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wikiHow to Nominate an Article for Featured Article Status

The wikiHow home page brings some of wikiHow's best articles to the world each day. Our editors comb the wikiHow stacks for the most timely material that represents what's possible when people collaborate and nominate these pages to become Featured Articles. Why not help with this search to find and prepare the next article that might be viewed by over half a million people?

Steps

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    Search wikiHow for an article that addresses a topic you feel will appeal to the readers of wikiHow.
  2. 2
    Edit the article and bring it up to wikiHow formatting standards, by reading the Writer's Guide, closely following each step. Add related wikiHows and any external link relating to the subject. When possible, add a picture to enhance the article.
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    Understand that no one person has to completely edit any article in order to bring it to Featured Article standards. Edit as best and as much you can, and others will continue to edit that article many times thereafter. Remember that wikiHow is a collaboration of many editors who continue to edit, clean up and format text in wikiHow articles and strive to make each one of the best.
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    Recognize that not all articles nominated as a featured article candidate will become featured articles showcased on the wikiHow homepage. The standard for featured articles is that they be as good or better than any other single page on that topic on the Internet.
    • To make sure the article you nominate for featured article status meets this criteria, do some research. Google "How to <Article Title Here>" and read the articles you get in the search results. Is the article you're willing to nominate for FA status as good or better than any of these other articles? If the answer is no, read the other articles carefully and see whether they have some points that the wikiHow article doesn't. In this situation, edit the article- rephrasing the ideas you're found on the web, of course, otherwise copyright issues may be raised.
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    Tag the article by going to discussion page and enter {{fac}} at the top of the discussion page. (fac stands for Featured Article Candidate). This tag will automatically add the article to the list of other Featured Article candidates.

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    Tips

    • When you browse the categories, notice a listing Featured Articles in This Category will appear as a heading under many categories. This will show all articles in that category that already have been Featured Articles.
    • You may wish to search categories for other possible Featured Article Candidates.
    • Consider inviting other editors to help you improve the article. Submitting your page to the Collaboration Corner can help find other editors that will work on the article with you, and searching for users who know the topic well can be a huge help.
    • If an article is selected to be featured, add {{Featured Article Award}} to an editor's Talk page.

    Article Info

    Categories: Featured Articles | What You Can Do to Help

    In other languages:

    Español: nominar un artículo para que sea un artículo destacado

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