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Article Statistics

Northern Ireland-related articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA				8			8
FL			1				1
A			1	1			2
GA	1	5	11	39		8	64
B	15	34	56	122		188	415
C	14	46	130	523		569	1,282
Start	8	66	213	2,127		3,799	6,213
Stub		5	50	1,753		4,085	5,893
List	2	9	132	166		192	501
Category		1		4	4,887		4,892
Disambig			1	1	42		44
File					31		31
Portal					1		1
Project		1			22		23
Template			2	16	274		292
NA		1	6	69	509		585
Other					21		21
Assessed	40	168	603	4,829	5,787	8,841	20,268
Unassessed						252	252
Total	40	168	603	4,829	5,787	9,093	20,520
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 72,944			Ω = 5.26

The Northern Irish articles wikiproject manages several hundred articles related to Northern Ireland, with a broad and nested hierarchy of categories covering them. This section is an attempt to categorise some of the main ones as to quality level and address which ones need work the most.

This is an ongoing task and your help would be appreciated. Have a read of some of the existing classifications so you know what this about, and please do read the instructions before starting, as there are a few tweaks and other jobs we can do at the same time as classifying with minimal extra effort and good returns!

How to grade

• Locate ungraded Northern Ireland related articles which are within the scope of the project. Those we know about are (will be) in the lists below
• Grade the article using the grading scheme
• Apply small fixes on the spot (or big fixes if you have the time and inclination)
• While you are there, check that the article is in at least one (and usually only one) Northern Ireland category.
• If the article in serious need of some 'tender loving care', add it to Wikipedia:WikiProject Northern Irish articles#Adopt an article
• Add stubs to the "articles to expand" section of the To Do list, add cleanup candidates to that list too
• If the article needs a photo, put a {{Reqphoto}} template onto the article's talk page and add it to the "photos needed" list on the To do page
• If an article might be in need of either merging or splitting, please note the article first and, for merge proposals, any articles you would suggest merging the article into.

Grading scheme

The following grading scheme and classification system was copied from The Beatles Project which, in turn, follows the criteria established by both WikiProject Ethnic groups and Version 1.0 Editorial Team and was lifted from Wikipedia:WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America.

Sample Table

This table can be copied as is and used as a basis for an entire new type, but for most cases, just copy a row in a table already there to add your new article assessment, and refer to this table to understand the meaning of the columns.

