User:Trevor MacInnis/ACID
Article Creation and Improvement Drive
[edit]My little project to help with Wikipedia:100,000 feature-quality articles.
The path to a Featured Article
- #Start a new article
- #Research and write a great article
- #Check against the featured article criteria
- #Get creative feedback (Peer review)
- #Apply for featured article status
Start a new article
[edit]- Wikipedia:Vital articles
- Most wanted articles
- Wikipedia:Former featured articles
- m:List of articles all languages should have
- Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Core topics
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Core biographies
- Wikipedia:Featured articles in other languages
- Expansion requests
- Wikipedia:List of 2007 Macropedia articles
Research and write a great article
[edit]- Wikipedia:Article development
- Wikipedia:Reliable sources
- Wikipedia:Guide to writing better articles
- Wikipedia:Forum for Encyclopedic Standards
- Wikipedia:Public domain resources
- Economist Style Guide
Check against the featured article criteria
[edit]A featured article exemplifies our very best work and features professional standards of writing and presentation. In addition to meeting the requirements for all Wikipedia articles, it has the following attributes:
- It is well written, comprehensive, factually accurate, neutral, and stable. Read Article development and The perfect article to see how high the standards are set. In this respect:
- (a) "well written" means that the prose is compelling, even brilliant; See How to satisfy Criterion 1a
- (b) "Comprehensive" means that the article does not neglect major facts and details.
- (c) "Factually accurate" means that claims are verifiable against reliable sources and accurately present the related body of published knowledge. Claims are supported with specific evidence and external citations (see attribution and reliable sources); this involves the provision of a "References" section in which sources are set out and, where appropriate, complemented by inline citations. See citing sources for information on when and how extensively references are provided and for suggestions on formatting references; for articles with footnotes or endnotes, the meta:cite format is recommended.
- (d) "Neutral" means that the article presents views fairly and without bias (see neutral point of view); however, articles need not give minority views equal coverage (see undue weight).
- (e) "stable" means that an article does not change significantly from day to day and is not the subject of ongoing edit wars.
- It complies with the standards set out in the style manual and relevant WikiProjects. These include having:
- (a) a concise lead section that summarizes the entire topic and prepares the reader for the higher level of detail in the subsequent sections;
- (b) a proper system of hierarchical headings; and
- (c) a substantial but not overwhelming table of contents (see section help).
- It has images where appropriate, with succinct captions and acceptable copyright status; however, including images is not a prerequisite for a featured article.
- It is of appropriate length, staying tightly focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail; it should use summary style to cover sub-topics that are treated in greater detail in any "daughter" articles.
- The following guides focus on the most common problems in nominated articles:
- User:Yannismarou/Ten rules to make an article FA
- User:Giano/A fool's guide to writing a featured article
Get creative feedback (Peer review)
[edit]- Wikipedia:Peer review
- Wikipedia:Requests for comment
- Wikipedia:Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check
- Feedback requests