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December 4, 2005	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
April 20, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
May 7, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
December 20, 2007	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
May 20, 2009	Good article reassessment	Delisted
August 21, 2012	Articles for deletion	Merged
December 3, 2012	Good article nominee	Not listed
February 5, 2013	Good article nominee	Not listed
September 19, 2014	Good article nominee	Not listed
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Section sizes

Section size for Walmart (82 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	16,585	16,585	275	275
History	41	88,142	0	4,377
1945–1969: Early history	5,418	5,418	372	372
1969–1990: Incorporation and growth as a regional power	5,002	5,002	355	355
1990–2005: Retail rise to multinational status	12,850	12,850	672	672
2005–2010: Initiatives	31	10,941	0	606
Environmental initiatives	3,578	3,578	257	257
Branding and store design changes	4,414	4,414	229	229
Acquisitions and employee benefits	2,918	2,918	120	120
2011–2019	27,046	27,046	1,087	1,087
2020s: Development	21,087	22,755	885	987
Acquisitions and employee benefits	1,668	1,668	102	102
Tariffs and second Trump administration	4,089	4,089	298	298
Operating divisions	1,829	97,716	67	3,564
Walmart U.S.	3,336	50,117	117	1,446
Walmart Supercenter	5,038	5,038	322	322
Walmart Discount Store	2,831	2,831	97	97
Walmart Neighborhood Market	3,694	3,694	173	173
Former stores and concepts	5,251	5,251	230	230
Initiatives	10,687	10,687	501	501
Numbers of stores by state	19,280	19,280	6	6
Walmart International	1,350	42,682	34	1,903
Central America	1,533	1,533	101	101
Chile	2,116	2,116	46	46
Mexico	628	628	48	48
Canada	2,154	2,154	71	71
Africa	3,175	3,175	191	191
China	2,724	2,724	116	116
India	8,213	8,213	271	271
Indonesia	1,588	1,588	44	44
Germany	1,777	1,777	67	67
South America	5,496	5,496	308	308
United Kingdom	3,339	3,339	222	222
Japan	2,050	2,050	82	82
Corruption charges	6,539	6,539	302	302
Sam's Club	2,580	2,580	97	97
Global eCommerce	508	508	51	51
Subsidiaries	20	4,278	0	198
Private label brands	1,602	1,602	109	109
Entertainment	2,656	2,656	89	89
Online commerce acquisitions and plans	7,945	7,945	241	241
Corporate affairs	10,840	65,840	554	1,904
Business trends	27,625	27,625	69	69
Governance	4,643	4,643	129	129
Ownership	2,794	2,794	47	47
Competition	5,311	5,311	431	431
Customer base	10,717	10,717	474	474
Sales of guns and ammunition	3,910	3,910	200	200
Technology	1,304	13,706	44	615
Artificial intelligence (AI) partnership	1,016	1,016	52	52
Open source software	2,784	2,784	93	93
Big data analytics	3,376	3,376	82	82
Cash handling	1,240	1,240	54	54
Robots	3,986	3,986	290	290
Charity	3,584	6,174	186	269
COVID-19	2,590	2,590	83	83
Economic impact	22	19,197	0	1,211
Effects on customers	2,278	2,278	99	99
Effects on retailers	7,646	7,646	619	619
Effects on jobs	6,509	6,509	366	366
Effects on productivity	2,742	2,742	127	127
Impact on the environment	2,611	28,675	163	1,277
Labor relations	12,746	12,746	628	628
Gender	6,194	6,194	278	278
Sexual orientation and gender identity	7,124	7,124	208	208
Criticism and controversies	3,997	27,615	92	1,248
Animal welfare	6,840	6,840	245	245
Business practices	4,455	4,455	165	165
Crime problems	7,261	7,261	431	431
Product safety	5,062	5,062	315	315
Sponsorships	1,402	1,402	56	56
Case studies and academic significance	1,498	1,498	150	150
In popular culture	24	723	0	0
Movies and TV show	264	264	0	0
Documentaries	210	210	0	0
Others	225	225	0	0
Notable people	87	87	0	0
See also	389	389	0	0
Notes	24	24	0	0
References	28	28	0	0
Further reading	1,470	1,470	0	0
External links	1,617	1,617	0	0
Total	383,111	383,111	15,385	15,385

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Walmart Labs now "Walmart Global Tech"

Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The is no mention of Walmart Global Tech as an entity within the Walmart article. Lets have a section and include this article within the main Walmart article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-83439-2 (talk) 17:14, 6 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

half of 1%

Latest comment: 2 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Half of 1% is 0.5%. Happy to help.

This is an edit request. I would change it myself, but the page is protected. MiloIsAustralian (talk) 00:33, 15 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Crime in walmart

Latest comment: 16 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Walmarts are are hotspots for crime. From personal effect theft to inflated prizing of items to espionage and probably human trafficking takes place in walmart stores ~2026-50977-30 (talk) 16:06, 21 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Your point being? Walmart does not guarantee the safety of its customers or its employees. I think we have a couple of Wikipedia articles about kidnappings and murders within Walmart stores. Dimadick (talk) 18:25, 21 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

AI

Latest comment: 11 days ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Flagged this for AI; this is in reference to the 2026 edits by Monkeyvan. (Read: If you are not Monkeyvan, this tag is not about you)

Their edits throughout the past year (here and elsewhere) display many indicators of AI use typical of 2026-era LLM text, e.g. AIATTR, AITREND, promotionality, overgeneralization (often unsourced to boot), is/are avoidance, etc. I do not normally use AI detectors but Pangram backs me up on this. Gnomingstuff (talk) 23:09, 26 September 2026 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 28 September 2026

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may I ask Walmart has dd aka Dunkin donuts