User:Kosebamse/Twenty-random-pages test
Here's my totally unscientific investigation into the quality of our work: twenty consecutive pages retrieved using the randompage link.
Third round (February 2008)
[edit]| Article title | Remarks | Evaluation |
| James Wormley | Biography stub | Fine stub |
| Fernando Costilla | One-line stub, no context, poorly written, tagged for maintenance | Non-article |
| James O. Davidson | Short biography, lots of templates | Mostly decent little article |
| American Institute for Economic Research | Nice little article, could do with some linking | Decent little article |
| Nadia Ejjafini | Nice biographical stub, ridiculously overcategorised | Stub with content/formatting balance problems |
| United Kingdom general election, 1964 | Fine article, somewhat listy but that's probably unavoidable with its topic | Fine article |
| ZPC | Video game stub, acceptably written and formatted | Acceptable stub |
| Blue-and-White Flycatcher | Zoology stub, nice infobox and references | Fine stub |
| Estádio Castor Cifuentes | Geograpgy stub, good formatting | Fine stub |
| David Healy (footballer) | Lengthy biographical article, lots of lists, amateurish writing style | Mostly good article |
| Embassy of Germany in London | less than appropriate title (should probably be "German embassy to the United Kingdom"), lots of lists, very little text, internally incoherent | Article in need of serious cleanup |
| Johann Adam Ackermann | Biographical stub | Fine stub |
| Piano Sonata No. 21 (Beethoven) | Informative article, the note example shows only half the theme, several audio files, writing style slightly inappropriate | Fine article with minor content problems |
| Jonathan Hivert | One line of text, lots of boxes | Acceptable stub with balance problems |
| The Clash of Arms | Comics stub, infantile writing style, lack of perspective | Fancruft |
| Aqua Disco | Stub, poorly written, not well comprehensible for the uninitiated | Stub seriously needing cleanup |
| Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley | Geographical article, informative but very listy, unformatted external links | Article needing cleanup |
| Nigel Lamb | Informative article, poor prose, lots of boxes, lists, and tables | Article needing cleanup |
| Same Script, Different Cast | Music stub, big boxes and little text | Mostly decent stub |
| Kerry Wendell Thornley | Well written and well-formatted biography | Fine article |
Summary: There may be a tendency away from fancruft and totally unsalvageable garbage. Writing style is a serious problem with many articles. Enyclopedic perspective is mostly lacking. The dysbalance between boxes and text is disturbing.
Second round (8 November 2005)
[edit]| Article title | Remarks | Evaluation |
| Dire Maul | Fancruft | |
| Butadiene chemdata supplement | A template and no text. | Non-article |
| William Roberts (physician) | Stubby, over-formatted, not much text. | Salvageable stub |
| Amt Neuhaus | German location stub. One sentence and a fat template. | Very short but informative |
| Carbon suboxide. | Chemistry stub. | Average stub |
| Reversal potential. | Either a comprehensive disambiguation page or an article wanting some copyediting and formating. Highly specialistic topic. | Informative short article but not of encyclopedic standard |
| Entertainer. | Two sentences and a list of wikilinks. | Non-article |
| Mike Hancock. | Stub biography. | Acceptable stub |
| Godwin, Earl of Wessex. | Nice article about a medieval prince, could do with some copyediting, but definitely not bad. | Fine article |
| Comforter. | Short but informative. | Decent stub |
| NHI NH90. | Page layout needs work, lots of facts but writing could do with some improvement. | Decent article |
| National Colonial Flag for Australia. | Informative little article about an exotic subject. Language could be a little more neutral. | Decent little article |
| François Pinault, | Stub biography about a French billionaire. Acceptable. | Average stub |
| Gripper. | Fancruft | |
| List of schools in the Maldives | A list of schools. | List of marginal general interest |
| Jean-Paul Crespelle. | Stub biography. Very incomplete. | Salvageable stub |
| Imari porcelain. | Somewhat incoherent but interesting. Needs work. | Short article of acceptable quality |
| Abdel Ahad Gamal ElDin. | Stub biography. Very short. | Average stub |
| Diego Luna. | Short biography, long list of links, trivia-laden. Writing needs some NPOVing and copyediting. | Needs work |
| Tiger Cruise. | Movie stub, little more than a list. Needs work. | Salvageable stub |
First round (20 March 2005) (late 2004)
[edit]- Malachi York short biographical article about an "author of over 500 books dealing with subjects such as the origin of languages, religion, spirituality, ufology, new world order, freemasonry, black history, science, health, and the mind among many things". Topic of questionable notability, content probably biased, style needs work
- Kusakabe short biographical article about a Japanese prince from the 7th century. Decent little article
- HMS Berkeley Castle (K387) short article about a WW2 warship. Short but okay
- Alcira stub about a city in Spain, from 1911 EB and almost unchanged. Probably outdated information, unencyclopedic style
- Pkunk Not notable, fancruft.
- The Scar, medium-sized article about a probably not-too-notable novelr. Mostly a plot summary. Could do with some formating and copyediting, probably bordering on fancruft. Cruftish tendencies, style needs work
- Opcode short article about a technical term in computer programming. Language far too technical, definition very vague. Techspeak, low quality article
- National Review (London) Fragmentary in every respect, insufficient definition. Non-article
- Philistinism Short article about a social phenomenon. Vague in content. Lamentable style. Low quality article
- Northern Ireland Long geographical article, complete and well written. Wikipedia near its best
- Phyllis Schlafly biographical article about a U.S political activist, adequate amount of text,acceptable quality of writing, biased language in some parts. Quite acceptable
- ZSC Lions Stub about an ice hockey team. needs alittle cleanup, otherwise fine. Decent stub
- British Antarctic Territory short geographical article, style and facts seem okay, but half of the text is about postage stamps. Unbalanced content, otherwise okay
- Unclassified game List of doubtful usefulness. Why does this have an article of its own? Useless list, non-article
- Hypochloremia medical stub, almost sub-stub. Correct information and good formating. Decent stub
- Leila Shahid stub about a contemporary politician. Content and formating okay. Decent stub
- Raven (comics)/Temp Subpage (leftover from rewrite?) Lengthy fanbabble. Not notable, fancruft
- Yasin Said Numan stub about a contemporary politician. Content and formating okay. Decent stub
- Gales Point geographical stub, content and formating okay. Decent stub
- Bikutsi stub about a musical genre from Cameroon. Content and formating okay. Decent stub