CivWiki:Content assessment

Articles should be:

1. well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard;
   1. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria.
   2. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities.
      1. It includes properly formatted templates when applicable
2. comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context;
   1. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions
   2. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail
      1. The main page for a topic should give an overview of the most important aspects of the topic; more detailed info goes into a separate page, for example Mount Augusta Election Results or Orinnari/Journal
3. neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias;
   1. references/sources are provided for contentious topics
   2. funny content or writing style is allowed in the Based: namespace. Example: Based:Mir
4. stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day

Easy problems

These problems can be solved by anyone with some time on their hands, using only the Visual Editor most of the time.

Style problem

Category:Articles with a style problem have any of the following problems:

• spelling/grammar mistakes
• wrong tense (e.g. present tense instead of past tense)
• section too long
• missing image caption

If you find an article with a style problem, you can add the {{Style problem}} template, with an optional |reason=section to long, for example.

Intro problem

Category:Articles with problematic intro section have an intro/lead section with any of the following problems:

• does not say why is it relevant
• does not say where (server, coords)
• does not say when (announced, launched, history, etc.)
• too long or too short

If you find an article with a problematic intro section, you can add the {{Intro problem}} template, with an optional |reason=too long, for example.

Unintelligible

Category:Unintelligible articles are not understandable to an appropriately broad audience, e.g. referencing some "The Chicken Incident" without a link or explanation.

If you find an unintelligible article, you can add the {{Unintelligible}} template, with an optional |reason=does not explain what "The Chicken Incident" refers to, for example.

Too long

Category:Articles that are too long go into unnecessary detail. Parts of it should be split off to separate pages, for example "TITLE election results" or "TITLE history (Civcraft 2.0)".

If you find an article that is too long, you can add the {{Too long}} template.

Broken formatting

Category:Articles with broken formatting need their source formatting checked in the Source Editor.

If you find an article with broken formatting, you can add the {{Broken formatting}} template, with an optional |reason=uses custom infobox instead of Infobox civilization, for example.

Research problems

Solving these problems requires researching the topic of an article.

Missing media

Category:Articles missing illustrative media need illustrative media to engage the reader.

If you find an article that is missing illustrative media, you can add the {{Missing media}} template.

Missing topic

Category:Articles missing an important topic are not comprehensive because they do not cover some important aspect of their topic.

If you find an article that does not talk about some important aspect of it, you can add the {{Missing topic}} template and specify the |reason=ignores events on Devoted 3.0, for example.

Reference needed

Category:Articles needing references are missing references to support some contentious statements.

If you find an article with unsourced contentious statements, you can add the {{Reference needed}} template.

Biased

Category:Biased articles only talk about a topic from a single point of view.

If you find an article with a biased point of view, you can add the {{Biased}} template.

Dead links

Category:Articles with dead links contain broken external references (external articles/images).

If you find an article with dead links, you can add the {{Dead links}} template.