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Latest comment: 1 day ago by Randy Kryn in topic History section removal

Former featured articleWikipedia 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.
On this day...Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive Article milestones
DateProcessResult
February 5, 2005Peer reviewReviewed
March 9, 2005Peer reviewReviewed
April 4, 2005Featured article candidateNot promoted
April 9, 2005Featured article candidateNot promoted
May 4, 2005Featured article candidatePromoted
April 1, 2006Articles for deletionSpeedily kept
August 1, 2006Featured article reviewDemoted
September 15, 2006Good article nomineeListed
February 25, 2007Peer reviewReviewed
August 12, 2008Peer reviewReviewed
August 15, 2008Good article reassessmentKept
July 21, 2009Peer reviewReviewed
July 26, 2012Peer reviewReviewed
November 7, 2012Featured article candidateNot promoted
August 25, 2014Guild of Copy EditorsCopyedited
September 5, 2014Good article reassessmentDelisted
May 21, 2021Peer reviewReviewed
February 4, 2023Featured article candidateNot promoted
March 12, 2023Peer reviewReviewed
On this day... Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on January 15, 2005, and January 15, 2026.
Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive This article was on the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive for the week of February 7, 2007.
Current status: Former featured article

Union Busting

This page should probably mention that Wikipedia is actively engaging in union-busting activities and retaliatory firings over that. https://wikiworkersunited.org/ and https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943 are some sources with more information on that. LongBoye (talk) 06:40, 27 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

 Not done: Wikipedia is not it's own company, it is the Wikimedia Foundation. And since this is probably a controversial action, please back this up with more reliable sources. "https://wikiworkersunited.org/" is clearly not an independent source and cannot be used. | One Reaction was here. Got a complaint? 19:43, 1 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
This controversy is already mentioned at Wikimedia Foundation#Community tech team disbanding. SuperPianoMan9167 (talk) 20:02, 1 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Edit request: typo

There is one instance of "ofpornographiy" instead of saying "of pornography". This is found in the coverage of topics and systemic bias section. Please fix this. Halfshower423 (talk) 00:43, 2 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

done. Thanks. That typo (and another) were introduced just a few hours ago by user:OneReaction5890 Meters (talk) 00:50, 2 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thank you Halfshower423 (talk) 01:02, 2 June 2026 (UTC)Reply
oops! | One Reaction was here. Got a complaint? 11:32, 2 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Infobox

why is the Infobox so wide??? 1timeuse75 (talk) 12:18, 24 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

fixed! Skyshiftertalk 12:52, 24 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Why no TOC?

Is there a reason this article doesn't have a table of contents? It would be handy (as someone who visits relatively often to find updated stats). DrThneed (talk) 23:39, 24 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Please look again, thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:40, 24 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

how about fully protected

so this is the article of the free encyclopedia, could we make it fully protected? kIaimi5658 (talk) 20:57, 8 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

As the linked page says, protection is generally only used to prevent disruption, and only where other measures are ineffective. CMD (talk) 23:21, 8 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
Well nothing happened yet and the article was made protected even though there's stuff I should fix Monstrasm 05:34, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
Plenty of stuff has happened, but that stuff has ideally been resolved at the current protection level. Nobody has presented cause to increase to fully protected. It is unfortunate that disruption results in the need to limit some editing, but any desired changes can still be proposed through WP:Edit requests. CMD (talk) 06:36, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply
i was in bed KNM5847478 (talk) 11:49, 11 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Should we add that Wikipedia is the first article ever?

I was thinking of adding it but to avoid me getting yelled at I want to think if should the fact (.) 14:29, 17 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

History section removal

On September 21, the "History" section was removed.

This causes the layout to be strange as it is starting off with level-3 headings instead of level-2.

Is this consensus based? It hasn't been reverted for two days. TheSilksongPikmin (talk | contribs) 19:06, 23 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

 Done, thanks for noticing this good faith removal. Yes, a discussion would be needed, and the benefit of the 'History' section title is that it includes the main link to 'History of Wikipedia'. Thanks again. Randy Kryn (talk) 00:45, 24 September 2026 (UTC)Reply