Welcome to the assessment department of the Deaf WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's articles about Deaf, Deafness or the people of Deaf. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject Deaf}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Deaf articles by quality and Category:Deaf articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

How can I get my article rated?

Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.

Who can assess articles?

Any member of the Deaf WikiProject is free to add—or change—the rating of an article.

What if I don't agree with a rating?

You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can ask any member of the project to rate the article again.

Aren't the ratings subjective?

Yes, they are, but it's the best system we've been able to devise; if you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!

If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.

The full syntax is as follows:

{{WikiProject United States
|class=
|importance=
|attention=
|auto=
|needs-infobox=
|small=
}}

• class – a rating of the article's quality; see the assessment department for more details.
• importance – a rating of the article's importance; see the assessment department for more details.
• attention – "yes" if the article requires immediate attention. This adds the talk page to Category:Deaf articles needing attention.
• auto – "yes" if the article will be automatically assessed by a bot. This adds the talk page to Category:Automatically assessed Deaf articles.
• needs-infobox – "yes" if the article needs an infobox. This adds the talk page to Category:Deaf articles needing infoboxes.
• small – "yes" to display a small version of the template aligned along the right side of the page.

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Deaf}} project banner on their talk page will be added to the appropriate categories by quality.

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article (see Wikipedia:Content assessment for assessment criteria):

FA (for featured articles only; adds articles to Category:FA-Class deaf articles)		FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class deaf articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class deaf articles)		GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class deaf articles)		B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class deaf articles)		C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class deaf articles)		Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class deaf articles)		Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class deaf articles)		FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class deaf articles)		List

For non-standard grades and non-mainspace content, the following values may be used for the class parameter:

The criteria used for rating article importance are not meant to be an absolute or canonical view of how significant the topic is. Rather, they attempt to gauge the probability of the average reader of Wikipedia needing to look up the topic (and thus the immediate need to have a suitably well-written article on it). Thus, subjects with greater popular notability may be rated higher than topics which are arguably more "important" but which are of interest primarily to students of the Deaf or deafness.

Note that general notability need not be from the perspective of editor demographics; generally notable topics should be rated similarly regardless of the country or region in which they hold said notability. Thus, topics which may seem obscure to a Western audience—but which are of high notability in other places—should still be highly rated.

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Deaf}} project banner on its talk page:

The following values may be used for the importance parameter to describe the relative importance of the article within the project (see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Priority of topic for assessment criteria):

We are currently discussing which articles should be counted as being of Top-importance at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deaf/Assessment/Top-importance articles.

If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below.

Elizabeth Steel - The earliest known non-aboriginal deaf person in Australia, who arrived on convict ship, 1790. Her gravestone was recently discovered under the Sydney Town Hall. Article created back August 2007, still awaiting assessment and importance. She is well known in Australia by deaf community (Victorian College for the Deaf - See article Page 4) and has had a book written about her. Boylo (talk) 15:06, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lip reading

Sign language in the brain

The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.

Unexpected changes, such as downgrading an article, or raising it more than two assessment classes at once, are shown in bold.

• Albinism–black lock–cell migration disorder of the neurocytes of the gut–deafness syndrome renamed to ABCD syndrome.
• Andrea Ferrell renamed to List of 7th Heaven characters.
• BANZSL deafblind alphabet renamed to Two-handed manual alphabets.
• Bolivian Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Draft:Cathy Heffernan renamed to Cathy Heffernan.
• Characteristics of deaf culture renamed to Deaf culture.
• Costa Rican Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People renamed to Signature (charity).
• WP:Deaf renamed to WP:WikiProject Deaf.
• Deaf Communications Device renamed to Telecommunications device for the deaf.
• Deaf Education renamed to Deaf education.
• Deaf Sterilization in Nazi Germany renamed to Sterilization of deaf people in Nazi Germany.
• Deaf Studies: Ella Mae Lentz renamed to Ella Mae Lentz.
• Deaf individual renamed to Deafness.
• Digital hearing aid renamed to Hearing aid.
• Dominican Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Dorothy Squire renamed to Dorothy Miles.
• Education for the deaf renamed to Deaf education.
• Education of the deaf renamed to Deaf education.
• Federation of Deaf People renamed to Doug Alker.
• Francophone African Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Ghanaian Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Gordon Cole (Twin Peaks) renamed to List of Twin Peaks characters.
• Hear renamed to Hearing.
• Jamaican Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Joey Lucas renamed to List of The West Wing characters.
• Draft:Justina Miles renamed to Justina Miles.
• List of African sign languages renamed to List of sign languages.
• List of Deaf education journals renamed to Deaf studies.
• List of Deaf studies journals renamed to Deaf studies.
• List of deaf Olympians renamed to Deaf people in the Olympics.
• Lutheran School for the Deaf renamed to Lutheran School For The Deaf.
• Lutheran school for the deaf renamed to Lutheran School For The Deaf.
• Lyons Sign Language renamed to Spurious languages.
• Modern Sign Language communication renamed to Videotelephony.
• Moroccan Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Nasality (disorder) renamed to Hypernasal speech.
• Nigerian Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Panamanian Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Project Insight renamed to San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department.
• Puerto Rican Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Riva (Star Trek) renamed to List of Star Trek characters (N–S).
• Selangor Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Sierra Leonean Sign Language renamed to Varieties of American Sign Language.
• Sign-Supported Nepali renamed to Signed Nepali.
• Sign Assisted Instruction Program renamed to Sign Assisted Instruction Programme.
• Sign language acquisition renamed to Prelingual deafness.
• Draft:South Africa at the deaflympics renamed to South Africa at the Deaflympics.
• Sterilization of deaf children renamed to Sterilization of deaf people in Nazi Germany.
• Thamsanqa Jantjie renamed to Death and state funeral of Nelson Mandela.
• The Country of the Deaf renamed to Country of the Deaf.
• The Lutheran School For The Deaf renamed to Lutheran School For The Deaf.
• The Sign Assisted Instruction Program renamed to Sign Assisted Instruction Programme.
• The Sign Assisted Instruction Programme renamed to Sign Assisted Instruction Programme.
• The lutheran school for the deaf renamed to Lutheran School For The Deaf.
• Tijuana Sign Language renamed to Spurious languages.
• Tone deafness renamed to Amusia.
• Ukrainian Association of the Deaf renamed to Ukrainian Society of the Deaf.
• Template:WPDEAF renamed to Template:WikiProject Deaf.
• Template:WP Deaf renamed to Template:WikiProject Deaf.
• Yogyakarta Sign Language renamed to Indonesian Sign Language.
• 手語輔助教學計劃 renamed to Sign Assisted Instruction Programme.
• 路德会启聋学校 renamed to Lutheran School For The Deaf.
• 路德會啟聾學校 renamed to Lutheran School For The Deaf.
• 🙆 renamed to OK gesture.

