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This template is used to record an article's unsuccessful promotion to good article status in an article talk page message box. This also adds article talk pages to Category:Former good article nominees.
Do not add this template to an article if it has not had a review on a subpage of the article's talk page. To nominate a good article, use {{subst:GAN}}.
Example
[edit]{{FailedGA|date=~~~~~|oldid=111479937|topic=Computing and engineering|page=1}} yields:
 | FailedGA/doc was nominated as a Engineering and technology good article, but it did not meet the good article criteria at the time (October 4, 2026, reviewed version). There are suggestions on the review page for improving the article. If you can improve it, please do; it may then be renominated. |
See also
[edit]{{subst:GAN|subtopic=}}/{{GA nominee}}- Initiates a good article nomination (see the instructions). {{GAN}} converts into {{GA nominee}} when substituted.{{GA}}- Marks articles that are currently good articles: they passed their most recent GA nomination (and have not since been delisted).{{FailedGA}}- Marks articles that failed their most recent GA nomination.{{subst:GAR}}/{{GAR/link}}- Initiates a good article reassessment. {{GAR}} converts into {{GAR/link}} when substituted.{{DelistedGA}}- Marks articles that passed their most recent GA nomination, but were subsequently reassessed and delisted.
Parameters
[edit]date
- The date of the failed review
oldid
- The ID of the reviewed version
page
- The talk subpage number where the review was conducted
topic
- The main topic of the article; the list of main topics is at topic abbreviations
small
- yes = Makes it a smaller right floating message box with smaller icon