bless Jason West Jones (talk) 04:17, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  My rating of this article  

message: Hello!
I have expanded the article on the executioner Franz Schmidt quite considerably, should it perhaps be re-assessed to Start-class?
Arildnordby (talk) 22:21, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Upgrading an article to Start-class is in most cases non-controversial. Go ahead and do it! I doubt anyone will complain. You are right the article is no longer a stub. አቤል ዳዊት (Janweh) (talk) 20:22, 1 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  Okay, thanks! I feel somewhat iffy about patting my own back, but since you agree that such an upgrading would be unproblematical, I'll do it.
Arildnordby (talk) 20:47, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for reassessment of stub-article? 

message: Hi!I have expanded a lot on Paul Colin's stub, can it be reassessed please? Many thanks  IIVYLII (talk) 13:58, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for reassessment of stub-article 

message: Hi. I've been doing some work in this article, and I need feedback, but it's not really a matter of re-assessment because I didn't actually change the article content (other than one uncited ref, that appeared to be meant as further reading on a paid site where I couldn't track it down).
The changes I made were to formatting, layout, and article linking, and I'd like to verify that the way it is now fits in with 'best practice' of how to setup Bio articles before I do anything similar to others. The way it was before I changed things is here. 
My intention is to try to use the ODNB Index as a checklist, and work on making sure that the ODNB (and DNB if appropriate) are included (in Further Reading if not cited) with the appropriate posters and such. I know the DNB people are working on this, but from a different angle, and many of the articles are missing stuff similar to what I tried to fix here.
Unfortunately, nobody seems to be watching this page, and the last significant edits were a couple of years ago by inactive people, which is why I'm bringing it up here. Thanks. Revent (talk) 15:54, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Richard Aaron]] 

message: This article is currently in the backlog for the Guild of Copy Editors, but it would benefit greatly from the touch of a biographer(s) familiar with Pakistan. Currently, I believe that cultural barriers in the poor translation make the text almost utterly incomprehensible. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Jodayagi (talk) 18:35, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Maula Shah]] 

message: I have just recently checked out of my university library the British Biographical Index, 1990 edition.  Full text to the most recent 2008 edition is available online (apparently in a PDF format) at a charge.  The most recent 2008 edition is expanded from 330,000 entries to 420,000 and apparently covers much more of the 20th century.  I was wondering if Wikipedia already has the entries (redlinks and all) indexed somewhere on it or how I might be able to find out?  If it does not have it indexed, I would like to create an index that all of Wikipedia can use so that Wikipedia editors can create articles for the redlinks.  As I am unsure where is best to post this message, I have also posted it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography.  Thank you.Hoops gza (talk) 16:36, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: British Biographical Index

message: Not terribly attached to this WikiProject, but thought I should mention; as it stands now, the  is broken, as the page has been deleted. That was the example of a "stub-class" article. Meteor sandwich yum (talk) 01:14, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. We need a new Stub-class example. I would like to see one that's almost Start-class. -AngusWOOF (talk) 21:47, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have taken the liberty of inserting a new stub example which is very brief but has some sourcing, so at least something useful is there. 1bandsaw (talk) 22:17, 1 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hit-and-run request 

message: Frank Iacobucci is probably best known in Toronto now for his report “Police Encounters with People in Crisis,” released on July 24, 2014. http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/07/24/give_toronto_police_body_cameras_and_tasers_use_of_force_report_recommends.html 
This report is not mentioned on his page, which was last revised in March 2014.Mathyeti (talk) 01:17, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frank Iacobucci 

message: Linda Hoyle is currently rated as Stub-Class. Please could this be reviewed. Thanks. Misha Wolf (talk) 18:02, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linda Hoyle 

message: I believe the stub class rating no longer applies to John Fullbright and am unclear as to how to have the article reviewed and reclassified.  I am hoping someone here can assist. Thank you.  Kmzundel (talk) 17:01, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: John Fullbright

message: I think linking to :Category:Unassessed biography articles, which has 100,000+ articles, in a new section is redundant because this is linked at the page top and this part of the article should be about specific requests, and putting it next to the request section detracts from it. Hekerui (talk) 14:04, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Link to unassessed article category

message: Hello. 
My name is Anisha, I am a Digital Strategist at Social@Ogilvy Hong Kong, and I am writing on behalf of my client Huawei Technologies. We would like to request an update to Sun Yafang's article. We would like to update the article with the latest and more comprehensive information about Sun Yafang.
Please find the changes that we have requested here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sun_Yafang
Thank you,
Anisha  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.229.216.240 (talk) 06:47, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update and rectify Sun Yafang's Wikipedia biography 

message: Hello.
My name is Anisha, I am a Digital Strategist at Social@Ogilvy Hong Kong, and I am writing on behalf of my client Huawei Technologies. We would like to request an update to Ren Zhengfei's article. We would like to update the article with the latest and more comprehensive information about Ren Zhengfei.
Please find the changes that we have requested here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ren_Zhengfei
Thank you,
Anisha
199.229.216.240 (talk) 07:37, 8 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update and rectify Ren Zhengfei's Wikipedia biography 

message: Can someone from this WikiProject please reassess James Milner? (Or, if there's a formal process for changing an A-class article, start that process?)
A long-running individual GA reassessment of the article was just concluded here, and the article's GA listing was removed due to some significant issues, including several dozen "citation needed" templates throughout the article. While I rather doubt it should retain its A-class rating, given by this WikiProject in 2007, I didn't feel I could do the demotion myself, since I am unacquainted with the rules of how such changes are supposed to come about. However, since A-class is supposed to indicate articles that are even better than GA-class, it seems as if such a demotion should occur, though to precisely which level I leave to you to assess.
Thank you for your attention. BlueMoonset (talk) 00:51, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Since it just failed GA, I have set it to B.  1bandsaw (talk) 20:50, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[James Milner]] just delisted as GA; assessed by WikiProject Biography as A-class 

