Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Pruning instructions

After one week, anyone may promote candidates to Featured articles, or remove candidates that have failed.

Promoting a candidate to featured status
Only articles without unresolved objections should be promoted to featured status, unless there is a strong consensus otherwise.
 * 1) Add a link to the article in the proper category on Featured articles.
 * 2) On the article talk page, replace the  template with.
 * 3) Move the discussion to Featured article candidates/Featured log.

Removing a candidate with unresolved objections

 * 1) On the article talk page, either remove the  template or replace it with.
 * 2) Move the discussion to Featured article candidates/Archived nominations.

Sending a candidate to peer review
Only do this if there is a consensus to send the candidate to peer review. There are two ways to accomplish this:
 * Move the entire discussion to Peer review.
 * If the discussion is lengthy, move it to the article's talk page and post a brief listing on Peer review.