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The assessment department of WikiProject Disney focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Disney-related articles. 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 Disney}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Disney articles by quality and Category:Disney articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist (Index · Statistics · Log).

See also the general assessment FAQ

1. What is the purpose of the article ratings?

The rating system allows the project to monitor the quality of articles in our subject areas, and to prioritize work on these articles. It is also utilized by the Wikipedia 1.0 program to prepare for static releases of Wikipedia content. Please note, however, that these ratings are primarily intended for the internal use of the project, and do not necessarily imply any official standing within Wikipedia as a whole.

2. How do I add an article to the WikiProject?

Just add {{WikiProject Disney}} to the talk page; there's no need to do anything else.

3. Someone put a {{WikiProject Disney}} template on an article, but it doesn't seem to be within the project's scope. What should I do?

Because of the large number of articles we deal with, we occasionally make mistakes and add tags to articles that shouldn't have them. If you notice one, feel free to remove the tag, and optionally leave a note on the project talk page (or directly with the person who tagged the article).

4. Who can assess articles?

Any member of WikiProject Disney is free to add—or change—the rating of an article. Editors who are not participants in this project are also welcome to assess articles, but should defer to consensus within the project in case of procedural disputes.

5. How do I rate an article?

Check the quality scale and select the level that best matches the state of the article; then, follow the instructions below to add the rating to the project banner on the article's talk page. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.

6. Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments?

Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article; they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.

7. What if I don't agree with a rating?

You can ask any member of the project to rate the article again. Please note that some of the available levels have an associated formal review process; this is documented in the assessment scale.

8. Aren't the ratings subjective?

Yes, they are somewhat subjective, 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!

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Banner Shell}}. Articles that have the {{WikiProject Disney}} 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 Disney articles)		FA
A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Disney articles)		A
GA (for good articles only; adds articles to Category:GA-Class Disney articles)		GA
B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Disney articles)		B
C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Disney articles)		C
Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Disney articles)		Start
Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Disney articles)		Stub
FL (for featured lists only; adds articles to Category:FL-Class Disney articles)		FL
List (adds articles to Category:List-Class Disney articles)		List

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

Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Disney articles)		Category
Disambig (for disambiguation pages; adds pages to Category:Disambig-Class Disney articles)		Disambig
Draft (for drafts; adds pages to Category:Draft-Class Disney articles)		Draft
FM (for featured media only; adds pages to Category:FM-Class Disney articles)		FM
File (for files and timed text; adds pages to Category:File-Class Disney articles)		File
Portal (for portal pages; adds pages to Category:Portal-Class Disney articles)		Portal
Project (for project pages; adds pages to Category:Project-Class Disney articles)		Project
Redirect (for redirect pages; adds pages to Category:Redirect-Class Disney articles)		Redirect
Template (for templates and modules; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Disney articles)		Template
NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Disney articles)		NA
??? (articles for which a valid class has not yet been provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Disney articles)		???

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Disney}} 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):

