Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Creating an A-Class review or reappraisal

Creating a new A-Class review or reappraisal

If an article has been put up for A-Class review in the past and you receive a request for assistance per WP:MHR for a fresh review, a new version has to be created manually.

Find the archive page

1. Go to Special:WhatLinksHere
2. Put the name of the old review page into the upper text box. It will look like Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/<page name>

   eg Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/History of military logistics

3. Set the namespace in the lower dropbox to "Wikipedia"

   One link should be found. It should look like Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/<Year>/<Outcome> where <Outcome> will be Promoted, Kept, Failed or Demoted

   eg Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/2023/Promoted

4. Click on the link of that archive page, which transcludes the review.

Find the last review

1. On another tab or window, go to the talk page of the article and look in the {{article history}} template for any past reviews. They will have the form Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/<page name><number>.
2. If there are any, we will be creating an archive with a number one greater than the last one. Otherwise, we will be creating archive1

Move the review page

1. On another tab or window go to the review page
2. Move the page from <review page> to <review page>/archive<number> without redirect

   eg. Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/History of military logistics/archive1

   * This requires page mover privileges (bundled if you are an admin). If you don't have page mover, you can request it at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Page mover.

Update the talk page

1. Go back to the talk page tab and edit the {{article history}} template and change <review page> to <review page>/archive<number>

Update the archive

1. Go back to the archive page tab and edit it to change <review page> to <review page>/archive<number>

Create the new review

1. The editor can now create a new review or reappraisal by following the instructions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/A-Class review#Instructions

    Warning Do not create a new WAR article history entry. This will be created by the Bot when the review is closed.

    Warning Do not remove the class=A from the banner shell or the project banner. This will be done by the Bot if the review determines that the article should be delisted.