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[[File:Cscr-candidate.svg|left|50px|This star, with one point broken, indicates that an article is a candidate on this page.]]
Here, we determine which articles are to be [[Wikipedia:Featured articles|featured articles (FAs)]]. FAs exemplify Wikipedia's very best work and satisfy the [[Wikipedia:Featured article criteria|FA criteria]]. '''All editors are welcome to review nominations'''; please see the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-04-07/Dispatches|review FAQ]].

Before nominating an article, nominators may wish to receive feedback by listing it at [[Wikipedia:Peer review|Peer review]] and adding the review to the [[:Template:FAC peer review sidebar|FAC peer review sidebar]]. Editors considering their first nomination, and any subsequent nomination before their first FA promotion, are '''strongly advised''' to [[Wikipedia:Mentoring for FAC|seek the involvement of a mentor]], to assist in the preparation and processing of the nomination. Nominators must be sufficiently familiar with the subject matter and sources to deal with objections during the featured article candidates (FAC) process. Nominators who are not [https://xtools.wmflabs.org/articleinfo significant contributors to the article] should consult regular editors of the article before nominating it. Nominators are expected to respond positively to constructive criticism and to make efforts to address objections promptly.  An article should not be on Featured article candidates and Peer review or [[WP:GAN|Good article nominations]] at the same time.

The FAC coordinators—[[User:Ian Rose|Ian Rose]], [[User:Gog the Mild|Gog the Mild]], [[User:David Fuchs|David Fuchs]] and [[User:FrB.TG|FrB.TG]]—determine the timing of the process for each nomination. For a nomination to be [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Featured log/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|promoted]] to FA status, [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] must be reached that it meets the criteria. Consensus is built among reviewers and nominators; the coordinators determine whether there is consensus. A nomination will be removed from the list and [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archived nominations/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|archived]] if, in the judgment of the coordinators:
* actionable objections have not been resolved;
* consensus for promotion has not been reached;
* insufficient information has been provided by reviewers to judge whether the criteria have been met; or
* a nomination is unprepared.

It is assumed that all nominations have good qualities; this is why the main thrust of the process is to generate and resolve ''critical'' comments in relation to the criteria, and why such resolution is given considerably more weight than declarations of support.

Do not use graphics or complex templates on FAC nomination pages.  Graphics such as {{done}} and {{not done}} slow down the page load time, and complex templates can lead to errors in the FAC archives.  For technical reasons, templates that are acceptable are {{tl|collapse top}} and {{tl|collapse bottom}}, used to hide offtopic discussions, and templates such as {{tl|green}} that apply colours to text and are used to highlight examples without altering fonts.  Other templates such as {{tl|done}}, {{tl|not done}}, {{tl|tq}}, {{tl|tq2}}, and {{tl|xt}}, may be removed.

An editor is normally allowed to be the sole nominator of one article at a time, but two nominations are allowed if the editor is a co-nominator on at least one of them. An editor may ask the approval of the coordinators to add a second sole nomination after the first has gained significant support. If a nomination is archived, the nominator(s) should take adequate time to work on resolving issues before re-nominating. None of the nominators may nominate or co-nominate <em>any article</em> for two weeks unless given leave to do so by a coordinator; if such an article is nominated without asking for leave, a coordinator will decide whether to remove it. A coordinator may exempt from this restriction an archived nomination that attracted no (or minimal) feedback.

Nominations in urgent need of review are listed [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/FAC urgents|here]].  To contact the FAC coordinators, please leave a message on the [[Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates|FAC talk page]], or use the {{tl|@FAC}} [[Wikipedia:Notifications|notification]] template elsewhere.

A [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/archiving|bot will update the article talk page]] after the article is promoted or the nomination archived; the delay in bot processing can range from minutes to several days, and the <code><nowiki>{{FAC}}</nowiki></code> template should remain on the talk page until the bot updates {{nowrap|<code><nowiki>{{Article history}}</nowiki></code>}}.