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
FA	The article has attained featured article status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured article candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured article criteria: A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. It is: well-written: its prose is engaging and of a professional standard; comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; well-researched: it is a thorough and representative survey of the relevant literature; claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported by inline citations where appropriate; neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process; and compliant with Wikipedia's copyright policy and free of plagiarism or too-close paraphrasing. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of: a lead: a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; appropriate structure: a substantial but not overwhelming system of hierarchical section headings; and consistent citations: where required by criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using footnotes—see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references. Citation templates are not required. Media. It has images and other media, where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status. Images follow the image use policy. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style where appropriate.	Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	Kingdom Hearts (video game)
FL	The article has attained featured list status by passing an in-depth examination by impartial reviewers from WP:Featured list candidates. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured list criteria: Prose. It features professional standards of writing. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. Comprehensiveness. (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items. (b) statements are sourced where they appear, and they provide inline citations if they contain any of the four kinds of material absolutely required to have citations. (c) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists; does not violate the content-forking guideline, does not largely duplicate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article. Structure. It is easy to navigate and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages. (a) Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour; and a minimal proportion of items are redlinked. (b) Media files. It has images and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's usage policies, with succinct captions. Non-free images and other media satisfy the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and are labeled accordingly. (c) Accessibility. It uses proper formating to be accessible to all readers. Bulleted and unbulleted lists and tables are structured correctly. Visual media, if included, utilize alternative (alt) text. Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.	Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	List of Academy Awards for Walt Disney
GA	The article meets all of the good article criteria, and has been examined by one or more impartial reviewers from WP:Good article nominations. More detailed criteria A good article is: Well-written: the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct; and it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation. Verifiable with no original research: it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline; reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose); it contains no original research; and it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. Broad in its coverage: it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio: media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content; and media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (though not necessarily equalling) the quality of a professional publication.	Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing.	The Lion King
B	The article meets all of the B-Class criteria. It is mostly complete and does not have major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. Any format of inline citation is acceptable: the use of <ref> tags and citation templates such as {{cite web}} is optional. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies. It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. The article has a defined structure. Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. The article is reasonably well-written. The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but does not need to be of the standard of featured articles. The Manual of Style does not need to be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate. Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams, an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. The article presents its content in an appropriately understandable way. It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. The article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.	Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.	A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed. Expert knowledge may be needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the Manual of Style and related style guidelines.	Bambi
C	The article is substantial but is still missing important content or contains irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria The article cites more than one reliable source and is better developed in style, structure, and quality than Start-Class, but it fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements, or need editing for clarity, balance, or flow.	Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.	Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and solve cleanup problems.	Disney Channel
Start	An article that is developing but still quite incomplete. It may or may not cite adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a meaningful amount of good content, but it is still weak in many areas. The article has one or more of the following: A useful picture or graphic Multiple links that help explain or illustrate the topic A subheading that fully treats an element of the topic Multiple subheadings that indicate material that could be added to complete the article	Provides some meaningful content, but most readers will need more.	Providing references to reliable sources should come first; the article also needs substantial improvement in content and organisation. Also improve the grammar, spelling, writing style and improve the jargon use.	Pluto (Disney)
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. Meets none of the Start-Class criteria.	Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition. Readers probably see insufficiently developed features of the topic and may not see how the features of the topic are significant.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority. The best solution for a Stub-class Article to step up to a Start-class Article is to add in referenced reasons of why the topic is significant.	Alice's Wonderland
List	Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list or set index article, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area.	There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader.	Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of Disney+ original programming
Category	Any category falls under this class.	Categories are mainly used to group together articles within a particular subject area.	Large categories may need to be split into one or more subcategories. Be wary of articles that have been miscategorized.	Category:Disney
Disambig	Any disambiguation page falls under this class.	The page serves to distinguish multiple articles that share the same (or similar) title.	Additions should be made as new articles of that name are created. Pay close attention to the proper naming of such pages, as they often do not need "(disambiguation)" appended to the title.	Disney (disambiguation)
File	Any page in the file namespace falls under this class.	The page contains an image, a sound clip or other media-related content.	Make sure that the file is properly licensed and credited.	File:Modern Mickey Mouse.png
Portal	Any page in the portal namespace falls under this class.	Portals are intended to serve as "main pages" for specific topics.	Editor involvement is essential to ensure that portals are kept up to date.	Portal:Disney
Project	All WikiProject-related pages fall under this class.	Project pages are intended to aid editors in article development.	Develop these pages into collaborative resources that are useful for improving articles within the project.	Wikipedia:WikiProject Disney
Redirect	Any redirect falls under this class.	The page redirects to another article with a similar name, related topic or that has been merged with the original article at this location.	Editor involvement is essential to ensure that articles are not mis-classified as redirects, and that redirects are not mis-classified as articles.	Disney animated features canon
Template	Any template falls under this class. The most common types of templates include infoboxes and navboxes.	Different types of templates serve different purposes. Infoboxes provide easy access to key pieces of information about the subject. Navboxes are for the purpose of grouping together related subjects into an easily accessible format, to assist the user in navigating between articles.	Infoboxes are typically placed at the upper right of an article, while navboxes normally go across the very bottom of a page. Beware of too many different templates, as well as templates that give either too little, too much, or too specialized information.	Template:Disney
NA	Any non-article page that fits no other classification.	The page contains no article content.	Look out for misclassified articles. Currently, many NA-class articles may need to be re-classified.	N/A

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 Disney.

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.

Disney articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1	2	9	15			27
FL		2	6	24			32
FM					3		3
GA	6	23	87	153			269
B	11	35	82	125		5	258
C	19	57	174	550		26	826
Start	4	56	271	1,728		239	2,298
Stub		5	52	749		133	939
List	1	12	74	246		18	351
Category					800		800
Disambig					34		34
File					981		981
Portal					152		152
Project					29		29
Redirect		2	27	231	2,339		2,599
Template					290		290
NA					1		1
Other				3	106		109
Assessed	42	194	782	3,824	4,735	421	9,998
Unassessed				1		36	37
Total	42	194	782	3,825	4,735	457	10,035
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 21,740			Ω = 4.71

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. Please note that an importance rating may not be given in some cases if the reviewer is unfamiliar with the subject.