Article Assessed Status Uses Infobox Comments and Pending tasks Assessed by Put a link to the article here assessment date in DD Month YYYY format Use the color scheme codes below for background color, and give assessment, or leave white with "not yet assessed" Yes, if article uses standard infobox for that category or type No, if it doesn't remark to elaborate further on box usage Explain further why your rating is what it is, or highlight additional areas of concern Put your userid here, linkable One article, two views date 1 DD Month YYYY format Start Class Yes Barely a start! This article has no detail, needs tables and 3 way interactive media with downloadable powerpoint timelines. User:1 date 2 DD Month YYYY format B-Class Yes She's just a minor wife, one page is plenty, no need for bells/whistles User:2 If you don't know how to add or assess an article at these lists, please post at the project talk page instead. Your collaboration will be added here shortly. Codes and meanings Article progress grading scheme Status Template Meaning of Status Needs Opinion {{/Unknown}} This article has not yet been classified into the categories below. Please help by classifying this article. Not Started {{/Needed}} The article hasn't been started yet. You can help by creating it. Merge {{/Merge}} The article is a merge candidate, as it probably should not stand on its own. Remarks should clarify suggested merge target. If multiple articles are to be merged into one, or if the issue is complicated, it is advised to list it at the end of this article. Merge or Delete {{/MergeDel}} This WikiProject acknowledges that not everything which can be said about Northern Irish-related subjects belong in a general enyclopedia. This article is a candidate for a deletion nomination or at best a merge of whatever useful info is in it, to some other article. Suggest the other article if you can. A redirect should be left behind whether info is merged or tossed. Merge {{/Merged}} Article has been merged and is now a redirect. AfD {{/AfD}} This WikiProject acknowledges that not everything which can be said about the Beatles belongs in a general enyclopedia. This article is a candidate for AfD and it is so off, that it is recommended that no redirect should be left behind. Stub {{/Stub}} The article is either a very short article or a stub that will need a lot of work to bring it to A-Class level. Start Class {{/Start}} The article has a decent amount of content, but it is still very weak in certain areas (remarks should clarify where), and may lack a table. B-Class {{/B-Class}} The article is "almost there" but it may be missing one of the following: references, balance of content, NPOV or an important section. Alternatively, the English may need a comprehensive rewrite to make it flow. A-Class {{/A-Class}} The article provides a well-written and complete description of the topic, as described in How to write a Great Article. It includes a well-written introduction to the topic, and an appropriate series of headings to break up the article. It should have sufficient external literature references, preferably from the "hard" literature rather than websites. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. FA {{/FA}} Reserved exclusively for articles that have received "Featured article" status, and meet the current criteria for featured articles. Note: the idea for the "templates" to simplify the tagging cells came from Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Worklist... thanks to the hard working users there for lots of great ideas about how to do classification! Partial list of pages covered by the project (Broken into sections for easy editing. The sections are based on (but not completely congruent to) the major or most important categories that the articles are.) Some usage notes: Where the tables have letter headings you can edit just one letter's worth of articles. This reduces edit conflicts but can be more confusing to look at because you are editing the middle of table markup, and the preview will look like jumbled text. If you are not as comfortable, slap an INUSE tag (there's one at the top already, normally commented out, just move the comment arrow to the right of it, and save...) on this whole page and edit the whole table at once... when done, move the comment arrow back to the left of the INUSE tag and Bob's your uncle. Note also that on the class "templates" ... CASE MATTERS. /A-class is not the same as /A-Class Articles in Category:Northern Ireland These are some of the primary articles of the project. Article Assessed Status Uses Infobox Comments and Pending tasks Assessed by   Northern Ireland   not yet assessed unknown       B Banknotes of Northern Ireland   not yet assessed unknown     The Boyne Water 22 May 2006 B-Class No Seems like a fair article. I can't see that it can be expanded much more - it already includes the lyrics. Mal   C Coat of arms of Northern Ireland   not yet assessed unknown     Commissioner for Victims and Survivors of the Troubles   not yet assessed unknown     Committee on the Administration of Justice   not yet assessed unknown     Constituent Countries   not yet assessed unknown     Crom Estate   not yet assessed unknown       D Derry/Londonderry name dispute   not yet assessed unknown       F First Trust Bank   not yet assessed unknown     Five techniques   not yet assessed unknown     Flag of Northern Ireland 22 May 2006 B-Class No Article seems free of POV and is a complete yet concise record of the subject. Borderline A-Class Mal Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster   not yet assessed unknown       G Greater Belfast   not yet assessed unknown       H Harland and Wolff   not yet assessed unknown     Home Nations   not yet assessed unknown       J James Wilson (Orangeman)   not yet assessed unknown       L Laganside Corporation   not yet assessed unknown     Lambeg drum   not yet assessed unknown     Land Rover Tangi   not yet assessed unknown     Love Ulster   not yet assessed unknown     Loyalist   not yet assessed unknown       M Maze (HM Prison)   not yet assessed unknown     Mid Ulster English   not yet assessed unknown       N Northern Bank   not yet assessed unknown     Northern Bank robbery   not yet assessed unknown     Northern Ireland Electricity   not yet assessed unknown     Northern Ireland Policing Board   not yet assessed unknown     Northern Ireland Sign Language   not yet assessed unknown     Northern Ireland flags issue   not yet assessed unknown       O Orange Institution   not yet assessed