Fore teohhiende ȝeƿrit, teohhiendas mæȝ þancas tō fōnne ƿyscan bȳ hit ƿrītende æt Brōðra rǣdscēaƿunge. Teohhiendas sculon þā ymbehƿæt and frumtrah ƿitan tō handlienne tōdǣlendas on þǣm FȜT forþgenge. Teohhendas þe ne sind ƿeorþful forðendas tō þǣm ȝeƿrite sculdon þæs ȝeƿrites oftādihteras āscian fore teohhunge. Man hopaþ teohhendas tō andsƿarienne ƿel ymbe helpful ƿiþsprecend and tōdǣlendas sƿifte fulfealdan.
Ȝeƿrit ne sceal on Fulgōdra ȝeƿrita teohhungum and Brōðra rǣdscēaƿunge oþþe Gōdra ȝeƿrita teohhungum tōgædre bēon. Users should not add a second FA nomination until the first has gained support and reviewers' concerns have been substantially addressed. Please do not split FA candidate pages into subsections using header code (if necessary, use bolded headings).
The FA director, Raul654—or his delegates, SandyGeorgia and Karanacs—determines the timing of the process for each nomination. For a nomination to be promoted to FA status, consensus must be reached that it meets the criteria. Consensus is built among reviewers and nominators; the director or his delegate determines whether there is consensus. A nomination will be removed from the list and archived if, in the judgment of the director or his delegate:
actionable objections have not been resolved;
consensus for promotion has not been reached; or
insufficient information has been provided by reviewers to judge whether the criteria have been met.
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.
A 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 ((FAC)) template should remain on the talk page until the bot updates ((ArticleHistory)). If a nomination is archived, the nominator should take adequate time to work on resolving issues before re-nominating—typically at least a few weeks.
Before nominating an article, ensure that it meets all of the FA criteria and that peer reviews are closed and archived.
Place ((subst:FAC)) on 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 the FAC talk page for assistance.
Below the preloaded title, complete the nomination page, sign with ~~~~ and save the page.
Copy this text: ((Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/name of nominated article/archiveNumber)) (substituting Number), and edit this page (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.
Supporting and opposing
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).
To support a nomination, write *'''Support''', 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.
To oppose a nomination, write *'''Object''' or *'''Oppose''', 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, the director may ignore 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 <s> ... </s>) rather than removing it. Alternately, reviewers may hide lengthy, resolved commentary in a cap template with a signature in the header. This method should be used sparingly, because it can cause the FAC archives to exceed template limits.
If a nominator feels that an Oppose has been addressed, they should say so after the reviewer's signature rather than striking out or splitting up the reviewer's text. Per talk page guidelines, nominators should not cap, alter, strike, break up, or add graphics to comments from other editors; replies are added below the signature on the reviewer's commentary. 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.
Use of graphics or templates including graphics (such as ((done)) and ((not done))) is discouraged, as they slow down the page load time.
To provide constructive input on a nomination without specifically supporting or objecting, write *'''Comment''' followed by your advice.
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