If you assess an article, please strike it off using <s>Strike-through text</s> so that other editors will not waste time going there too. Thanks!

Submit new requests here:

• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: Rated C-class. Need some input due to a necessary GA nomination. igordebraga ≠ 03:53, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re-assessed to B-class--GroovySandwich 01:16, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Disney's Friends for Change - Just added it to the project. I gave it what I think was an appropriate importance rating, but I'm not sure about its quality. - Purplewowies (talk) 03:48, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Be Our Guest - I've been doing quite a bit of work on this page. It was formally rated Stub-Class; I think it should be re-assessed. --Changedforbetter (talk) 18:48, 18 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Beauty and the Beast (Disney song) hoping to upgrade this article to at least C-class, possibly B. --Changedforbetter (talk) 18:06, 2 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Tiana (Disney) - Hoping to upgrade this to at least B-class.--Changedforbetter (talk) 01:22, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Kim Possible (character) - Completely re-written and sourced. Hoping for B-Class rating.--Changedforbetter (talk) 18:08, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Rapunzel (Disney) - Re-written, expanded, and sourced. Hoping for B-class rating.--Changedforbetter (talk) 21:49, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Walt Disney Animation Studios: This is an important article in this project, but despite quite well-written, it hasn't been assessed. Please help reassess it. Thanks!Forbidden User (talk) 13:37, 17 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Frozen (soundtrack): This article has yet to be assessed. Please help assess it. Thanks!Forbidden User (talk) 13:37, 17 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Let It Go (Disney song) - It has been greatly improved since last assessment. Hope to get a B-class.Forbidden User (talk) 14:04, 27 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
• Epcot International Food & Wine Festival Elisfkc (talk) 21:40, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights Elisfkc (talk) 21:40, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Muppet*Vision 3D Elisfkc (talk) 21:43, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Fantasmic! Elisfkc (talk) 21:49, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth Elisfkc (talk) 22:00, 15 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration New Article Elisfkc (talk) 19:24, 10 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Walt Disney World Railroad - entire article re-written this week with the goal of achieving good article status or higher. Jackdude101 (Talk) 03:32, 25 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Cars 3: Lots of work has been put into this article. Please help reassess it. Varsha (talk) 12:58, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Stitch! and Stitch & Ai – Spin-off TV series in the Lilo & Stitch franchise. The latter's article is under one year old. –WPA (talk) 03:11, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Could the article please be considered for B class? Thanks SatDis (talk) 03:19, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Lizzie McGuire Could the article please be considered for B class? Thanks SatDis (talk) 03:19, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Leadership of the Walt Disney Company - I'm a new editor that needs help improving this article in order to change its scope and shift its focus to avoid AfD. See my message in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leadership of the Walt Disney Company to see my suggestions. Need help with revision & formatting suggestions.

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

• Avengers: Mission Demolition (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• File:HerculesMusicalLogo.jpg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Bruce Hendricks (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Stub-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Unknown-Class. (rev · t)

• File:For the First Time in Forever A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration Logo.jpg (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from FM-Class to File-Class. (rev · t)
• Raya (Raya and the Last Dragon) (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Start-Class to B-Class. (rev · t)

• File:Disney Goof Troop (logo).svg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Man and the Moon (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)
• Plane Crazy (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Low-Class to Top-Class. (rev · t)
• Draft:Shrunk (film) (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from Low-Class to NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Follow Me My Friend / To Glory at the End (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• Maiden Mother Crone (Agatha All Along) (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Redirect-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)
• The PJs (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:World Premiere (Disneyland Paris) (talk) removed.

• Eyes of Wakanda renamed to Eyes of Wakanda.

• File:Darkwing Duck logo.svg (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as File-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

• File:For the First Time in Forever A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration Logo.jpg (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from File-Class to FM-Class. (rev · t)
• Garsa Fwip (talk) reassessed. Importance rating changed from NA-Class to Low-Class. (rev · t)

• Draft:Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki (talk) assessed. Importance assessed as NA-Class. (rev · t)

• Mulan Jr. (talk) reassessed. Quality rating changed from Stub-Class to Start-Class. (rev · t)

• Death's Hand in Mine (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as Start-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Low-Class. (rev · t)
• Kevin Feige (talk) assessed. Quality assessed as C-Class. (rev · t) Importance assessed as Mid-Class. (rev · t)