Importance must be regarded as a relative term. If importance values are applied within this project, these only reflect the perceived importance to this project. An article judged to be "Top-Class" in one context may be only "Mid-Class" in another. 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).
Article importance grading scheme
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Criteria
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Examples
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| Top
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High probability that non-Ethiopians and Ethiopisants would look this up. Limited to about 20-50 articles, with core articles being limited to 5 central articles. See /key articles; includes major languages and ethnic groups.
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Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
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| High
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Must have had a large impact on Ethiopian history or culture or plays an important role today, and/or had importance outside of Ethiopia or the Orbicus Aethiopicus (Horn of Africa).
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Amda Seyon I
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| Mid
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Significant impact on Ethiopia's history or culture, or high regional importance; includes most zones (excepting those with special importance).
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Abba Jifar I
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| Low
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Low notability. Local importance or of high importance for a small group; includes most woredas (excepting those with special importance).
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Bingham Academy
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