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[[Image:Cscr-candidate.png|left|50px|This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.]] Here, we determine which articles are featured on [[Wikipedia:Featured articles]]. '''A featured article should exemplify Wikipedia's very best work.''' See [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article|what is a featured article]] for criteria.
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[[Image:Cscr-candidate.png|left|50px|This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.]]  
  
If you nominate an article, you will be expected to make a good-faith effort to address objections that are raised. If you nominate something you have worked on, note it as a ''self-nomination''. Please do not place more than one nomination at a time — this makes it difficult to do each article and its objections justice. You may wish to receive feedback before nominating an article here, by listing it at [[Wikipedia:Peer review]].
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Here, we determine which articles become ''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles]]'', exemplars of Wikipedia's very best work, by determining if a '''Featured article candidate''' meets the [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article|criteria for featured articles]].
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Anyone can nominate a '''Featured Article Candidate''' (FAC).  Prior to nominating a FAC, you should consider listing it at [[Wikipedia:Peer review]] to obtain broader feedback from experienced editors.  You should also review the [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article|criteria for featured articles]] and confirm that the candidate article [[WP:CITE|contains references]] and has an appropriate [[WP:LEAD|introduction]].
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Nominators are expected to make a good-faith effort to address objections that may be raised in discussion. If the FAC's nominator is also one of the article's editors, the FAC should be marked as a ''self-nomination''. Please do not nominate more than one article at a time, as this makes it difficult to do each article and its objections justice.  
  
 
Consensus must be reached for an article to be [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log#Full current month log|promoted]] to featured article status. If enough time passes without objections being resolved, nominations will be removed from the candidates list and [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archived nominations|archived]].
 
Consensus must be reached for an article to be [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log#Full current month log|promoted]] to featured article status. If enough time passes without objections being resolved, nominations will be removed from the candidates list and [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archived nominations|archived]].
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#Place <tt><nowiki>{{fac}}</nowiki></tt> on the talk page of the nominated article.
 
#Place <tt><nowiki>{{fac}}</nowiki></tt> on the talk page of the nominated article.
 
#From there, click on the "leave comments" link.
 
#From there, click on the "leave comments" link.
#''(If you are resubmitting an article)'' Use the '''Move''' button to rename the previous nomination to an archive. For example, [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Television]] &rarr; [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Television/archive1]]
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#If you are ''resubmitting'' a FAC, use the '''Move''' button to archive the previous discussion on this page. For example, [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Television]] &rarr; [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Television/archive1]]
 
#Place <tt><nowiki>===[[name of nominated article]]===</nowiki></tt> at the top.
 
#Place <tt><nowiki>===[[name of nominated article]]===</nowiki></tt> at the top.
#Below it, write your reason for nominating the article.
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#Below it, write your reason for nominating the article and note if it is a "self-nomination."
#Finally, place <tt><nowiki>{{Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/name of nominated article}}</nowiki></tt> at the top of the list of nominees on this page by first copying the above, clicking "edit" on the top of the page, and then pasting, making sure to add the name of the nominated article.
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#Copy this text:<tt><nowiki>{{Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/name of nominated article}}</nowiki></tt>, then "edit" this page, pasting the template at the top.  Replace "name of..." with the name of your nomination.
  
 
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<span style="font-size:16pt">Supporting and objecting</span>

Revision as of 15:29, 28 April 2006

This star, with one point broken, symbolizes the featured candidates on Wikipedia.

Here, we determine which articles become Wikipedia:Featured articles, exemplars of Wikipedia's very best work, by determining if a Featured article candidate meets the criteria for featured articles.

Anyone can nominate a Featured Article Candidate (FAC). Prior to nominating a FAC, you should consider listing it at Wikipedia:Peer review to obtain broader feedback from experienced editors. You should also review the criteria for featured articles and confirm that the candidate article contains references and has an appropriate introduction.

Nominators are expected to make a good-faith effort to address objections that may be raised in discussion. If the FAC's nominator is also one of the article's editors, the FAC should be marked as a self-nomination. Please do not nominate more than one article at a time, as this makes it difficult to do each article and its objections justice.

Consensus must be reached for an article to be promoted to featured article status. If enough time passes without objections being resolved, nominations will be removed from the candidates list and archived.

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Featured content:

Featured article candidates (FAC)

Featured article review (FAR)

Today's featured article (TFA):

Featured article tools:

Nomination procedure

  1. Check the featured article criteria and make sure the article meets all of them before nominating.
  2. Place {{fac}} on the talk page of the nominated article.
  3. From there, click on the "leave comments" link.
  4. If you are resubmitting a FAC, use the Move button to archive the previous discussion on this page. For example, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/TelevisionWikipedia:Featured article candidates/Television/archive1
  5. Place ===[[name of nominated article]]=== at the top.
  6. Below it, write your reason for nominating the article and note if it is a "self-nomination."
  7. Copy this text:{{Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/name of nominated article}}, then "edit" this page, pasting the template at the top. Replace "name of..." with the name of your nomination.

Supporting and objecting

Please read nominated articles fully before deciding to support or oppose a nomination.

  • To edit nominations in order to comment on them, you must click the "edit" link to the right of the article nomination on which you wish to comment (not the overall page's "edit this page" link).
  • If you believe an article meets all of the criteria, write '''Support''' followed by your reasons.
  • If you oppose a nomination, write '''Object''' followed by the reason for your objection. Each objection must provide a specific rationale that can be addressed. If nothing can be done in principle to "fix" the source of the objection, the objection may be ignored. This includes objections to an article's suitability for the Wikipedia Main Page, unless such suitability can be fixed (featured articles, despite being featured, may be marked so as not to be showcased on the Main Page).
    • To withdraw an objection, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it.