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)
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: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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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
3 January 2025
- diffhist Category:Template-Class Early computers pages 18:15 −3 Timrollpickering talk contribs (Moving from Category:Template-Class articles to Category:Template-Class pages bypass cat redirect using Cat-a-lot)
- diffhist m Category talk:Upcoming software 17:44 +32 Tom.Reding talk contribs (+{{WP Futures studies}}) Tag: AWB
- diffhist m Quantum ESPRESSO 17:26 −1 Kot Astralny talk contribs (New release of the software.)
- diffhist m Quantum ESPRESSO 17:24 0 Kot Astralny talk contribs (New release of the software.)
- diffhist 2024 United States Department of the Treasury hack 16:58 +1,626 CybersecChloe talk contribs (Added clarity and details to BeyondTrust security incident.) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Appin (company) 15:08 +580 HARRISONSST talk contribs (Added details on a Dominican newspaper publisher hiring Appin for email hacking targeting over 200 individuals.)
- diffhist Appin (company) 14:17 +40 HARRISONSST talk contribs (Added a link that I missed.)
- diffhist Appin (company) 14:15 +232 HARRISONSST talk contribs (Reworked a sentence.)
- diffhist Appin (company) 14:05 +44 HARRISONSST talk contribs (Reworked a sentence.)
- diffhist Appin (company) 13:50 +154 HARRISONSST talk contribs (Reworked another editor's sentence. This part needs work, but it's a good placeholder for now.)
- diffhist Mass-assignment protection 13:39 0 NotAG on AWB talk contribs (→top: replace {{manual}} with {{how-to}} per TfD) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Environment Modules (software) 13:19 −51 NotAG on AWB talk contribs (→top: replace {{manual}} with {{how-to}} per TfD) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Appin (company) 12:57 0 HARRISONSST talk contribs (Reorganized references to reduce clustering, despite some intermingling of information.)
- diffhist 2024 United States Department of the Treasury hack 10:06 +2 The joy of all things talk contribs (According to Wikipedia Check Wikipedia; "There is more than one category on a single line. Write only one per line; it is easier to read.")
- diffhist Draft:PAR Technology 08:35 +1,487 99.217.109.198 talk (→History)
- diffhist m Byte Shop 05:14 −5 DigitalIceAge talk contribs (→Early investment in Apple Computer (1976–1977))
- diffhist m Byte Shop 05:14 −6 DigitalIceAge talk contribs (→Foundation (1975–1976))
- diffhist Byte Shop 02:00 −4 DigitalIceAge talk contribs (→References)
- diffhist Appin (company) 00:47 +244 HARRISONSST talk contribs (Reworked a sentence.)
- diffhist 15.ai 00:11 0 GregariousMadness talk contribs (Moved the last sentence to the paragraph below.)
- diffhist Appin (company) 00:09 +5 HARRISONSST talk contribs (Removed link to Electronic Transactions Development Agency and added another link. I'm trying to only include good references.)
- diffhist 15.ai 00:06 +2 GregariousMadness talk contribs (Fixed typo.)
- diffhist m 15.ai 00:06 +1 GregariousMadness talk contribs (→Legacy)
- diffhist 15.ai 00:06 +12 GregariousMadness talk contribs (→Legacy)
- diffhist Template:Windows usage share 00:06 −2 70.186.231.186 talk
- diffhist 15.ai 00:04 0 GregariousMadness talk contribs (→Legacy)
- Deletion log 00:00 Explicit talk contribs deleted page File talk:Ashampoo Burning Studio.png (G8: Talk page of deleted page "File:Ashampoo Burning Studio.png") Tag: Twinkle
- Deletion log 00:00 Explicit talk contribs deleted page File:Ashampoo Burning Studio.png (F5: Unused non-free media file) Tag: Twinkle
2 January 2025
- diffhist Talk:25L6 23:58 +26 The Anome talk contribs ({{unsigned|72.164.56.1}}) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist Talk:25L6 23:57 −17 The Anome talk contribs ({{WikiProject Electronics}} {{WikiProject Computing}}) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist 15.ai 23:57 +24 GregariousMadness talk contribs (→Legacy)
- diffhist Talk:7AK7 23:57 −17 The Anome talk contribs ({{WikiProject Electronics}} {{WikiProject Computing}}) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist 15.ai 23:57 +692 GregariousMadness talk contribs (Condensed the whole section into two sentences and moved it in the Legacy section. Removed excessive detail per WP:UNDUE.)
