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Microsoft Windows was one of the good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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April 3, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
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Freedows OS was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 13 January 2013 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Microsoft Windows on 27 January 2013. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Article update + An objection

Aren't we going to update the "Windows History" section to include Windows 7?? Besides, I'm not sure about Windows 8. The link mentioned above leads me to Micro Soft Careers, and it has no info about Windows 8. TKhaldi (talk) 10:06, 28 January 2010

reference in Security section isn't formatted correctly

It's showing up in the text as: <refSchneier, Bruce (2005-06-15). "Crypto-Gram Newsletter". Counterpane Internet Security, Inc.. http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0506.html. Retrieved 2007-04-22. </ref>

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119.154.201.97 (talk) 08:15, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please make your request in a "change X to Y" format. --Stfg (talk) 10:48, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 January 2014

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Windows 9 (aka- Threshold full version due out April 2015)

         test version builds beginning after Microsoft build conference April 2014

68.100.92.61 (talk) 20:34, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Jackmcbarn (talk) 00:04, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speculations again!

Hello guys.

This happens every time: Some guy or gal writes in his or her personal blog that the codename for the next version of Windows is such and such and you guys just add it to article as if WP:RS and WP:CRYSTAL don't worth a squat?

Please, people, past experience is nice too: We've had correct codename rumors in the past, correct codenames rumored for wrong products, wrong codenames and codenames that never saw the daylight. Examples are respectively "Longhorn", "Blue" (originally rumored to be that of Windows 9), "Next" (which was pure nonsense) and "Blackcomb". WP:RS and WP:CRYSTAL have already passed their exam of worthiness. Please, respect them. At least, wait for Microsoft BUILD conference.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 15:55, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 20 January 2014

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Add under Wine (within the subsection):

- Linux Unified Kernel – A set of patches to the Linux kernel allowing first-class *.exe file support in Linux (using Wine DLLs), use Windows drivers, and be faster than interpreted Wine.

Snadrus (talk) 19:06, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done with minor revision. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 05:30, 21 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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There is a new update out for 8.1 I have some screenshots I can share too. I do not know how to add the screenshots from my PC yet though.

Gabe290 (talk) 17:16, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Article update + An objection

reference in Security section isn't formatted correctly

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Semi-protected edit request on 18 January 2014

Speculations again!

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