Class is determined by how well written an article is based on completeness, clarity and referencing. Articles typically are slowly improved up the levels until they reach A-Class, at which point they go through a more thorough review process with strict criteria to become Good Articles (GA) and Featured Articles (FA). The quality level is set using the |class= attribute in the {{WPMOLBIO}} template in the article's talk page.
- FA — Among the best articles that Wikipedia has to offer. These articles have been through an extensive review process to meet the highest standards.
- GA — Articles that have been reviewed and meet the good article standards.
- A — Excellent articles of a length suitable for the subject that provide a well-written, reasonably clear and complete description of the topic.
- B — Articles that contain most of the necessary material but have significant gaps, missing elements or references.
- C — Articles that are missing important content, contains irrelevant material, or are poorly referenced.
- Start — Articles that have a meaningful amount of good content, but are still weak in many areas, possibly lacking a key element such as a standard infobox.
- Stub — Articles that are either very short or rough collections of information that will need much work.
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Article significance is based loosely on how aware the general population is of the topic, and therefore how likely they are to consult Wikipedia. Importance is set using the |importance= attribute in the {{WPMOLBIO}} template in the article's talk page. You can additionally set the importance to a specific taskforce (details here).
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