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A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes.
The article meets the featured article criteria: A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. It is:
Many featured articles were previously good articles (which are reviewed with a less restrictive set of criteria). Featured articles comprise 6,694 out of a total of 6,956,213 articles on the English Wikipedia (about 0.1% or one out of every 1,030 articles).
A featured article must have consistently formatted inline citations; a good article need only have enough information about the source so that the reviewer can figure out which source is being cited, and formatting is optional. A good article must be broad; a featured article must be comprehensive. The "broad" standard merely requires coverage ...
A featured topic (or a good topic) is a collection of articles or lists that represents Wikipedia's best work in covering a subject comprehensively and with items of consistently good quality. In addition to meeting the requirements for all Wikipedia articles by all of its constituents, a good or featured topic has the following attributes.
What is a featured article? [ edit ] A long, comprehensive, and well-written article approved by several Wikipedia editors at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates , and meeting a set of requirements, the Wikipedia:Featured article criteria .
The article meets the featured article criteria: A featured article exemplifies Wikipedia's very best work and is distinguished by professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. In addition to meeting the policies regarding content for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes. It is:
Unfortunately, the featured article criteria are often misunderstood by contributors who aren't familiar with the process; as a result, many nominations fall short of the criteria. Critera 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, and 3 (listed below) are the Featured article criteria that cause the most problems in the FAC process. These FAC hotspots are discussed ...