Wikipedia:WikiProject Buddhism/Assessment

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Welcome to the assessment department of the Buddhism WikiProject! This department focuses on assessing the quality of Wikipedia's Buddhism related articles. While much of the work is done in conjunction with the WP:1.0 program, the article ratings are also used within the project itself to aid in recognizing excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work.

The ratings are done in a distributed fashion through parameters in the {{WikiProject Buddhism}} project banner; this causes the articles to be placed in the appropriate sub-categories of Category:Buddhism articles by quality and Category:Buddhism articles by importance, which serves as the foundation for an automatically generated worklist.

Contents 1 Frequently asked questions 2 Instructions 2.1 Quality assessments 2.2 Quality scale 2.3 Importance assessment 2.4 Importance scale 2.5 Requesting an assessment 3 Assessment log 3.1 July 6, 2009 3.2 July 1, 2009 3.3 June 26, 2009 3.4 June 20, 2009 3.5 June 16, 2009 3.6 June 11, 2009 3.7 June 6, 2009 3.8 June 2, 2009 3.9 May 19, 2009 3.10 May 15, 2009 3.11 May 11, 2009 3.12 May 6, 2009 3.13 May 1, 2009 3.14 April 23, 2009 3.15 April 20, 2009 3.16 April 16, 2009 3.17 April 12, 2009 3.18 April 9, 2009 3.19 April 6, 2009 3.20 March 31, 2009 3.21 March 28, 2009 3.22 March 24, 2009 3.23 March 20, 2009 3.24 March 7, 2009 3.25 March 2, 2009 3.26 February 15, 2009 3.27 February 12, 2009 3.28 January 31, 2009 3.29 January 24, 2009 3.30 January 15, 2009 3.31 January 9, 2009 3.32 January 6, 2009

[edit] Frequently asked questions

How can I get my article rated? 

Please list it in the section for assessment requests below.

Who can assess articles? 

Any member of the Buddhism WikiProject is free to add or change the rating of an article.

Why didn't the reviewer leave any comments? 

Unfortunately, due to the volume of articles that need to be assessed, we are unable to leave detailed comments in most cases. If you have particular questions, you might ask the person who assessed the article; they will usually be happy to provide you with their reasoning.

What if I don't agree with a rating? 

You can list it in the section for assessment requests below, and someone will take a look at it. Alternately, you can ask any member of the project to rate the article again.

Aren't the ratings subjective? 

Yes, they are, but it's the best system we've been able to devise; if you have a better idea, please don't hesitate to let us know!

If you have any other questions not listed here, please feel free to ask them on the discussion page for this department.

[edit] Instructions

[edit] Quality assessments

An article's quality assessment is generated from the class parameter in the {{WikiProject Buddhism}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Buddhism| ... | class=??? | ... }}

FA

A

GA

B

C

Start

Stub

???

The following values may be used for the class parameter to describe the quality of the article:

• FA (adds articles to Category:FA-Class Buddhism articles)
• A (adds articles to Category:A-Class Buddhism articles)
• GA (adds articles to Category:GA-Class Buddhism articles)
• B (adds articles to Category:B-Class Buddhism articles)
• C (adds articles to Category:C-Class Buddhism articles)
• Start (adds articles to Category:Start-Class Buddhism articles)
• Stub (adds articles to Category:Stub-Class Buddhism articles)
• If there is no class defined, three question marks (???) will appear by default
  

FL

List

Disambig

Template

Category

NA

For pages that are not articles, the following values can also be used for the class parameter:

• FL (for featured lists; adds pages to Category:FL-Class Buddhism articles)
• List (for lists; adds pages to Category:List-Class Buddhism articles)
• Dab or Disambig (for disambiguation pages; add pages to Category:Disambig-Class Buddhism articles)
• Template (for templates; adds pages to Category:Template-Class Buddhism articles)
• Cat or Category (for categories; adds pages to Category:Category-Class Buddhism articles)
• NA (for any other pages where assessment is unnecessary; adds pages to Category:NA-Class Buddhism articles)
  

Articles for which a valid class is not provided are listed in Category:Unassessed Buddhism articles. The class should be assigned according to the quality scale below.

After assessing an article's quality, comments on the assessment can be added either to the article's talk page or to the /Comments subpage which will appear as a link next to the assessment. Adding comments will add the article to Category:Buddhism articles with comments. Comments that are added to the /Comments subpages will be transcluded onto the automatically generated work list pages in the Comments column.

