Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computing
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Descendant project parameters
[edit]I am boosting an edit request for Template:WikiProject Computing to add the rest of the descendant wikiprojects as parameters to the main template. A list of missing projects is collected there.
Consensus is needed. Tule-hog (talk) 05:09, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
Template:JavaScript and Template:ECMAScript merge proposal
[edit]There was an unofficial merge proposal that did not reach consensus or take action. Bumping here. Tule-hog (talk) 17:14, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Arrest of Pavel Durov#Requested move 28 August 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Arrest of Pavel Durov#Requested move 28 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPathtalk 05:13, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Hey everyone, comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Peer review/IMac G4/archive1. Would appreciate technical and non-techy eyes on it. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs talk 11:43, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Wi-Fi 6#Requested move 29 August 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Wi-Fi 6#Requested move 29 August 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ModernDayTrilobite (talk • contribs) 18:38, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
New source for IBM System/23 Datamaster, also requesting help
[edit]Hello,
I am studying the foresaid computer and fixing part of the information in the article. Wikipedia is not a primary source, therefore I am updating data in my website, then updating the wikipedia article. While I cannot leave the wrong data at place, I am facing a moral dilemma on wether I should be updating it if I am also one of the sources.
For this reason I would like to ask a revision on the foresaid article by somebody else that is not me who could also be critic of my own work. I am open to suggestions and questions.
Also, I am facing the language barrier for the other wikipedias that still display the wrong information. Could anybody help me, please?
Thank you in advance and sorry for the trouble.
Buran Biggest Fan (talk) 12:03, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
- I not sure I see a WP:COI here. However, it does not smell right to use your own site as a citation for improvements you make. You must have gotten your information from somewhere else; can you cite that? If you feel you can't make corrections, consider using {{Dubious}} and talk page discussion to help other editors help you. Admittedly it is a niche topic and help may not be immediately forthcoming but there have been 35 contributors to the article over its 20-year existence. ~Kvng (talk) 16:20, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Oracle Cerner#Requested move 19 September 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Oracle Cerner#Requested move 19 September 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 98𝚃𝙸𝙶𝙴𝚁𝙸𝚄𝚂 [𝚃𝙰𝙻𝙺] 03:18, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:2024 Lebanon pager explosions#Requested move 19 September 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2024 Lebanon pager explosions#Requested move 19 September 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Web-julio (talk) 03:48, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!
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Hello, |
15.ai has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 09:58, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
Fixing watchlist
[edit]Per Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Computing/sidebar#recent_Computing-related_changes and Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Computing/Archive_13#Project_watchlist (courtesy ping to DFlhb), I propose appending the target of /Recent changes to the home page's article alerts, similar to WP:COMPSEC.
Here is a preview (styling sourced from COMPSEC):
Recent changes
[edit]List of abbreviations (help):
- D
- Edit made at Wikidata
- r
- Edit flagged by ORES
- N
- New page
- m
- Minor edit
- b
- Bot edit
- (±123)
- Page byte size change
2 December 2024
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 21:29 +61 95.70.128.2 talk (Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard)
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 21:27 +62 Ran97 talk contribs (→Sources) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source
- diffhist OpenNebula 20:58 −292 Henrik talk contribs (→Development: remove fluff)
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 20:55 +101 Jlwoodwa talk contribs (Declining submission: v - Submission is improperly sourced and corp - Submission is about a company or organization not yet shown to meet notability guidelines (AFCH))
- diffhist OpenNebula 20:55 −2,761 Henrik talk contribs (remove mainly uncited list of purported users)
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 20:52 +72 95.70.128.2 talk (Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard)
- diffhist Draft talk:OliveWeb Software 20:52 +26 95.70.128.2 talk (Adding WikiProject tags using AfC-submit-wizard)
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 20:49 +134 Ran97 talk contribs (→Sources) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 20:48 +27 Ran97 talk contribs (→Sources) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 20:47 +43 Ran97 talk contribs (→top) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 20:36 +248 Ran97 talk contribs (→top) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 20:23 +206 Bonadea talk contribs (Commenting on submission (AFCH))
