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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.

Article milestones
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.
This article was on the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive for the week of February 7, 2007.
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Wikipedia B‑class Top‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Wikipedia, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's encyclopedic coverage of itself. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page. Please remember to avoid self-references and maintain a neutral point of view, even on topics relating to Wikipedia.WikipediaWikipedia:WikiProject WikipediaTemplate:WikiProject WikipediaWikipedia articles
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Websites: Computing B‑class Top‑importance

	This article is part of WikiProject Websites, an attempt to create and link together articles about the major websites on the web. To participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page.WebsitesWikipedia:WikiProject WebsitesTemplate:WikiProject WebsitesWebsites articles
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Internet B‑class Mid‑importance

	Internet portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Internet, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the Internet on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.InternetWikipedia:WikiProject InternetTemplate:WikiProject InternetInternet articles
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Spoken Wikipedia

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Guild of Copy Editors

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 04:37, 16 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Basic description of this webpage

Do you think it would be appropriate to add "Wikipedia is what we are" or "Wikipedia is this very website"?

No, because Wikipedia has many Mirrors & Forks where this page may appear - even though the user is not actually on Wikipedia. Versa geek 21:17, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No. See WP:WAWI. Kranix (talk | contribs) 17:55, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Question

I'm a Wikipedia veteran who made a brief speech about how Wikipedia works, its power and reach, and how it channels neophytes into becoming quality contributors. It urges people to become Wikipedians. It's titled The genius of Wikipedia. It does not sell anything; I get no money from YouTube if it is watched (my other books are mentioned briefly at the end). I've been told that I should not restore it for COI reasons but that others, such as yourself, can. If you watch it, and think it is useful, please consider restoring it to the external links.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 12:14, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I do not believe it should be linked from the article. Looking at WP:ELNO it fails both #1 and #11. ~ GB fan 17:25, 30 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How to edit?

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How do u edit? I am bone123 (talk) 12:08, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi I am bone123, you can edit articles in the same way as you edit talk pages - just click the "edit" button! I recommend looking at WP:TWA for a guide for how you can go about editing. It's worth noting that this specific page is supposed to be for discussing the Wikipedia article about Wikipedia itself, and not a general how-to help page. You can find more resources at WP:Q stwalkerster (talk) 13:18, 7 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Why not to link an only-text mode of visualization at the end of Wikipedia web pages?

Hi. Is there the possibility for switching to a text-only mode, without images?

At the end of the page users visualize a link "mobile view" or "desktop", enabling them to switch from a mode of visualizazion (mobile or desktop view) to the other.

It may be hopefully added a third text-only mode of visualizationthat is useful for users with visual impairments or with speed-up a slow Internet Connection, so as not to have to block images in their browser option settings, or to install a text-based web browser on their Internet devices.

A text-only mode can benefit the server workload, moving also to an even more improved [Web Traffic performance for those specific but non extraordinary operating scenarios. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.14.139.111 (talk) 23:23, 9 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]