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Wiki 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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Date	Process	Result
June 16, 2004	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
March 28, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
June 15, 2006	Good article reassessment	Delisted
August 13, 2009	Good article nominee	Not listed
July 2, 2013	Good article nominee	Not listed
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on March 25, 2005, March 25, 2012, and March 25, 2015.
This article was on the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive for the week of May 9, 2007.
Current status: Delisted good article

Computing: Software High‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of computers, computing, and information technology 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.ComputingWikipedia:WikiProject ComputingTemplate:WikiProject ComputingComputing
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Internet High‑importance

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Wikipedia Top‑importance

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Spoken Wikipedia

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WikiProject Internet culture To-do:

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Article requests : View all requested internet culture articles
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Stubs : All stubs are located here
Other : Category:Internet self-classification codes (!?); Try to get YouTube to FA; Tag all articles you find with {{WikiProject Internet culture}}
- See also Category:Internet culture articles needing attention

This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

Stvilia, B.; et al. (2005-07-29). "Information Quality Discussions in Wikipedia" (PDF). University of Illinois U-C. {{cite news}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help)
"The 50 most-viewed Wikipedia articles in 2009 and 2008". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-08-17.
"Wikipedia's most searched articles of the year revealed ._". BBC News. 2012-12-28.

The content of City wiki was merged into Wiki on 8 December 2015. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

(possibly) promotional paragraph

the third paragraph of this article, the part talking about wikipedia, sounds a little promotional to me. it mentions some extra content about wikipedia that is either not necessary, or conveyed in a way to make wikipedia sound special in some way. but i'm a student, and i don't know everything about grammar, tone, and stuff like that so idk, tell me what you guys think and if we should change it

Indefinite Protection?

Latest comment: 5 months ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Why is this page protected indefinitely? I realize there was persistent vandalism, but it was over the course of like a week, and likely did not warrant a permanent protection. Axolitl (talk) 15:44, 11 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Axolitl: you may benefit from checking Wikipedia:Protection policy Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:50, 15 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

I have looked at it. From what I can tell, it discourages permanent protection. Is there a reason this article is permanently detected? I know there was vandalism, but would it still be persistent 7 months later? Axolitl (talk) 16:06, 15 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

"WikiIndex" listed at Redirects for discussion

Latest comment: 4 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The redirect WikiIndex 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/2026 March 4 § WikiIndex until a consensus is reached. Sahib-e-Qiran, EasternShah 00:04, 4 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 6 June 2026

Latest comment: 1 month ago2 comments2 people in discussion

(Under Security Header)
Change: " "Edit war" redirects here; not to be confused with Edit conflict. For Wikipedia's policy on edit warring, see Wikipedia:Edit warring."

to " "Edit war" redirects here; not to be confused with Edit conflict. For Wikipedia's policy on edit warring, see Wikipedia:Edit warring. For edit wars related to Wikipedia, see List of edit wars on Wikipedia" --MalcolmTuckShop (talk) 19:33, 6 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done. Excess detail, too separate from the initial redirect notice to be useful. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 23:35, 6 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

"Wiki." listed at Redirects for discussion

Latest comment: 16 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The redirect Wiki. 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/2026 July 12 § Wiki. until a consensus is reached. Justjourney (talk | contribs) 05:41, 12 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

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