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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
April 1, 2006	Articles for deletion	Speedily kept
August 1, 2006	Featured article review	Demoted
September 15, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
February 25, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
August 12, 2008	Peer review	Reviewed
August 15, 2008	Good article reassessment	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
May 21, 2021	Peer review	Reviewed
February 4, 2023	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
March 12, 2023	Peer review	Reviewed
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.
This article was on the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive for the week of February 7, 2007.
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This article was nominated for deletion. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination:

Deletion discussions:

Keep (joke AFD for April Fool's Day), 1 April 2022, see discussion.
Keep (joke AFD for April Fool's Day), 1 April 2019, see discussion.
Speedy keep (joke AFD for April Fool's Day), 1 April 2017, see discussion.
Delete (joke AFD for April Fool's Day), 1 April 2016, see discussion.
Speedy keep (joke AFD for April Fool's Day), 1 April 2015, see discussion.
Speedy keep (joke AFD for April Fool's Day), 7 April 2014, see discussion.
Tedium (joke AFD for April Fool's Day), 1 April 2014, see discussion.
No consensus (joke AFD for April Fool's Day), 1 April 2011, see discussion.
Speedy keep (joke AFD for April Fool's Day), 1 April 2010, see discussion.
Speedy close (joke AFD for April Fool's Day), 1 April 2010, see discussion.
Speedy keep, 6 September 2008, see discussion.
Speedy close, 17 May 2007, see discussion.
Speedy keep (joke AFD for April Fool's Day), 1 April 2006, see discussion.

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Wikipedia Reference Desk was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 27 February 2010 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Wikipedia. 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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This article has been mentioned by multiple media organizations:

Nicholson Baker (2008-04-09). "How I fell in love with Wikipedia [1]". The Guardian.
"The 50 most-viewed Wikipedia articles in 2009 and 2008". The Telegraph (UK). 2009-08-17.
Stephen McNeice (2013-05-14). "See how Wikipedia updates in real-time". Newstalk.
David Stabler (2013-05-11). "Wikipedia a passion for Portland's Jason Moore". The Oregonian.
Taleen Postian (2022-11-03). "Why So Much Hate on Wikipedia?". The Villanovan.
Mark O’Connell (2025-06-29). "I love Wikipedia so much, I hardly even minded when it killed me off". The Irish Times.
"Editorial: Happy 25th birthday, Wikipedia. We now admit to liking you". Chicago Tribune. 2026-01-16.

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1st article – WikiPedia

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Section sizes

Section size for Wikipedia (67 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	10,341	10,341	274	274
History	45	40,592	0	1,618
Nupedia	3,439	3,439	153	153
Launch and growth	17,147	17,147	759	759
Sister projects	4,169	4,169	113	113
Milestones	14,151	14,151	489	489
Impacts of generative AI on Wikipedia views	1,641	1,641	104	104
Collaborative editing	144	24,460	8	1,018
Restrictions	8,492	8,492	344	344
Review of changes	1,500	1,500	127	127
Vandalism	4,155	4,155	269	269
Disputes and edit warring	10,169	10,169	270	270
Policies and content	2,544	4,839	141	328
Content policies and guidelines	2,295	2,295	187	187
Governance	1,775	8,374	77	607
Administrators	1,532	1,532	118	118
Dispute resolution	2,871	5,067	223	412
Arbitration Committee	2,196	2,196	189	189
Community	7,835	14,749	364	723
Research	4,190	4,190	240	240
Diversity	2,724	2,724	119	119
Language editions	15,167	17,168	571	784
English Wikipedia editor numbers	2,001	2,001	213	213
Reception	10,319	62,816	369	3,068
Accuracy of content	13,244	13,244	679	679
Discouragement in education	4,760	7,400	305	510
Medical information	2,640	2,640	205	205
Coverage of topics and systemic bias	7,337	13,257	250	539
Systemic biases	5,920	5,920	289	289
Explicit content	6,854	6,854	418	418
Privacy	4,199	4,199	251	251
Sexism	6,566	6,566	238	238
Nine Theses	977	977	64	64
Operation	17	35,827	0	1,463
Wikimedia Foundation and affiliate movements	9,154	9,154	430	430
Software operations and support	7,260	7,260	248	248
Automated editing	4,269	4,269	191	191
Hardware operations and support	6,963	6,963	245	245
Internal research and operational development	3,748	3,748	191	191
Internal news publications	1,869	1,869	50	50
The Wikipedia Library	2,547	2,547	108	108
Access to content	127	25,581	0	1,317
Content licensing	6,696	6,696	338	338
Methods of access	8,465	16,482	410	951
Mobile access	8,017	8,017	541	541
Chinese access	2,276	2,276	28	28
Cultural influence	69	45,606	0	2,111
Trusted source to combat fake news	2,006	2,006	72	72
Readership	2,858	7,260	227	329
COVID-19 pandemic	4,402	4,402	102	102
Cultural significance	10,696	20,960	616	1,211
Awards	3,263	3,263	158	158
Satire	7,001	7,001	437	437
Publishing	4,505	4,505	230	230
Research use	10,806	10,806	269	269
Related projects	3,443	3,443	213	213
See also	755	755	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	17	19,503	0	0
Footnotes	17,930	17,930	0	0
Wikipedia-affiliated and primary sources	1,320	1,320	0	0
Sources	236	236	0	0
Further reading	6,443	16,386	0	0
Academic studies	4,866	4,866	0	0
Books	4,115	4,115	0	0
Book review–related articles	962	962	0	0
External links	1,386	1,386	0	0
Total	331,852	331,852	13,524	13,524

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