unknown     Orange Walk   not yet assessed unknown     Orangeism   not yet assessed unknown     Hugh Orde   not yet assessed unknown     Order of precedence in Northern Ireland   not yet assessed unknown       P Parades Commission   not yet assessed unknown     Potato bread   not yet assessed unknown       R Republic of Ireland-United Kingdom border   not yet assessed unknown     Royal Black Preceptory   not yet assessed unknown       T The Twelfth   not yet assessed unknown       U Ulster Bank   not yet assessed unknown       V Veda bread   not yet assessed unknown     Articles in Category:Northern Irish people Sub-category of Category:Northern Ireland. Article Assessed Status Uses Infobox Comments and Pending tasks Assessed by   L List of Northern Irish people 26 April 2006 B-Class No This article is developing nicely and some editors have started to contribute to it. This could very possibly end up as a candidate for featured list. Mal   M Robert McCartney (murder victim)   not yet assessed unknown     Jean McConville   not yet assessed unknown     Articles in Category:Northern Irish people by occupation subcats Category tree structure: Category:Northern Ireland Category:Northern Irish people This list is for all articles included in subcategories of the above category. Note: Some people are listed in more than one category. For the minute they will be listed here as many times as they appear in different categories. Article Assessed Status Uses Infobox Comments and Pending tasks Assessed by   A Ian Adamson   not yet assessed unknown     Max Adrian   not yet assessed unknown       B Seamus Ball   not yet assessed unknown     William Beatty   not yet assessed unknown     Basil Blackshaw   not yet assessed unknown     Bogside Artists   not yet assessed unknown     Stephen Boyd   not yet assessed unknown     Kenneth Branagh   not yet assessed unknown     Amanda Burton   not yet assessed unknown     John Byrne (Irish artist)   not yet assessed unknown     John Byrne (Irish artist)   not yet assessed unknown       C Alan Campbell (pastor)   not yet assessed unknown     Frank Carson   not yet assessed unknown     William Reid Clanny   not yet assessed unknown     William Cardinal Conway   not yet assessed unknown     Henry Conwell   not yet assessed unknown     Jimmy Cricket   not yet assessed unknown       D Cahal Cardinal Daly   not yet assessed unknown     Edward Daly (bishop)   not yet assessed unknown     Willie Doherty   not yet assessed unknown     Robert William Radclyffe Dolling   not yet assessed unknown     Roma Downey   not yet assessed unknown     Adrian Dunbar   not yet assessed unknown     John Dunlop (Presbyterian)   not yet assessed unknown     T. A. Dunlop   not yet assessed unknown       F Anthony Farquhar (Bishop)   not yet assessed unknown     Harry Ferguson   not yet assessed unknown     Samuel Ferguson   not yet assessed unknown     Ivan Foster   not yet assessed unknown     Willie Frazer   not yet assessed unknown       G Bronagh Gallagher   not yet assessed unknown     Terry George   not yet assessed unknown     Jim Gray (UDA member)   not yet assessed unknown       H John Hallam   not yet assessed unknown     Brian Hannon   not yet assessed unknown     Paul Henry (painter)   not yet assessed unknown     Ciarán Hinds   not yet assessed unknown     Hole in the Wall Gang (comedy)   not yet assessed unknown       J Michael Jackson (Anglican bishop)   not yet assessed unknown     Jimeoin   not yet assessed unknown     Jimeoin   not yet assessed unknown       K Patrick Kielty   not yet assessed unknown     John Kindness   not yet assessed unknown     John Kindness   not yet assessed unknown     John Kindness   not yet assessed unknown       L John Lavery   not yet assessed unknown     Charles Lawson   not yet assessed unknown     Michael Legge (actor)   not yet assessed unknown     List of Northern Irish artists   not yet assessed unknown     John Lynch (actor)   not yet assessed unknown     Susan Lynch   not yet assessed unknown       M William MacCormac   not yet assessed unknown     Patrick MacDowell   not yet assessed unknown     Tim McGarry   not yet assessed unknown     Tim McGarry   not yet assessed unknown     Norah McGuinness   not yet assessed unknown     Norah McGuinness   not yet assessed unknown     Ciarán McMenamin   not yet assessed unknown     Gerard McSorley   not yet assessed unknown     F. E. McWilliam   not yet assessed unknown     Colin Middleton   not yet assessed unknown       N Liam Neeson   not yet assessed unknown     James Nesbitt   not yet assessed unknown     Andrew Nicholl   not yet assessed unknown       O Keith Cardinal O'Brien   not yet assessed unknown     Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich   not yet assessed unknown       P Ian Paisley   not yet assessed unknown     Frank Pantridge   not yet assessed unknown     Frank Pantridge   not yet assessed unknown     Ruth Patterson   not yet assessed unknown     David Perry   not yet assessed unknown       Q Patricia Quinn   not yet assessed unknown     Sean Quinn   not yet assessed unknown       R Stephen Rea   not yet assessed unknown     Markey Robinson   not yet assessed unknown     Charles William Russell   not yet assessed unknown     Graham Reid (writer) 19 May 2006 Stub No This article has many redlinks in it regarding works of the author that are particularly notable in Northern Ireland. Essential information is there, but the article needs expanding. Mal George William Russell   not yet assessed unknown       S Paul Seawright   not yet assessed unknown     Hans Sloane   not yet assessed unknown     Victor Sloan   not yet assessed unknown     Victor Sloan   not yet assessed unknown     Brendan Smyth   not yet assessed unknown     Brendan Smyth   not yet assessed unknown     George Henry Smyth   not yet assessed unknown     Martin Smyth   not yet assessed unknown       T Derek Thompson   not yet assessed unknown     John Thomson (actor)   not yet assessed unknown     William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin   not yet assessed unknown       W Jackie Wright   not yet assessed unknown       Y John Butler Yeats   not yet assessed unknown     James Young (comedian)   not yet assessed unknown     Micellaneous or uncategorised Article Assessed Status Uses Infobox Comments and Pending tasks Assessed by   C Champ 22 May 2006 Not Started No This article is a disambiguation page. It had been assigned to the category Category:Northern Irish cuisine, but that was inappropriate for a disambig page. The article needs created and categorised. Mal