message: Would someone mind taking a look at :Dick Siegel? The subject of the article posted a request at :WP:BLPN#Dick Siegel asking for some help. I'm not sure whether this person meets :WP:BIO or :WP:NMUSICIAN after looking at the article. The article was created way back in 2005, and currently is only being supported by a single citation to an All Music bio page. The tone is also a bit promotional sounding, but that can be cleaned up if Siegel is truly Wikipedia notable. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:37, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dick Siegel 

message: I have proposed some edits to the Charlie Ergen biography via the [page].
I have posted my COI on my user page. Short version, I work for DISH in Corporate Communications. I am using the suggested best practices for Wikipedia: PR Professionals & Editing. I would like to help keep the page up-to-date and accurate, while maintaining a NPOV.
If someone is interested in reviewing my proposed edits, please do. These particular edits are simple. Happy to discuss.
Thanks
--Editor4Good (talk) 17:49, 7 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charlie Ergen Biography 

message: made  of The Sweeplings on behalf of WikiProjects Bio/Music and USA, though not listed as an active member of any of these projects. In my edits to follow, I  of my opinion of the "Start-Class" rating and  B-Class review. The user then  me, stating "irrlllvn" in the summary. If the user's assertion is that non-membership is irrelevant, I believe that assessment alone disqualifies him from rating articles. —ATS (talk) 23:03, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: by self. Erroneous objection (incorrect criterion). —ATS (talk) 02:10, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment/reversion by non-project member

message: It's a bit difficult to interpret the instructions for Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment#Requesting an assessment. The instructions to those requesting an assessment are "This is a quality rating only. Reviewers usually do not comment on the article," and "Articles submitted to the list below can be rated up to B-class." I would expect that most people submitting articles for assessment here are looking for a B-class review.
One of the instructions to reviewers are, "If you checked for B-class readiness, please add a short section titled "B-class review" to the article's talk page. If you do not believe the article meets the criteria for B-class, explain what improvements it needs in order to pass. If it passes, confirm in writing that you checked the article for all B-class criteria, and that it passed." 
Also some of the reviewers are not removing the articles from the assessment list once they have been rated. I will add a B-class icon just to mark a few examples of this. Based on the instructions, it would appear there many articles yet to be rated, though, perhaps this is a long list of article which have already been rated. Perhaps a more efficient way to indicate that articles have been recently assessed would be to attach a rating icon? Thoughts? Cheers, Oldsanfelipe (talk) 22:24, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Instructions for assessment

message: Not even offering barnstars to tackle the backlog? No wonder people aren't signing up. OhanaUnitedTalk page 04:00, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I just signed up yesterday and assessing the obvious ones that are stubs. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 15:49, 27 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  I wanted to point out that previously, this project and many other projects offer barnstars and other virtual awards as an incentive to get people interested in eliminating the unassessed articles. Sadly I don't see it being offered this time around which may have explained why the very slow uptake. OhanaUnitedTalk page 02:55, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, I just commented to say that I joined regardless of barnstars or not. But yes, barnstars could encourage more editors to join in. You know the backstory behind similar backlogs more than i do :) --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:57, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:   I'll set something up tomorrow and hopefully that'll draw more attention. OhanaUnitedTalk page 03:38, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
replies: text:  Perfect! Glad you are taking initative. :) --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 17:34, 11 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biography assessment backlog 

message: I have written an article about Alexander Smukler, a former refusenik. I studied the rules for BLPs and cited many quality secondary sources, including the three times that Smukler appeared in The New York Times. If you have the power and the time to review new submissions to Wikipedia, I would be grateful if you could accept my submission: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Alexander_Smukler
JournalismResearch (talk) 10:43, 27 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Looking for someone to review my first Wiki article 

message: Hey all, I recently completed some updates to the Draft:Tali Rubinstein page and was hoping to get some feedback. Also, if it looks good enough to be published that would be much appreciated as well. Thank you! Haveitall07 (talk) 19:07, 8 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  New biography article, need feedback 

message: The article is currently rated C class but it has been expanded vastly: many new points have been introduced. Re-rate it please. I think it can be as high as A --81.213.215.83 (talk) 05:27, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re-rate [[Jalal al-Din Mangburni]] 

message: Hi. Can someone here update the Quality Scale? I've been away for some time, and need models to follow. Milla Jovovich is a GA, but used as an example of A Class. Ted Kaczynski is an FA, but used as an example of GA. Thanks. -SusanLesch (talk) 20:33, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Never mind, sorry. The link to the old class works fine! -SusanLesch (talk) 20:36, 4 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quality scale 

message: I submitted a thoroughly researched article Draft:Rufus Lumry only to have a non-WIkiProject Biography reviewer reject it because he thinks it reads like a story. I have no idea what he's talking about and put a lot of work into that article. 2TWarren (talk) 02:33, 14 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help with refusal of draft article 

message: Page of Marc Gafni has been in kind of an editor war for last ten years. I need help resolving a dispute on the talk page, but also over long time, make the article balanced according to WP:NPOV. Can you help me? Or direct me to where to go? Thanks so much!  Netanya9 (talk) 14:20, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need help with controversial BLP