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What Is 3-Level Editing

Three Level Editing is a concept to turn articles into Good Articles through three editing processes, each done by a different person. Since each person only has a few things to worry about for each article, it's easier for them to improve it. Since three people are editing, it's harder for mistakes to appear in the final article.

This is not a process for picking articles as much as it is for editing them to proper standards. This projects could be used in conjunction with Core Topics.

How To Do A 3-Level Edit

A version of the article as it is when the process begins is archived, and this is the article edited on. No edits related to this are made to the active article, and nobody can edit the archived version except the 3 selected editors. The archived article then goes through 3 levels of editing
LEVEL 1: At level 1, an editor who is not necessarily an expert on the subject content would read through the article for, and make corrections to:

Neutral Point of View
Correct Spelling, grammar, usage, and other mechanics.
The article is organized in a logical way
Proper format

LEVEL 2: Once the article has passed through level 1, a level two editor who is an expert on the topic would check the article for:

Correct facts
Adequate content
Adequate linkage to other related articles
Logical sequencing and organization
Article is correctly categorized as well as categorized adequately

LEVEL 3: Once the article has passed through level 2, a final level 3 editor who is possibly an expert on the topic, or that general topic (e.x. not a specific band, but a perhaps a specific genre, but not just on "music) would check the article for:

Correct, appropriate, and/or adequate references cited
No copyright violations on images or content
Controversial language or facts not related to NPOV
Article is visually appealing

If an article has any problem that is not immediately fixable at any of the levels (e.x. not a neutral point of view):
1. The archived version should be deleted
2. The active article should be tagged.
3. The article can then be archived for editing again when the problem is fixed

Example Of How This Would Look

The article chose was Rather Dashing, mostly because of my expertise with it.

Archived Version
Level 1 Edited Changes - fixed some spelling, organized some facts better
Level 2 Edited Changes - Added new section to better organize, corrected some facts
Level 3 Edited Changes - Made article more visually appealing, added picture, added references

Participants

You may sign up for more than 1 level, but you may only edit once within any article.

Level 1

General Editors --Angelwings74 19:19, 17 September 2007 (UTC)*[reply]

Level 2

Experts
Please list several areas of you expertise after you user name

--Angelwings74 19:20, 17 September 2007 (UTC) - Finance, Air Traffic, General Aviation[reply]
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Level 3

Experts in a General Topic
List topic afterwords.
e.x. Specific area - The Who General Area - Rock and Roll Too General - Music

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