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Available in 45 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-45" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">45 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9" title="ويكيبيديا:معايير المقالات الجيدة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:معايير المقالات الجيدة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Yax%C5%9F%C4%B1_m%C9%99qal%C9%99_%C5%9F%C9%99rtl%C9%99ri" title="Vikipediya:Yaxşı məqalə şərtləri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:Yaxşı məqalə şərtləri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%B4%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:یاخشی مقاله معیارلاری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:یاخشی مقاله معیارلاری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:ভালো নিবন্ধের মানদণ্ড – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:ভালো নিবন্ধের মানদণ্ড" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE" title="विकिपीडिया:नीक लेख पैमाना – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:नीक लेख पैमाना" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hvad_er_en_god_artikel" title="Wikipedia:Hvad er en god artikel – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wikipedia:Hvad er en god artikel" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Hea_artikli_n%C3%B5uded" title="Vikipeedia:Hea artikli nõuded – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia:Hea artikli nõuded" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Κριτήρια καλών λημμάτων – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Κριτήρια καλών λημμάτων" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Qu%C3%A9_es_un_art%C3%ADculo_bueno" title="Wikipedia:Qué es un artículo bueno – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Qué es un artículo bueno" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:Kriterioj_por_legindaj_artikoloj" title="Vikipedio:Kriterioj por legindaj artikoloj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipedio:Kriterioj por legindaj artikoloj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A8/%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7" title="ویکی‌پدیا:مقاله‌های خوب/معیارها – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:مقاله‌های خوب/معیارها" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:O_que_%C3%A9_un_artigo_bo" title="Wikipedia:O que é un artigo bo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:O que é un artigo bo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EC%A2%8B%EC%9D%80_%EA%B8%80_%EC%84%A0%EC%A0%95_%EA%B8%B0%EC%A4%80" title="위키백과:좋은 글 선정 기준 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:좋은 글 선정 기준" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Artikel_bagus/Kriteria" title="Wikipedia:Artikel bagus/Kriteria – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Artikel bagus/Kriteria" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Que_es_un_articulo_bon" title="Wikipedia:Que es un articulo bon – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Wikipedia:Que es un articulo bon" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:G%C3%A6%C3%B0agrein" title="Wikipedia:Gæðagrein – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Wikipedia:Gæðagrein" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%96%D0%B0%D2%9B%D1%81%D1%8B_%D0%BC%D0%B0%D2%9B%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96" title="Уикипедия:Жақсы мақала критерийлері – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Уикипедия:Жақсы мақала критерийлері" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%AEk%C3%AEpediya:Gotar%C3%AAn_ba%C5%9F_%C3%A7i_ne%3F" title="Wîkîpediya:Gotarên baş çi ne? – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Wîkîpediya:Gotarên baş çi ne?" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Критериуми за добра статија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Критериуми за добра статија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kriteria_rencana_baik" title="Wikipedia:Kriteria rencana baik – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Kriteria rencana baik" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:%E1%80%86%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%95%E1%80%AB%E1%80%B8%E1%80%80%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8_%E1%80%A1%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B9%E1%80%82%E1%80%AB%E1%80%9B%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:ဆောင်းပါးကောင်း အင်္ဂါရပ်များ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:ဆောင်းပါးကောင်း အင်္ဂါရပ်များ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%96_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1" title="विकिपिडिया:उत्कृष्ट लेख मापदण्ड – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विकिपिडिया:उत्कृष्ट लेख मापदण्ड" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Good article criteria – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:Good article criteria" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gode_artiklar/Krav" title="Wikipedia:Gode artiklar/Krav – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Wikipedia:Gode artiklar/Krav" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Yaxshi_maqola_nima%3F" title="Vikipediya:Yaxshi maqola nima? – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Vikipediya:Yaxshi maqola nima?" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86:%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%96%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%87" title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਚੰਗੇ ਲੇਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਪੈਮਾਨੇ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:ਚੰਗੇ ਲੇਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਪੈਮਾਨੇ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-blk mw-list-item"><a href="https://blk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%81%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%96%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B2%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%EA%A9%BB%E1%80%9A%E1%80%B6%E1%80%A1%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B9%E1%80%82%E1%80%AB%E1%82%8F%E1%80%96%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B6%E1%82%8F" title="ဝီခီပီးဒီးယား:ရောမ်ဖြုဲင်ꩻယံအင်္ဂါႏဖုံႏ – Pa'O" lang="blk" hreflang="blk" data-title="ဝီခီပီးဒီးယား:ရောမ်ဖြုဲင်ꩻယံအင်္ဂါႏဖုံႏ" data-language-autonym="ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ" data-language-local-name="Pa'O" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%DA%A9%D9%8A%D9%BE%DB%90%DA%89%D9%8A%D8%A7:%DA%9A%DB%90_%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%A9%D9%86%DB%90/%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87" title="ويکيپېډيا:ښې ليکنې/معيارونه – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ويکيپېډيا:ښې ليکنې/معيارونه" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:O_que_%C3%A9_um_artigo_bom%3F" title="Wikipédia:O que é um artigo bom? – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:O que é 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class="mw-file-description" title="Good article nominations"><img alt="Good article nominations" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/40px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="41" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/60px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/80px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a><figcaption>Good article nominations</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>good