South Park Archives:Article classes

This page serves as a guide to classifying a particular article in South Park Archives.

Why classify an article?
Classifying an article as Stub class, Start class, B class, Good Article class, or Featured Article class helps editors to estimate how much work may need to be done to bring an article up to the best standards. Think of it as having an article say "Hey, I've got (this much) content, and it's of (this) quality. I think you could make me a little better." To see what determines an article's class, see the below sections:

Stub class
An article with an infobox should have enough content that the length of the content surpasses the infobox's length. If it is shorter than that length, or if it just matches the length, then the article is stubclass. If the article lacks an infobox, first look and see if it is a type of article for which an infobox would be appropriate. If not, then the article's content should fill up a minimum of ten lines, to be above stub class.

Start class
It is given that to be start class, an article must have an infobox (if it is a type of article requiring one) and the reading content must be longer that the infobox's length, or in the case of an article not needing an infobox, there must be a minimum of ten lines of information. If the article matches either of these descriptions, it is start class.

B class
Naturally, an article must reach Start class before it can be upgraded to B class. B class is determined by an article having, in addition to Start class criteria, any three of the following qualities:


 * 1) Images illustrating the article (One image at minimum).
 * 2) Real world information on the subject (Note that a real-world topic, such as Matt Stone, will inevitably have real world information; thus this quality is only a concern for in-universe topics.)
 * 3) Citations to sources verifying the real-world information.
 * 4) A table of contents beneath the intro to the article.
 * 5) Clear writing, with good grammar and structure of information.

Good Article class
A Good Article will have all of the criteria mentioned in "B class", as well as an intro which properly summarizes the content in the rest of the article. It will also be free of red links, or links to non-existant pages. A Good Article also will follow the Featured Article style guide for whatever type of article it is, be it a character article, episode article, voice actor/actress article, etc. However, it may not have all of the necessary sections of content required in a Featured article.

Featured Article class
A Featured article is an article which has successfully passed a group consensus among editors that identifies it as an example of South Park Archives' very best work in articles. To be considered for Featured Status, an article must:


 * 1) Be well illustrated.
 * 2) Be well wikified.
 * 3) Be appropriately categorized.
 * 4) Be rated Good Article class, at the time of its nomination.
 * 5) Contain all of the necessary sections of content for a Featured article of its sort, and possibly one or more of the additional sections.

These are the Featured Article style guides for different types of articles:


 * South Park Archives:Featured article criteria for character pages
 * South Park Archives:Featured article criteria for episode pages
 * South Park Archives:Featured article criteria for location pages
 * South Park Archives:Featured article criteria for voice actor pages

Templates
When rating an article as a certain class, be sure to place one of the following templates at the bottom of the page. If an article has been promoted to Featured Status, however, place the template at the top of the page.


 * Template:Stub
 * Template:Start
 * Template:B
 * Template:GA
 * Template:FA

Any of these templates will automatically categorize the page with the other articles rated that class.