Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles

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Scope
Good articles (shortcut WP:GA) is a list of articles which are well written, broad, referenced, neutral and accurate, beyond those which have been rigorously reviewed and identified as the very best of Wikipedia by the featured article process. As the list contains thousands of articles, this project exists to assist in its maintenance. Tasks which members of this project may wish to assist with include:


 * 1) Keeping the list at WP:GA in sync with Category:Wikipedia good articles
 * 2) Updating the numbers in the table on WP:GA
 * 3) Sweeping through listed entries to ensure they meet the criteria for listing
 * 4) Reviewing nominations at WP:GAN and adding them to the list if they meet the criteria
 * 5) Encouraging Wikiprojects to review articles for accuracy where expert input is desirable
 * 6) Identifying good content and nominating it to WP:GAN
 * 7) Organizing GAN backlog elimination drives
 * 8) Promoting the Good articles list
 * 9) Reviewing articles listed at WP:GAR and give recommendations for consensus

Task forces

 * GAN Backlog Drives
 * Project quality task force
 * GA Cup

Tools

 * WikiProjectGATasks
 * Sweeps list - To record GA list maintenance

Structure
A good article will share many characteristics with featured articles, and like featured content it must:


 * 1) be well written
 * 2) be factually accurate
 * 3) use a neutral point of view
 * 4) be stable (that is, not subject to any ongoing edit wars)
 * 5) be referenced, and
 * 6) where possible, contain images to illustrate it. The images should all be appropriately tagged.

Good articles may not be as thorough and detailed as our featured articles, but should not omit any major facets of the topic.

Templates
Templates for use by WP:GA include the following:


 * GA - added to the talk page of listed articles; automatically places them in Category:Wikipedia good articles
 * Good article - added to the article page (mainspace) of listed articles; automatically places a small GA logo in the upper right corner of the page.
 * DelistedGA - added to the talk page of delisted articles. An explanation of why an article has been delisted should always be left as well.
 * FailedGA - for articles that fail the self nomination
 * ArticleHistory - combines the features used by the aforementioned templates into one, single template, which is also designed to work with the peer review and featured article processes as well.

There is also an open tasks template for this project: WikiProjectGATasks

Newsletter
A monthly newsletter is being published and distributed via user talk pages. The first issue was published in November 2007. If you have any ideas or suggestions for content, leave a message here.

Volume 1


 * Issue 1: November 2007
 * Issue 2: December 2007
 * Issue 3: January 2008
 * Issue 4: February 2008
 * Issue 5: March 2008
 * Issue 6: April 2008
 * Issue 7: May 2008
 * Issue 8: June 2008
 * Issue 9: July 2008
 * Issue 10: August 2008

Volume 2


 * Issue 1: September-December 2008, 2009, 2010, January-April 2011

Volume 3


 * Issue 1: October 2012
 * Issue 2: November 2012
 * Issue 3: December 2012

Volume 4


 * Issue 1: January 2013
 * Issue 2: February 2013
 * Future newsletters are currently on hold.

Subscribe/Unsubscribe
 * WikiProject Good articles/newsletter participants

Participants
Here is a list of members of WikiProject Good Articles, together with some of their interests. To join the group simply add yourself to the list of participants, being sure to maintain alphabetical order.

Userbox and taskbox for participants
Add to your userpage to add this userbox -  Add WikiProjectGATasks to your userpage to add the open tasks box. 
 * Add User Good Articles reviewed to your userpage to note how many Good article nominations you have reviewed.

Categories

 * Category:WikiProject Good articles
 * Category:Wikipedia good articles
 * Category:Good article nominees
 * Category:Good article nominees currently on hold
 * Category:Good article nominees seeking second opinion
 * Category:Former good article nominees
 * Category:Delisted good articles

Related Wikipedia pages

 * Good articles
 * Good article criteria
 * Good article nominations
 * Good article reassessment
 * Wikipedia:WikiProject Good Article Recruitment Centre
 * Featured articles
 * Pushing to 1.0
 * Version 1.0 Editorial Team


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