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A class isn't used on this project because it is a largely redundant and anachronistic classification and isn't widely used across wikipedia as a whole. Of the more than 3.15 million wikipedia articles (at the time of writing), there are just 359 A class articles which is about 1 in 8,774. By comparison, there are 7,942 Good Articles, 2,728 Featured Articles and 1,606 Featured Lists. Many of the existing A class articles are former featured articles which have failed a featured article review and have been downgraded.
Essentially, once an article gets to GA status, the next logical step in its development is to take it to FA (although an article does not have to be GA for it to be nominated). Both GA and FA require a formal review process for the classification to be awarded but A class, which is supposed to be above GA in the classification does not.--
DavidCane (
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23:17, 8 January 2010 (UTC)reply
This page is within the scope of WikiProject London Transport, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of
Transport in London on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join
the discussion and see a list of open tasks.London TransportWikipedia:WikiProject London TransportTemplate:WikiProject London TransportLondon Transport articles
A class isn't used on this project because it is a largely redundant and anachronistic classification and isn't widely used across wikipedia as a whole. Of the more than 3.15 million wikipedia articles (at the time of writing), there are just 359 A class articles which is about 1 in 8,774. By comparison, there are 7,942 Good Articles, 2,728 Featured Articles and 1,606 Featured Lists. Many of the existing A class articles are former featured articles which have failed a featured article review and have been downgraded.
Essentially, once an article gets to GA status, the next logical step in its development is to take it to FA (although an article does not have to be GA for it to be nominated). Both GA and FA require a formal review process for the classification to be awarded but A class, which is supposed to be above GA in the classification does not.--
DavidCane (
talk)
23:17, 8 January 2010 (UTC)reply