Wikipedia:Good articles

Wikipedia contains many good articles. However, only about 0.1% of our articles are featured articles, which have been thoroughly reviewed and designated as the very best of Wikipedia. Many articles contain excellent content but are unlikely in their current state to become featured; they may be too short, or on too broad a topic, or on too specific a topic, or on a topic about which not much is known. We should endeavour to identify good content, which may have the potential to become featured after some development. 825 articles are currently listed as meeting the good article criteria (with several having been promoted to FA status and presented with this tag {{GAF}}), but there are plenty more out there waiting to be listed.

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What makes a good article? A good article shares many characteristics with featured articles, and like featured content it must: be well written be factually accurate use a neutral point of view be stable be referenced, and wherever possible, contain images to illustrate it. The images should all be appropriately tagged. Good articles may not be as thorough and detailed as our featured articles, but should not omit any major facets of the topic. For more detail see Wikipedia:What is a good article. How to list an article on 'good articles' The process by which articles are designated as 'good' is much simpler and quicker than that by which articles become featured. Simply add any articles that match the criteria to the nominations page, where they will be assessed by an impartial reviewer and added to the list or rejected with pointers on how to improve them. If an article has gone from good status to featured article status please use {{GAF}}. Don't forget to remove articles from the list if they get promoted to featured status. What to do if you disagree with a listing If you see an article listed here that you think is not good, be bold and try to improve it or remove it, leaving {{DelistedGA}} or {{DelistedGAbecause}} and a note on its talk page to indicate why you think it is not good. Please keep in mind, however, that "be bold" does not mean "be merciless": a good article is not the same as a featured one and the criteria are somewhat less stringent. A notice on the talk page with suggestions about improvements without delisting is preferable, unless you think that the article is really bad. If you see an article removed that you think does in fact meet the criteria, add it to /Disputes, to get wider input and a consensus on whether it should be listed or not. See Wikipedia:Stable versions for a related proposal. Helping to maintain this page Anyone can take part in keeping this page working, by reviewing new nominations or assessing current listing to ensure they meet the criteria. The members of WikiProject Good articles also help to ensure the page is properly maintained. Scripts, such as the GAAuto script and the list updater, also exist to assist in completing this task.

Art, architecture, and archaeology

Archaeology · Carolingian Gospel Book (British Library, MS Add. 11848) · Collapse of the World Trade Center · Drawing · Harlem Renaissance · Hawaiian architecture · Kitchen · Presidio of Santa Barbara · Schuttern Gospels · Sears Catalog Home · White Mountain art — (11 articles)

Biographies of artists

Alan Moore · Piet Mondrian · Toussaint L'Ouverture · Wassily Kandinsky — (4 articles)

Awards and decorations

Victoria Cross — (1 articles)

Biology and medicine

Alternation of generations · Ammonite · Arp2/3 complex · Bacteria · Bioinformatics · Biology · Brain · Cell (biology) · Contact lens · Cubeb · Emergency department · Eukaryote · Extraterrestrial life · Female hysteria · Fibromyalgia · Fitness landscape · Insulin · Lipid · Malaria · Methylenedioxymethamphetamine · Mitochondrial Eve · Nepenthes rajah · Nutrition · Photosynthetic reaction centre · Polymerase chain reaction · Prion · Protein · Punctuated equilibrium · Sequoia · Snakebite (bite) · Tobacco smoking · Vacutainer · Virus — (32 articles)

Animals

Albatross · Atlantic herring · Bird · Bottlenose Dolphin · Carcinus maenas · Drosophila melanogaster · Oceanic Whitetip Shark · Spider · Tuatara — (9 articles)

Biographies of biologists

Charles Darwin · Phineas Gage · Richard Dawkins · Stephen Jay Gould — (4 articles)

Diseases and disorders

AIDS · Black Death · Cancer · Cystic fibrosis · H5N1 · Hepatocellular carcinoma · HIV · Keratoconus · Measles · Rabies · Smallpox — (11 articles)

