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Descendant project parameters

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)[reply]

Template:JavaScript and Template:ECMAScript merge proposal

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)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Wi-Fi 6#Requested move 29 August 2024

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)[reply]

New source for IBM System/23 Datamaster, also requesting help

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Oracle Cerner#Requested move 19 September 2024

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)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:2024 Lebanon pager explosions#Requested move 19 September 2024

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)[reply]

One of your project's articles has been selected for improvement!

Hello,
Please note that Image, which is within this project's scope, has been selected as one of the Articles for improvement. The article is scheduled to appear on Wikipedia's Community portal in the "Articles for improvement" section for one week, beginning today. Everyone is encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thanks, and happy editing!
_{Delivered by — MusikBot ^talk 00:05, 21 October 2024 (UTC) on behalf of the AFI team}[reply]

Good article reassessment for 15.ai

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)[reply]

Fixing watchlist

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

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

11 December 2024

diffhist Google's Year in Search 12:39 +4 Perfectodefecto talk contribs (→Year in Search lists) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
diffhist Google's Year in Search 12:10 +596 Perfectodefecto talk contribs (→Year in Search lists: 2024 update) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
diffhist HTML email 10:30 +158 Cyclopia talk contribs (→Adoption: added a sentence from probably soon-to-be deleted article on ASCII ribbon campaign, as a form of merge)
Page curation log 04:55 MPGuy2824 talk contribs marked the redirect Window Maker as reviewed Tag: PageTriage

10 December 2024

diffhist Window Maker 23:58 −2,277 Smuckola talk contribs (Restored revision 1248563748 by Smuckola (talk): Yes it was discussed there, and anyway the new references have been merged with the target.) Tags: Twinkle New redirect Undo
diffhist Windows CE 23:02 +481 Sceeegt talk contribs (Update following name change) Tag: Visual edit
diffhist Talk:Temporary Cyber Operations Act 22:54 +107 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Law, Internet, Mass surveillance, Computer Security, +Netherlands (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Service central de la sécurité des systèmes d'informations 22:53 +38 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computer Security, Organizations (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Riverhead Networks 22:53 +105 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computer Security, +Israel, +Companies (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Reptar (vulnerability) 22:52 +22 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computer Security (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Phantom Access 22:52 +10 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment: banner shell (Rater))
diffhist Talk:International Computer Security Association 22:52 +48 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computer Security, Organizations (Rater))
diffhist Talk:LevelBlue 22:51 +33 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computer Security (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Lieberman Software 22:51 +39 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computer Security, Software (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Norton 360 (2006–2014) 22:51 +15 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computer Security (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Panorays 22:51 +7 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment: banner shell, Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:GooseEgg 22:50 +70 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computer Security, +Russia (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Common Criteria Testing Laboratory 22:50 +15 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computer Security (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Cavirin 22:50 +59 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computing, +California (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Bluetooth Low Energy denial of service attacks 22:50 +32 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computer Security (Rater))
diffhist Talk:2024 Cyprus cyberattacks 22:49 +48 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Cyprus, Computer Security (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Tock (operating system) 22:49 +60 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computer Security, Computer science, Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Time-Triggered Protocol 22:47 +8 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment: banner shell, Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Network compartment 22:46 +12 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment: banner shell (Rater))
diffhist Draft:AdoroCinema 20:26 −2,962 Mtvdanilo talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
diffhist Talk:NAR 2 19:47 +47 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:The Linkup 19:38 +91 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Software, +Websites (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Linklog 19:37 +75 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Blogging, +Websites (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Linkabit 19:36 +145 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Companies, +Computer networking, +California (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Link Quality Report 19:32 +50 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Software (Rater))
diffhist Bluesky 19:27 0 BoweryBugs talk contribs Tag: Visual edit
diffhist Draft:MediaSaaS 19:15 −45 Theroadislong talk contribs (Declining submission: adv - Submission reads like an advertisement and corp - Submission is about a company or organization not yet shown to meet notability guidelines (AFCH))
diffhist Category talk:Software companies of Kuwait 19:02 +43 Simeon talk contribs (WikiProject tagging) Tag: 2017 wikitext editor
diffhist Draft:MediaSaaS 18:56 +163 Automot talk contribs (Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard)
diffhist N Draft talk:MediaSaaS 18:56 +122 Automot talk contribs (Adding WikiProject tags using AfC-submit-wizard)
diffhist Draft:MediaSaaS 18:53 +326 Automot talk contribs (Added refs)
diffhist Talk:NE-Z80 18:37 +50 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:ATI Rage 18:34 −1 Cyberwolf talk contribs (Assessment: banner shell, Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:ATI Rage 18:32 +363 Cyberwolf talk contribs (→List class: new topic) Tag: CD
diffhist Talk:ELI (programming language) 18:25 +64 Sink Cat talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Science, +Software (Rater))
diffhist Talk:UWIN 18:06 +10 Kvng talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter 17:58 −2 Kvng talk contribs (Assessment: banner shell, Computing (Rater))
diffhist Draft:AdoroCinema 17:53 −43 Samoht27 talk contribs (Declining submission: adv - Submission reads like an advertisement and web - Submission is about web content not yet shown to meet notability guidelines (AFCH))
diffhist N Draft:MediaSaaS 17:49 +2,833 Automot talk contribs (-- Draft creation using the WP:Article wizard --)
diffhist Talk:HGST 17:29 −9 Widefox talk contribs (Assessment: banner shell, California, Companies, Computing (Rater))
diffhist Draft:AdoroCinema 17:24 +167 Mtvdanilo talk contribs (Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard)
diffhist N Draft talk:AdoroCinema 17:24 +92 Mtvdanilo talk contribs (Adding WikiProject tags using AfC-submit-wizard)
diffhist N Draft:AdoroCinema 17:23 +21,108 Mtvdanilo talk contribs (-- Draft creation using the WP:Article wizard -- Content in this edit is translated from the existing Portuguese Wikipedia article at pt:AdoroCinema; see its history for attribution.) Tag: Visual edit
diffhist Draft:ActivityHero 15:55 +224 Createdbynicole talk contribs (Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard)
diffhist N Draft talk:ActivityHero 15:55 +89 Createdbynicole talk contribs (Adding WikiProject tags using AfC-submit-wizard)

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Requested merge at Talk:BitTorrent#Requested merge 30 September 2024

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)[reply]

History of programming languages as a list class article

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)[reply]

I've updated the rating to C class. ~Kvng (talk) 15:04, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Information Security

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)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Meta Platforms#Requested move 29 October 2024

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)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:.zip (top-level domain)#Requested move 19 November 2024

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)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Identity management#Requested move 12 November 2024

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)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Gapo#Requested move 10 November 2024

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)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:CloudPets#Requested move 18 November 2024

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)[reply]

Making spoken Wikipedia audios (it may double Wikipedia reads & they're useful)

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!

Example: Linux

Prototyperspective (talk) 17:33, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest we can maximize the impact of this effort by working popular pages first. ~Kvng (talk) 15:51, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Gateway, Inc.#Requested move 20 November 2024

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)[reply]