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A featured list exemplifies our very best work. It covers a topic that lends itself to list format (see WP:List) and, in addition to meeting the requirements for all Wikipedia content (particularly naming conventions, neutrality, no original research, verifiability, citations, reliable sources, living persons, non-free content and what Wikipedia is not) a featured list has the following attributes:

Prose. It features professional standards of writing.
Lead. It has an engaging lead that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria.
Comprehensiveness.
- (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items.
- (b) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the requirements for stand-alone lists; it is not a content fork, does not largely recreate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article.
Structure. It is easy to navigate through and includes, where helpful, section headings and table sort facilities.
Style. It complies with the Manual of Style and its supplementary pages.
- (a) Visual appeal. It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, tables, and colour.
- (b) It has images and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's usage policies, with succinct captions or "alt" text. Non-free images and other media satisfy the criteria for the inclusion of non-free content and are labeled accordingly.
Stability. It is not the subject of ongoing edit wars and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.

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-A [[Wikipedia:Featured lists|featured list]] exemplifies our very best work. In addition to meeting the requirements for all Wikipedia content—in particular, [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|naming conventions]], [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutrality]], [[Wikipedia:No original research|no original research]], [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiability]], [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|citations]], [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]] (taking particular care with [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|living persons]]), [[Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria|non-free content]] and [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|what Wikipedia is not]]—a featured list has the following attributes:</noinclude>
+A [[WP:Featured lists|featured list]] exemplifies our very best work. It covers a topic that lends itself to list format (see [[WP:List]]) and, in addition to meeting the requirements for all Wikipedia content (particularly [[WP:Naming conventions|naming conventions]], [[WP:Neutral point of view|neutrality]], [[WP:No original research|no original research]], [[WP:Verifiability|verifiability]], [[WP:Citing sources|citations]], [[WP:Reliable sources|reliable sources]], [[WP:Biographies of living persons|living persons]], [[WP:Non-free content criteria|non-free content]] and [[WP:What Wikipedia is not|what Wikipedia is not]]) a featured list has the following attributes:</noinclude>
 #'''Prose.''' It features professional standards of writing.
-#'''Lead.''' It has an engaging [[Wikipedia:Lead section|lead section]] that introduces the subject, and defines the scope and inclusion criteria of the list.
+#'''Lead.''' It has an engaging [[WP:Lead section|lead]] that introduces the subject and defines the scope and inclusion criteria.
+#'''Comprehensiveness.'''
-#'''Comprehensiveness.''' It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing a complete set of items where practical, or otherwise at least all of the major items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about entries.
+#* (a) It comprehensively covers the defined scope, providing at least all of the major items and, where practical, a complete set of items; where appropriate, it has annotations that provide useful and appropriate information about the items.
-#'''Structure.''' It is easy to navigate, and includes—where helpful—[[Help:Section|section]] headings and [[Help:Sorting|table sort]] facilities.
+#* (b) In length and/or topic, it meets all of the [[WP:SAL|requirements]] for stand-alone lists; it is not a [[WP:Content forking|content fork]], does not largely recreate material from another article, and could not reasonably be included as part of a related article.
+#'''Structure.''' It is easy to navigate through and includes, where helpful, [[Help:Section|section]] headings and [[Help:Sorting|table sort]] facilities.
 #'''Style.''' It complies with the [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] and its supplementary pages.
-#'''Visual appeal.''' It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, [[Help:Table|tables]], and colour; it has [[Wikipedia:Images|images]] if they are appropriate to the subject, with succinct [[Wikipedia:Captions|captions]] or [[Wikipedia:Alternative text for images|"alt" text]].
+#* (a) '''Visual appeal.''' It makes suitable use of text layout, formatting, [[Help:Table|tables]], and [[Wikipedia:Colours|colour]].
+#* (b) It has [[Wikipedia:Images|images]] and other media, if appropriate to the topic, that follow Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Image use policy|usage policies]], with succinct [[Wikipedia:Captions|captions]] or [[Wikipedia:Alternative text for images|"alt" text]]. [[Wikipedia:Non-free content|Non-free]] images and other media satisfy the [[Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria|criteria for the inclusion of non-free content]] and [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free content|are labeled accordingly]].
 #'''Stability.''' It is not the subject of ongoing [[Wikipedia:Edit war|edit wars]] and its content does not change significantly from day to day, except in response to the featured list process.
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v t e Lists in Wikipedia
Style	Lists Lists of works Stand-alone lists Set index articles Naming conventions (lists) Accessibility/Lists Pro and con lists List dos and don'ts (information page)
Content	Wikipedia:Contents/Lists Featured list criteria WikiProject Lists
Rationale	Categories, lists, and navigation templates Categories vs. lists Lists in Wikipedia Lists within articles Listcruft Write the article first
Existing lists	Featured lists List of lists Lists of lists List of lists of lists
Templates	Template index/Lists Category:List templates
Assistance	Help:List

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