Chemistry and materials science

Aluminium · Aluminium chloride · Ammonia · Antoine Lavoisier · Benzene · Caesium fluoride · Calcium chloride · Carbon dioxide · Chlorine · Cocaine · Computational chemistry · Copper(I) chloride · Corrosion · CS gas · Damascus steel · Ethanol · Formic acid · Gold(III) chloride · History of chemistry · Hydrogen · Hydrogen peroxide · Iron(III) chloride · Lithium aluminium hydride · Menthol · Optical fiber · Phosphorus tribromide · Phosphorus trichloride · Phosphoryl chloride · Potassium iodide · Quantum chemistry · Rhodium(III) chloride · Sodium sulfate · Steel · Tin(II) chloride · Toluene · Water · Zinc chloride — (37 articles)

Computing

BASIC · Brute force attack · C++ programming language · Imperative programming · Internet Explorer · Model M Keyboard · Napster · Opera (web browser) · Perl · X Window System protocols and architecture — (10 articles)

Websites/online resources

Facebook · — (1 articles)

Culture and society

Bills · Chinese New Year · Creation science · Crime · Culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo · Dada · Defaka · Egyptian pyramids · Evolution of sex · Fremantle Prison · Gay bathhouse · Gender · Halloween · Hollywood blacklist · Jew · King Arthur · Melungeon · Mummy · Population history of American indigenous peoples · Roaring Twenties · Santa Claus · Social Security (United States) · Sociology · Terik · Urbanization — (25 articles)

Biographies of culturally significant people

Bettie Page · Bobby Fischer · Edward Jenner · Jacob Pavlovitch Adler · Milla Jovovich — (5 articles)

Economics & business

Advertising · Agriculture · Andrew Carnegie · Argyle diamond mine · Behavioral finance · Bretton Woods system · Cooperative · Globalization · Google · Hubbert peak theory · Spice trade — (11 articles)

Companies

Fawcett Publications · Hochtief AG · Wells Fargo — (3 articles)

Education

$100 laptop · Academy · Ateneo de Manila University · Dartmouth College · Education in the United States · Encyclopædia Britannica · Hopkins School · North Carolina State University · Policy debate · Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering · Scotch College, Perth · Sesame Street · University of Cambridge — (13 articles)

Engineering and technology

Apple Computer · ECHELON · IPod · ITunes · Solar panel · Thomas Edison · Tsar Bomba — (7 articles)

Food and drink

Apple · Banana · Beer · Bread · Chocolate · Cocoa · Coffee · Durian · Foie gras · Milk · Pepsi-Cola · Sugar · Sugar substitute — (13 articles)

Geography and places

Amarillo, Texas · Atlanta, Georgia · Bolivia · Brazil · Canada · Chicago, Illinois · Chinyingi · Copenhagen · Cork · Dewey Square · Dublin · Duluth, Minnesota · Ethiopia · France · Glasgow · Goleta, California · Gowanus Canal · Hampshire · Heilbronn · Houston, Texas · Ibn Battuta · Iceland hotspot · Iran · Jacksonville, Florida · Japan · Lhasa · Limerick · Los Angeles, California · Map projection · Moana Hotel · New York City · Newark, New Jersey · Norfolk, England · Northern Ireland · Pakistan · Patna · Pennsylvania · Rhode Island · Salt Lake City, Utah · Sanssouci · Santorini · Shanghai · Southern United States · Soviet Union · Sydney · Tibet · Timbuktu · Toronto · Torquay · West Virginia — (50 articles)

Landforms

Avacha Volcano · Colima (volcano) · Koryaksky · Lake Kariba · Mauna Loa · Mount Baker · Mount Merapi, Central Java · Mount Nyiragongo · Mount Osmond, South Australia · Mount Rainier · Mount Rushmore · Mount Unzen · Pacaya · Sakurajima · Santamaría (volcano) · Ulawun · Vakhsh — (17 articles)

Parks and conservation areas

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness · Mammoth Cave National Park — (2 articles)

Geology, geophysics and mineralogy

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake · Black Sea deluge theory · Boltysh crater · Crystallographic defects in diamond · Diamond cut · Diamond simulant · Eruption column · Geology of Dorset · Geology of the Capitol Reef area · Glacier · Material properties of diamond · Post-glacial rebound · Pyrite · Sandur · Snowball Earth · Tsunami · Volcanic pipe · Volcano · Water resources — (19 articles)

