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WikiProject Microsoft Windows
This WikiProject is about improving Microsoft Windows articles.
Shortcut	WP:WINDOWS
Category	WikiProject Microsoft Windows
Wikimedia Commons	Microsoft Windows
Parent project(s)	Microsoft
Userboxes	{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Microsoft Windows/Userbox}} {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Microsoft Windows/Userbox2}}
Has goals?	Yes
Assessment	Wikipedia:WikiProject Microsoft Windows/Assessment
Popular pages	Wikipedia:WikiProject Microsoft Windows/Popular pages

Welcome to the Microsoft Windows WikiProject. We are a WikiProject who is dedicated to improving and expanding articles about Microsoft Windows. This includes software that runs on Microsoft Windows and anything about Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. Anyone is free to join, once you join, go to the Things to do or Goals section and complete some awaiting tasks.

Goals

Obtain FA status for the Microsoft Windows article
Obtain FA status for all Microsoft Windows Operating System articles
Expand all Stub articles to the highest status possible

Things to do

Find and tag article talk pages that haven't been tagged yet with the WikiProject Microsoft Windows Article Talkpagetag available at: Template:WikiProject Microsoft Windows
Expand some of the articles (check out Category:Stub-Class Microsoft articles or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style

Check out the Microsoft Windows articles needing expert attention category to see if there's any articles needing expert attention
Improve this WikiProject in anyway possible. Listing any trusted sources you know may help us

Participation

You can see the list of participants and join here. Instructions on how to join be on that page. If you know someone who you think could help this project, feel free to invite them!

Resources and information

Article pages

Article alerts	Automated alerts for status changes to Microsoft Windows articles.
Assessment	Automated statistics about tagged Microsoft Windows articles.
Featured Articles	List of featured articles related to this WikiProject. It is manually maintained.
Good Articles	List of good articles related to this WikiProject. It is manually maintained.
Licensing	A article all about licensing. It was written by Warren.
Participants	List of users who are involved with this project.
Popular pages list	Automated list of the most popular pages.
Templates	A list of templates you can use.

Statistics of articles

Microsoft Windows articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
GA	5	7	4	3			19
B	12	26	30	12		2	82
C	14	36	52	47		3	152
Start	8	52	177	255		13	505
Stub	1	10	50	113		35	209
List	2	12	7	20			41
Category					170		170
Disambig					3		3
File					321		321
Project					14		14
Redirect		8	8	23	903		942
Template					24		24
Other					5		5
Assessed	42	151	328	473	1,440	53	2,487
Unassessed			1			31	32
Total	42	151	329	473	1,440	84	2,519

Trusted sources

If you know of any trusted sources that could help us improve articles faster, please list them below:

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