Instructions

Requesting a review

To request an A-class review of an article:

1. Create a subpage of the talk page of the article you are nominating (e.g. Talk:[[Name of nominated article]]/A-class review)
2. Place === [[Name of nominated article]] === at the top.
3. Below it, write your reason for nominating the article and sign by using four tildes (~~~~).
4. Add {{Talk:[[Name of nominated article]]/A-class review}} at the top of the list of A-class review requests below.

Commenting

Reviewers should keep the criteria for featured articles in mind when supporting or opposing a nomination. However, please note that (unlike actual featured articles) A-class articles are not expected to fully meet all of the criteria; an objection should indicate a substantive problem with the article. In particular, objections over relatively minor issues of writing style or formatting should be avoided at this stage; a comprehensive, accurate, well-sourced, and decently-written article should qualify for A-class status even if it could use some further copyediting.

Closing and archiving

Reviews can be closed after at least seven days have elapsed. An article is promoted to A-class if (a) it has garnered at least two endorsements from uninvolved editors, and (b) there are no substantive objections indicative of a major flaw in the article: see Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/A-Class criteria.