History

1964 New York World's Fair · 1973 oil crisis · 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal · 2005 Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal fire · Articles of Confederation · Berlin Wall · Beslan school hostage crisis · Boston molasses disaster · California and the railroads · Chernobyl accident · Cleveland Torso Murderer · Constantinople · Dark Ages · Dál Riata · February 15, 2003 anti-war protest · Funeral of Pope John Paul II · Great Famine of 1315–1317 · Guns, Germs, and Steel · History of Earth · History of science · History of the Panama Canal · History of the world · Inca Empire · Indian Independence Movement · John F. Kennedy assassination · Jomsvikings · Kalmar Union · Kent State shootings · Knights Hospitaller · Magna Carta · Manifest Destiny · Million Worker March · Mission San Juan Capistrano · Operation Entebbe · Robber baron (industrialist) · Roman Republic · Rwandan Genocide · Sassanid Empire · Shining Path · Silk Road · Sino-Roman relations · Space Shuttle Challenger disaster · St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church · Tacitean studies · Territory of Hawaii · The Holocaust · Trans-Saharan trade · Trinity test · United States Declaration of Independence — (49 articles)

History of cities, states, and countries

History of Louisville, Kentucky · History of South Africa · History of South Carolina · New Jersey in the Twentieth Century — (4 articles)

History of technology

History of the Internet · Video game crash of 1983 — (2 articles)

Historical biographies

Abdi-Heba · Adolf Hitler · Akhenaten · Arnold Schwarzenegger · Baldwin I of Jerusalem · Benjamin of Tudela · Breaker Morant · Charlemagne · Daniel Ellsberg · Fayez Banihammad · Georg von Boeselager · Godwin, Earl of Wessex · Gustavus Franklin Swift · Hani Hanjour · Hatshepsut · Henry H. Rogers · Hydatius · Khalid al-Mihdhar · Labaya · Manuel I Comnenus · Marwan al-Shehhi · Miyamoto Musashi · Mohamed Atta al-Sayed · Mohammed Mossadegh · Procopius · Ramesses II · Roy Marlin Voris · Saeed al-Ghamdi · Salem al-Hazmi · Wernher von Braun · William Mahone · Zara Yaqob — (32 articles)

Historical peoples

Crimean Karaites · Erwin Rommel · Irish people · Khazars · Picts · Vandals · Viking — (7 articles)

Language and linguistics

Behistun Inscription · Bench language · Chenoua language · English language · Esperanto · Fur language · German language · Latin alphabet · Literacy · Logba language · Niellim language · Nobiin language · Old Nubian language · Phla-Pherá languages · Pinyin · Sanskrit · Senufo languages · Shabo language · Soddo language · Sudanic languages · Tagoi language · Theta · Truthiness · Weyto language — (24 articles)

Law

Australian constitutional law · Elizabeth Smart kidnapping · Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution · National Comics Publications v. Fawcett Publications · Nevada-tan · Ralph Nader · Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd. — (7 articles)

Literature

Allegory in the Middle Ages · Anglo-Saxon literature · Ars moriendi · Floris and Blancheflour · Mission Earth (novel) · Shigin · The Western Star · Treasure Island · Turkish literature — (9 articles)

Biographies of authors and critics

Abraham Goldfaden · Aleksandr Pushkin · Arthur Upfield · E. E. Cummings · Emily Dickinson · Ernest Hemingway · Janet Farrar · Jorge Luis Borges · Oscar Wilde — (9 articles)

Mathematics

Alan Turing · Gödel's incompleteness theorems · Mathematical analysis · Mathematics · Ordinal number · Philosophy of mathematics · Pythagorean theorem · Statistics — (8 articles)

Media

British Broadcasting Corporation · Film · Horror film · Megatokyo · Monty Python · Podcasting · Silent film · Television — (8 articles)

Actors

Andrew Robinson · Diane Keaton · Robert Clark (actor) — (3 articles)

Fictional characters

Darth Vader · Josie and the Pussycats (cartoon) · Mickey Mouse · Palpatine — (4 articles)

Television shows

Avatar: The Last Airbender · Lost · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine · Stargate SG-1 · The Star Wars Holiday Special — (5 articles)

Films

Metropolis · Ran · Star Wars · The Lion King — (4 articles)

