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Featured articlesFeatured articles are considered to be some of the best arti... More are considered to be some of the best articles WikipediaWikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintain... More has to offer, as determined by Wikipedia’s editors. They are used by editors as examples for writing other articles. Before being listed here, articles are reviewed as featured article candidates for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style according to our featured article criteria. Many featured articlesFeatured articles are considered to be some of the best arti... More were previously good articles (which are reviewed with a less restrictive set of criteria). Featured articlesFeatured articles are considered to be some of the best arti... More comprise 6,876 out of a total of 7,146,184 articles on the English WikipediaWikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintain... More (about 0.1% or one out of every 1,030 articles). Articles that no longer meet the criteria can be proposed for improvement or removal at featured article review.
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