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November 28, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed
February 28, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
March 20, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
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August 17, 2008	Good article reassessment	Delisted
August 9, 2009	Good article nominee	Listed
March 19, 2018	Good article reassessment	Delisted
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YouTube B‑class Top‑importance

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Edit request

In the censorship section, it says the Pakistani ban is still in operation as of 2013. I am requesting for that to be removed.

Semi-protected edit request on 1 February 2022

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Change : "YouTube now offers paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube." TO "YouTube now offers paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers a paid subscription option for watching content without ads." Vigilante stark (talk) 20:29, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done casualdejekyll 13:34, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 10 February 2022

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It says that Google is the most visited website Google is a search engine not a website also YouTube is Google how can you say that YouTube is the second most visited website no it isn’t it’s so cringe worthy how much stuff is still wrong on Wikipedia and you put blocks on certain pages so people cannot edit I don’t understand why it’s so frustrating when I change some thing and it gets changed back to the wrong thing again Google is NOT a website… 2607:FEA8:4567:8B00:4DCB:DA8E:200D:31BE (talk) 20:43, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The article is referring to google.com (a website), where Google (the search engine) is hosted. —GMX^{^{(on the go!)}} 21:02, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Additionally, you don't seem to understand the definition of website, or what the different types are. Chaheel Riens (talk) 21:05, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is based on the Alexa rankings. Google.com is a website, the article wording is ok.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 08:12, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Occasional Video "Upgrades"

I noticed that "Still D.R.E.", despite being added to YouTube in 2011, has crisp (sharp) visuals. Under the video, it says "REMASTERED IN HD!! CELEBRATING ONE BILLION VIEWS!!". Indeed, quality can be set all the way to 1080p. I then decided to search for articles on YouTube allowing publishers to improve already-available videos. And, yes, apparently, they occasionally do allow this now. Reliable sources are available. Articles at The New York Times ([1]), NME ([2]), and TechCrunch ([3]), among others. If someone who reads this thinks this information could be added to the article, go for it. --77.162.8.57 (talk) 09:16, 9 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Demonetization?

This article apparently used to have a section on demonetization (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Restricted_monetization_policies , which was linked to from the Demonetization DAB page). I'm not sure when it went away, but it seems like relevant information that ought to have its own section? Bookgrrl ^holler/lookee here 01:13, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 26 March 2022

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Change the YouTube homepage image 張民耀 (talk) 04:17, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: Do you have either a reason to do so, or a different image to be used? Happy Editing--IAm Chaos 04:51, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If I had to guess, YouTube's filter bubble probably has 張民耀 see a lot more Roblox content than is in the currently used screenshot. Therefore they may think: time to update it, to reflect what's currently popular. --77.162.8.57 (talk) 15:29, 27 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]