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Date	Process	Result
April 7, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
April 7, 2006	Good article reassessment	Delisted
November 28, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
December 19, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
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minor: “See also”[edit]

“Glossary of computers” and “Glossary of computer hardware terms” both point to the same page. Maybe one should be removed? I can't yet do that because I'm not verified. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rafaelbeirigo (talk • contribs) 01:19, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done :) OliveYouBean (talk) 01:34, 29 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Linguistics in the Digital Age[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 11 January 2023 and 11 May 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): NNXXLLXX (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Nurbekyuldashov (talk) 01:52, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 30 May 2023[edit]

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Image Colossus.jpg has wrong footer. Please change:

Computers and computing devices from different eras.
Top row: automatic mechanical calculator (1820) (difference engine), first-generation computer (Colossus computer)
Middle row: early vacuum tube computer (ENIAC), supercomputer (IBM Summit)
Bottom row: video game console (Nintendo GameCube), smartphone (LYF Water 2)

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Colossus, the first electronic digital programmable computing device, was used to break German ciphers during World War II. It is seen here in use at Bletchley Park in 1943. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oriowiki (talk • contribs) 12:07, May 30, 2023 (UTC)

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 13:05, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 11 November 2023[edit]

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remove \| from link to category \[\[Category:Computers| \]\] to \[\[Category:Computers\]\] Robert Wünsche (talk) 15:29, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Robert Wünsche:

Not done: It's not clear, but I assume that you're referring to the line [[Category:Computers| ]] - this is not a link, it is a category; the evidence is in the rendered page where it shows in the category box at the bottom, and not as a rendered link. If you are asking to remove the pipe and space, these are intentional: see WP:SORTCAT and WP:SORTKEY. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 10:16, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]