[edit] Quality scale

WikiProject article progress grading scheme [  v • d • e  ]

Class	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editing suggestions	Example
FA	The article has attained featured article status. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured article criteria: A featured article exemplifies our very best work and features professional standards of writing, presentation and sourcing. In addition to meeting the requirements for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. It is— (a) well-written: its prose is engaging, even brilliant, and of a professional standard; (b) comprehensive: it neglects no major facts or details and places the subject in context; (c) well-researched: it is characterized by a thorough and representative survey of relevant literature on the topic. Claims are verifiable against high-quality reliable sources and are supported with citations; this requires a "References" section in which sources are listed, complemented by inline citations where appropriate; (d) neutral: it presents views fairly and without bias; and (e) stable: it is not subject to ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured article process. It follows the style guidelines, including the provision of: (a) a lead—a concise lead section that summarizes the topic and prepares the reader for the detail in the subsequent sections; (b) appropriate structure—a system of hierarchical section headings and a substantial but not overwhelming table of contents; and (c) consistent citations—where required by Criterion 1c, consistently formatted inline citations using either footnotes (<ref>Smith 2007, p. 1.</ref>) or Harvard referencing (Smith 2007, p. 1) (see citing sources for suggestions on formatting references; for articles with footnotes, the meta:cite format is recommended). Images. It has images that follow the image use policies and other media where appropriate, with succinct captions, brief and useful alt text when feasible, and acceptable copyright status. Non-free images or media must satisfy the criteria for inclusion of non-free content and be labeled accordingly. Length. It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).	Professional, outstanding, and thorough; a definitive source for encyclopedic information.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available; further improvements to the prose quality are often possible.	Tourette Syndrome (as of March 2009)
FL	The article has attained featured list status. More detailed criteria The article meets the featured list criteria: Prose. It features professional standards of writing. Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria. Comprehensiveness. (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items. (b) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists; it is not a content fork, does not largely recreate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article. Structure. It is easy to navigate through and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities. Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages. (a) Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour. (b) Media files. It has images and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's usage policies, with succinct captions and "alt" text if necessary. Non-free images and other media satisfy the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and are labeled accordingly. Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.	Professional standard; it comprehensively covers the defined scope, usually providing a complete set of items, and has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about those items.	No further content additions should be necessary unless new information becomes available.	Avatar: The Last Airbender (season 3) (as of February 2009)
A	The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been reviewed by impartial reviewers from a WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class. More detailed criteria The article meets the A-Class criteria: Shortcut: WP:A? Provides a well-written, clear and complete description of the topic, as described in Wikipedia:How to write a great article. It should be of a length suitable for the subject, appropriately structured, and be well referenced by a broad array of reliable sources. It should be well illustrated, with no copyright problems. Only minor style issues and other details need to be addressed before submission as a featured article candidate. See the A-Class assessment departments of some of the larger WikiProjects (e.g. WikiProject Military history, WikiProject Films).	Very useful to readers. A fairly complete treatment of the subject. A non-expert in the subject matter would typically find nothing wanting.	Expert knowledge may be needed to tweak the article, and style issues may need addressing. Peer-review may help.	Batman (1989 film) (as of October 2008)
