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Criteria[edit]
Featured articles should, at a minimum:
- Have pictures (they should make a good visual impression)
- Be well-written
- Cover the news event comprehensively
In addition, we should try to choose articles with these features:
- Good collaboration
- Quality original material
- Better coverage than mainstream outlets
Current featured articles[edit]
- There are currently 145 featured articles.
- 27 November 2016: Judge jails 'monstrous' London serial killer Stephen Port
- 7 September 2016: Pop culture celebrated at Fan Expo Canada 2016 in Toronto
- 31 March 2016: Wikinews interviews Rocky De La Fuente, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
- 13 December 2015: Wikinews interviews Steve Burke, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
- 12 October 2015: Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression
- 1 September 2015: Biologist Nick Bos tells Wikinews about 'self-medicating' ants
- 25 June 2015: Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
- 14 March 2015: Reflections, Lichtenstein, two new exhibitions at Edinburgh's Modern One
- 28 December 2014: AirAsia jet vanishes over Indonesia, 162 missing
- 7 November 2014: Edinburgh's 'Million Mask March' flies distinctly Scottish colours
- 23 October 2014: Wikinews interviews Kristian Hanson, producer-director of indie horror film 'Sledge'
- 27 August 2014: Wikinews wanders the Referendum-year Edinburgh Festival Fringe
- 10 May 2014: 300 protesters greet Farage's return to Edinburgh
- 22 April 2014: Glasgow cannabis enthusiasts celebrate 'green' on city green
- 29 March 2014: Wikinews interviews Indiana State Senator Mike Delph
- 5 March 2014: Wikinews interviews specialists on Russian intervention in Ukraine
- 11 February 2014: Wiki loves the European Parliament in Strasbourg
- 28 January 2014: Warhol's photo legacy spread by university exhibits
- 21 January 2014: Cold as ice: Wikinews interviews Marymegan Daly on unusual new sea anemone
- 21 January 2014: UK media apparently conflict with Scots law in Mikaeel Kular case
- 16 December 2013: Glasgow's Common Weal launch; 'Not me first. All of us first'
- 16 November 2013: Wikinews interviews academic Simon Ličen about attitudes towards US Paralympics
- 13 November 2013: ONCE defeats Getafe 86-36 in Spain's top level wheelchair basketball league
- 14 October 2013: Wikinews interviews meteorological experts on Cyclone Phalin
- 23 September 2013: Wikinews interviews specialists on China, Iran, Russia support for al-Assad
- 13 September 2013: Wikinews interviews Dr. Michael Mazilu on creating world's fastest spinning manmade object
- 8 September 2013: Wikinews interviews Scott Lucas, Eyal Zisser, Majid Rafizadeh about risks of US military intervention in Syria
- 4 September 2013: Wikinews interviews Dr Thomas Scotto and Dr Steve Hewitt about potential US military intervention in Syria
- 1 September 2013: Maroochydore win 2013 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Grand Final
- 1 July 2013: Pride in London 2013: in pictures
- 12 June 2013: Wikinews interviews biologist Chris Simon about periodical cicadas
- 4 April 2013: North Korea's rising tensions: Wikinews interviews Scott Snyder and Dr Robert Kelly
- 31 March 2013: Thousands take to streets protesting 'ratbag's Bedroom Tax
- 26 February 2013: Wikinews interviews Irene Villa
- 7 February 2013: Same-sex marriage in the UK passes second reading in Commons
- 24 January 2013: Wikinews interviews Aurélien Miralles about Sirenoscincus mobydick species discovery
- 19 January 2013: Wikinews interviews Spain's most decorated Paralympian, Teresa Perales
- 8 January 2013: Three cities submit bids for 2020 Summer Olympics
- 4 January 2013: Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketballer Shelley Chaplin
- 11 December 2012: Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic skiers Jessica Gallagher and Eric Bickerton
- 10 December 2012: Wikinews interviews Australian blind Paralympic skier Melissa Perrine
- 7 September 2012: Wikinews interviews Duncan Campbell, co-founder of wheelchair rugby
- 6 September 2012: Wheelchair rugby gets underway at London Paralympics
- 3 September 2012: Wikinews interviews winner of 55 Paralympic medals, Trischa Zorn
- 20 May 2012: Wikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama
- 10 May 2012: No surprises for sport in 2012/2013 Australian federal budget
- 15 March 2012: Wikinews interviews New York bar owner on Santorum cocktail
- 14 March 2012: Sandra Fluke insists she will not be silenced
- 25 February 2012: Syrian citizen journalists risk death, targeted; city of Homs facing starvation
- 26 January 2012: 'Davos man' versus 'Camp Igloo'; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps
- 25 January 2012: One year on: Egyptians mark anniversary of protests that toppled Mubarak
- 13 January 2012: Observing the 2012 Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the US, and wider world
- 22 December 2011: Cypriot court clears all of wrongdoing in Greek air disaster
