User:Jwanders/GARedraft/guidelines

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How to nominate an article
If you're a registered user and believe an article meets the good article criteria, you may nominate it below. Before nominating your first article, you may want to read the guide for nominating good articles for extra hints and tips.

The nomination process:
 * 1) Find the most appropriate section from those listed below.  If you're not sure which one section is best, use "Miscellaneous".
 * 2) List the article at the bottom of that section:
 * 3) *Copy this for the syntax:
 * 4) *Copy this for the edit summary: "Nominating ArticleName "
 * 5) Add  (five tildes) to the nominated article's talk page.

Note that it may take more than a few weeks for your article to be reviewed, as this page tends to have a large backlog. You can help by reviewing other articles while waiting for yours to be reviewed.


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Nomination categories

 * Arts
 * Language and literature
 * Philosophy and religion
 * Everyday life
 * Social sciences and society
 * Geography and places
 * History
 * Engineering and technology
 * Mathematics
 * Natural sciences
 * Miscellaneous (if unsure what section to use)

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How to review an article

 * 1) Choose an article to review, noting:
 * 2) * only registered users may review articles&mdash;make sure you are logged in;
 * 3) * you cannot review an article if you have made significant contributions to it prior to the review, nor can you review an article if you are the nominator;
 * 4) * you should not pass an article that was put on hold by another editor without assessing the problem;
 * 5) * nominations towards the top of each section are older, and should be given higher priority.
 * 6) Paste #:GAReview ~  below the entry; this avoids multiple reviews of the same article.
 * 7) Check the "quick-fail criteria" before reading the article in detail: if a quick fail is appropriate, add your reason to the talk page and go to the fail process; otherwise continue with the next step.
 * 8) Read the whole article, and decide whether it should pass or fail based on the criteria listed here. You can also put the article "On Hold" or ask for a second opinion. If you wish, you can inform the nominator of your action (e.g., using {{subst:GANotice}}).
 * 9) Reviewers are encouraged (but not required) to fix problems with the article under review.

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Pass
If you feel the article meets the Good article criteria:
 * 1) Remove the article from the nominations list using the edit summary "Passed ArticleName ".
 * 2) Remove GAnominee from the article's talk page and either add  or update the ArticleHistory template. Please include "GA" in your edit summary.
 * 3) Leave a review of the article, giving an overview of how you believe the article fulfills the Good article criteria (with suggestions to improve the article, if you can). {{subst:PGAN}} may help you organise the critique. You can also use {{subst:GAList}} or {{subst:GAList2}} to generate a checklist.
 * 4) List the article on Good articles under the appropriate section. Consider listing it at the top of the good articles page under "Recently listed good articles".
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Fail
If you feel the article does not meet the Good article criteria:
 * 1) If the problems are easy to resolve, it might be better to be bold and fix it yourself.
 * 2) Otherwise, remove the article from the nominations list using the edit summary "Failed Article Name ".
 * 3) Remove GAnominee from the article's talk page and either add  or update the ArticleHistory template. Please include "GA" in your edit summary.
 * 4) State which criteria were not met on the article's talk page. The template {{subst:FGAN}} may help you organize the critique. You can also use {{subst:GAList}} or {{subst:GAList2}} to generate a checklist. Please detail the article's flaws to help other editors improve the article for another GA nomination.
 * 5) If your sole criterion for rejecting the article was a lack of appropriate references, please add the article to the Unreferenced GA Nominations list.
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On Hold
You may put an article "On Hold" for a period of time. To put an article on hold:
 * 1) Copy and paste the following below the nomination entry:  #: ~ .
 * 2) On the talk page of the article, replace GAnominee with .
 * 3) Don't forget to specify on the talk page what needs to be done. You may use {{subst:GAList}} to generate a list, or {{subst:GANOH}} for greater explanation and/or plain text.
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Second opinion
If you are uncertain whether an article fully meets the Good article criteria, you may ask for a more experienced reviewer or subject expert to offer a second opinion on the article. To make such a request:
 * 1) Copy and paste the following below the nomination entry:  #: ~ .
 * 2) On the talk page of the article, replace GAnominee with .
 * 3) Don't forget to review the article yourself, stating what needs to be done on the article's talk page, using {{subst:GAList}} to generate a list, {{subst:GANOH}} for greater explanation and/or plain text - according to your choosing.

If this does not resolve the matter, consider listing the article at Good article reassessment.
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