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Featured articles
[edit] | Featured articles are considered to be the best articles in Wikipedia. Articles are reviewed at the featured article candidates page for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style according to the featured article criteria. |
Former featured articles
[edit] | The following articles have in the past reached featured article status, but were demoted because they do not meet the current featured article criteria. It is hoped that these articles can be brought back up to their prior status with some effort and collaboration. |
| Article | Featured status date | Main author(s) | Today's featured article | Demoted date |
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| Jurassic Park (film) | May 15, 2007 | Alientraveller | June 9, 2008 | April 12, 2013 |
| Halloween II | May 10, 2006 | October 31, 2007 | March 21, 2013 | |
| Red vs. Blue | March 9, 2006 | June 10, 2006 | August 7, 2012 | |
| Halloween III: Season of the Witch | May 24, 2006 | June 17, 2012 | ||
| Night of the Living Dead | July 21, 2006 | October 31, 2006 | April 27, 2012 | |
| Superman | March 15, 2004 | March 31, 2004 | February 11, 2012 | |
| Sunset Boulevard (film) | August 20, 2005 | November 3, 2005 | January 19, 2012 | |
| Richard III (1955 film) | July 14, 2006 | Thefourdotelipsis | January 12, 2007 | November 6, 2011 |
| Dog Day Afternoon | June 10, 2006 | Staxringold | September 21, 2006 | October 28, 2011 |
| Gremlins 2: The New Batch | June 23, 2006 | CanadianCaesar | April 2, 2007 | July 28, 2011 |
| Halloween (1978 film) | April 28, 2006 | Dmoon1 | January 16, 2007 | January 1, 2011 |
| Our Gang | June 1, 2005 | FuriousFreddy | June 24, 2005 | December 12, 2010 |
| Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | December 3, 2006 | The Filmaker | May 25, 2007 | October 11, 2010 |
| Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | March 3, 2007 | The Filmaker | June 17, 2007 | September 27, 2010 |
| November (film) | November 5, 2005 | Extraordinary Machine | November 20, 2005 | September 13, 2010 |
| 35 mm film | September 2, 2006 | Girolamo Savonarola, LACameraman | May 17, 2007 | May 4, 2010 |
| V for Vendetta (film) | May 24, 2006 | November 5, 2006 | January 25, 2010 | |
| Padmé Amidala | August 22, 2006 | December 18, 2009 | ||
| Hong Kong action cinema | April 9, 2006 | April 26, 2006 | November 29, 2009 | |
| Manos: The Hands of Fate | May 7, 2007 | Lenin and McCarthy | January 30, 2008 | October 20, 2009 |
| Triumph of the Will | December 31, 2005 | March 3, 2006 | August 29, 2009 | |
| Kung Fu Hustle | June 1, 2007 | Kylohk | June 26, 2009 | |
| Gremlins | June 4, 2006 | September 1, 2006 | June 22, 2009 | |
| Ran (film) | April 3, 2006 | Palm dogg | June 1, 2008 | May 21, 2009 |
| The Boondock Saints | December 20, 2006 | KnowledgeOfSelf | May 4, 2009 | |
| Felix the Cat | August 19, 2004 | November 16, 2004 | October 9, 2008 | |
| Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith | May 18, 2006 | July 15, 2006 | June 24, 2008 | |
| Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | June 29, 2006 | June 3, 2008 | ||
| Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | July 31, 2006 | February 1, 2007 | October 28, 2007 | |
| WGA screenwriting credit system | May 20, 2005 | June 14, 2005 | January 27, 2007 | |
| Western (genre) | December 15, 2003 | May 12, 2004 | March 12, 2006 |
Featured lists
[edit] | Featured lists are considered to be the best lists in Wikipedia. Lists are reviewed at the featured list candidates page for usefulness, completeness, accuracy, neutrality, style and prose according to the featured list criteria. |
Former featured lists
[edit] | The following lists have in the past reached featured list status, but were demoted because they do not meet the current featured list criteria. It is hoped that these lists can be brought back up to their prior status with some effort and collaboration. |
| Article | Featured status date | Main author(s) | Demoted date |
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| BAFTA Award for Best Film | August 16, 2006 | Cop 663, Thefourdotelipsis | July 21, 2009 |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Director | July 19, 2007 | Legionarius | February 21, 2009 |
| Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama | July 9, 2007 | Legionarius | February 10, 2009 |
Featured pictures
[edit] | Featured pictures are images that the Wikipedia community finds beautiful, stunning, impressive, and/or informative. Featured pictures must meet a set of criteria, and are nominated and discussed at the featured picture candidates page. |
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Breaking of the sound barrier, author unknown
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Posing starlet at Cannes film festival, by Ericd -
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Animated horse at Animated cartoon, by J-E Nyström -
Geneva drive, by Mike1024 -
Tanks in World War I, author unknown
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Collapse of Galloping Gertie (the first Tacoma Narrow Bridge), by Barney Elliott
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Anticolonial protest in Goa (at History of Goa), by Universal Studios
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US news story on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, by Universal International News
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Galloping race horse at Horse gait, by Eadweard Muybridge -
First World War bombing run (at Aviation in World War I), by US Government
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Bombing of Hamburg in World War II, author unknown
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima by Bill Genaust
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Lillian Gish, by Bain News Service (edited by jjron) -
Buster Keaton, by Bain News Service -
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Annie Oakley shooting glass balls, by William Heise
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Lobby card of Mary Pickford -
Vernon and Irene Castle, by Frances Benjamin Johnston (edited by Durova) -
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Propaganda of the Spanish American War, re-enactment of "Shooting Captured Insurgents", by Thomas Edison and William Heise
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Cleanup after the 1900 Galveston hurricane, by Edison Manufacturing Co.
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John Shea, by Michael Calas -
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Ernest Borgnine, by JO1 Mark D. Faram, USN (edited by Nehrams2020) -
Screenshot from Dustbin Baby, by Kindle Entertainment -
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Poster for Cabiria (1914)
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Featured portals
[edit] | Featured portals are portals that are regarded as being particularly useful, attractive, and well-maintained. Featured portals must meet a set of criteria, and are nominated and discussed at the featured portal candidates page. |
| Portal | Featured status date | Main author(s) |
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| James Bond | May 20, 2008 | |
| Comedy | February 4, 2008 | |
| Film | January 8, 2008 |
Featured topics
[edit] | A Featured topic is a collection of inter-related articles that are of good quality or higher. Featured topics must meet a set of criteria, and are nominated and discussed at the featured topic candidates page. |
| Topic | Featured status date | Main author(s) |
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| none | none | none |