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Good articles in Wikipedia

A good article (GA) is an article that meets a core set of editorial standards, the

copyright licenses. Good articles do not have to be as comprehensive as featured articles (FA), but they should not omit any major facets of the topic: a comparison

of the criteria for good and featured articles describes further differences.

Currently, out of the 6,818,069 articles on Wikipedia, 39,564 are categorized as good articles (about 1 in 173). An additional 6,478 are listed as featured articles (about 1 in 1,060) and 4,320 as featured lists (about 1 in 1,580). Because articles are only included in one category, a good article that has been promoted to featured status is removed from the good articles category. Adding good and featured articles and lists together gives a total of 50,362 articles (about 1 in 136). A small plus sign inside a circle () in the top-right corner of an article's page indicates that the article is good.

The process for designating an article as a good article is intentionally straightforward. Any editor who believes that an article they have significantly contributed to meets the good article criteria may nominate the article for an impartial reviewer to assess. Another editor may review the article after selecting it from a queue of good article nominations then evaluating it against the good article criteria. If it is accepted by the reviewer, the nominated article is added to the list of good articles below. Anyone may nominate or review an article by following the instructions. Similarly, anyone who believes that an article no longer meets the good article criteria may propose to delist it by following the instructions for reassessment.

More good content is available at Wikipedia:Good topics.

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-The process for designating an article as a good article is intentionally straightforward. Any editor, preferably one who creates or contributes to an article, who believes that the article meets the [[Wikipedia:Good article criteria|good article criteria]], may '''nominate''' the article for an impartial reviewer to assess. Another editor may '''review''' the article after selecting it from a queue of [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|good article nominations]] then evaluating it against the good article criteria. If it is accepted by the reviewer, the nominated article is added to the list of good articles below. Anyone may nominate or review an article by following the [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions|instructions]]. Similarly, anyone who believes that an article no longer meets the good article criteria may propose to '''delist''' it by following the [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment|instructions for reassessment]].
+The process for designating an article as a good article is intentionally straightforward. Any editor who believes that an article they have significantly contributed to meets the [[Wikipedia:Good article criteria|good article criteria]] may '''nominate''' the article for an impartial reviewer to assess. Another editor may '''review''' the article after selecting it from a queue of [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations|good article nominations]] then evaluating it against the good article criteria. If it is accepted by the reviewer, the nominated article is added to the list of good articles below. Anyone may nominate or review an article by following the [[Wikipedia:Good article nominations/Instructions|instructions]]. Similarly, anyone who believes that an article no longer meets the good article criteria may propose to '''delist''' it by following the [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment|instructions for reassessment]].
 More good content is available at [[Wikipedia:Good topics]].