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Welcome to the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature/Assessment|assessment department]]''' of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature|Children's Literature WikiProject]]! This department focuses on assessing the quality and importance of Wikipedia's children's and young-adult literature related articles through the [[WP:1.0]] program.

===Assessing articles===
Any user can add articles to this WikiProject by adding {{tl|WikiProject Children's literature}} to the article's talk page. This should only be done if the article relates directly to the project scope, and if you find any articles which seem to be incorrectly tagged then they can be delisted by removing the project template from the talk page.

Articles are assessed through the |class= and |importance= parameters in their {{tl|WikiProject Children's literature}} project template.
Class is used to denote the quality of the article, and importance to denote its importance to WikiProject Children's Literature. The possible values for each of these can be found in [[#Assessment Criteria|Assessment Criteria]] below. Often when articles are first tagged they will not be assessed on these qualities, but they will automatically be added to the project and should be assessed shortly, allowing for delay due to backlog.

Any user can assess articles for this project, even if they are not a member. However, some users prefer an outsider's opinion on articles they are closely involved in, and you can request an assessment from project members by adding the article to the list of [[#Assessment requests|Assessment requests]] below. These will be dealt with by a number of editors; if you would prefer one particular individual for some reason, it may be better to contact them through their talk page.

Ratings are often subjective and will change over time as the article develops. If you have any problems with the ratings system, you may wish to leave a message at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Children's literature|the project talk page]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature/Article Discussion|the article discussion page]].

===Department tasks===
If you want to help the assessment department, please contribute to any of the following tasks:
* Assessing [[:Category:Unassessed children and young adult literature articles|unassessed quality articles]].
* Assessing [[:Category:Unknown-importance children and young adult literature articles|unassessed importance articles]].
* Completing [[#Assessment requests|requested assessments]].
* Double-checking existing assessments. Editors do not always remember to update an article's class after improving it, and the criteria for both importance and quality change over time. Ideally, articles should have their assessments checked at least once a year.

===Assessment Criteria===
This project uses the [[WP:1.0]] assessment criteria to assess articles. The criteria specific to this project are listed below.
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=== Quality scale ===
This WikiProject uses the [[WP:1.0]] quality scale to assess its articles. If you feel any article is incorrectly assessed, you can either change it yourself, selecting the correct article class from the table below, or request an assessment from this department for a more objective viewpoint.
{{Grading scheme}}

=== Importance scale ===
The criteria for rating importance are intended to give a probable indication of the relevance of each article to '''this particular project''' and the likelihood of the topic's inclusion in a traditional encyclopedia. Importance is intended to be a neutral, international value which is not affected by editor demographics or regional biases, but some subjectivity is always present. If you do not agree with an article's importance rating, you may wish to contact the user who assessed the article, or begin a discussion of that article at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Children's literature/Article Discussion|the Article Discussion page]].

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| {{Top-Class}} 
| Subject is a "core" topic for children's literature and is highly significant to a general audience.
| [[Dr. Seuss]]<br> [[Newbery Medal]]<br>
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| {{High-Class}} 
| Subject is very notable or significant within the field of children's literature and has some significance to a general audience.
| [[Curious George]]<br> [[Judy Blume]]<br>
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| {{Mid-Class}} 
| Subject is notable or significant within the field of children's literature (or to a historian), but not necessarily outside it.
| [[Walk Two Moons]] <br> [[Quentin Blake]]<br>
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| {{Low-Class}} 
| Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within the field of children's literature, and may have been included primarily to achieve comprehensive coverage of a notable author or other notable subject.
| [[Absolutely Normal Chaos]] <br> [[Anthea Bell]]
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=== Assessment requests ===
If you have made significant changes to an article on this project and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below along with your signature and any comments you wish to leave. This is not required, and you may assess the article for yourself, but any articles here should soon receive attention from a project member, who may also leave comments on the article's talk page. If you assess an article on this list, please use <nowiki><s> and </s></nowiki> to strike it through so that other editors do not waste time going there. Assessed articles will be removed periodically.

Please do not place articles which you believe to be [[WP:GA|Good Article]] or [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] class on this list. These have their own nomination procedures, which can be found at [[WP:GAN|Good Article nominations]] and [[WP:FAC|Featured Article nominations]].

'''Please do not place articles which have not yet received assessments on this list. Any unassessed article with the project tag will automatically be categorised as unassessed and will be dealt with as soon as possible. There may be a short delay due to backlog.'''

