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Wright brothers was one of the Engineering and technology 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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February 17, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
March 11, 2024	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on December 17, 2004, December 17, 2005, December 17, 2006, December 17, 2007, December 17, 2008, December 17, 2009, December 17, 2015, and December 17, 2019.

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