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 19:47 +101 Ran97 talk contribs (→top: References) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 19:41 +98 Bonadea talk contribs (Declining submission: v - Submission is improperly sourced and nn - Submission is about a topic not yet shown to meet general notability guidelines (be more specific if possible) (AFCH))
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 19:40 +54 Ran97 talk contribs (Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard)
- diffhist m Draft:OliveWeb Software 19:35 +51 Ran97 talk contribs (→top: User info) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source
- diffhist Talk:Object REXX 18:06 +592 Chatul talk contribs (→PROCEDURE versus routine: new section)
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 17:43 +157 Ran97 talk contribs (→top) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 17:23 +183 Ran97 talk contribs (→Sources: Added sources) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source
- diffhist m Object REXX 16:34 −4 Oorexx talk contribs (typo and variable names in a sample) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Object REXX 08:37 +91 Dylwi talk contribs (Restructuring) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist m Session hijacking 06:43 −1 DigitalIceAge talk contribs (→CookieMonster)
- diffhist Cookiemonster attack 06:42 +14 DigitalIceAge talk contribs (←Changed redirect target from Session hijacking to Session hijacking#CookieMonster) Tag: Redirect target changed
- diffhist m FactoHR 04:58 +380 Rohanmehra13 talk contribs (Added CIN source of Version Systems) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist m FactoHR 04:52 −1 Rohanmehra13 talk contribs (spare space)
- diffhist m FactoHR 04:51 −30 Rohanmehra13 talk contribs (Linked the article in list of Indian IT companies) Tag: Visual edit: Switched
- diffhist Othernet 02:42 +52 Sammi Brie talk contribs (Adding local short description: "Global broadcast data company", overriding Wikidata description "global broadcast data company") Tag: Shortdesc helper
- diffhist Brother Twinriter 00:09 +26 DigitalIceAge talk contribs
1 December 2024
- diffhist Talk:Finger on the App 23:57 +8 Sebbog13 talk contribs (Assessment: banner shell (Rater))
- Page curation log 23:55 Sebbog13 talk contribs marked the article Finger on the App as reviewed Tag: PageTriage
- diffhist Talk:Finger on the App 23:53 +661 Sebbog13 talk contribs (→Feedback from New Page Review process: new section) Tag: PageTriage
- diffhist Brother Twinriter 23:52 +31 DigitalIceAge talk contribs
- diffhist Brother Twinriter 23:51 +284 DigitalIceAge talk contribs
- diffhist m Finger on the App 23:33 −574 Sebbog13 talk contribs (→App glitches: that source is "generally unreliable" according to WP:DISTRACTIFY removing that part)
- diffhist Finger on the App 23:27 −1,342 Sebbog13 talk contribs (→Mechanics: If someone can find a reliable secondary indepth source into the mechanics feel free to add back this section with that source, the previous source was user generated)
- diffhist Finger on the App 23:08 +818 Sebbog13 talk contribs (→Finger on the App 2: add tweet box and change prose)
- diffhist m Object REXX 23:00 +5 Oorexx talk contribs (Proof reading) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist m Finger on the App 22:52 +37 Sebbog13 talk contribs (→Finger on the App 2: previously it could have been misinterpreted that Android has both a Google Play Store and something called an "App Store")
- diffhist Draft:OliveWeb Software 22:50 −43 CoconutOctopus talk contribs (Declining submission: v - Submission is improperly sourced and corp - Submission is about a company or organization not yet shown to meet notability guidelines (AFCH))
- diffhist m Finger on the App 22:45 +349 Sebbog13 talk contribs (→Finger on the App 2: add source)
- diffhist m Finger on the App 22:10 −59 Sebbog13 talk contribs (→Finger on the App 2: not supported by inline source)
- diffhist Finger on the App 22:06 +30 Sebbog13 talk contribs (added Category:2020 video games using HotCat)
- diffhist m Finger on the App 22:04 +42 Sebbog13 talk contribs (→Mechanics: one source for this section)
- diffhist m Finger on the App 21:50 −2 Sebbog13 talk contribs (→Mechanics: Why is "Mechanics" a subsection of "History"? Making this a normal section)
- diffhist m Finger on the App 21:46 −63 Sebbog13 talk contribs (→History: not supported by source)
- diffhist Dramacool 21:39 +38 Windborne Rider talk contribs (Added {{Uncategorized}} tag) Tag: Twinkle
- diffhist m Dramacool 21:38 +387 Windborne Rider talk contribs (Formatting and Tagging using script)
- diffhist Dramacool 21:38 −4 Windborne Rider talk contribs (→Impact and Legal Alternatives: Removed disambiguation link)
- diffhist Dramacool 21:36 −244 Windborne Rider talk contribs (→Shutdown: Removed unrelated citation)
- diffhist m Finger on the App 21:33 +3 Sebbog13 talk contribs (→History: more specific time)
It relies on the Editorial Team quality log, which I'm not totally sure of the mechanics of but it gives recent changes to articles rather than the previous just talk pages. Tule-hog (talk) 18:46, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- Given typical interaction levels on this page, I'll just boldly follow through with this. Feel free to raise any objections. Tule-hog (talk) 18:48, 23 October 2024 (UTC)
- From observing for a little while, I think its clear this is an almost uselessly small subset of the actual articles tagged with WP:COMP. A better solution still awaits. Tule-hog (talk) 01:42, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
Requested merge at Talk:BitTorrent#Requested merge 30 September 2024