article criteria</b> are the six standards by which a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations" title="Wikipedia:Good article nominations">good article nomination</a> (GAN) may be compared and judged to be a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Good articles">good article</a> (GA). A good article does not have to meet the more demanding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Featured article criteria">featured article criteria</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Criteria" data-mw-thread-id="h-Criteria"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Criteria"></span>Criteria<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Criteria"></span></h2></div> <p>The six good article criteria are the only aspects that should be considered when assessing whether to pass or fail a GAN. Other comments designed to improve the article are encouraged during the review process but should not be mandated as part of the assessment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Immediate_failures" data-mw-thread-id="h-Immediate_failures-Criteria"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Immediate_failures-Criteria"></span>Immediate failures<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Immediate_failures-Criteria"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:GAFAIL"></span><span id="WP:QF"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:GAFAIL&redirect=no">WP:GAFAIL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:QF&redirect=no">WP:QF</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>An article may fail without further review (known as a quick fail) if, prior to the review: </p> <ol> <li>It is a long way from meeting any one of the six good article criteria</li> <li>It contains <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">copyright violations</a></li> <li>It has, or needs, cleanup banners that are unquestionably still valid. These include <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Cleanup" title="Template:Cleanup">cleanup</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:POV" title="Template:POV">POV</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Unreferenced" title="Template:Unreferenced">unreferenced</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or large numbers of <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Citation_needed" title="Template:Citation needed">citation needed</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Clarify" title="Template:Clarify">clarify</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, or similar tags (See also <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:QF" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:QF">QF</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>)</li> <li>It is not stable due to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">edit warring</a> on the page</li> <li>It has issues noted in a previous GA review that still have not been adequately addressed, as determined by a reviewer who has not previously reviewed the article</li> </ol> <p>In all other cases, the nominator deserves a full review against the six criteria. For most reviews, the nominator is given a chance to address any issues raised by the reviewer before the article is failed. Often the nomination is brought up to standard during the review. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_six_good_article_criteria" data-mw-thread-id="h-The_six_good_article_criteria-Criteria"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-The_six_good_article_criteria-Criteria"></span>The six good article criteria<span data-mw-comment-end="h-The_six_good_article_criteria-Criteria"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:GACR6"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:GACR6&redirect=no">WP:GACR6</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Symbol_support_vote.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/75px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/113px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/Symbol_support_vote.svg/150px-Symbol_support_vote.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Good articles">good article</a> is: </p> <ol> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Well-written''':"></span><span id="1"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Well-written</b>:</span></span> <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="the_prose_is_clear,_concise,_and_[[WP:Make_technical_articles_understandable|understandable_to_an_appropriately_broad_audience]];_spelling_and_grammar_are_correct;"></span><span id="1a"></span><span class="vanchor-text">the prose is clear, concise, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">understandable to an appropriately broad audience</a>; spelling and grammar are correct;</span></span> and</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_complies_with_the_[[WP:Manual_of_Style|Manual_of_Style]]_guidelines_for_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section|lead_sections]],_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Layout|layout]],_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch|words_to_watch]],_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction|fiction]],_and_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists|list_incorporation]]."></span><span id="1b"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it complies with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> guidelines for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">lead sections</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">layout</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">words to watch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Writing_about_fiction" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction">fiction</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Embedded_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Embedded lists">list incorporation</a>.</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ol></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''[[WP:Verifiability|Verifiable]]'''_with_'''no_original_research''':"></span><span id="2"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiable</a></b> with <b>no original research</b>:</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_contains_a_list_of_all_references_(sources_of_information),_presented_in_accordance_with_[[WP:FNNR|the_layout_style_guideline]];"></span><span id="2a"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FNNR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FNNR">the layout style guideline</a>;</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="[[WP:Reliable_sources|reliable_sources]]_are_[[WP:Inline_citation|cited_inline]]._All_content_that_[[Wikipedia:Content_that_could_reasonably_be_challenged|could_reasonably_be_challenged]],_except_for_plot_summaries_and_that_which_summarizes_cited_content_elsewhere_in_the_article,_must_be_cited_no_later_than_the_end_of_the_paragraph_(or_line_if_the_content_is_not_in_prose);"></span><span id="2b"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a> are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Inline_citation" title="Wikipedia:Inline citation">cited inline</a>. All content that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_that_could_reasonably_be_challenged" title="Wikipedia:Content that could reasonably be challenged">could reasonably be challenged</a>, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose);</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_contains_[[WP:No_original_research|no_original_research]];"></span><span id="2c"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it contains <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">no original research</a>;</span></span> and</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_contains_no_[[WP:Copyright_violations|copyright_violations]]_or_[[WP:Plagiarism|plagiarism]]."