GA	The article has attained good article status. More detailed criteria The article meets the good article criteria: Well-written: (a) the prose is clear and the spelling and grammar are correct; and (b) it complies with the manual of style guidelines for lead sections, layout, jargon, words to avoid, fiction, and list incorporation. Factually accurate and verifiable: (a) it provides references to all sources of information in the section(s) dedicated to the attribution of these sources according to the guide to layout; (b) it provides in-line citations from reliable sources for direct quotations, statistics, published opinion, counter-intuitive or controversial statements that are challenged or likely to be challenged, and contentious material relating to living persons; and (c) it contains no original research. Broad in its coverage: (a) it addresses the main aspects of the topic; and (b) it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without bias. Stable: it does not change significantly from day-to-day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Illustrated, if possible, by images: (a) images are tagged with their copyright status, and valid fair use rationales are provided for non-free content; and (b) images are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.	Useful to nearly all readers, with no obvious problems; approaching (although not equalling) the quality of a professional encyclopedia.	Some editing by subject and style experts is helpful; comparison with an existing featured article on a similar topic may highlight areas where content is weak or missing.	Usain Bolt (as of May 2009)
B	The article is mostly complete and without major issues, but requires some further work to reach good article standards. More detailed criteria The article meets the six B-Class criteria: The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations where necessary.It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. The use of citation templates such as {{cite web}} is not required, but the use of <ref></ref> tags is encouraged. The article reasonably covers the topic, and does not contain obvious omissions or inaccuracies.It contains a large proportion of the material necessary for an A-Class article, although some sections may need expansion, and some less important topics may be missing. The article has a defined structure.Content should be organized into groups of related material, including a lead section and all the sections that can reasonably be included in an article of its kind. The article is reasonably well-written.The prose contains no major grammatical errors and flows sensibly, but it certainly need not be "brilliant". The Manual of Style need not be followed rigorously. The article contains supporting materials where appropriate.Illustrations are encouraged, though not required. Diagrams and an infobox etc. should be included where they are relevant and useful to the content. The article presents its content in an appropriately accessible way.It is written with as broad an audience in mind as possible. Although Wikipedia is more than just a general encyclopedia, the article should not assume unnecessary technical background and technical terms should be explained or avoided where possible.	Readers are not left wanting, although the content may not be complete enough to satisfy a serious student or researcher.	A few aspects of content and style need to be addressed, and expert knowledge is increasingly needed. The inclusion of supporting materials should also be considered if practical, and the article checked for general compliance with the manual of style and related style guidelines.	Jammu and Kashmir (as of September 2007)
C	The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains a lot of irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant issues or require substantial cleanup. More detailed criteria The article is better developed in style, structure and quality than Start-Class, but fails one or more of the criteria for B-Class. It may have some gaps or missing elements; need editing for clarity, balance or flow; or contain policy violations such as bias or original research. Articles on fictional topics are likely to be marked as C-Class if they are written from an in-universe perspective.	Useful to a casual reader, but would not provide a complete picture for even a moderately detailed study.	Considerable editing is needed to close gaps in content and address cleanup issues.	Exeter Cathedral (as of June 2008)
Start	An article that is developing, but which is quite incomplete and, most notably, lacks adequate reliable sources. More detailed criteria The article has a usable amount of good content, but it is weak in many areas, usually in referencing. Quality of the prose may be distinctly unencyclopedic, and MoS compliance non-existent; but the article should satisfy fundamental content policies such as notability and BLP, and provide enough sources to establish verifiability. No Start-Class article should be in any danger of being speedily deleted.	Provides some meaningful content, but the majority of readers will need more.	Provision of references to reliable sources should be prioritised; the article will also need substantial improvements in content and organisation.	Real analysis (as of November 2006)
Stub	A very basic description of the topic. More detailed criteria The article is either a very short article or a rough collection of information that will need much work to become a meaningful article. It is usually very short, but if the material is irrelevant or incomprehensible, an article of any length falls into this category.	Provides very little meaningful content; may be little more than a dictionary definition.	Any editing or additional material can be helpful. The provision of meaningful content should be a priority.	Cuthwine (as of August 2008)
List	Meets the criteria of a stand-alone list, which is an article that contains primarily a list, usually consisting of links to articles in a particular subject area.	There is no set format for a list, but its organization should be logical and useful to the reader.	Lists should be lists of live links to Wikipedia articles, appropriately named and organized.	List of aikidoka (as of June 2007)