[edit]There is a requested merge discussion at Talk:BitTorrent#Requested merge 30 September 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Sceeegt (talk) 19:59, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
History of programming languages as a list class article
[edit]History of programming languages is pegged as a "list class" article. It has a lot of lists in it but it also has a lot of text. Do you think this categorization is appropriate? Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 04:22, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
- I've updated the rating to C class. ~Kvng (talk) 15:04, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
Information Security
[edit]Hi all,
I'm in the process of rewriting Information Security and could do with someone looking over my shoulder/helping clear out some of the general fluff. All welcome. Joe (talk) 15:38, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Meta Platforms#Requested move 29 October 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Meta Platforms#Requested move 29 October 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) 21:23, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:.zip (top-level domain)#Requested move 19 November 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:.zip (top-level domain)#Requested move 19 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Raladic (talk) 03:07, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Identity management#Requested move 12 November 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Identity management#Requested move 12 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Raladic (talk) 16:28, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:Gapo#Requested move 10 November 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Gapo#Requested move 10 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 15:18, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
Requested move at Talk:CloudPets#Requested move 18 November 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:CloudPets#Requested move 18 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Raladic (talk) 19:37, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
Making spoken Wikipedia audios (it may double Wikipedia reads & they're useful)
[edit]Is anybody interested in making spoken Wikipedia audios at scale? I think it could up to double Wikipedia reads and that many readers would be interested in these: most people don't like to read long articles as texts on screens but millions frequently listen to podcasts.
I increasingly find myself listening to these audios instead of to podcasts or audiobooks as Wikipedia covers more interesting things, things fitting better to my interests or needs, covers things better than podcasts (e.g. more neutral, accurate & critical), and is more succinct than overly long audiobooks.
Here is the process to create these as far as I developed it and it could already be used to e.g. fulfill all audio requests. I think most people don't scroll below the large References section to the External links section and the current audio player is outdated with a way too narrow width and without a button to jump back x seconds. Let me know if you have questions. I don't know if there's a better place to ask about this so if there is, please also let me know, thanks!
Prototyperspective (talk) 17:33, 26 November 2024 (UTC)
- I suggest we can maximize the impact of this effort by working popular pages first. ~Kvng (talk) 15:51, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
- Good idea, thanks. Currently, it's more about first maximizing participation I think but making popular pages available probably also helps with that. I thought of creating audios for these next so I'd create audios for a mix of these two kinds of articles and the ones I had already planned earlier the next time I get to it. I also thought about enabling people to request audios on the WikiProject page. I think audios are most useful for 1. lengthy articles that are interesting but not so nice to read on a screen (like the example above) 2. articles about topics that are well podcastable/audiobookable like 'History of xyz'-articles.
Several of those popular pages are already available as audio, e.g. Internet Archive & Artificial intelligence. Developing the process further would probably be most useful, e.g. to make it automatically replace abbreviations with their written out form (like e.g. to for example or M to million) or remove the periods after name initials (like J. K. Rowling to J K Rowling) which results in long pauses which then need to be fixed at some point with a reupload if only noticed afterwards. Issues with audios can be reported using this template. Prototyperspective (talk) 22:42, 29 November 2024 (UTC)
- Good idea, thanks. Currently, it's more about first maximizing participation I think but making popular pages available probably also helps with that. I thought of creating audios for these next so I'd create audios for a mix of these two kinds of articles and the ones I had already planned earlier the next time I get to it. I also thought about enabling people to request audios on the WikiProject page. I think audios are most useful for 1. lengthy articles that are interesting but not so nice to read on a screen (like the example above) 2. articles about topics that are well podcastable/audiobookable like 'History of xyz'-articles.
Requested move at Talk:Gateway, Inc.#Requested move 20 November 2024
[edit]There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Gateway, Inc.#Requested move 20 November 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. ASUKITE 15:28, 30 November 2024 (UTC)