Military history

Albigensian Crusade · American Revolutionary War · Children's Crusade · Crusade of 1101 · Dahomey Amazons · German Crusade, 1096 · Japanese war crimes · Napoleonic Wars · Norman conquest of England · Sassanid Army — (10 articles)

Music

Atonality · Glastonbury Festival · Music of the United States · Snake charming — (4 articles)

Instruments

Bassoon · Cello · Clarinet · Recorder · String instrument · Suikinkutsu · Synthesizer — (7 articles)

Genres, styles and music eras

Barbershop music · Bastard pop · Bluegrass music · Bossa nova · Burgundian School · Classic female blues · Disco · Folk music · Garage (dance music) · Italo disco · Medieval music · Minstrel show · Music of the trecento · Outlaw country · Ragtime · Reggae · Reggaeton · Renaissance music · Rhythm and blues · Ska · Soukous — (21 articles)

By nation, people, region or country

American popular music · Filipino hip hop · Gnawa music · Music of Albania · Music of Armenia · Music of California · Music of Finland · Music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias · Music of Georgia (U.S. state) · Music of Hawaii · Music of Hungary · Music of Kentucky · Music of Kuwait · Music of Martinique and Guadeloupe · Music of New Zealand · Music of Poland · Music of Spain · Music of Texas · Music of Thailand · Music of the Bahamas · Music of Trinidad and Tobago — (21 articles)

Performers and composers

Ashlee Simpson · Billie Holiday · Black Flag (band) · Bob Marley · Brand New · Britney Spears · Bruce Springsteen · Cat Stevens · Christina Aguilera · Death In June · Dru Hill · Eazy-E · Garbage (band) · Grateful Dead · Green Day · Henry Rollins · Hugo Wolf · Joni Mitchell · Kurt Cobain · lostprophets · Mariah Carey · Marvin Gaye · Neil Young · Oasis (band) · Pearl Jam · Pixies · Rush (band) · Sonic Youth · Sonny Rollins · Streetlight Manifesto · Syd Barrett · The Band · The Smashing Pumpkins · The White Stripes · Tupac Shakur · Van Halen — (36 articles)

Recordings and compositions

Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson album) · Beatles for Sale · "Bringin' on the Heartbreak" · Dido and Aeneas · Extraordinary Machine · Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too · Pet Sounds · Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band · "Shadow" · The Rite of Spring · "Tumbling Dice" · Venus and Adonis (opera) · "Where Did Our Love Go" — (13 articles)

Philosophy

Analytical Marxism · Anomalous monism · Aristotle · Bertrand Russell · David Hume · Dualism (philosophy of mind) · Eliminative materialism · Jerry Fodor · Karl Popper · Philosophy of mind · Semantic holism · Søren Kierkegaard · Zeno's paradoxes — (13 articles)

Physics and astronomy

Astronomy

2003 UB313 · Asteroid · Cassini-Huygens · Cosmic inflation · Cosmic microwave background radiation · Diffuse interstellar band · Earth · Enceladus (moon) · Great Comet of 1882 · Great Red Spot · HD 209458 b · Hubble's law · John Flamsteed · Leo · Luminiferous aether · Mercury (planet) · Moon · Pleiades (star cluster) · PSR B1620-26c · Redshift · Scattered disc · Stephen Hawking · String theory · Terraforming — (24 articles)

Atmospheric physics

1997 Pacific hurricane season · 2004 Atlantic hurricane season · 2005 Atlantic hurricane season · Global warming · Hurricane Andrew · Hurricane David · Hurricane Georges · Hurricane Iniki · Hurricane Ivan · Hurricane Katrina · Red rain in Kerala — (11 articles)

Physics

Casimir effect · Cold fusion · Isospin · Physics · Quark · Schrödinger equation · Sound · Special relativity · Thermodynamics · Ultraviolet — (10 articles)

Politics and government

Australian industrial relations legislation, 2005 · Congressional stagnation in the United States · Democratic Action Party · Diplomacy · European Parliament · Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India · Government of France · International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement · Liberal Democrats · Parliament of Malaysia · Portuguese Communist Party · Social contract (Malaysia) · Stop the War Coalition · United for Peace and Justice · United Malays National Organisation — (15 articles)

