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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. Please see "[[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|What is a featured article?]]" for featured article criteria.'''
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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 by meeting the [[Wikipedia:Featured article criteria|featured article criteria]].
  
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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Nominators are expected to make an effort to address objections. If you have worked on your nomination, note it as a "self-nomination". Please do not post more than one nomination at a time, as this may make it difficult to do justice to each. Before nominating an article, you may wish to receive feedback by listing it at [[Wikipedia:Peer review]].
  
[[Wikipedia:Consensus|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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For a nomination to be [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log#Full current month log|promoted]] to FA status, [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] must be reached that it meets the criteria. Consensus is built among the reviewers and nominators, and [[User:Raul654|the Featured Article Director]] determines whether there is consensus. If, after sufficient time, objections considered actionable by the Featured Article Director have not been resolved or consensus for promotion has not been reached, a nomination may be removed from the list and [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archived nominations|archived]]. The FA Director determines the timing of the process for each nomination.
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Because you may have spent weeks or even months working on an article, you may feel emotionally attached to it. Although you may know more about the subject than the reviewers, please be aware that all professional writers take criticism from editors, and that contributors should strive to achieve professional quality in their nominations. Therefore, contributors are strongly encouraged to respond positively to criticism that is in accordance with the FA criteria.
  
 
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<span style="font-size:16pt">Nomination procedure</span>  
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<span style="font-size:16pt">Nomination procedure</span>
  
#'''Check the [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article?|featured article criteria]]''' and make sure the article meets all of them before nominating.  
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#'''Check the [[Wikipedia:Featured article criteria|featured article criteria]]''' and ensure that the article meets all of them before nominating.  
 
#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 archive the previous discussion. For example, [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Television]] &rarr; [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Television/archive1]]
 
#If you are resubmitting an article, use the '''Move''' button to archive the previous discussion. 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 and sign with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>.
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#Below this title, write your reason for nominating the article and sign with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>.
 
#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 of the list of candidates.  Replace "name of..." with the name of your nomination.
 
#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 of the list of candidates.  Replace "name of..." with the name of your nomination.
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<span style="font-size:16pt">Supporting and objecting</span>
 
<span style="font-size:16pt">Supporting and objecting</span>
  
Please read nominated articles fully before deciding to support or oppose a nomination.
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Please read a nominated article 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).
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*To respond to a nomination, click the "Edit" link to the right of the article nomination (not the "Edit this page" link for the ''whole'' FAC page).
* If you believe an article meets all of the [[Wikipedia:What is a featured article|criteria]], write <nowiki>'''Support'''</nowiki> followed by your reasons.
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*If you believe that the article meets all of the [[Wikipedia:Featured article criteria|criteria]], write <nowiki>*'''Support'''</nowiki> followed by your reason(s). If you have been a significant contributor to the article, please indicate this.
* If you oppose a nomination, write <nowiki>'''Object'''</nowiki> 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).
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*If you oppose a nomination, write <nowiki>*'''Object''' or *'''Oppose'''</nowiki> followed by the reason(s). Each objection must provide '''a specific rationale that can be addressed'''. If nothing can be done in principle to address the objection, the FA Director may ignore it. Be aware that references on style and grammar do not always agree; if a contributor cites support for a certain style in a standard reference work or other authoritative source, consider accepting it.
** To withdraw an objection, strike it out (with <tt><nowiki><s>...</s></nowiki></tt>) rather than removing it.
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*Reviewers who object are strongly encouraged to return after a few days to check whether their objection has been addressed. To withdraw the objection, strike it out (with <tt><nowiki><s>...</s></nowiki></tt>) rather than removing it. Contributors should allow reviewers the opportunity to do this themselves. If you feel that the matter has been addressed, say so rather than striking out the reviewer's text.
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*To provide constructive input on a nomination without explicitly supporting or objecting, write <nowiki>*'''Comment'''</nowiki> followed by your advice.
 
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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 by meeting the featured article criteria.

Nominators are expected to make an effort to address objections. If you have worked on your nomination, note it as a "self-nomination". Please do not post more than one nomination at a time, as this may make it difficult to do justice to each. Before nominating an article, you may wish to receive feedback by listing it at Wikipedia:Peer review.

For a nomination to be promoted to FA status, consensus must be reached that it meets the criteria. Consensus is built among the reviewers and nominators, and the Featured Article Director determines whether there is consensus. If, after sufficient time, objections considered actionable by the Featured Article Director have not been resolved or consensus for promotion has not been reached, a nomination may be removed from the list and archived. The FA Director determines the timing of the process for each nomination.

Because you may have spent weeks or even months working on an article, you may feel emotionally attached to it. Although you may know more about the subject than the reviewers, please be aware that all professional writers take criticism from editors, and that contributors should strive to achieve professional quality in their nominations. Therefore, contributors are strongly encouraged to respond positively to criticism that is in accordance with the FA criteria.

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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 ensure that 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 an article, use the Move button to archive the previous discussion. For example, Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/TelevisionWikipedia:Featured article candidates/Television/archive1
  5. Place ===[[name of nominated article]]=== at the top.
  6. Below this title, write your reason for nominating the article and sign with ~~~~.
  7. Copy this text:{{Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/name of nominated article}}, then edit this page, pasting the template at the top of the list of candidates. Replace "name of..." with the name of your nomination.


Supporting and objecting

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

  • To respond to a nomination, click the "Edit" link to the right of the article nomination (not the "Edit this page" link for the whole FAC page).
  • If you believe that the article meets all of the criteria, write *'''Support''' followed by your reason(s). If you have been a significant contributor to the article, please indicate this.
  • If you oppose a nomination, write *'''Object''' or *'''Oppose''' followed by the reason(s). Each objection must provide a specific rationale that can be addressed. If nothing can be done in principle to address the objection, the FA Director may ignore it. Be aware that references on style and grammar do not always agree; if a contributor cites support for a certain style in a standard reference work or other authoritative source, consider accepting it.
  • Reviewers who object are strongly encouraged to return after a few days to check whether their objection has been addressed. To withdraw the objection, strike it out (with <s>...</s>) rather than removing it. Contributors should allow reviewers the opportunity to do this themselves. If you feel that the matter has been addressed, say so rather than striking out the reviewer's text.
  • To provide constructive input on a nomination without explicitly supporting or objecting, write *'''Comment''' followed by your advice.