Template:FAR-instructions

Nominating an article for FAR 

Nominators are strongly encouraged to assist in the process of improvement; they may post only one nomination at a time, should not nominate articles that are featured on the main page (or have been featured there in the previous three days), and should avoid segmenting review pages. Three to six months is regarded as the minimum time between promotion and nomination here, unless there are extenuating circumstances such as a radical change in article content.
 * 1) Before nomination, raise issues at talk page of the article. Attempt to directly resolve issues with the existing community of article editors, and to informally improve the article. Articles in this step are not listed on this page.
 * 2) Place    at the top of the talk page of the nominated article. Write "FAR listing" in the edit summary box. Click on "Save page".
 * 3) From the FAR template, click on the red "initiate the review" link. You will see pre-loaded information; please leave that text.
 * 4) Below the preloaded title, write which users and projects you'll notify (see step 6 below), and your reason(s) for nominating the article, specifying the FA criterion/criteria that are at issue, then click on "Save page".
 * 5) Place your nomination at the top of the list of nominated articles, , filling in the exact name of the nominated article and the archive number N. Click on "Save page".
 * 6) Notify relevant parties by adding  ArticleName  (for example,  Superman ) to relevant talk pages (insert article name). Relevant parties include main contributors to the article (identifiable through the article history), the editor who originally nominated the article for Featured Article status (identifiable through the Featured Article Candidate link in the Article Milestones), and any relevant WikiProjects (identifiable through the talk page banners, but there may be other Projects that should be notified). The message at the top of the FAR should indicate who you have notified.