></span><span id="2d"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it contains no <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">copyright violations</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">plagiarism</a>.</span></span></li> </ol></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''Broad_in_its_coverage''':"></span><span id="3"></span><span class="vanchor-text"><b>Broad in its coverage</b>:</span></span> <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_addresses_the_[[WP:Out_of_scope|main_aspects]]_of_the_topic;"></span><span id="3a"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it addresses the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Out_of_scope" title="Wikipedia:Out of scope">main aspects</a> of the topic;</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="it_stays_focused_on_the_topic_without_going_into_unnecessary_detail_(see_[[WP:Summary_style|summary_style]])."></span><span id="3b"></span><span class="vanchor-text">it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">summary style</a>).</span></span></li> </ol></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="'''[[WP:Neutral_point_of_view|Neutral]]''':_it_represents_viewpoints_fairly_and_without_editorial_bias,_giving_due_weight_to_each."></span><span id="4"></span><span 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id="media_are_[[MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE|relevant]]_to_the_topic,_and_have_[[WP:Manual_of_Style/Captions|suitable_captions]]."></span><span id="6b"></span><span class="vanchor-text">media are <a href="/wiki/MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:IMAGERELEVANCE">relevant</a> to the topic, and have <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Captions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Captions">suitable captions</a>.</span></span></li> </ol></li> </ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_cannot_be_a_good_article?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_cannot_be_a_good_article?"><span id="What_cannot_be_a_good_article.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_cannot_be_a_good_article?"></span>What cannot be a good article?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_cannot_be_a_good_article?"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">Stand-alone lists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Portal" title="Wikipedia:Portal">portals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Creation_and_usage_of_media_files#Audio" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Creation and usage of media files">sounds</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Images" title="Wikipedia:Images">images</a></b>: these items should be nominated for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_lists" title="Wikipedia:Featured lists">featured list</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Featured pictures">featured picture</a> status, if applicable.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a> pages and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">stubs</a></b>: these pages cannot meet the criteria.</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">Featured articles</a></b>: a good article loses its status when promoted to a featured article. However, demoted featured articles are not automatically graded as good articles and must be reassessed for quality.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations/Instructions" title="Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions">Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions</a>—step-by-step instructions on how to handle the GA process</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Nominating_good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Nominating good articles">Wikipedia:Nominating good articles</a>—advice for nominating an article for GA status</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles">Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles</a>—guidelines for reviewing an article for GA status</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Physics/Quality_Control/Reviewing_Cheatsheet" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Quality Control/Reviewing Cheatsheet">Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Quality Control/Reviewing Cheatsheet</a>—useful suggestions for GA review</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_the_Good_article_criteria_are_not" title="Wikipedia:What the Good article criteria are not">Wikipedia:What the Good article criteria are not</a>—GA reviews should be concluded <i>only</i> in accordance with the GA criteria, not personal preferences</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Compare_criteria_Good_v._Featured_article" title="Wikipedia:Compare criteria Good v. Featured article">Wikipedia:Compare criteria Good v. Featured article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Did_you_know#Eligibility_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Did you know">Wikipedia:<i>Did you know</i> eligibility criteria</a>—within 7 days of promotion, a GA article may be nominated for a DYK hook review</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_criteria" title="Wikipedia:Featured article criteria">Wikipedia:Featured article criteria</a>—setting your sights on FA criteria may help with the GA review process</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Compliance with other aspects of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> or its subpages is <i>not</i> required for good articles.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_good_articles" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles">Wikipedia:Reviewing good articles</a> says, "Ideally, a reviewer will have access to all of the source material, and sufficient expertise to verify that the article reflects the content of the sources; this ideal is not often attained. At a minimum, check that the sources used are reliable (for example, blogs are not usually reliable sources) and that those you can access support the content of the article (for example, inline citations lead to sources that agree with what the article says) and are not plagiarized (for example, close paraphrasing of source material should only be used where appropriate, with in-text attribution if necessary)."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dead links are considered verifiable only if the link is not a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bare_URLs" title="Wikipedia:Bare URLs">bare url</a>. Using consistent formatting or including every element of the bibliographic material is <i>not</i> required, although, in practice, enough information must be supplied so that the reviewer is able to identify the source.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The "broad in its coverage" criterion is significantly weaker than the "comprehensiveness" required of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">featured articles</a>. 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