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SFD of Wikipedia instructions (529 words):

The first thing that readers notice when they read a Wikipedia article is its title. An article's title should be precise and unambiguous like Baleen whale (a featured article) or American black duck (a good article). When it comes to writing a good Wikipedia article about animals, having the right number of quality sources should be one of the most important steps. For an article like Baleen whale that's about 8000 words long, you should have about 150 - 200 references (or 30-40 references per 2000 words like American black duck) along with 2 external links and a couple of further readings. Your sources should also be credible, accessible, and unbiased (Reliable sources). The lead section of a good article should be able to outline all the main points of the article without being either too long or too short. According to Dr. Schick, a good rule of thumb is to divide the word count of the article by 10 to get the approximate length of its lead section (Baleen whale is also a good example for this). Research information from your article should come from credible sources, not your own or unknown research like Baleen whale. A good article about animals like American black duck and Baleen whale should have most of these headings or main points: the animal's taxonomy (classification), anatomy, etymology (origin), behavior, habitat, and relationship with humans. When writing a good article, you should also have a neutral point of view. The best way to do this is to use as many perspectives from unbiased sources as possible. American black duck is not a good example of an unbiased article because it used unknown sources of points of view. An unbiased source like in Baleen whale is a source that doesn't take sides and treat every claim and viewpoint equally (Neutral point of view). In order for an article to be more easily understood like Baleen whale and American black duck, it should contain images or anything besides words that can represent the article's main ideas. For each heading, you should have at least one image that represents the main idea of that heading. In most articles. there are smaller headings inside main headings, so it would be better if you could include an image for each of those small headings. An info box containing an image that represents the "title" next to the lead section is also very useful for gathering some of the most important information of the article. Another obvious way to make an article more readable is by using proper grammar and punctuation like Baleen whale and American black duck. An article's reliability can also be determined by its stabilization. In order to maximize stabilization, articles should not constantly have edits that change too much of their contents like Baleen whale and American black duck (Edit warring). There can be exceptions if the edits are minor or if the article is about something that is constantly changing (Example: technology changes all the time). Every good article should end with a bibliography that shows numbered sources or references that it has used

(Good article criteria, Featured article criteria)