6492
This template returns the number of featured articles as recorded at Wikipedia:Featured articles. The count at Wikipedia:Featured articles is scrupulously updated and due to chronic server issues it is in general more accurate than ((PAGESINCATEGORY:Featured articles))
.
((FA number))
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