# <s>[[Paul Stewart (writer)]] There's more to do but I would like to have the progress assessed.--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 08:38, 14 February 2010 (UTC)</s>
# <s>[[Janni Howker]] Just found this languishing on the Unreferenced BLP's list.  I've added our Project template, a reference and a reflist.  Assume it's a stub.  My guess Mid-Low importance.--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 11:27, 14 February 2010 (UTC)</s>
# <s>[[Ann Turner (writer)]]Ditto.  Someone had added the Project template already but it needs assessment.--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 11:53, 14 February 2010 (UTC)</s>
# <s>[[Ian Wallace (illustrator)]] Ditto.</s>
# <s>[[Patricia Reilly Giff]] Found another one.  Full of spam.  Needs a thorough going over--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 19:02, 14 February 2010 (UTC)</s>
# <s>[[Robert Rigby]] Ditto. Not spam but needs a lot of work.--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 19:27, 14 February 2010 (UTC)</s>
#<s>[[William E. Bell]] Canadian prizewinning author. Retrieved from unfreferenced BLP list.  Discussion going on last month about merging with another page but nothing has happened so far.--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 21:16, 14 February 2010 (UTC)</s>
#<s>[[Jim Burke (illustrator)]] US multi-award-winning illustrator. Retrieved from unfreferenced BLP list. Needs a lot of work.</s>
#<s>[[Lucy Hawking]]--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 13:56, 16 February 2010 (UTC)</s>
#<s>[[Roald Dahl]] Languishing as a C class but by the criteria above seems to me to be at GA or even A class.  Could this be reassessed, please?--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 21:37, 17 February 2010 (UTC)</s>
#<s>[[The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel]] Some improvements. Might be considered for promotion to B class.</s>
#<s>[[Libby Hathorn]] Well-established prizewining Australian author. Retrieved from unfreferenced BLP list. Needs work.--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 22:14, 18 February 2010 (UTC)</s> 
#<s>[[Maria Parr]] New page. Norwegian children's writer</s>
#<s>[[Stephen Cosgrove (writer)]] US author. Retrieved from unfreferenced BLP list. Tone of article a bit spammy. Needs a lot of work--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 20:51, 19 February 2010 (UTC) </s>
#<s>[[Koji Ishikawa (illustrator)]] Japanese illustrator. Retrieved from unfreferenced BLP list. Needs work.--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 21:11, 19 February 2010 (UTC)</s>
# <s>[[The Kane Chronicles]] I've just created it; there is still much work to be done. [[User:Rock drum|Rock drum]] ([[User talk:Rock drum|talk]]·[[Special:Contributions/Rock drum|contribs]]·[[User:Rock drum/Guestbook|guestbook]]) 17:52, 20 February 2010 (UTC)</s>
#<s>[[The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle]] I had hoped to get this page closer to GA crition before requesting an assessment, but it's not there yet and I'm not sure what else to do to get it there so might as well get it reassessed.  [[User:Barkeep49|Barkeep49]] ([[User talk:Barkeep49|talk]]) 22:27, 20 February 2010 (UTC)</s>
#  <s>[[The Killing (novel)]] Reassesment [[User:Rock drum|Rock drum]] ([[User talk:Rock drum|talk]]·[[Special:Contributions/Rock drum|contribs]]·[[User:Rock drum/Guestbook|guestbook]])</s>
#  <s>[[Divine Madness]] Reassesment [[User:Rock drum|Rock drum]] ([[User talk:Rock drum|talk]]·[[Special:Contributions/Rock drum|contribs]]·[[User:Rock drum/Guestbook|guestbook]])</s>
# <s>[[Edmund Evans]] needs assessment. Engraver and printer who collaborated with [[Caldecott]] and [[Greenaway]]. Developed from stub class. [[User:Truthkeeper88|Truthkeeper88]] ([[User talk:Truthkeeper88|talk]]) 02:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)</s>
# <s>[[Edmund Evans]] Reassessment. Article has undergone additional expansion, but very little information exists about the topic. [[User:Truthkeeper88|Truthkeeper88]] ([[User talk:Truthkeeper88|talk]]) 02:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)</s>
# <s>[[Joel Chandler Harris]] This article has been significantly expanded since it was listed as Start Class. Will someone take a look at it please?  [[User:J L Shakespeare|J L Shakespeare]] ([[User talk:J L Shakespeare|talk]]) 17:21, 9 March 2010 (UTC)</s>
#<s>[[The Borrowers]] I personally think that this is no longer stub , but I'm not sure if it's start or not. [[User:Rock drum|Rock drum]] ([[User talk:Rock drum|talk]]·[[Special:Contributions/Rock drum|contribs]]·[[User:Rock drum/Guestbook|guestbook]]) 16:34, 19 March 2010 (UTC)</s>
#<s>[[Clive King]] Following merger with text from [[The 22 Letters]] and the creation of additional text and addition of images, I think worth asking for a reassessment.  When you have time.  No rush.--[[User:Plad2|Plad2]] ([[User talk:Plad2|talk]]) 09:49, 5 April 2010 (UTC)</s>
#<s>[[Summer of My German Soldier]] Added infobox and lots of information I very much doubt this is still a stub --[[User:Falco little|Falco little]] ([[User talk:Falco little|talk]]) 20:53, 12 April 2010 (UTC)</s>