- 21 December 2011: Wikinews interviews former Salt Lake City mayor and 2012 presidential candidate Rocky Anderson
- 1 December 2011: A portrait of Scotland: Gallery reopens after £17.6 million renovation
- 1 October 2011: 'Fascinating' and 'provocative' research examines genetic elements of bipolar, schizophrenia
- 10 September 2011: Out of space in outer space: Special report on NASA's 'space junk' plans
- 4 September 2011: Military plane crashes in Chilean Juan Fernández Archipelago; reports say no survivors
- 29 July 2011: National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment
- 30 June 2011: Wikinews interviews US National Archives Wikipedian in Residence
- 7 April 2011: ACLU, EFF challenging US 'secret' court orders seeking Twitter data
- 12 March 2011: Special report on Japanese tsunami emergency in Pichilemu, Chile
- 5 December 2010: UK Parliament to vote on tuition fee rise on Thursday
- 1 December 2010: Latest 'CableGate' disclosures hint at US diplomatic tactics in Spain and beyond
- 24 October 2010: Wikinews investigates the reconstruction of Pichilemu, Chile after February earthquake
- 10 September 2010: BP report into Gulf of Mexico disaster lays blame on other contractors
- 30 August 2010: Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before 'externals'
- 8 June 2010: Strike ballot to go ahead despite British Telecom's belated new pay offer
- 15 May 2010: Colegio Preciosa Sangre, Pichilemu, amidst other Chilean schools celebrate Student's Day
- 3 May 2010: Chilean earthquakes in the O'Higgins Region: photoessay
- 10 April 2010: Polish President Lech Kaczyński dies as his plane crashes in Russia
- 31 March 2010: Wikinews discusses H1N1 with the WHO
- 18 March 2010: Chilean earthquakes: in pictures
- 29 January 2010: Tony Blair tells Iraq Inquiry he would invade again
- 15 January 2010: Haitian earthquake: in pictures
- 15 January 2010: Haiti relief efforts: in depth
- 31 December 2009: Icelandic government passes Icesave deal; €12,000 debt per citizen
- 16 December 2009: Payment pending; Canadian recording industry set for six billion penalties?
- 10 November 2009: Creator of website satirizing Glenn Beck on winning domain name case
- 8 November 2009: China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans
- 5 November 2009: Thirteen dead, several wounded in Fort Hood, Texas shooting
- 2 November 2009: Karzai declared winner of Afghan elections, runoff polls cancelled
- 1 November 2009: Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah withdraws from elections
- 29 October 2009: AFL provides insufficient support for European leagues: Germany
- 19 October 2009: Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
- 19 October 2009: US free speech lawyer Marc Randazza discusses Glenn Beck parody
- 20 August 2009: Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi released on compassionate grounds
- 11 August 2009: Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide
- 14 July 2009: U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
- 10 May 2009: Past Eurovision contestants give advice to this year's performers, speculate on who will win
- 29 April 2009: Swine flu outbreaks appear globally; WHO raises pandemic alert level to 5
- 14 March 2009: US, UK investigators seek 777 engine redesign to stop repeat of London jet crash
- 2 February 2009: Eurovision '82 winner Nicole talks about 'Ein bißchen Frieden', her success and the Contest today
- 7 December 2008: British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations
- 22 November 2008: US Nazi leader talks about Barack Obama, the economy and more
- 22 October 2008: 2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
- 10 October 2008: Global markets plunge
- 18 July 2008: Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world's largest radio telescope
- 8 July 2008: Philippines ferry disaster: ship owner sues over toxic cargo; recovery deadline set & more
- 24 June 2008: City to sue owner of partially collapsed 19th century livery in Buffalo, New York
- 21 May 2008: UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology 'cult' at protest
- 16 May 2008: Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
- 23 April 2008: Pope Benedict XVI visit to the United States begins
- 18 April 2008: YouTube accounts of Scientology critics suspended
- 13 April 2008: Teräsbetoni frontman J. Ahola on representing Finland at Eurovision 2008 & more
- 13 April 2008: Wikinews interviews team behind the 2,000th featured Wikipedia article
- 26 March 2008: Popular soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' celebrates 35 years on the air
- 12 March 2008: One year on: IFALPA's representative to ICAO, pilot and lawyer on ongoing prosecution of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 pilot
- 26 February 2008: Lobby groups oppose plans for EU copyright extension
- 13 February 2008: Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life
- 9 January 2008: Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel
- 13 December 2007: Interview with Reggie Bibbs on his life with neurofibromatosis
