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Switzerland was one of the Geography and places 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.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
October 26, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
December 6, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
May 6, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
May 23, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed
June 20, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
June 17, 2009	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
January 26, 2010	Good article nominee	Listed
July 21, 2013	Good article reassessment	Kept
January 9, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on August 1, 2004, August 1, 2005, August 1, 2006, September 12, 2007, September 12, 2008, September 12, 2009, September 12, 2010, September 12, 2011, September 12, 2013, September 12, 2015, September 12, 2016, September 12, 2017, September 12, 2018, September 12, 2019, and September 12, 2021.
Current status: Delisted good article

Switzerland Top‑importance

	Switzerland portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Switzerland, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Switzerland on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SwitzerlandWikipedia:WikiProject SwitzerlandTemplate:WikiProject SwitzerlandSwitzerland articles
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Europe Low‑importance

	Europe portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Europe, an effort to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to European topics of a cross-border nature on Wikipedia.EuropeWikipedia:WikiProject EuropeTemplate:WikiProject EuropeEurope articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Countries

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Stubs : de-stub articles in Category:Stubs by region.
Other : add {{WPCountries}} to talk pages of related articles, and assess.

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