[edit] Importance assessment

An article's importance assessment is generated from the importance parameter in the {{WikiProject Buddhism}} project banner on its talk page:

{{WikiProject Buddhism| ... | importance=??? | ...}}

Top

High

Mid

Low

???

The following values may be used for importance assessments:

• Top - The article is about one of the core topics of Buddhism. Adds articles to Category:Top-importance Buddhism articles
• High - The article is about the most well-known or culturally or historically significant aspects of Buddhism. Adds articles to Category:High-importance Buddhism articles
• Mid - The article is about a topic within the Buddhism field that may or may not be commonly known outside the Buddhism community. Adds articles to Category:Mid-importance Buddhism articles
• Low - The article is about a topic that is highly specialized within the Buddhism field and is not generally common knowledge outside the community. Adds articles to Category:Low-importance Buddhism articles
• Unknown - Any article which has not yet been assessed on the importance scale is automatically added to the Category:Unknown-importance Buddhism articles.

[edit] Importance scale

Label	Criteria	Reader's experience	Editor's experience	Example
Top	The article is one of the core topics about Buddhism. Generally, this is limited to those articles that are are included as sections of the main Buddhism article.	A reader who is not involved in the Buddhism field will have high familiarity with the subject matter and should be able to relate to the topic easily.	Articles in this importance range are written in mostly generic terms, leaving technical terms and descriptions for more specialized pages.	Buddhism
High	The article covers a topic that is vital to understanding Buddhism.
Mid	The article covers a topic that has a strong but not vital role in the history of Buddhism.	Many readers will be familiar with the topic being discussed, but a larger majority of readers may have only cursory knowledge of the overall subject.	Articles at this level will cover subjects that are well known but not necessarily vital to understand Buddhism. Due to the topics covered at this level, Mid-importance articles will generally have more technical terms used in the article text. Most people involved in the history of Buddhism will be rated in this level.
Low	The article is not required knowledge for a broad understanding of Buddhism.	Few readers outside the Buddhist studies field or that are not Buddhism students may be familiar with the subject matter. It is likely that the reader does not know anything at all about the subject before reading the article.	Articles at this range of importance will often delve into the minutiae of the Buddhism, using technical terms (and defining them) as needed. Topics included at this level include most practices and infrastructure of Buddhism.

[edit] Requesting an assessment

If you have made significant changes to an article and would like an outside opinion on a new rating for it, please feel free to list it below.

• Changzhug
• Chinese Buddhism
• Zen Center
• Kensho
• LamRim
• Buddhism in Denmark
• John Daido Loori
• Zen Mountain Monastery
• Dharmaraja College, Kandy

[edit] Assessment log

Buddhism articles: Index · Statistics · Log

The logs in this section are generated automatically (on a daily basis); please don't add entries to them by hand.

This is a log of operations by a bot. The contents of this page are unlikely to need human editing. In particular, links should not be disambiguated as this is a historical record.

[edit] July 6, 2009

• Homosexuality and Buddhism (talk) B-Class (No-Class) renamed to LGBT issues and Buddhism
• Ki Monastery (talk) Stub-Class (Mid-Class) renamed to Key Monastery
• Citta (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Narita-san reassessed from Start-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (Mid-Class)
• Rinchen Zangpo (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
• Tabo Monastery (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
• Tangyud Monastery (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
• Ajahn Thate (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Sanam Luang Dhamma Studies (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Tokuitsu (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Tsukubai (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] July 1, 2009

• Mahayana (talk) B-Class (Top-Class) removed.
• Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Ayutthaya
• Gyallu (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Tibetan National Anthem
• Nalanda College (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Nalanda College Colombo
• Ki Monastery (talk) Stub-Class (Mid-Class) added.
• Tabo, Himachal Pradesh (talk) Stub-Class (Mid-Class) added.
• Dhankar Gompa (talk) Stub-Class (Low-Class) added.
• Khalatse (talk) Stub-Class (Low-Class) added.
• Bodhisattva vows reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Unassessed-Class (High-Class)
• Citta (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] June 26, 2009

• Kaikōzan Hase-dera (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Hase-dera (Kamakura)
• Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Devians
• Kodomo no Hi (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Children's Day (Japan)
• Kīla (Buddhism) reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to C-Class (Mid-Class)
• Chakra reassessed from B-Class (No-Class) to C-Class (No-Class)
• Gatha (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• Shin-Yakushi-ji (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Twelve Heavenly Generals (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] June 20, 2009

• Maudgalyayana (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Moggallana
• Paranibbana of Mahamoggallana (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Parinibbana of Mahamoggallana
• Sariputra (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Sariputta
• The Five Powers (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Five Strengths
• List of National Treasures of Japan (sculptures) (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Samyutta Nikaya suttas (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] June 16, 2009

• Nirvana Sutra (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Maung Maung Ji (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Maung Maung Gyi
• Xiuxi (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Shangsi Festival
• Dona-sutta (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Dona Sutta
• Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• Vajrayogini reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Jitchū (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Rōben (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] June 11, 2009

• Chun Doo-hwan (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Khorzhak Monastery reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to C-Class (No-Class)
• Trikaya reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (High-Class)
• Drongtse Monastery (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• Sutra of Forty-two Chapters reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Therapeutae (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• White Horse Temple reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)

