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Wikipedia is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

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Date	Process	Result
February 5, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
March 9, 2005	Peer review	Reviewed
April 4, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
April 9, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
May 4, 2005	Featured article candidate	Promoted
August 1, 2006	Featured article review	Demoted
September 15, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
February 25, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
May 17, 2007	Articles for deletion	Speedily kept
August 12, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
August 15, 2008	Good article reassessment	Kept
September 6, 2008	Articles for deletion	Speedily kept
July 21, 2009	Peer review	Reviewed
July 26, 2012	Peer review	Reviewed
November 7, 2012	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
August 25, 2014	Guild of Copy Editors	Copyedited
September 5, 2014	Good article reassessment	Delisted
A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on January 15, 2005.
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Thought the use of the word State in "US State of Virginia" was incorrect.

It is my understanding the Virginia is a US Commonwealth more than a state in the strictest sense of either word to describe it. So I edited the word State to Commonwealth. I hope this is a correct interpretation.

Regards, Reno RReali158 (talk) 17:09, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that four states (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky as well as Virginia) choose to call themselves "Commonwealth" in their title doesn't mean that they aren't states. The United States comprises 50 entities classified as states, not 46 states and four commonwealths. If they aren't states, then how do you explain that each has voting representation in Congress, given that the Constitution accords no such representation to any entity identified as a "commonwealth"? I've reverted your change to the article. Largoplazo (talk) 17:17, 21 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mycroft

In the Series Four premiere of BBC's "Sherlock," (The Six Thatchers) Mycroft Holmes admitted that he is, in fact, Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IbbaScibba (talk • contribs) 08:48, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Terms of use for wikipedia

Why do the terms of use skip 13 14 and 15 in the English terms of use page for the effective terms after June 16 2014 are there any terms for these numbers Jaybird114 (talk) 01:59, 17 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 26 January 2017

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Name "Mark Bergman" is wrong as author of a PDF which is cited. Ought to be "Mark Bergsma" 135.196.89.95 (talk) 14:35, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification: IP referring to author of reference 230. JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 15:26, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done EvergreenFir (talk) 16:09, 26 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]