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==Nominating==
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<span style="font-size:1.4em">Nomination procedure</span>
# Before nominating an article, ensure that it meets all of the [[Wikipedia:Featured article criteria|FA criteria]] and that [[WP:PR|peer reviews]] are closed and archived.
# Place <code><nowiki>{{subst:FAC}}</nowiki></code> at the top of the talk page of the nominated article and save the page.
# From the FAC template, click on the red "initiate the nomination" link or the blue "leave comments" link.  You will see pre-loaded information; leave that text. If you are unsure how to complete a nomination, please post to [[WT:FAC|the FAC talk page]] for assistance.
# Below the preloaded title, complete the nomination page, sign with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, and save the page.
# Copy this text: <code><nowiki>{{Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/name of nominated article/archiveNumber}}</nowiki></code> (substituting Number), and '''<span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:Wikipedia:Featured article candidates|action=edit&section=1}} edit this page]</span>''' (i.e., the page you are reading at the moment), pasting the template at the top of the list of candidates. Replace "name of ..." with the name of your nomination. This will [[Wikipedia:Transclusion|transclude]] the nomination into this page. In the event that the title of the nomination page differs from this format, use the page's title instead.
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==Commenting, etc==
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<span style="font-size:1.4em">Supporting and opposing</span>
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* To respond to a nomination, click the "Edit" link to the right of the article nomination (not the "Edit this page" link for the ''whole'' FAC page).   All editors are welcome to review nominations; see [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-04-07/Dispatches|the review FAQ]] for an overview of the review process.
* To support a nomination, write <nowiki>*'''Support'''</nowiki>, '''followed''' by your reason(s), which should be based on a full reading of the text. If you have been a significant contributor to the article before its nomination, please indicate this. A reviewer who specializes in certain areas of the FA criteria should indicate whether the support is applicable to all of the criteria.
* To oppose a nomination, write <nowiki>*'''Object''' or *'''Oppose'''</nowiki>, '''followed''' by your reason(s). Each objection must provide '''a specific rationale that can be addressed'''. If nothing can be done in principle to address the objection, a coordinator may disregard it. References on style and grammar do not always agree; if a contributor cites support for a certain style in a standard reference work or other authoritative source, reviewers should consider accepting it. Reviewers who object are strongly encouraged to return after a few days to check whether their objection has been addressed. To withdraw the objection, strike it out (with <code><nowiki><s> ... </s></nowiki></code>) rather than removing it. Alternatively, reviewers may transfer lengthy, resolved commentary to the FAC archive talk page, leaving a link in a note on the FAC archive.
* To provide constructive input on a nomination without specifically supporting or objecting, write <nowiki>*'''Comment'''</nowiki> followed by your advice.
* {{anchor|subsection|semicolon}}For ease of editing, a reviewer who enters lengthy commentary may create a neutral ''fourth-level'' subsection, named either <nowiki>==== Review by EditorX ====</nowiki> or <nowiki> ==== Comments by EditorX ====</nowiki> (do ''not'' use third-level or higher section headers). Please do not create subsections for short statements of support or opposition—for these a simple <nowiki>*'''Support''',</nowiki><nowiki>*'''Oppose'''</nowiki>, or <nowiki>*'''Comment'''</nowiki> followed by your statement of opinion, is sufficient. Please do not use a semicolon to bold a subheading; this creates [[WP:ACCESS|accessibility]] problems. Specifically, a semi-colon creates an HTML [[description list]] with a description term list item. As a result, assistive technology is unable to identify the text in question as a heading and thus provide navigation to it, and screen readers will make extra list start/item/end announcements.
* {{anchor|below}}If a nominator feels that an Oppose has been addressed, they should say so, either after the reviewer's signature, or by interspersing their responses in the list provided by the reviewer. Per [[WP:TALK|talk page guidelines]], nominators should not cap, alter, strike, or add graphics to comments from other editors. If a nominator finds that an opposing reviewer is not returning to the nomination page to revisit improvements, this should be noted on the nomination page, with a diff to the reviewer's talk page showing the request to reconsider.
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