[edit] June 6, 2009

• Samādhi (talk) B-Class (Top-Class) renamed to Samadhi
• Samādhi (Buddhism) (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Samadhi (Buddhism)
• Sanju Pass (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] June 2, 2009

• Quảng Độ (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Thích Quảng Độ
• Yequan Shenxiu (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Yuquan Shenxiu
• Aizen Myō-ō (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Rāgarāja
• Jimon and Sammon (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Tenzin Ösel Rinpoche (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Osel Hita Torres
• Jōmyō-ji (Kamakura) (talk) B-Class (No-Class) added.
• Jeon Du-hwan (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• Buddhist Institute, Cambodia (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Buddhist modernism (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Chinese Translation Theory (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Chinzei (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Religious conversion (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] May 19, 2009

• Quảng Đức (talk) FA-Class (No-Class) renamed to Thích Quảng Đức
• Tathata (talk) Start-Class (Mid-Class) renamed to Tathātā/Dharmatā
• S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

[edit] May 15, 2009

• Thích Quảng Đức (talk) FA-Class (No-Class) renamed to Quảng Đức
• Mipham Jamyang Gyatso (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso
• Jamgon Ju Mipham Gyatso reassessed from Start-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (High-Class)
• Gyalwang Mipham Wangpo (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
• Buddhism in Finland (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] May 11, 2009

• Rodney Smith (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Rodney Smith (Buddhist)
• Gustav Meyrink reassessed from Start-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (Low-Class)
• Hetucakra (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Kongō Gumi (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] May 6, 2009

• Shalu Monastery (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Ṣalu Monastery
• Śrāddha (Buddhadharma) (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Faith in Buddhism
• List of Buddhism-related topics (talk) List-Class (No-Class) renamed to Index of Buddhism-related articles
• Kilaya (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Kīla (Buddhism)
• Uchiyama Gudo reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to C-Class (No-Class)
• Afterlife reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Spiritual materialism reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Ta Som reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Burial places of founders of world religions reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to List-Class (No-Class)
• Thubten Dhargye Ling (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] May 1, 2009

• Michael Everson (talk) B-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Tathagatagarbha Sutra (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra
• Srimala Sutra (talk) Stub-Class (Mid-Class) renamed to Śrīmālādevī Sūtra
• Milarepa (film) (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Milarepa (2006 film)
• Roshi (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Rōshi
• Stephen Batchelor (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Stephen Batchelor (agnostic)
• List of National Treasures of Japan (Temples) (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to List of National Treasures of Japan (temples)
• Ratna-gotra-vibhaga (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Ratnagotravibhāga (text)
• Hue chemical attacks reassessed from A-Class (No-Class) to FA-Class (No-Class)
• Three marks of existence reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (High-Class)
• Dharma combat reassessed from Stub-Class (Mid-Class) to Start-Class (Mid-Class)
• Ajna reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Aṅkuśa reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Ryōsen-ji reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Vipassana movement (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• Mendut (talk) Stub-Class (Low-Class) added.
• Oseam (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
• Amitabh Monastery (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Buddhist Studies (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Depictions of Gautama Buddha in film (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Four sights reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Unassessed-Class (No-Class)
• Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Vajrayana Buddhism in Southeast Asia (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] April 23, 2009

• Japa mala (talk) Start-Class (Low-Class) renamed to Hindu prayer beads
• Kiyoshikoujin Seichou-ji (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Kiyoshikōjin Seichō-ji
• Ōno-ji (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• Hoa Hao (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of National Treasures of Japan (Temples) (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] April 20, 2009

• Prajñā (talk) Start-Class (Top-Class) renamed to Wisdom in Buddhism
• Chah Subhatto (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Ajahn Chah
• Kanno-ji (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Kannō-ji
• Murō-ji (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• Wattle Hollow reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Stub-Class (No-Class)
• Uchiyama Gudo (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] April 16, 2009

• Ching Hai (talk) B-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Iṣṭha-devatā (Buddhism) (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Iṣṭha-deva(tā) (Buddhism)
• Solomon Bandaranaike (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike
• Citta (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Citta (disciple)
• Kogyo-Daishi (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Kōgyō-Daishi
• Ellora Caves reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Sangharama (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
• Wattle Hollow (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] April 12, 2009

