Talk:Fancy cancel

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	Fancy cancel is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.
	This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on May 20, 2004.
Article milestones Date Process Result December 15, 2003 Featured article candidate Promoted July 14, 2004 Featured article review Demoted Current Status: Former featured article

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As length was a primary contributor to the loss of FA status, ideas to flesh this out include a discussion of ink colors (including why some inks are substantially less common), and, most notably, a discussion of the markings of the New York Foreign Mail, which are well-known, distinctive, and entirely lacking from the article at current. Serpent's Choice 11:28, 22 November 2006 (UTC)