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Date	Process	Result
September 30, 2014	Guild of Copy Editors	Copyedited
October 4, 2015	Good article nominee	Listed

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on November 17, 2014.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Terry Myerson compared the technological differences between Windows 10 and 7 to the differences between a Tesla and a first-generation Prius?

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Section sizes

Section size for Windows 10 (34 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	19,320	19,320
Development	6,792	18,539
Announcement	10,151	10,151
Release and marketing	1,596	1,596
Features	6,215	44,965
User interface and desktop	5,156	5,156
System security	5,547	5,547
Command line	5,131	5,131
Storage requirements	2,990	2,990
Online services and functionality	10,591	10,591
Multimedia and gaming	9,011	9,011
Font support	324	324
Editions and pricing	5,937	29,545
Preview releases	1,932	1,932
Public release	8,690	21,676
Free upgrade offer	11,151	11,151
Licensing	1,835	1,835
Updates and support	5,816	38,137
Support lifecycle	6,796	13,104
Extended Security Updates	1,714	1,714
Support and update branches	4,594	4,594
Feature updates	14,472	14,472
Features in development	4,745	4,745
System requirements	12,919	14,361
Physical memory limits	807	807
Processor limits	635	635
Reception	9,977	49,585
Market share and sales	7,724	7,724
Update system changes	9,748	9,748
Distribution practices	11,201	11,201
Privacy and data collection	10,935	10,935
See also	231	231
References	30	30
External links	683	683
Total	215,396	215,396

Possible paucity of info[edit]

…a free method of upgrading from the now-unsupported Windows 7. This still applies for windows 8.1. Please reconsider adding more sources. That OS is also out of support as well.197.2.190.202 (talk) 19:29, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Netsh wlan show profile name= 157.40.113.136 (talk) 18:20, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 October 2023[edit]

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Just to Paste new photo Jessdias (talk) 11:15, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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. Liu1126 (talk) 11:26, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 16 October 2023 (2)[edit]

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Modify photo in wikipedia Jessdias (talk) 11:19, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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. Liu1126 (talk) 11:22, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notable date[edit]

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Replace:

| data11            = Mainstream support until January 9, 2024<ref name=sup /><br />Extended support until January 9, 2029<ref name=sup />

with:

| data11            = Mainstream support ended on January 9, 2024<ref name=sup/><br>Extended support until January 9, 2029<ref name=sup/>

Reason: The date 9 January 2024 had passed.102.158.195.154 (talk) 14:40, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done —Sirdog (talk) 17:24, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Draft:Windows 8.4" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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"Draft:Windows 8.25" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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"Windows 8.3" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

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