User:CFCF/WP:GL

A good lede is a satisfactory lede or introduction to an article that is at the same level or above as good article criteria but only applies to the lede of the article. The goal of GL classification is not designed to replace either GA or FA, but to supplement and to allow for preparation of articles for widespread translation through the Medical Translation Project.

Immediate failures
An article can be failed without further review (known as quickfailing or quick failing) if, prior to the review:
 * 1) It has cleanup banners that cover the lede that are obviously still valid or needs new cleanup banners. These include cleanup, POV, unreferenced or large numbers of fact, citation needed, clarifyme, or similar tags. (See also QF-tags).
 * 2) It is a long way from meeting any one of the six good lede criteria.
 * 3) It contains copyright infringements.

In all other cases, a full review against the six criteria is to be conducted and the nominator given a chance to address any issues.

The six good lede criteria
These criteria are based upon the good articles criteria.

A good article is&mdash;  :  ; and .   :  ;  ; and <li>.</li> </ol> <li>:</li> <ol STYLE="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li>; and</li> <li>.</li> </ol> <li>.</li> <li>.</li> <li>:</li> <ol STYLE="list-style-type: lower-alpha"> <li>; and</li> <li>. </li> </ol> </ol>

What cannot be a good article?

 * Stand-alone lists, portals, sounds, and images: these items should be nominated for featured list, featured portal, featured sounds, and featured picture status, respectively.
 * Disambiguation pages and stubs: these pages cannot meet the criteria.
 * Good articles: as good lede is considered a lesser version of a good article assessment it is not necessary to classify good articles as having good ledes.
 * Featured articles: a good article loses its status when promoted to a featured article. Accordingly, demoted featured articles are not automatically graded as good articles and must be reassessed for quality.