• Ananda Marga (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Ankus (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Aṅkuśa
• Katsuo-ji (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Katsuō-ji
• Qoigyijabu (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Gyaincain Norbu
• Zhihua Si Temple (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Zhihua Temple
• Sotāpanna reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (High-Class)
• Dhammikarama Burmese Temple, Burmah Lane (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Higan (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Lobsang Gyatso (monk) (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] April 9, 2009

• Ayutthaya (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
• Dharmaraja College, Kandy (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Dharmaraja College
• Buddhism and Christianity reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to C-Class (No-Class)
• Dharmaraja College reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to C-Class (No-Class)
• Sautrāntika reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• List of Dharmaraja College alumni (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• Arahant (Buddhism) (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Heart of Wisdom (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] April 6, 2009

• Thai Forest Tradition reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (High-Class)
• Buddhism in China reassessed from B-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship (talk) Stub-Class (Low-Class) added.
• Buddhist-Christian Studies (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] March 31, 2009

• Zeke Asakura (talk) Start-Class (Low-Class) renamed to Hao Asakura
• Pratītyasamutpāda reassessed from Start-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (High-Class)
• Chithurst Buddhist Monastery reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Kamalaśīla (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• Buddhism and Christianity reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Stub-Class (No-Class)
• Cheontae reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Stub-Class (No-Class)
• Dharma character school reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Stub-Class (No-Class)
• Gyeyul reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Stub-Class (No-Class)
• Tharpa Publications (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] March 28, 2009

• Bhavaviveka (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Bhāvaviveka
• Faith in Buddhism (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Śrāddha (Buddhadharma)
• Buddhapalita (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Buddhapālita
• Buddhism and the body (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Xa Loi Pagoda raids reassessed from Start-Class (No-Class) to A-Class (No-Class)
• Chan Yun (talk) Start-Class (Top-Class) added.
• Diamond Mountain University reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Cheontae reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Unassessed-Class (No-Class)
• Dharma character school reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Unassessed-Class (No-Class)
• Gyeyul reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Unassessed-Class (No-Class)

[edit] March 24, 2009

• Dharmakaya (talk) Start-Class (High-Class) renamed to Dharmakāya
• Kōkei (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Kōkei (sculptor)
• Kokei (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Kōkei (monk)
• Maharishi Central University (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Phurba (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Kilaya
• Torikaebaya Monogatari (talk) B-Class (Low-Class) added.
• Jingo-ji reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Jodo Shinshu reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Buddhism and the body (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• One-Sheet Document (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Sexuality and Buddhism (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] March 20, 2009

• Hao Asakura (talk) Start-Class (Low-Class) renamed to Zeke Asakura
• Namasté (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Namaste
• A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way Of Life (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra
• Hōkō-ji (talk) Unassessed-Class (Mid-Class) removed.
• Kamboja (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Niya (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Hue chemical attacks reassessed from GA-Class (No-Class) to A-Class (No-Class)
• Shinbutsu shūgō reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to C-Class (No-Class)
• Sesshū Tōyō reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Buddha games list (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• Buddhist terms and concepts (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• Buddhist universities in the United States and Canada (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• Cultural elements of Buddhism (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• Five Wisdom Kings (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• Kings of Shambhala (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Buddha claimants (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Buddhism-related topics (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Buddhist temples (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Buddhist temples in Seoul (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Buddhist temples in Thailand (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Buddhist writers (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Buddhists (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Digha Nikaya suttas (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Khuddaka Nikaya suttas (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Majjhima Nikaya suttas (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Rinpoches (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of Tibetan monasteries (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of bodhisattvas (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of places where Gautama Buddha stayed (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• List of the twenty-eight Buddhas (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• Mrauk U (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• Pagodas in Burma (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• Trungpa tülkus (talk) List-Class (No-Class) added.
• Shinbutsu bunri reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Unassessed-Class (No-Class)
• Zuisen-ji (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] March 7, 2009

• Ishta-deva (Buddhism) (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Iṣṭha-devatā (Buddhism)
• Dogo Barry Graham (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Barry Graham (author)
• Perfume Temple (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Perfume Pagoda
• Soka University (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Ho Yuen Hoe (talk) GA-Class (No-Class) added.
• Hue chemical attacks (talk) GA-Class (No-Class) added.
• Buddhism in the United Kingdom reassessed from Start-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (Low-Class)
• Soka University (Japan) (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
• View (Buddhism) (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] March 2, 2009

