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 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 that is not likely to become featured. 112 articles have so far been identified as meeting the good article criteria, but there are plenty more out there waiting to be listed.

What makes a good article?

A good article will share 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.

Good articles may not be as comprehensive as our featured articles, but should not omit any major facets of the topic.

How to list an article on 'good articles'

The process by which articles are designated as 'good' should be much simpler and quicker than that by which articles become featured. Simply add any articles here that match the criteria, and add {{GA}} to the top of the articles' talk pages. It is probably best to avoid self-nominating articles as this can introduce bias.

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}} 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 is allowed to miss some criteria. A notice on the talk page with suggestions about improvements without delisting is preferable, unless you think that the article is really bad.

Art, architecture, and archaeology

Capitoline Museums · Kitchen · Carolingian Gospel Book (British Library, MS Add. 11848) · Schuttern Gospels

Biology and medicine

Ashwagandha · Spider

Chemistry and materials science

Quantum chemistry · Computational chemistry · Optical fiber

Computing

Yoshio Sakamoto · Functional programming

Culture and society

Jacob Pavlovitch Adler — Halloween

Economics

Argyle diamond mine - Bretton Woods system

Food and drink

Black pepper · Ketchup

Geography and places

Asinara · Avachinsky · Chinyingi · Colima · Eruption column · Iceland hotspot · Koryaksky · Lake Kariba · Mauna Loa · Merapi · Nyiragongo · Pacaya · Mount Rainier · Sakurajima · Santamaría · Santorini · Ulawun · Mount Unzen ·

Geology, geophysics, and mineralogy

Boltysh crater · Crystallographic defects in diamond · Diamond cut · Diamond simulant · Material properties of diamond · Post-glacial rebound · Sandur · Volcanic pipe

History

California and the railroads ·Henry H. Rogers ·Mission San Juan Capistrano · Miyamoto Musashi · Gustavus Franklin Swift · Zara Yaqob

Language and linguistics

Theta · Mu (letter) ·

Language families and languages

Phla-Pherá languages · Shabo language · Bench language · Fur language · Chenoua language · Senufo languages · Tagoi language · Soddo language · Old Nubian language · Weyto language · Okiek language · Jalaa language · Niellim language · Logba language · Mpre language · Sudanic languages

Law

Australian constitutional law

Literature

Sirius Black · Jorge Luis Borges · Emily Dickinson · Abraham Goldfaden · Mission Earth (novel)

Media

Silent film · Palpatine · Exar Kun · Ulic Qel-Droma · StarCraft

Music

Autobiography (Ashlee Simpson album) · American popular music · The Band · Billie Holiday · blues · Ennio Morricone · Grateful Dead · Green Day · Hugo Wolf · music of Albania · music of Hungary · music of Maryland · The Smashing Pumpkins · Salsa music · Syd Barrett

Physics and astronomy

Diffuse interstellar band · John Flamsteed · Great Comet of 1882 · Leo · Pleiades (star cluster) · Winter solstice

Religion and beliefs

Apollo · Baphomet · Biblical Magi · Merseburg Incantations

Sport and games

David Beckham · National Football League

Technology

Tsar Bomba

Transport

Air transport

Airship Hot air balloon

Rail transport

#

• 7 Subway Extension

A

• Acton Town tube station
• Alberta and Great Waterways Railway scandal
• Ålgård Line
• Altoona and Beech Creek Railroad
• Åndalsnes Station
• Anderson Street (NJT station)
• Anglesey Central Railway
• AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro
• Asker Line
• Ås Station
• Astoria Riverfront Trolley
• Axholme Joint Railway

B

• Ball Park (UTA station)
• Bærum Tunnel
• William Henry Barlow
• Bay Area Rapid Transit
• Bedminster railway station
• Berg (station)
• Bergen Light Rail
• Bergen Line
• Berlin Stadtbahn
• Big Four Bridge
• Bjorli Station
• Timothy Blackstone
• Bloor–Danforth line
• Blue Line (Washington Metro)
• BR Standard Class 6
• BR Standard Class 7
• BR Standard Class 8
• Bramhope Tunnel
• Thomas Brassey
• Bristol Temple Meads railway station
• British Rail Class 47
• Brookville Tunnel

C

• California Southern Railroad
• Everard Calthrop
• Capitol Limited (B&O)
• Cargolink
• Carl Berners plass (station)
• Carlton Hill (Erie Railroad station)
• Charlottesville and Albemarle Railway
• Cheadle Hulme railway station
• Chesham branch
• Chester (TTC)
• Cleveland Lakefront Station
• Cleveland Railway (England)
• Clifton Down railway station
• Copenhagen Metro
• Cumberland (CTA station)

D

• Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad
• Eugene V. Debs
• Delhi Metro
• Diolkos
• District Railway

E

• East Lancashire Railway 1844–1859
• Ebbw Valley Railway
• Edinburgh Trams
• Eidsvoll Verk Station
• Elisenberg Station
• Elizabethtown (Amtrak station)
• Ekeberg Line
• Embankment tube station
• Eurasian Land Bridge
• Eurostar

F

• Fairy Queen (locomotive)
• Filton Abbey Wood railway station
• Flåm Line
• Flekkefjord Line
• Flekkefjord Station
• Flytoget
• Follo Line
• Forskningsparken (station)
• Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet
• Fusible plug