- 3 December 2007: Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics
- 8 November 2007: Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore
- 30 October 2007: ACLU President Strossen on religion, drugs, guns and impeaching George Bush
- 14 October 2007: Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion
- 6 October 2007: Dr. Joseph Merlino on sexuality, insanity, Freud, fetishes and apathy
- 30 September 2007: Interview with gay marriage movement founder Evan Wolfson
- 16 August 2007: Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
- 2 August 2007: Highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses
- 14 May 2007: Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away
- 6 May 2007: Kenya Airways jet with at least 114 on board crashes
- 12 April 2007: Violence in Uganda over forest clearing proposal
- 22 March 2007: Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium
- 8 March 2007: DUP and Sinn Féin make gains in Northern Ireland Assembly election
- 6 March 2007: Broken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole
- 4 March 2007: "Avast ye scurvy file sharers!": Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge
- 23 February 2007: Virgin train crashes in England
- 7 February 2007: Furry fans flock to Further Confusion 2007
- 17 January 2007: In the land of the open source elves: Interview with "Battle for Wesnoth" creator David White
- 3 November 2006: U.S. military tribunal law faces first court challenge
- 14 October 2006: "Friday the 13" Buffalo, New York snow storm in pictures
- 30 May 2006: Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris: Andrew Westphal about Stardust@home
- 16 March 2006: Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal threatened by possible lawsuit
- 13 February 2006: New South Wales set to adopt harsher anti-cannabis laws
- 8 February 2006: Wikinews investigates Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff members
- 13 January 2006: Distributed computing to get "interstellar project"
- 12 December 2005: Major explosions at UK oil depot
- 19 November 2005: Australian man to be executed in Singapore
- 25 October 2005: Anniversary of Tak Bai incident marked with lawsuits
- 11 July 2005: Pope John Paul II dies
- 8 July 2005: Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
- 2 July 2005: Entrepreneur's RFID chip implant to open doors, start car
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Pages in category "Featured article"
The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total.
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- A portrait of Scotland: Gallery reopens after £17.6 million renovation
- ACLU President Strossen on religion, drugs, guns and impeaching George Bush
- ACLU, EFF challenging US 'secret' court orders seeking Twitter data
- Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah withdraws from elections
- AFL provides insufficient support for European leagues: Germany
- AirAsia jet vanishes over Indonesia, 162 missing
- Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics
- Anniversary of Tak Bai incident marked with lawsuits
- Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
- Australian man to be executed in Singapore
- "Avast ye scurvy file sharers!": Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge
B
- Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life
- Biologist Nick Bos tells Wikinews about 'self-medicating' ants
- BP report into Gulf of Mexico disaster lays blame on other contractors
- British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations
- Broken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole
- Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal threatened by possible lawsuit
C
- Chilean earthquakes in the O'Higgins Region: photoessay
- Chilean earthquakes: in pictures
- China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans
- City to sue owner of partially collapsed 19th century livery in Buffalo, New York
- Cold as ice: Wikinews interviews Marymegan Daly on unusual new sea anemone
- Colegio Preciosa Sangre, Pichilemu, amidst other Chilean schools celebrate Student's Day
- Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
- Creator of website satirizing Glenn Beck on winning domain name case
- Cypriot court clears all of wrongdoing in Greek air disaster
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- Observing the 2012 Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the US, and wider world
- ONCE defeats Getafe 86-36 in Spain's top level wheelchair basketball league
- One year on: Egyptians mark anniversary of protests that toppled Mubarak
- One year on: IFALPA's representative to ICAO, pilot and lawyer on ongoing prosecution of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 pilot
- Out of space in outer space: Special report on NASA's 'space junk' plans
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- Past Eurovision contestants give advice to this year's performers, speculate on who will win
- Payment pending; Canadian recording industry set for six billion penalties?
- Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
- Philippines ferry disaster: ship owner sues over toxic cargo; recovery deadline set & more
- Polish President Lech Kaczyński dies as his plane crashes in Russia
- Pop culture celebrated at Fan Expo Canada 2016 in Toronto
- Pope Benedict XVI visit to the United States begins
- Pope John Paul II dies
- Popular soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' celebrates 35 years on the air
- Pride in London 2013: in pictures
S
- Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion
- Same-sex marriage in the UK passes second reading in Commons
- Sandra Fluke insists she will not be silenced
- Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore
- Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world's largest radio telescope
- Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel
- Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away
- Special report on Japanese tsunami emergency in Pichilemu, Chile
- Strike ballot to go ahead despite British Telecom's belated new pay offer
- Swine flu outbreaks appear globally; WHO raises pandemic alert level to 5
- Syrian citizen journalists risk death, targeted; city of Homs facing starvation
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- Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before 'externals'
- Teräsbetoni frontman J. Ahola on representing Finland at Eurovision 2008 & more
- Thirteen dead, several wounded in Fort Hood, Texas shooting
- Thousands take to streets protesting 'ratbag's Bedroom Tax
- Three cities submit bids for 2020 Summer Olympics
- Tony Blair tells Iraq Inquiry he would invade again
U
- U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
- U.S. military tribunal law faces first court challenge
- UK media apparently conflict with Scots law in Mikaeel Kular case
- UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology 'cult' at protest
- UK Parliament to vote on tuition fee rise on Thursday
- US free speech lawyer Marc Randazza discusses Glenn Beck parody
- US Nazi leader talks about Barack Obama, the economy and more
- US, UK investigators seek 777 engine redesign to stop repeat of London jet crash
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- Warhol's photo legacy spread by university exhibits
- Wheelchair rugby gets underway at London Paralympics
- Wiki loves the European Parliament in Strasbourg
- Wikinews discusses H1N1 with the WHO
- Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide
- Wikinews interviews academic Simon Ličen about attitudes towards US Paralympics
- Wikinews interviews Aurélien Miralles about Sirenoscincus mobydick species discovery
- Wikinews interviews Australian blind Paralympic skier Melissa Perrine
- Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic skiers Jessica Gallagher and Eric Bickerton
- Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketballer Shelley Chaplin
- Wikinews interviews biologist Chris Simon about periodical cicadas
- Wikinews interviews Dr Thomas Scotto and Dr Steve Hewitt about potential US military intervention in Syria
- Wikinews interviews Dr. Michael Mazilu on creating world's fastest spinning manmade object
- Wikinews interviews Duncan Campbell, co-founder of wheelchair rugby
- Wikinews interviews former Salt Lake City mayor and 2012 presidential candidate Rocky Anderson
- Wikinews interviews Indiana State Senator Mike Delph
- Wikinews interviews Irene Villa
- Wikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama
- Wikinews interviews Kristian Hanson, producer-director of indie horror film 'Sledge'
- Wikinews interviews meteorological experts on Cyclone Phalin
- Wikinews interviews New York bar owner on Santorum cocktail
- Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression
- Wikinews interviews Rocky De La Fuente, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
- Wikinews interviews Scott Lucas, Eyal Zisser, Majid Rafizadeh about risks of US military intervention in Syria
- Wikinews interviews Spain's most decorated Paralympian, Teresa Perales
- Wikinews interviews specialists on China, Iran, Russia support for al-Assad
- Wikinews interviews specialists on Russian intervention in Ukraine
- Wikinews interviews Steve Burke, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
- Wikinews interviews team behind the 2,000th featured Wikipedia article
- Wikinews interviews US National Archives Wikipedian in Residence
- Wikinews interviews winner of 55 Paralympic medals, Trischa Zorn
- Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
- Wikinews investigates the reconstruction of Pichilemu, Chile after February earthquake
- Wikinews investigates Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff members
- Wikinews wanders the Referendum-year Edinburgh Festival Fringe