
Adding good and featured articles and lists together gives a total of 49,003 articles (about 1 in 137). Because articles are only included in one category, a good article that has been promoted to featured status is removed from the good articles category. An additional 6,329 are listed as featured articles (about 1 in 1,060) and 4,171 as featured lists (about 1 in 1,610). Good articles do not have to be as comprehensive as featured articles (FA), but they should not omit any major facets of the topic: a comparison of the criteria for good and featured articles describes further differences.Ĭurrently, out of the 6,706,682 articles on Wikipedia, 38,503 are categorized as good articles (about 1 in 175), most of which are listed below.

They are well-written, contain factually accurate and verifiable information, are broad in coverage, neutral in point of view, stable, and illustrated, where possible, by relevant images with suitable copyright licenses.

A good article (GA) is an article that meets a core set of editorial standards, the good article criteria, passing through the good article nomination process successfully.
