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Gmail Mobile was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 05 April 2010 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Gmail. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

Word "free"

I see that in the first paragraph, Gmail is described as a free e-mail service. This is only partially correct. Users with less than 15gb of e-mails can use it free, but people who need more than 15gb worth of e-mails have to pay. Should the word "free" be removed or updated to more accurately describe the service? 67.185.163.88 (talk) 00:10, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No, it is a free service and the storage limitations are spelled out in the lede and subsequent sections. - Ahunt (talk) 00:33, 5 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bigger image

The screenshot of Gmail website is too small to make out the details well. I suggest we upscale the image a slight bit so the text can be read. This will still keep the Non-free rationale as the image loses its purpose at this scale. Roost^T_C(please ping me when replying) 11:05, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The main issue is that there is a bot that seems to like reducing any oversized "fair use" images, so you may just end up back where you started. - Ahunt (talk) 14:41, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RfC on 9to5Google as a source

There is an RfC at WP:RSN on reliability of 9to5Google as a source.[1] Only 3 opinions have been given in about 19 days. More would be appreciated. -- Yae4 (talk) 15:27, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 23 May 2023

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149.11.110.20 (talk) 16:40, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You need to specify what you are requesting be added or removed. - Ahunt (talk) 16:43, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling error

Talking about the history, between 2004 and 2005, it spells Gmaill instead of Gmail. My account doesn't let me edit. SanDimas1988 (talk) 01:44, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed it. Thank you! ~~ Jessintime (talk) 03:16, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]