Template:Editnotices/Page/Wikipedia:Featured article candidates

Before nominating an article, please ensure it meets all the featured article criteria:

• Prose must be engaging and of a professional standard.
• The article must be representative of the relevant literature on the subject.
• All claims must be cited to high-quality, reliable sources, with consistently formatted inline citations using one of the approved methods.
• The article must be
  neutral, stable and follow the style guidelines
  .
• The
  lead
  must adequately summarize an appropriately structured article body.
• Images must be adequately tagged and sourced, and follow the
  image use policy and, where applicable, the non-free content criteria for inclusion
  .

• Make sure you have consulted significant contributors to the article prior to nomination.
• Double-check for
  copying of information from other sources, and too-close paraphrasing
  .
• Finally, to help resolve the FAC backlog, making it more likely that reviewers will see your nomination, please consider
  this template
  . Good luck!