Biographies of politically significant people

Al Gore · Ariel Sharon · Charles Sumner · Gordon Brown · John Henninger Reagan · John Marshall Harlan II · John Seigenthaler Sr. · Julius and Ethel Rosenberg · Józef Piłsudski · Paul Hackett · Prince George, Duke of Kent — (11 articles)

Psychology

Borderline personality disorder · Race and intelligence · Stanford prison experiment — (3 articles)

Religion and beliefs

Apollo · Atlantis · Biblical Magi · Calvinism · Celtic mythology · Chinese Rites controversy · Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI · Creation-evolution controversy · Creationism · Crusade · Documentary hypothesis · Ganesha · God · Intelligent design · Islam · Jesus · Judaism · Kalachakra · Merseburg Incantations · Mosque · Muhammad · Norse mythology · Opus Dei · Paul of Tarsus · Peshitta · Pope John Paul II · Race of Jesus · Ramana Maharshi · Religious Society of Friends · Satan · Shentong · Ten Commandments · Tibetan Buddhist canon · Witchcraft · Zoroastrianism — (35 articles)

Royalty, nobility, and heraldry

Hirohito · Władysław IV Vasa — (2 articles)

Sport and games

Airsoft · American football · David Beckham · Dice · Football (soccer) · History of the West Indian cricket team · Junta (game) · Magic: The Gathering · Max Mosley · Medieval hunting · Poker · Sumo · Tom Brady — (15 articles)

Sports teams

Chicago Bears · Pittsburgh Steelers — (2 articles)

Computer and video games

Computer and video games · Final Fantasy (video game) · Final Fantasy IV · Final Fantasy IX · Final Fantasy VI · Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas · List of Mega Man weapons · Mythology of Final Fantasy X · Spira (Final Fantasy X) · Super Mario Bros. · The Legend of Zelda series · The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time — (12 articles)

Transport

Air transport

Airship · Alberto Santos-Dumont · Hot air balloon — (3 articles)

Maritime transport

Aircraft carrier — (1 articles)

Railroad transport

Algoma Central Railway · Amtrak · Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · Autorack · Bay Area Rapid Transit · Beeching Axe · Boston and Lowell Railroad · Chicago and North Western Railway · Coupling (railway) · Cyrus K. Holliday · Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad · Danske Statsbaner · Disneyland Railroad · Ffestiniog Railway · First Transcontinental Railroad · Florida East Coast Railway · Graniteville train disaster · Henry Morrison Flagler · Liverpool and Manchester Railway · Maglev train · Montreal Metro · New York City Subway nomenclature · Northern Pacific Railway · Overseas Railroad · Pennsylvania Railroad · Rainhill Trials · RER · San Diegan · San Diego and Arizona Railway · San Diego Electric Railway · Snaefell Mountain Railway · Super Chief · Szybka Kolej Miejska · The Canadian · Trans-Siberian Railway · Virginian Railway · Washington Metro · Washington streetcars · Western Railway Corridor · Weyauwega derailment — (38 articles)

Locomotives and rolling stock

2-6-0 · 2-8-0 · 4-2-0 · 4-4-0 · 4-6-0 · 6-2-0 · Beep (SWBLW) · CF7 · EMD BL2 · EMD F7 · EMD GP30 · FM Consolidated line · Gas turbine-electric locomotive · General Pershing Zephyr · M-10001 · M-10003-6 · Novelty (locomotive) · Passenger car · PRR GG1 · PRR M1 · Railway post office · Refrigerator car · SD26 · Stock car (rail) · Stourbridge Lion · Timken 1111 — (26 articles)

Railway bridges and train stations

Chepstow Bridge · Forth Bridge (railway) · Grand Central Terminal · Tay Rail Bridge — (4 articles)

Road transport

Filling station · Forth Road Bridge · Harley-Davidson · Lincoln (automobile) · Lincoln Town Car · Mini — (6 articles)

War and military

Able Archer 83 · Battle of Sitka · Battle of Stalingrad · Battle of Tours · Chadian-Sudanese conflict · History of nuclear weapons · Indonesian Civil War · Iran-Iraq War · John J. Pershing · Lockheed SR-71 · M16 rifle · NATO · Prisoner of war · Second Boer War · Siege of Antioch · Smedley Butler · Spanish Civil War · T-34 · Tripoli Agreement · Wars of Castro · World War II — (21 articles)