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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
November 18, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
October 13, 2009	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
July 6, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
October 16, 2010	Good article nominee	Not listed
November 12, 2010	Peer review	Reviewed
December 17, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed
July 11, 2011	Peer review	Reviewed
December 21, 2011	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 31, 2004, September 16, 2004, August 31, 2005, September 16, 2005, August 31, 2006, September 16, 2006, August 31, 2007, September 16, 2007, September 16, 2008, September 16, 2009, September 16, 2010, September 16, 2013, September 16, 2017, August 31, 2019, August 31, 2020, August 31, 2021, August 31, 2022, August 31, 2023, September 16, 2023, and August 31, 2024.
Current status: Good article

Malaysia Top‑importance

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This article has been mentioned by a media organization:

Thor Halvorssen (19 July 2010). "Malaysia's Bridge is Falling Down".

Malaysia was the Malaysian collaboration of the month for October 2007.

For details on improvements made to the article, see history of past collaborations.

Malaysian WikiProject

Section sizes

Section size for Malaysia (26 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	18,063	18,063
Etymology	11,833	11,833
History	20,398	20,398
Government and politics	18,674	55,061
Administrative divisions	10,348	10,348
Foreign relations and military	18,488	18,488
Human rights	7,551	7,551
Geography	9,111	23,220
Biodiversity and conservation	14,109	14,109
Economy	13,864	22,870
Infrastructure	9,006	9,006
Demographics	12,250	40,794
Religion	6,997	6,997
Languages	12,119	12,119
Health	6,501	6,501
Education	2,927	2,927
Culture	3,175	28,890
Fine arts	4,914	4,914
Cuisine	4,322	4,322
Media	5,433	5,433
Holidays and festivals	4,857	4,857
Sports	6,189	6,189
See also	110	110
Notes	47	47
References	30	30
External links	2,353	2,353
Total	223,669	223,669