G

• Gardermoen Line
• Gevingåsen Tunnel
• Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
• Gloucester Road tube station
• GMB Class 71
• Grand Central Station (Chicago)
• Grand Crimean Central Railway
• Grayrigg derailment
• Great Notch (NJT station)
• Great Western Railway
• Green Line (Washington Metro)
• Grizzly Flats Railroad
• Guanglan Road Station
• Gullfisk

H

• William P. Halliday
• Hallingskeid Station
• Hammersmith & City line
• Hardanger Line
• Harriman (Erie Railroad station)
• Hatfield Government Center (MAX station)
• Hawkhurst Branch Line
• Charles Melville Hays
• Hell–Sunnan Line
• High Speed 1
• Hillsboro Central / Southeast 3rd Avenue Transit Center
• History of the Oslo Tramway and Metro
• Holborn tube station
• Cyrus K. Holliday
• Holstein (station)
• Homansbyen Depot
• Hudson Valley Rail Trail

I

• Infrastructure of the Brill Tramway
• Iore

J

• Jæren Commuter Rail
• Jarlsberg Tunnel
• Jay Cooke & Company
• Jordanhill railway station
• June 2009 Washington Metro train collision

K

• Kentucky Railway Museum
• Kingsland (NJT station)
• Kinzie Street railroad bridge
• Kirkenes–Bjørnevatn Line

L

• Laurence Harbor (NJT station)
• Lawrence Hill railway station
• Lier Line
• Lillesand–Flaksvand Line
• Linx (railway company)
• LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman
• LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3
• London Necropolis Railway
• London Necropolis railway station
• London Paddington station
• London Underground departmental stock
• Long Ashton railway station
• LSWR M7 Class
• LSWR S15 class
• Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
• Lynx Rapid Transit Services
• Lysaker Station

M

• Manchester and Bolton Railway
• Manchester Metrolink
• Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
• Meråker Line
• Metrolink (Southern California)
• Metrorail (Miami)
• Milwaukee Airport Railroad Station
• Mortensrud (station)
• Mount Baker (Link station)
• Mountain railways of India
• Mountaineer (train)
• Mukilteo (Sounder station)
• Mussel Slough Tragedy

N

• Nailsea and Backwell railway station
• Narrows Bridge (Perth)
• Nationaltheatret Station
• NBR 224 and 420 Classes
• New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
• Nordberg (station)
• Norsk Spisevognselskap
• North Bank Depot Buildings
• North Coast Hiawatha
• North Staffordshire Railway
• NSB Class 64
• NSB Class 66
• NSB Class 73
• NSB Class 92
• NSB Class 93
• NSB Di 3
• NSB Di 6
• NSB El 9
• NSB El 17
• NSB El 18
• NSB Gjøvikbanen
• Numedal Line
• Nydalen (station)

O

• Ofotbanen (company)
• Old Rouen tramway
• Orange Line (Washington Metro)
• OS MX3000
• OS T1000
• OS T2000
• Oslo Airport Station
• Oslo Commuter Rail
• Oslo Metro
• Oslo Metro rolling stock
• Oslo Tunnel
• Østhorn (station)

P

• Parson Street railway station
• Charles Pearson
• Pennsylvanian (train)
• Pont-y-Cafnau
• Preston railway station
• PRR 460
• PRR 4800
• PRR 4859
• PRR 4876
• Pulaski (CTA Orange Line)

R

• Rail transport in the Vatican City
• Rail transport in Victoria
• Railway stations in Cromer
• Rapid transit
• Red Line (Washington Metro)
• Redland railway station
• Ringerike Line
• Ring Line (Oslo)
• Rjukan Line
• Røa Line
• Roa–Hønefoss Line
• Rodeløkka Line
• Romerike Tunnel
• Rosendale trestle
• Roseville Avenue (NJT station)

S

• Sandefjord Airport Station
• Scarborough (Metro-North station)
• Scott Special
• Sea Mills railway station
• SECR N1 class
• Shirehampton railway station
• Silver Line (Washington Metro)
• Sinsen (station)
• Skaugum Tunnel
• SL79
• SL95
• Sloatsburg (Metro-North station)
• SmarTrip
• Sognsvann Line
• South Kensington tube station
• SR Lord Nelson Class
• SR N15X class
• SR Q class
• SR Q1 class
• SR U class
• SR V Schools class
• Stapleton Road railway station
• Stavne–Leangen Line
• Storo (station)
• Sturtevant (Amtrak station)

T

• Taiwan High Speed Rail
• Tanum Tunnel
• Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
• Timetoget
• Trams in Adelaide
• Trøndelag Commuter Rail
• Trondheim Airport Station
• Trondheim Central Station
• Troop sleeper
• Tryvandshøiden (station)
• Tyne and Wear Metro

U

• Upminster Bridge tube station

V

• Vestby Station
• Vestgrensa (station)
• Virginia Central Railroad
• VR Class Sm3

W

• Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
• Washington Metro
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• Watsessing Avenue (NJT station)
• Westminster tube station
• Willow Creek / Southwest 185th Avenue Transit Center
• Wimbledon and Sutton Railway
• Winschoten railway station
• Winston Tunnel
• Winton Train
• Wolverton to Newport Pagnell Line
• Worle railway station

Y

• Yatton railway station
• Yellow Line (Washington Metro)

Road transport

Harley-Davidson · Pamir Highway

War

Battle of Chalons · Battle of Sitka · Wars of Castro