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Good articles in Wikipedia

Currently,
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Currently, 40,060 [update] (about 1 in 171) articles are listed below, which meet the good article criteria: in short, they should be well written, stable, accurate, and referenced, have a neutral point of view, and show relevant illustrations with an appropriate copyright. Good articles may not be as thorough and detailed as our featured articles, but they should not omit any major facets of the topic (compare good articles v. featured articles here).

The process for designating articles as 'good' is simpler than that for featured articles. If you find or write an article meeting the criteria, you can nominate it by adding it to the candidates page for an impartial reviewer to assess and, if it is accepted, it will be added to the list of good articles. Articles are removed if promoted to featured status or delisted for not meeting the criteria; any editor can do this by following the delisting instructions. If an article's nomination fails or it is delisted, an explanation and possible improvements should be suggested on its talk page by the reviewer. Disagreements can be resolved on the review page, which WikiProject good articles helps to maintain.



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