The featured articles are what we believe to be the best articles in Wikipedia. Prior to being listed here, articles are reviewed at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style according to our featured article criteria.
At present, there are 997 featured articles, out of a total of 6,928,867 articles on Wikipedia. That means approximately 1 in ? articles is listed here. Articles that no longer meet the criteria can be proposed for removal by being listed at Wikipedia:Featured article removal candidates.
A little bronze star (as pictured above, but smaller) to the right of an article's title on its page indicates that the article is a featured article.