#<s>[[Marilyn Kaye]]</s> I would appreciate any feedback on how to improve this article further. [[User:Strdst_grl|<span style="font-family:UnivrstyRoman BT;color:DodgerBlue">strdst_grl</span>]] <small>[[User talk:Strdst_grl|<span style="font-family:Kaufmann;color:DeepSkyBlue">(call me Stardust)]]</span></small> 17:41, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
#:Feedback left on article talk page. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 22:48, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
#<s>[[List of The 39 Clues characters]]</s>: Hello! I am the main editor of this list, and in my own opinion, the list would classify into at least a Mid-class. I would really appreciate whatever grade you would give to the list, or if not,  I would still accept it. --[[User:FDJoshua22|FDJoshua22]] ([[User talk:FDJoshua22|talk]]) 10:58, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
#:The classification on the list currently is for importance, not quality. I believe the low-importance rating is warranted. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 13:37, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
#: Oh, Ok. Thanks for the reminder. But since it is not qualified for the importance scale, can it be promoted in the quality scale?--FDJoshua22 13:51, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
#::It appears that lists are classified only as "list" or "featured list". See [[WP:FL]] for more on featured lists. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 17:03, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
#<s>[[Paranormalcy]]</s> Created about a month ago and expanded recently. I'd appreciate the assessment whenever anyone has the time. -- [[User:James26|James26]] ([[User talk:James26|talk]]) 17:41, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
#:(assessed to C-class by {{u|Derild4921}})
#<s>[[The Kane Chronicles]]</s> - at least start-class for content and citations, in my opinion. But I'm involved, so I'd like someone else to assess. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 13:37, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
#:(completed by {{u|Sadads}})
#<s>[[Glen Downey (writer)]]</s> - independent assessment of this article needed as it no longer seems to be stub class
#:Upgraded to C. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 04:18, 17 October 2010 (UTC)
#<s>[[John Marsden (writer)]]</s> - Independent assessment of this article requested - I've spent some time updating it. More to come but since I'm new here I'd like someone's assessment. Cheers. Also, would someone explain how the "Importance" criteria is assessed? Cheers. [[User:Teachingwedge|Teachingwedge]] ([[User talk:Teachingwedge|talk]]) 00:31, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
#:Assessed at C-class. Good work. I'll leave some comments on the talk in the next day or two. Importance is normally decided by the subject's importance or notability in children's literature worldwide. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 01:38, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
#<s>[[Simone Elkeles]]</s>: - I'd like it to get assessed to see what I can improve upon [[User:Tinytink|Tinytink]] ([[User talk:Tinytink|talk]]) 04:10, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
#:Comments left on talk page. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 17:07, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
#<s>[[The Hunger Games trilogy]]</s> - Currently Start-class; should be reassesed. Comments for improvement are welcome. --<font face="Monotype Corsiva">[[User:Glimmer721|<font color="blue">Glimmer721</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Glimmer721|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]</sup></font> 02:10, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
#:C-class and comments left on talk. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 02:40, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
#<s>[[Goosebumps]]</s> - May someone check this article against B-class criteria? Any suggestions are welcome. [[User:Fearstreetsaga|Fearstreetsaga]] ([[User talk:Fearstreetsaga|talk]]) 15:31, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
#:updated to B. Strong article, especially the references. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 15:24, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
#<s>[[Chasing Vermeer]]</s> - currently Start-class, I think it's a B. I'm working on getting this to GA (and then I can work on those terrible articles of the sequels) so suggestions are very welcome! Thanks, <font face="Monotype Corsiva">[[User:Glimmer721|<font color="blue">Glimmer721</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:Glimmer721|<font color="blue">talk</font>]]</sup></font> 23:21, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
#:B, although the prose needs some work. I understand that the plot is probably extremely complicated to summarize, but the current summary is almost too short to really be any good. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 15:24, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
