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Agood article (GA) is a Wikipedia article that meets a core set of editorial standards, thegood article criteria, passing through thegood article nomination process successfully. They are well-written, contain factually accurate andverifiable information, are broad in coverage,neutral in point of view, stable, and illustrated, where possible, by relevantimages with suitablecopyright licenses. Good articles do not have to be as comprehensive asfeatured articles (FA), but they should not omit any major facets: acomparison of the criteria for good and featured articles describes further differences.
Out of the7,080,812 articles on Wikipedia,42,826 are categorized as good articles (about0.6% or one in 165), which are listed below. An additional6,806 are listed as featured articles (about 1 in 1,050) and4,717 as featured lists (about 1 in 1,510). 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 of54,349 articles (about0.77% or one in 131). A small green icon of a plus sign inside a circle() appears in the top-right corner of the article indicating that the article is good.
Any significant contributor maynominate an article if they believe it meets thegood article criteria. Any impartial editor mayreview the article from the queue ofgood article nominations. If it meets the criteria, it is added to the list of good articles below. There areinstructions for nominators and reviewers. Similarly, anyone who believes that an article no longer meets the good article criteria may propose todelist it by following theinstructions for reassessment.