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Almost all articles on Knowledge are given a quality rating. However, beyond good and featured articles, these ratings are not subject to community review, highly subjective, and not kept well up-to-date, so they should be taken with a grain of salt. To find an article's rating, go to its talk page
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Some good and featured articles were given their designation long ago and no longer meet present standards. To see the date when the article was promoted, go to its talk page and look for a banner with the article history. If the last formal assessment was more than a few years ago, it is likely
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of validity. Even a featured article that has recently appeared on the main page may contain vandalism. If you need to rely on a piece of information, the only way to do so with confidence is to check the cited source and confirm that it both matches what is in the article and
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Although Knowledge strives to ultimately improve all articles to meet professional standards, many do not yet do so. This page will teach you what you need to know as a reader to determine the quality level of an article.
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This can include featured article/list candidate, featured article/list review, good article nomination, good article review, peer review, or main page appearance as today's featured article/list.
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still a fairly high quality article, but may not be comparable to more recently promoted articles. As of 2021, work to reevaluate old good and featured articles is ongoing.
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for professional standards of writing, presentation, and sourcing. On non-mobile versions of the website, featured articles will have a small bronze star icon (
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This page is designed for non-editing readers. For information on quality assessment for editors, see
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Knowledge:Content assessment
information page
encyclopedic article
Knowledge's policies or guidelines
consensus
vetting
Shortcut
H:QUALITY
Readers' FAQ
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About Knowledge
Administration
FAQs
Assessing article quality
Authority control
Books
Categories
Censorship
Copyright
Disambiguation
Images and multimedia
ISBN
Microformats
Mobile access
Offline access
Navigation
Other languages
Page names
Portals
Searching

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