• Naomi Watts (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Shiho (talk) Stub-Class (High-Class) renamed to Shihō
• Ekottara Agama (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Jang Dong-gun (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Park Chae-rim (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Perfume Pagoda (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Perfume Temple
• Nichiren Shu (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Nichiren-shū
• Richard Gere reassessed from B-Class (No-Class) to B-Class (Low-Class)
• Samatha (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• Bais Rajput (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
• Langri Tangpa (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
• Luang Pu Thuat (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Situ Panchen (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Ōjō (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] February 15, 2009

• Kyogen Carlson (talk) Stub-Class (Low-Class) removed.
• Botahtaung Pagoda (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Botataung Pagoda
• Dhammakaya Movement (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] February 12, 2009

• Wat Phou (talk) B-Class (No-Class) renamed to Vat Phou
• Taktshang (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Venerable Master Chin Kung (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Chin Kung
• Zhang Zhung (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Zhangzhung
• Dakpo Tashi Namgyal (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Dagpo Tashi Namgyal
• Water festival (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Water Festival
• Enlightenment Stupa (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Enlightenment Stupa in Benalmadena
• Dzogchen reassessed from B-Class (No-Class) to B-Class (Top-Class)
• Kumbum reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (Mid-Class)
• Paro Taktsang (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• Candi Muara Takus reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Stub-Class (Low-Class)
• Dagpo Kagyu (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) added.
• Dahongliutan (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Hindutash reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Unassessed-Class (No-Class)
• Jingo-ji (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Kalachakra stupa (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Senchakushū (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Sumgal (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Thang Tong Gyalpo (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] January 31, 2009

• Panini (grammarian) (talk) B-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Chōjū-giga (talk) C-Class (Mid-Class) renamed to Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga
• Asoka (film) (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Asoka (2001 film)
• Amarbayasgalant Khiid (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Amarbayasgalant Monastery
• Buddhaghosa reassessed from B-Class (High-Class) to GA-Class (High-Class)
• Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga reassessed from C-Class (Mid-Class) to B-Class (Mid-Class)
• Pāṇini (talk) B-Class (No-Class) added.
• George Dvorsky reassessed from Start-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (Low-Class)
• Hannah Nydahl reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (No-Class)
• Eleven-Faced Avalokitesvara Heart Dharani Sutra (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Kamboja reassessed from B-Class (No-Class) to Unassessed-Class (No-Class)

[edit] January 24, 2009

• Saito Musashibō Benkei (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Saitō Musashibō Benkei
• Tomek Lehnert (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Bencho (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Benchō
• Dhammakaya Movement (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Karmapa controversy (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) renamed to Karmapa Controversy
• Shamota Tala Rinpoche (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) removed.
• Foguang Temple (talk) GA-Class (Mid-Class) added.
• Chōjū-giga (talk) C-Class (Mid-Class) added.
• Nelumbo nucifera (talk) Start-Class (High-Class) added.
• Sistan (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) added.
• Buddhism in Denmark (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Danrin-ji (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Shōfuku-ji (Fukuoka) (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Swat (princely state) (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Tangton Gyelpo (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added. (This article has now been merged with Thang Tong Gyalpo)

[edit] January 15, 2009

• Adam Yauch (talk) Stub-Class (Low-Class) renamed to MCA (musician)
• Tsutsui Jōmyō Meishu (talk) Stub-Class (No-Class) renamed to Tsutsui Jōmyō Meishū
• Simran (talk) Start-Class (High-Class) added.
• Deekshabhoomi reassessed from Unassessed-Class (No-Class) to Start-Class (Mid-Class)
• Samdhong Rinpoche (talk) Stub-Class (Low-Class) added.
• Jietai Temple (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Shamota Tala Rinpoche (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.
• Shisen-dō (talk) Unassessed-Class (No-Class) added.

[edit] January 9, 2009

• Antinomianism (talk) C-Class (No-Class) added.
• Decline of Buddhism in India reassessed from Unassessed-Class (Top-Class) to Start-Class (Top-Class)

[edit] January 6, 2009

• Alexander Berzin (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Alexander Berzin (scholar)
• Liberation Through Hearing During the Intermediate State (talk) Start-Class (No-Class) renamed to Bardo Thodol
• Religions of the Indo-Greeks (talk) Start-Class (Mid-Class) added.
• Kanthaka (talk) Start-Class (Low-Class) added.
• Anahata reassessed from Stub-Class (No-Class) to Stub-Class (Low-Class)