Talk:Franklin's electrostatic machine

Franklin's electrostatic machine was one of the Natural sciences good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
December 11, 2016	Good article nominee	Not listed
February 6, 2017	Good article nominee	Listed
February 26, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 9, 2015. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Franklin's electrostatic machine (pictured) led to the invention of the lightning rod?
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