#<s>[[Angelfire (novel series)]]</s> -- I know this is C class or below, just wanted to reveal it in its current state. :) Thanks. -- [[User:James26|James26]] ([[User talk:James26|talk]]) 22:18, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
#[[Unearthly]] -- Maybe not my best work, but felt I'd reveal the current state. No rush. Thanks. [[User:James26|James26]] ([[User talk:James26|talk]]) 04:42, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
#[[Dead Beautiful]] -- Maybe not my best work, but felt I'd reveal the current state. No rush. Thanks. [[User:James26|James26]] ([[User talk:James26|talk]]) 04:42, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
# [[Horrible Histories]]: This article has been worked on for a while. The info is there... I think... but the format is all over the show. I think an assessment is on order, so we know where to go from here.--[[User:Coin945|Coin945]] ([[User talk:Coin945|talk]]) 16:14, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
#<s>[[Roald Dahl]]</s> Should be at least a B I think. [[User:sillybillypiggy|<font color="#004730" face="Trebuchet MS">'''silly'''</font>]][[User talk:sillybillypiggy|<font color="#FF2400" face="Trebuchet MS">'''billypiggy'''</font>]]''<sup>[[User:sillybillypiggy/guestbook|''¡SIGN NOW OR ELSE!'']]</sup> 16:54, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
#:upgraded to b. I suggest considering GAN. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 18:22, 29 November 2011 (UTC)
#[[The Strange Case of Origami Yoda]] -- Would appreciate any feedback or help getting this out of orphaned status. Not sure if it meets the Children's Lit. category / criteria. --[[User:Possum4all|Possum4all]] ([[User talk:Possum4all|talk]]) 01:14, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
#<s>[[Something Upstairs]]</s> -- updated with detailed summary, character list, and list of awards [[User:AngusWOOF|AngusWOOF]] ([[User talk:AngusWOOF|talk]]) 04:20, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
#<s>[[The Son of Neptune]]</s> has had a complete rewrite and according to some outside sources, it has a fair chance of becoming a GA. --[[User:Kangaroopower|'''<span style="color:#009933;font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">Kangaroo</span>''']][[User Talk:Kangaroopower|'''<span style="color:#000080;font-family:Tempus Sans ITC;">powah</span>''']]  05:18, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
#:upgraded to C. The most pressing issue I saw: cut down the plot summary. It is way too long. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy">[[User:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="darkgreen">PrincessofLlyr</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:PrincessofLlyr|<font color="blue">royal court</font>]]</sup></font> 05:14, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
#<s>[[Beezus and Ramona]] This is my first effort to upgrade from start class, and I'd really appreciate some ideas on how it's going and what I should do next. Also, I have no idea if the plot summary is good or not. Thanks.</s> [[User:Tlqk56|Tlqk56]] ([[User talk:Tlqk56|talk]]) 02:26, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
#:Thanks very much for the expansion, I have upgraded it to a C. <font color="#A20846">'''[[User:Rcsprinter123|<span style="font-family:cambria; font-size:10pt; color:gray">Rcsprinter</span>]]''' [[User talk:Rcsprinter123|<span style="font-family:calibri; font-size:8pt; color:black">(whisper)</span>]]</font> 17:04, 17 April 2012 (UTC) Awesome -- I was hoping for a C! Thanks so much for looking at it. [[User:Tlqk56|Tlqk56]] ([[User talk:Tlqk56|talk]]) 21:09, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
#<s>[[Alice Dalgliesh]]</s> I don't think is a stub any longer, if someone would please look at it for me. It doesn't have an image because I'm still in the process of figuring out how to do that. I will add one eventually, unless someone beats me to it. Thanks. [[User:Tlqk56|Tlqk56]] ([[User talk:Tlqk56|talk]]) 01:14, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
#[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] This is not my article, but I think it needs to be reassessed. It's on the list as being a C and needing references, but I believe it's been improved since then. I'm not qualified to change the rating myself. [[User:Tlqk56|Tlqk56]] ([[User talk:Tlqk56|talk]]) 20:57, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
#[[Wanda Gág]] Requesting assessment [[User:Dktrfz|Dktrfz]] ([[User talk:Dktrfz|talk]]) 13:34, 13 July 2012 (UTC) -->
# [[Gathering Blue]] I have made several major edits to it.  I don't know how to rate an article, and I would be biased rating one I have worked on.  Thanks. [[User:LM103|LM103]] ([[User talk:LM103|talk]]) 16:07, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
#[[Stargirl]]: I recently did quite a bit of editing and clean-up on this article. It could probably still use some work, but it could stand to move up a class or two.--[[User:Redfive27|Redfive27]] ([[User talk:Redfive27|talk]]) 17:37, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
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