User:Wrh2/Article status

Stub - An article with little or no information in it, or not formatted even close to the manual of style. An article with no template or a former copyright violation would have this status.

Stub - An article with little or no information in it, or not formatted even close to the manual of style. An article with no template, a nearly empty skeleton, or a former copyright violation would have this status.

Outline - Has at least an introduction and a template outline laid out for the article, but not much more. Some of the sections may have content, but others are empty. You can tell what this article is going to be about, but it doesn't have enough information to be useful (e.g. get you to a destination and keep you alive there).

Outline - Has the bare minimum amount of information needed to be considered a viable article. An outline must have an introduction, a template outline, at least a few sentences of descriptive text and a few complete listings. Some of the sections may have content, but others are empty. You can tell what this article is going to be about, but it doesn't have enough information to be useful (e.g. get you to a destination and keep you alive there).

Usable - An adventurous person could use the article without recourse to other information sources. For most articles, this means they could probably get to the destination, eat, and sleep with just this information. It would probably enable them to find at least the most prominent attraction. For countries and regions, linked sub-destinations like cities and other destinations should have meaningful content too.

Usable - An adventurous person could use the article without recourse to other information sources. Usable articles will have meaningful information (useful prose or complete listings) in at least half of the article sections, including enough information to allow the traveler to get to the destination, eat, sleep and find at least the most prominent attraction there. For countries and regions, linked sub-destinations like cities and other destinations should have meaningful content, too.

Guide - The article would be helpful for the average traveler, such as offering alternatives for where to stay and eat, what to see and do, how to get in and out, etc. and provide enough information for at least a few days there. But at least a few things are missing to make this a star article. It follows the manual of style in spirit if not in detail.

Guide - The article would be helpful for the average traveler. All article sections should have meaningful content, and most (although not necessarily all) listings should have descriptions and contact information, such as offering alternatives for where to stay and eat, what to see and do, how to get in and out, etc. and provide enough information for at least a few days there. But at least a few things are missing to make this a star article. It follows the manual of style in spirit if not in detail. For countries, regions and huge cities the child articles (regions, cities, other destinations and/or districts) must be at usable status or better.

Star - The article is essentially complete. It meets all of the above criteria. It follows the manual of style exactly or is the exception that proves the rule. Prose is not only near-perfect grammatically but also tight, effective, and enjoyable. It has appropriate illustrations, such as photos and a map. Enough breadth and depth of material is presented that anyone familiar with the subject of the article would have little to point out as absent. Future changes to this kind of article would reflect changes in the subject (e.g. a museum closes, a hotel price changes, a new airport is built) more than they'd require improvements in the coverage.

Star - The article is essentially complete. It meets all of the above criteria. It follows the manual of style exactly or is the exception that proves the rule. Prose is not only near-perfect grammatically but also tight, effective, and enjoyable. It has appropriate illustrations, such as photos and a map. Enough breadth and depth of material is presented that anyone familiar with the subject of the article would have little to point out as absent. Future changes to this kind of article would reflect changes in the subject (e.g. a museum closes, a hotel price changes, a new airport is built) more than they'd require improvements in the coverage. For countries, regions and huge cities the child articles (regions, cities, other destinations and/or districts) must be at guide status or better.

These articles should be stubs, not outline:

This article is not usable and should be demoted to outline: