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Date	Process	Result
July 3, 2004	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
December 4, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed

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Feature list

What about adding a feature list of the advantages of Debian over others? For example preseeded installations.

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Steam

It seems to me that the availability of Steam for Linux has gotten a lot of attention in the trade press, with some commentators saying it could be a game changer. I think it is notable enough for a mention.--agr (talk) 23:39, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but isn't that better suitable for the Linux Gaming and maybe SteamOS articles? -- Dsimic (talk) 01:51, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Timetable

Hi, I think timetable should be updated (include 6.0.8 release - http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20131020), but I can't do this.