This article is being considered for Featured article status. Please vote at:
Wikinews:Featured article candidates.


Featured articles are some of the best articles produced by the Wikinews community. Featured articles should at least:

  • Be formatted correctly (including sources)
  • Have pictures (they should make a good visual impression)
  • Be well-written - see the Wikinews:Style guide
  • Cover the news event comprehensively without rambling
  • Original reporting is also nice, but not required
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Usage

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This should be included on the talk page of an article.

Once the nomination has been closed, optional parameter outcome may be used to indicate the outcome of the nomination process (or, of course, the template may be removed from the talk page or disabled via {{tl}}). Primary values for outcome are promoted and declined; alternatives are:

for promotedFA, yes, succeed, succeeded, success.
for declinedno.

A link may be provided to an archive of the FAC discussion, by subtemplate {{FAC/see}}; optional parameter archive is passed through to that subtemplate.

Examples

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Promoted:

This article is a featured article.
It is considered one of the best works of the Wikinews community.
See Wikinews:Featured articles for more information.


Promoted, with archive:

This article is a featured article.
It is considered one of the best works of the Wikinews community.
See the archived discussion.


Declined:

This article was considered for Featured article status by the Wikinews community.

Declined, with archive:

This article was considered for Featured article status by the Wikinews community.
See the archived discussion.


See also

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