Distinguishing good and undeveloped articles
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High-quality, well-developed articles should be distinguished from barebones, under-developed articles, for the following reasons: | High-quality, well-developed articles should be distinguished from barebones, under-developed articles, for the following reasons: | ||
| − | * | + | *It's discouraging for users to click on an article title, expecting to see a developed article, only to see a few sentences. |
| − | * | + | *It allows us to show off our best content. |
| − | * | + | *It allows users who are wanting to expand articles a way to locate articles needing development. |
==Current method for distinguishing articles== | ==Current method for distinguishing articles== | ||
| + | ===To identify a good article=== | ||
To identify an article as a "good" articles, simply place it in the "Good articles" category by adding the following text to the bottom of the article: | To identify an article as a "good" articles, simply place it in the "Good articles" category by adding the following text to the bottom of the article: | ||
<nowiki>[[Category:Good articles]]</nowiki> | <nowiki>[[Category:Good articles]]</nowiki> | ||
| − | This will automatically place it in the list of [[Category:Good articles|Good articles]]. | + | This will automatically place it in the list of [[:Category:Good articles|Good articles]]. |
| + | ===To identify an undeveloped article=== | ||
To identify an article as an undeveloped article, simply place it in the "Undeveloped articles" category by adding the following text to the bottom of the article: | To identify an article as an undeveloped article, simply place it in the "Undeveloped articles" category by adding the following text to the bottom of the article: | ||
<nowiki>[[Category:Undeveloped articles]]</nowiki> | <nowiki>[[Category:Undeveloped articles]]</nowiki> | ||
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| + | This will automatically place it in the list of [[:Category:Undeveloped articles|Undeveloped articles]]. | ||
'''And''', add the following text at the top of the article: | '''And''', add the following text at the top of the article: | ||
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<nowiki>{{newarticle}}</nowiki> | <nowiki>{{newarticle}}</nowiki> | ||
| − | This will place the "new article" template at the top of the article. [[ | + | This will place the [[Template:newarticle|"new article" template]] at the top of the article. |
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