Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Office

Should there be a task force or wikiproject created for Microsoft Office? It seems just as important to Microsoft as windows.Smallman12q (talk) 13:21, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't think so. Microsoft Office only works with Windows, so I think MS Office should be under the same project as MS Windows. Derek II 10:45, 27 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Derekthesecond (talk • contribs)

Microsoft Product Screenshots may not require Fair-use

Screenshots of Microsoft products may be licensed under something other than a non-free fair use rationale. See the current discussion. Smallman12q (talk) 23:08, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Microsoft Binder

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me. I understand that Microsoft discontinued Binder in XP, but if you had a binder 2000 document (.obd) file on an XP computer, would the Icon be like an XP style one, the same as the Win 2000 one or one of those 'placeholder' white icons? I await your response eagerly. 95jb14 (talk) 19:16, 2 December 2009 (UTC).

Dunabr high school

should Dunbar High School (Fort Myers, Florida) be part of the wikiproject? it's the first microsft certified high school in the country? --~munkee_madness talk 15:23, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Articles up for deletion

Windows Neptune (here) and Windows Odyssey (here) have been nominated for deletion. Comments welcome. _wjemather^bigissue 19:46, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

WP 1.0 bot announcement

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Windows Aero logo

The image file:Aero.svg is used as the logo of Windows Aero. I can't find any place where that logo is used by Microsoft. Also the image seems to be a user made released under GNU GPL so that doesn't add up for a Microsoft Logo as a Microsoft logo would be copyrighted. Is that an actual logo and should it be in the article? --Chris Ssk _talk 09:31, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

AfD nomination of VGASAVE

This is to notify members of this WikiProject, within which scope this article falls, that VGASAVE, has been listed for deletion. Editors interested in the deletion discussion, are invited to participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/VGASAVE (2nd nomination). Thank you. - Ahunt (talk) 11:36, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Microsoft Windows articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release

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Computing importance no longer defaults to Microsoft Windows importance

Articles tagged using {{WikiProject Microsoft Windows}} will retain their Windows importance, but will no longer get assigned a general computing importance unless one is provided explicitly using computing-importance=.

When assessing articles for the Windows project, please consider the computing importance and tag accordingly. For articles which also have a {{WikiProject Computing}} banner, its importance= must match the Windows computing-importance=.

This will help WP Computing in three ways:

1. Improve the accuracy of importance assessments for general computing
2. Avoid unexpected changes to the Computing importance that result from changing e.g. the Software or Windows importance
3. Bring attention to the parameter for general computing importance, reducing the likelihood of articles accidently being listed in multiple Computing importance categories. (This causes false entries in the Computing reassessment log – see discussion at WP:COMP/A – and likely other problems as well.) --Pnm (talk) 04:06, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

This project's scope

I just added a few articles to WP Microsoft Windows because they are either:

• Tangentially related to the Windows operating system
• Related to encyclopedic coverage of the Windows platform

Here's the list:

1. Adobe Photoshop - application software which has a Windows version
2. SetACL - utility software for Windows, exists to replace the built-in Windows command
3. Microsoft Office - at times a Windows killer app
4. Advanced Systems Format - Microsoft's digital video container used for WMA and WMV

I support a "big tent" interpretation of this project's scope because it exposes Windows-oriented editors who follow this project to all articles related to encyclopedic coverage of Windows. Computing coverage benefits, as does the encyclopedia as a whole. --Pnm (talk) 02:20, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Microsoft is up for deletion

I have nominated WikiProject Microsoft for deletion at WP:MFD. Please comment here for any concerns. Thank you for your time. JJ98 (Talk) 01:29, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Nominated for deletion: Comparison of Windows and Linux

This may of interest to some members here; I have proposed this article for deletion due to serious WP:SYNTH and WP:OR reasons. If you wish please comment on the deletion discussions. cheers. IRWolfie- (talk) 16:17, 23 October 2011 (UTC)