- diffhist N Talk:5965 23:56 +53 The Anome talk contribs ({{WikiProject Electronics}} {{WikiProject Computing}}) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
- diffhist 15.ai 23:39 +855 GregariousMadness talk contribs (Moved the TF2 paragraph into Legacy to support the previous sentence about enabling the creation of viral content.)
- diffhist 15.ai 23:34 +423 GregariousMadness talk contribs (Shortened the removed paragraph into a single sentence, and moved it into the appropriate section.)
- diffhist 15.ai 23:18 +161 GregariousMadness talk contribs (Moved the first removed sentence into the appropriate paragraph listing the character voices.)
- diffhist AlexNet 22:59 +2 Zyploc talk contribs (→Subsequent work: Update.)
- diffhist Draft:Cangjie (programming language) 22:59 +416 Stuartyeates talk contribs (Declining submission: nn - Submission is about a topic not yet shown to meet general notability guidelines (be more specific if possible) (AFCH))
- diffhist m Template:Windows 11 versions 22:30 +6 Win11EnterpriseFan talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:15.ai 21:52 +218 GregariousMadness talk contribs (→Strange repetition of content: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:15.ai 21:44 +796 Alalch E. talk contribs (→Strange repetition of content: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:AN/GSQ-16 Automatic Language Translator 21:43 +73 TadgStirkland401 talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:15.ai 21:35 +276 GregariousMadness talk contribs (→Strange repetition of content: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:15.ai 21:31 +3,016 Alalch E. talk contribs (→Strange repetition of content: Reply) Tag: Reply
- diffhist Talk:Pixel 8a 21:12 +13 Ad3245 talk contribs (Rated this article as 'B' grade (mostly complete page, minor issues with content) and High-importance to the Google WikiProject (as it is Google's main mid-range smartphone).)
- diffhist Talk:Pixel 7a 21:02 +3 Ad3245 talk contribs (Classified this article as 'Mid' importance under the Google WikiProject (as the Pixel 7a was released over a year ago))
- diffhist Talk:Pixel 7a 20:49 +9 Ad3245 talk contribs (Rated this article as 'C' grade (due to issues with citing sources, minor grammar issues, and some missing information))
- diffhist 15.ai 20:36 −3,191 Alalch E. talk contribs (→In fandom culture: restore my removal of this content, see WP:ONUS -- no consensus on the talk page)
- diffhist m Atasi Corporation 20:35 −11 Rfl0216 talk contribs
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.
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ChatGPT
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Wiki
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Artificial intelligence
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History of wikis
- By the way I added audios for many of those popular pages by now. However, they or many of them are not particularly well suited for the audio format like the examples in Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia spoken by AI voice. If the article is long (ie too long to read) and you're interested in the particular subject they can still be interesting; and of course visually impaired people would also benefit from these. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:17, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
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)
In 2023 [1], this article turned from a general topic to a business topic; and from a non-AI topic to an AI-topic. This seems odd, as the article already describes non-business uses; and uses that are not-AI based. -- 65.92.246.77 (talk) 15:36, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
Discussion at Talk:Double-precision floating-point format § Semi-protected edit request on 28 December 2024
[edit]You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Double-precision floating-point format § Semi-protected edit request on 28 December 2024. – Anne drew (talk · contribs) 21:14, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
An editor's review needed
[edit]Hi WikiProject Computing Editors,
I wonder if any editors would be interested in reviewing our suggestions for the Tencent Cloud page? I'm on Wikipedia on behalf of Tencent hence we have only made suggestions via it's Talk page, but have not heard back for 3 weeks (we're aware it's holiday season!).
Your help would be appreciated!
Best,
Yeran TencentCommsYeran (talk) 04:34, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
Good article reassessment for MacBook (2006–2012)
[edit]MacBook (2006–2012) 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. Hog Farm Talk 23:50, 2 January 2025 (UTC)