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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. Article milestones Date Process Result April 3, 2006 Good article nominee Listed August 4, 2007 Good article reassessment Delisted May 19, 2008 Peer review Reviewed Current status: Delisted good article This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination. Move logs: Microsoft Windows Windows Discussions: RM, Microsoft Windows → Windows, Not moved, 29 January 2018, discussion RM, Microsoft Windows → Windows, Not moved, 23 November 2022, discussion 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. Flying Windows was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 28 August 2014 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Microsoft Windows. 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.

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 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. JTP ^{( talk • contribs)} 21:38, 6 June 2024 (UTC) reply

The redirect Windows® has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 July 8 § Windows® until a consensus is reached. cogsan _{(nag me) (stalk me)} 16:20, 8 July 2024 (UTC) reply

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Since Windows is going down due to the July 2024 global cyber outages, a {{ current related|operating system|July 2024 global cyber outages}} should be added to the top of the page

This operating system may be affected by the following current event: July 2024 global cyber outages. Information in this operating system may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports may be unreliable. The last updates to this operating system may not reflect the most current information. Please feel free to improve this operating system (but note that updates without valid and reliable references will be removed) or discuss changes on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove this message)

-- 65.92.247.96 ( talk) 09:39, 19 July 2024 (UTC) reply

 Done megamanfan3 ( talk) 10:20, 19 July 2024 (UTC) reply