• National Association of the Deaf (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Disambig-Class. (rev · t)

• Category:NA-Class deaf pages (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:NA-importance deaf pages (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Category-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:A Quiet Place Part III (talk) removed.
• California School for the Deaf (talk) removed.
• Category:Deaf Actresses (talk) removed.
• Category:Deaf culture in New Zealand (talk) removed.
• Category:Deaf culture in the United Kingdom (talk) removed.
• Draft:Deaf gain (talk) removed.
• Category:Deaf military personnel (talk) removed.
• Category:Deaf religious leaders (talk) removed.
• Category:Deaflympics (talk) removed.
• Category:Deafness art organizations (talk) removed.
• Category:Deafness arts organisations (talk) removed.
• Category:Deafness organisations (talk) removed.
• Category:Deafness rights organisations (talk) removed.
• Draft:Emily Howlett (talk) removed.
• Category:Fictional deaf characters (talk) removed.
• Category:Indo-Pakistani Sign Language films (talk) removed.
• Draft:James J. DeCaro (talk) removed.
• Draft:John Denerley (talk) removed.
• Category:NA-Class deaf articles (talk) removed.
• Category:NA-importance deaf articles (talk) removed.
• Template:Organisations for deaf people in the United Kingdom (talk) removed.
• Category:Schools for the deaf in Australia (talk) removed.
• Category:Schools for the deaf in Canada (talk) removed.
• Category:Schools for the deaf in India (talk) removed.
• Category:Schools for the deaf in New Zealand (talk) removed.
• Category:Schools for the deaf in the United Kingdom (talk) removed.

• Category:Books by Oliver Sacks (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Category-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Deaf culture in New Zealand (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Deaf culture in the United Kingdom (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Deaflympic swimmers for the United States (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Category-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Fictional deaf characters (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Schools for the deaf in Australia (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Schools for the deaf in Canada (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Schools for the deaf in India (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Schools for the deaf in New Zealand (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Category:Deaflympics (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Paintings of George III (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Category-Class. (rev · t)
• WP:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Deaf articles by quality log (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Project-Class. (rev · t)
• WP:WikiProject Deaf (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Project-Class. (rev · t)

• Category:Books by Oliver Sacks (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Deaf Smith County, Texas (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Category-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Deaf military personnel (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Deaflympic swimmers for the United States (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• National Association of the Deaf (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Disambig-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:Organisations for deaf people in the United Kingdom (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Template-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Paintings of George III (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:User sgn-1 old (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Template-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:User sgn-4 (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from NA-Class to Template-Class. (rev · t)

• California School for the Deaf (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Disambig-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Deaf Smith County, Texas (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Category:Schools for the deaf in the United Kingdom (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Category-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:User sgn-1 old (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Template-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Template:User sgn-4 (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Template-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• WP:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Deaf articles by quality log (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Project-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)
• WP:WikiProject Deaf (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Project-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:Deaf gain (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:Deaf gain (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.

This page was once used by the Version 1.0 Editorial Team. It is preserved because of the information in its edit history. This page should not be edited or deleted. Wikiproject article lists can be generated using the WP 1.0 web tool.