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WikiProject cleanup listing
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Windows Phone
I have an interest in the Windows Phone and its ecosystem, and in improving related articles. Is this the right project or should i go to the Microsoft Windows -project?--Caygill (talk) 09:35, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * no your in the right place. Greg  Heffley   21:26, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Do all articles that fall under WikiProject Xbox also apply to this WikiProject?
Just curious, do ALL articles that fall under WikiProject Xbox also apply to this WikiProject? Steel1943 (talk) 04:09, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * WPXBOX uses the WPMS banner for assessment, so it does fall under WPMS. WikiProject Microsoft has the xbox switch. -- 70.24.247.66 (talk) 04:33, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Review of FA status for Microsoft Security Essentials
I have challenged the decision to award this article FA status over what I allege is a lack of balance and neutrality in the article. Fresh opinions and input are encouraged here. Quantumsilverfish (talk) 01:38, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Request for comments: Establish standards for version history tables in software articles
I'd like to introduce the Template:Version template to Wikipedia with the goal to establish one standard for version history tables (or lists). It simplifies creation of release histories, standardizes release stages and makes the content more accessible. Please comment on the template talk page (there already is some discussion). Thanks for your contribution. Jesus Presley (talk) 07:05, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

Request for comment on Talk:Microsoft Office 2013
Hi.

There is a discussion about Talk:Microsoft Office 2013 licensing terms in progress and we need someone with access to source to confirm or deny the problem.

Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 10:26, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:ADO.NET Entity Framework
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:ADO.NET_Entity_Framework, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks,  Tyrol5   [Talk]  01:19, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Apps Proposal
A proposal for a WikiProject Apps has been made at WikiProject Council/Proposals/Apps. As WikiProject Microsoft is a related WikiProject, members of this WikiProject are invited to join the discussion. Thank you. XapApp (talk) 02:32, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

consciously approach may be ideal
This option is satisfactory when visually comparing samples superb to well a uniform specified reference — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.240.163.34 (talk) 20:16, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Unassessed Articles
I am thinking of creating a "drive" to assess all the unassessed articles, of which the total is building up. Anyone interested? Rewards shall be barnstars- like AfC. If I get no response in three/two days, I'll assume it's fine to go ahead. jcc (tea and biscuits) 15:52, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Terry Myerson
Any ideas for finding WP-compatible images of Terry Myerson? Flickr is dry and his public appearances aren't well-photographed. Closest I've found was a cc-by-nd in Wired. Potential strategies appreciated, if not actual images. czar  &middot;   &middot;  05:23, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I've put in this issue of the newsletter if that helps. jcc (tea and biscuits) 09:46, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Worth a shot! Thanks czar   &middot;   &middot;  10:34, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Xbox files for deletion
image:XboxMusicLogo.png and image:XboxVideoLogo.png has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.181.39 (talk) 03:52, 26 September 2013 (UTC)

RFC: Restoration of article "Windows 9"
It seems that the codename along with most of the features has already been confirmed for the next major OS of Microsoft. Most of the sources say that the public beta may be released in February 2014.

I'm confused weather the restoration of Windows 9 article is necessary or not. As today I saw some of the news regarding this matter bellow


 * Windows 9 to Merge Windows, Windows Phone Development
 * New Windows 9 Details Revealed
 * Windows 9 Could Indeed Merge Desktop, Phone, Tablet App Stores, Microsoft Suggests
 * Windows 9 Could Merge Desktop, Tablet, Smartphone App Stores
 * It's Time to Develop Windows 9, Users Claim

And others reports are also found in Google News, Yahoo News, Bing etc

What could be done ?

Himanis Das talk  05:46, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Hi. When you read keywords like "Microsoft Suggests" and "Users Claim", it means we are still at rumor level. (WP:CRYSTALL) We should wait until we have much more than just a product announcement (we don't even have that; Windows 9 is probably just an unconfirmed name;) or just a rehash of Paul Thurrot's personal opinion. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 09:32, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yep! You are correct, these are all rumors, these may be only reported to attract other people. Most of the news in Softpedia are fake and are based in public thinking. Himanis Das talk  09:42, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
 * "Most of the news in Softpedia are fake".
 * I have never seen any fake news there. Softpedia News is a journal, which means its usefulness is as limited as any other journal, but evidently no less. When I took an article to WP:FA, everyone agreed that third-party publisher descriptions are the only unreliable items on Softpedia. Indeed, most items that you listed are related to Microsoft strategic planning for the next OS instead of Windows 9 itself. For example, "New Windows 9 Details Revealed" refers to the merger of Windows Store and Windows Phone Store, which certainly impact Windows 9 but does not warrant an article.


 * I can't understand why you propose something based on sources from a publisher whom you condemn entirely in your next post. This gives the wrong impression of having been here for this purpose in the first place. However, you might want to check Google News Search to see what other sources have to say, though at this time there are no encyclopedic items on it.


 * Best regards,
 * Codename Lisa (talk) 07:24, 1 October 2013 (UTC)
 * 100% correct, I've gone through the link you mentioned, there is no encyclopedic reports regarding this. They are only rumors. Ok! I'll not propose from now. Himanis Das talk  13:52, 1 October 2013 (UTC)


 * . Unfortunately per WP:NOTACRYSTALBALL we cannot host articles like this unless they have been formally announced or publicly recognized by its creators. For example, we have Category:Upcoming software which lists software that has been formally announced by companies but are still in development and have not been released yet. Same thing with Category:Upcoming video games scheduled for 2015. To be honest, we really don't have any idea if the next iteration will be called '9' or if it will even be a Windows platform at all. So, in the meantime, just stay put and wait until Microsoft formally publishes its codename. &mdash;Ahnoneemoos (talk) 02:44, 3 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Oppose. My rationale is the same as what Ahnoneemoos said. The uncertainty about version number, 9 or 9.1 or maybe even straight to 11, who knows, is a very good point. The news articles, all 5, were sourced from Softpedia. For future reference, it is better to use more than one source if you are going to mention 5 posts. As for Softpedia, I don't believe that their news stories are ever fake. Sometimes they are conjectural, but that is why they use words like "claim", "could" and "suggest". Sometimes those posts will be proven incorrect, but that doesn't diminish Softpedia's credibility, as they make it adequately clear when content is tentative versus certain. Some Softpedia news is excellent e.g. keeping track of Syrian Electronic Army hack incidents, by date, wave and occurrence number. EDIT: That's just one example. I am not implying that Softpedia specializes in tracking hackers! --FeralOink (talk) 11:03, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Does this WikProject have an article alerts section?
I cannot find wp:article alerts here. just wonderig if anyone has set it up? XOttawahitech (talk) 20:33, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Why isn't Dwayne active?
Because he's the founder, why isn't he the leader of the project any more? Typo385.5 (talk) 19:24, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Sonic
Even though I've just joined, I'll make a WikiProject Sonic today. However development of it will be slow and it will take 2-3 months to become viewbale (I can't program HTML/JavA/ whatever PL you use very well) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Typo385.5 (talk • contribs) 19:40, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Talk:United States v. Microsoft Corp.
The move request was re-proposed. In case you missed, the prior proposal resulted in "no consensus". Please join in by clicking above and inserting comments to improve consensus. --George Ho (talk) 01:02, 22 November 2013 (UTC)

Age of Mythology's FAR
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Nomination of Windows 5.0 (disambiguation) for deletion
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The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Windows 5.0 (disambiguation) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Codename Lisa (talk) 19:49, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Microsoft FAR
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Discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Microsoft Cortana Easter Eggs
You are invited to join the discussion at Articles for deletion/Microsoft Cortana Easter Eggs. Codename Lisa (talk) 23:51, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Possible Additions For Microsoft's Cortana Page
Hello,

I am new to Wikipedia, so excuse me if I do anything that may be incorrect.

I am not sure how to go about submitting information to the Microsoft's Cortana Page. I did not edit it, because I do not want to break guidelines. I am submitting this information for someone to review and guide me.

I had an interview about Cortana on the day they announced it at Build 2014. It was with Savas Parastatidis, Principal Architect in Bing, Application Services Group. The interview was approved by Stefan Weitz, Head of Search at Bing.

I believe my interview includes valuable information for this page. Here are a few points:

1) How did Cortana get it's name? Robert Howard, a Principal Program Manager in the Windows Phone team, made the recommendation to Marcus Ash (his manager) to use “Cortana” as an internal codename. That happened at the beginning of the project. Everyone loved the name.

2) Security: Will Cortana save these queries in audio format? What security measures are in place? "We take our users’ privacy extremely seriously. We store our users’ information in a highly secure store. Not even our own developers have open access to the data. The speech queries are completely anonymized. That’s the way the service can improve. However, there is no way to track a particular voice query to a user."

3) Ethics Of Virtual Personal Assistant: Cortana was developed to make life easier. For that concept to really work, you would need to trust the assistant 100%. One could argue that the definitive search results could be paid for. And unlike Bing.com, there would only be room for one answer. What are your thoughts on the ethical challenges at hand and how does Bing plan to handle them? Excellent observation! For a personal assistant to become my gate to the information/knowledge/services world, he/she will have to gain my trust. I truly believe that any service that doesn’t try to truly help the user, that doesn’t have the user’s interests as a priority, will eventually become irrelevant. Personal assistants will further emphasize this point. It’s exactly as in real life. If your personal assistant starts giving you information that isn’t relevant to YOU or that doesn’t really help YOU in completing a task, they will be fired, no? I don’t think there is a difference here.

Cortana doesn’t display any ads. We are trying to do our best for the user. When the user asks a question, we truly try our best to give the best response.

It’s actually an observation we made internally. Since we can only give one answer, we really need to get it right. Instead of showing 10-20 blue links and let the user pick, a personal assistant really needs to show just one answer to a direct question. It’s a very difficult problem to get right.

4) Steps Cortana Takes After a Verbal Query:

a) The voice is streamed to the cloud. b) Our speech recognition servers host speech models which have been trained using Deep Neural Networks. c) The output of the speech reco phase goes through our natural language understanding phase so that we can figure out the user’s intent (e.g. when the user asks if they need an umbrella, then we determine with some degree of confidence that they are interested in the weather). d) In the next step, we go through the conversational management engine that maintains context about the user’s conversations. This allows us to support turns in a conversation and carry the context and the user’s intent forward as we help them accomplish a task. e) We use the information from the user’s notebook to resolve gaps in our understanding (e.g. “home” becomes a geolocation). f) If the user’s intent is to find information, then we query our Bing knowledge sources. g) Finally, we generate language (a response) and then the rendering of the response (HTML) to send to the device.

There are other important facts in my interview with Savas. You can read that here: http://thebc.co/interviews/intro-microsofts-cortana-interview-savas-parastatidis/

In my humble opinion, there are details in this interview that have not been written about. Thank you for your time, I truly appreciate the guidance.

Matt --Matt Sells (talk) 05:48, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Helping
I may help this project for some things that I suggest are missing. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 23:15, 11 December 2014 (UTC)


 * By all means! We welcome and appreciate any and all help! Just list below whatever you have in mind and you will receive feedback and support. Thank you for your contributions and willingness help, STJMLCC (talk) 23:28, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject's revival
This WikiProject is in the process of being Revived. We welcome any user who is willing to help and invite them to join the current WikiProject member group. Thank you in advance,

STJMLCC (talk) 17:04, 8 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi. For the start, try not to insert ''' into the title; it only makes linking to the section harder. And "WikiProject Revival" was another WikiProject. You might confuse people if you keep writing that. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 12:04, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

How Do I Join
I am in the list of participants but does a coordinator have to put the green tick at the side of my name? (Which signifies that I'm active in the project).

Thanks, UltraGold

UltraGold (talk) 23:19, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Absoluptly Not! You Are Free To Do As You Please, This Is YOUR WikiProject (Signifying That Nobody Owns It [But There Are Still People Whom Are In Charge]). This project is a community for everyone to join in and participate. But, I will do it for you by all means! Thank you for your interest in joining OUR WikiProject, STJMLCC (talk) 23:32, 16 December 2014 (UTC)

Major Goal Accomplished Today!
Good Work WikiProject Microsoft! We have finally broken the shackles and we are starting to gain steam! We now have an equal number of active and retired WikiProject members! 1 More and we will have more active users than not! Now, Let's Get This Thing Off The Ground! Thank you all for your contribution and support of this WikiProject and hoping for many more prosperous years,

STJMLCC (talk) 00:01, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Interview for The Signpost
The WikiProject Report would like to focus on WikiProject Microsoft for a Signpost article. This is an excellent opportunity to draw attention to your efforts and attract new members to the project. Would you be willing to participate in an interview? If so, here are the questions for the interview. Just add your response below each question and feel free to skip any questions that you don't feel comfortable answering. Multiple editors will have an opportunity to respond to the interview questions, so be sure to sign your answers. If you know anyone else who would like to participate in the interview, please share this with them. Thanks,  Rcsprinter123    (tell)  @ 17:03, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

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Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

My concern about this article is directly related to why I came to the article: I have IIS on my Windows 7 machine. I do not know if I need it running. I do not know if it provides functions that I need, or that it is primarily for people who want to develop websites, or even run websites from their machine. I do not intend to run or develop websites. But I cannot tell from this article if I can therefore safely turn it off. Nowhere does the article say simply what its purpose is. I see that it is a webserver but what does that mean for someone who does not run a web page or is not developing a web page? Is IIS needed by the average user of Window 7? I cannot tell from this article. I keep searching through the internet and every article reproduces this same perspective. Nowhere can I find whether I need it if I am not running or developing a website. A simple question. The article assumes too much. It should simply start with what IIS does, who it is used by, when it needs to be turned on as a Windows Feature control console, etc. Simple questions that I cannot get answers from, but would have expected to find here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Personalnjc (talk • contribs) 01:37, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Can I please join?
I would like to join Wikiproject Microsoft. DeskOS (talk) 23:51, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Knock yourself out. Just add your own name to the roster. You know how Wikipedia works: everyone can edit... the roster. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 09:05, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Windows thumbnail cache
Hi. There is a small dispute in that I was hoping someone could help with. Hopefully, it is not serious. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 16:21, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Surface (first generation) listed at Requested moves
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RFC regarding title dispute for Xbox Video
Please could participants help revolve a title dispute for the now renamed Xbox Video at its talk page? Thanks, Rob984 (talk) 22:56, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

Microsoft Silverlight listed at Requested moves
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Cortana (software) listed at Requested moves
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Incomplete and incorrect history on Groove Music page
The Groove page has a History section that talks briefly and incompletely about Zune's place in the history of Groove music. As I see it, there are only two possible solutions. The less-preferable solution is to not include a history section at all but that would just be to cover up the important history of Microsoft music applications. The right way to fix the problem is to include the MSN Music history as well and the fact that there is a trend in Microsoft Music to start a new app, convince unwitting customers to spend their money, and then, when the tools aren't profitable, shut them down causing purchasers to lose all that they purchased. I won't even mention that Microsoft Books did the same thing with eBooks as MSN Music and Zune did to music buyers. Since Groove is music we can focus in Microsoft's music app shutdown history and not that it's a repeat pattern across virtually any Microsoft DRM-based technology.

Not including the complete history makes the page simply a brochure authored and controlled by Microsoft. If it is truly an open-source, community-authored, encyclopedia then these inaccuracies and omissions should not stand. They can be written in encyclopedic style and include references but to delete them is to turn Wikipedia into a advertising brochure or magazine. 96.19.193.177 (talk) 17:25, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Template:Currentmicrosoftcotw and Template:Formermicrosoftcotw listed for deletion
See Templates for discussion/Log/2015 August 7 and the discussion that immediately follows. davidwr/ (talk)/(contribs)  02:01, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Outlook.com listed at Requested moves
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Outlook-related edits by User:Ians18
Greetings, everyone. Our fellow Wikipedian User:Ians18 has engaged in a number of edits that I find highly controversial; they are being discussed in. I believe we need additional input. A summary of the dispute is as follows:

Traditionally, both Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Web App / Outlook on the web had four modules: Mail, Calendar, Contacts (or People) and Tasks. But Ians18 changed the names of Outlook.com, Calendar (Microsoft service) and People (Microsoft service) into Outlook Mail, Outlook Calendar and Outlook People and merged Outlook Web App into Outlook.com. He initially said that they are actually renamed, but now has retreated to the position of "their rename is announced and will definitely happen". I, however, cannot see any of these and believe he has taken too much for granted, is sailing too close to WP:CRYSTAL, and his point of view is badly influenced by being an Office 365 user.

Additional input is welcome. Fleet Command (talk) 12:10, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Please see the discussion here: the information above is wrong. "but now has have retreated..." no I haven't. It already has happened. You are violating WP:5P4.  Ians18 (talk) 04:47, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Surface (first generation) listed at Requested moves
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Microsoft Certified Professional
Sorry, I should have posted this sooner. Microsoft Certified Professional is listed at WP:copyright problems because of innumerable copyright violations from Microsoft sources, going back to the day it was created, 17 July 2004. It needs to completely re-written from scratch; it will otherwise probably be reduced to a few sentences. If anyone is interested, a re-write can be started here; obviously, no running text should be copied from the current version unless it is definitely established to be free of copyright infringement. Thanks, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 10:25, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Featured portal candidate: Halo
I have created a new portal at Portal:Halo and nominated it for featured portal status at Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:Halo. Comments will be much appreciated. Thank you. sst✈discuss 07:04, 7 November 2015 (UTC)

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We should take a note out of the Apple articles' book
For years I've seen a weird double standard between Microsoft articles and Apple articles here on Wikipedia, Apple articles seem to be expanded upon, well-sourced and detailed while Microsoft articles seem to be minimalistic often first party or no sources present and while the editors of Apple's pages love historic products the moment a product is discontinued on a Microsoft page hoards of editors will try to delete everything about it, and those are quite general things I've noticed I'd like to point out a very recent example of how neglected Microsoft articles are, recently a user created the Surface Pen article as a small stub with no sources or references, so I added references and tried to expand the content a bit but if you'd compare it to the Apple Pencil article about a product that's not only more recent (by several years) has been written less about and is available for less devices and in less variants, the page is way better organised and shows more details.

Another example would be the iPad article Vs. the Microsoft Surface article, the editors of the Microsoft Surface article try to stay as minimalistic as possible, they've even removed all references to software and services that were there before and one can argue that those are mentioned in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 their specific relation to the Surface is not there, while the iPad article goes in full detail about every historical and current device the Microsoft Surface article seems to try to remove any information the moment 2 devices aren't alike anymore, instead of being extremely nihilistic minimalists the editors of this WikiProject should try to emulate Apple articles more.

Sincerely, --86.81.201.94 (talk) 10:17, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

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Date format
Good day to everybody,

I would like to bring up the issue of MOS:DATEFORMAT when it comes to Microsoft-related articles. We all know that Microsoft is an American company. Hence all of its products are Made in USA, and to that extent, all MSFT product-related articles, as per MOS:DATETIES, should adopt MDY dating conventions. This is true for pages like Microsoft Windows, Xbox and even Microsoft Surface.

However, I have noticed this is not the case for Microsoft Office. When I discussed this with an editor, he or she claims that as opposed to Apple Inc., there is no strong US connection as per WP:DATERET, justifying this with the fact that MSFT has more users in China than the rest of the world combined (over 250 countries). The user even stated that such discussions existed in the past, which I cannot seem to locate.

That being said, I would like to ask the community whether agreeing on adopting spelling and dating conventions with regards to MOS:TIES would be possible.

Thanks in advance for your feedback! &#60;&#60;&#60; SOME GADGET GEEK &#62;&#62;&#62; (talk) 14:31, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Please add me...
I have tried and I cant figure it out. Dre Waters thank you —Preceding undated comment added 21:28, 9 October 2016 (UTC)
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Windows Maps look over
Hi, I was putting the Microsoft Wikiproject on a few Articles that did not have the Wikiproject Microsoft on the talk page. While looking I found this page that was a very small "stub" and had nothing on there. But thinking about it, "well... it is it's own app... Maybe I should add more." Please review my changes here Windows Maps I have suggestions on the talk page there. Please give an explanation if you undo all my changes, it would be grateful. Hope that helps :) (P.S. there is one screen shot I added from Wikicomons) Dre~ (talk) 04:14, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! Dre~ (talk) 16:07, 14 October 2016 (UTC) (was resolved)

project status
Hi could these pages be looked over on what project rating these should get? Windows Maps, Kodu Game Lab, and Microsoft Small Basic Dre~ (talk) 03:36, 15 October 2016 (UTC)

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dispute over Windows Me capitalisation (ME vs Me)
please help solve the dispute over Windows Me capitalisation (ME vs Me) Maria Kappatou (talk) 05:41, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
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Windows Me is more common than Windows ME, Microsoft and PCWorld use Me instead of ME
Microsoft uses the Windows Me spelling. This is the most common spelling and PC World also uses it. Google "windows me" on any search engine and you will see for yourself that Windows Me is more common than Windows ME. Should we use the "Me" capitalisation on our Windows Me article? Should we move the article to Windows Millennium Edition? Maria Kappatou (talk) 05:35, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

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Unused Pages - Microsoft Dynamics
Do you need to keep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Microsoft_Dynamics — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.174.167.146 (talk) 09:28, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
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I added a table that defines the parameters for the command.Beastly334 (talk) 15:30, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

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Draft:Microsoft Viva
Hi all, starting a page on MS Viva would love if you guys could contribute! GR 86 (📱) 17:33, 26 February 2023 (UTC)