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Walt Disney is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on December 5, 2016, and on October 16, 2023.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
September 23, 2004	Peer review	Reviewed
February 16, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
June 15, 2011	Peer review	Reviewed
May 6, 2014	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
June 24, 2014	Peer review	Reviewed
July 2, 2014	Good article nominee	Not listed
May 3, 2016	Peer review	Reviewed
May 21, 2016	Featured article candidate	Promoted
A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on October 16, 2010.
Current status: Featured article

Animation: American / People Top‑importance

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