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A stabilised article is an article which displays an older, consensus approved, stable version to readers. A separate development version is maintained for editing. Not all articles can be stabilised. A stabilised article should be demoted to a non-stabilised article if any of the criteria are broken, and may be demoted at any time on the judgement of any administrator.
Care is taken to avoid creating forks by discouraging edits to the stable version and prohibiting edits to the stable version which are not matched in the development version. The encouragement for new users to edit is preserved with a visible but tasteful notice, and attribution is preserved by referencing the new history location.
This policy explains the rationale for stabilisation, describes which articles may be stabilised, and defines the procedure for stabilising and destabilising articles.