Wikipedia talk:Good article criteria/Alternative version

A good article is a satisfactory article that has met the good article criteria but may not have met the criteria for featured articles. The good article criteria measure decent articles; they are not as demanding as the featured article criteria, which determine our best articles.

What is a good article?
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>

Failing an article
An article can be failed without further review if it has cleanup banners that are obviously still valid prior to the review being conducted, including cleanup, wikify, POV, unreferenced or large numbers of fact, citation needed, clarifyme, or similar tags. (See also QF-tags). If the article is a long way from meeting any one of the six good article criteria then it can be failed without being placed on hold. If copyright infringements are found in a nominated article then it can be failed without further review. 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.

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.
 * 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.