This is an
explanatory essay about the
featured article criteria. This page provides additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines as it has not been
thoroughly vetted by the community. |
Featured article criteria are often vague and are partially subjective, which may not reflect how featured article candidacy (FAC) is actually done in practice. This essay hopes to clarify it by listing common checks and arguments in bullet points.
The basic tenets in featured article reviews are citations, text, style, and files. Though some topics such as copyright violations may span on multiple tenets, most issues brought up in reviews can be listed neatly under those sections.
Fundamentally, Wikipedia articles are nothing more than synthesis of sources. The better the source, the better the article's facts will be. Therefore, it is essential that the text must reflect what reliable sources says. In FACs, this is often referred to as a "source review". This section roughly belongs to FA criteria:
This is an
explanatory essay about the
featured article criteria. This page provides additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines as it has not been
thoroughly vetted by the community. |
Featured article criteria are often vague and are partially subjective, which may not reflect how featured article candidacy (FAC) is actually done in practice. This essay hopes to clarify it by listing common checks and arguments in bullet points.
The basic tenets in featured article reviews are citations, text, style, and files. Though some topics such as copyright violations may span on multiple tenets, most issues brought up in reviews can be listed neatly under those sections.
Fundamentally, Wikipedia articles are nothing more than synthesis of sources. The better the source, the better the article's facts will be. Therefore, it is essential that the text must reflect what reliable sources says. In FACs, this is often referred to as a "source review". This section roughly belongs to FA criteria: