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	World Wide Web 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.
	This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on November 1, 2004.
Article milestones Date Process Result January 19, 2004 Refreshing brilliant prose Kept November 5, 2004 Featured article review Demoted
	Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on November 13, 2004, November 13, 2005, March 12, 2019, and March 12, 2020.
Current status: Former featured article

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This article has been mentioned by a media organization: "Click Back, in Click Online". BBC World. 4 July 2005.

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Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 21:51, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]