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[[File:Cscr-featured.png<!--Please do NOT replace this icon with the SVG version, which the wiki software converts to a PNG of inferior quality.-->|left|50px|This star symbolizes the featured content on Wikipedia.]] |
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Featured articles are considered to be the best articles Wikipedia has to offer, as determined by [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedia's editors]]. They are used by editors as examples for other articles. Before being listed here, articles are reviewed as [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|featured article candidates]] for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style according to our [[Wikipedia:Featured article criteria|featured article criteria]]. |
Featured articles are considered to be the best articles Wikipedia has to offer, as determined by [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedia's editors]]. They are used by editors as examples for other articles. Before being listed here, articles are reviewed as [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|featured article candidates]] for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style according to our [[Wikipedia:Featured article criteria|featured article criteria]]. |
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There are '''{{formatnum: <onlyinclude>3473</onlyinclude>}}''' featured articles out of {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles on the English Wikipedia. Thus, about one in {{formatnum: {{rounddown|{{#expr: {{NUMBEROFARTICLES:R}} / {{FA number}}}}|-1}}}} articles is listed here. Articles that no longer meet the criteria can be proposed for improvement or removal at [[Wikipedia:Featured article review|featured article review]]. |
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A small bronze star icon ([[File:Cscr-featured.svg|15px|This star symbolizes the featured content on Wikipedia.]]) on the top right corner of an article's page indicates that the article is featured, unless the appropriate [[Special:Preferences|user preference]] is set. Additionally, if the current article is featured in another language version, a star will appear next to the language page link, in the list on the left of the page (see also [[Wikipedia:Featured articles in other languages|featured articles in other languages]]). <!--To see which articles have appeared on the main page, add "span.has_been_on_main_page{ font-weight: bold; }", excluding the quotes, to your personal CSS file (add /monobook.css to the url) and refresh both that page and this, the relevant article titles will be emboldened. --> |
A small bronze star icon ([[File:Cscr-featured.svg|15px|This star symbolizes the featured content on Wikipedia.]]) on the top right corner of an article's page indicates that the article is featured, unless the appropriate [[Special:Preferences|user preference]] is set. Additionally, if the current article is featured in another language version, a star will appear next to the language page link, in the list on the left of the page (see also [[Wikipedia:Featured articles in other languages|featured articles in other languages]]). <!--To see which articles have appeared on the main page, add "span.has_been_on_main_page{ font-weight: bold; }", excluding the quotes, to your personal CSS file (add /monobook.css to the url) and refresh both that page and this, the relevant article titles will be emboldened. --> |
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