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: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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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
23 December 2024
- diffhist m Template:Optical disc image software 11:40 −30 Explicit talk contribs (Removing link(s) Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashampoo Burning Studio closed as delete (XFDcloser))
- diffhist DC Entertainment 11:30 0 27.4.114.65 talk (→Live-action)
- diffhist DC Entertainment 11:29 +1 27.4.114.65 talk (→Live-action)
- diffhist DC Entertainment 11:28 +121 27.4.114.65 talk (→Live-action)
- diffhist Linus Torvalds 11:26 −65 EepTheMeep talk contribs (Reverted 1 edit by 176.116.165.19 (talk): Unsourced and possivle NPOV violation) Tags: Twinkle Undo Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Linus Torvalds 11:24 +65 176.116.165.19 talk Tag: Reverted
- diffhist XMPP 11:01 +2,002 Robby.is.on talk contribs (Reverted 1 edit by 2A00:1851:8007:6E8E:1:2:ED04:AC32 (talk): Revert unexplained changes.) Tags: Twinkle Undo
- diffhist List of built-in macOS apps 10:52 0 117.201.125.106 talk (→Passwords) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist List of built-in macOS apps 10:51 +84 117.201.125.106 talk (information) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Universally unique identifier 10:47 −15 49.205.176.209 talk Tag: Manual revert
- diffhist Universally unique identifier 10:47 +15 49.205.176.209 talk Tag: Reverted
- diffhist List of built-in macOS apps 10:34 +64 117.201.125.106 talk (Missing Information) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Teradata 09:58 +751 Girlwithgoldenheart talk contribs (Added latest lawsuit information)
- diffhist Kali Linux 09:39 +1,038 R0paire-wiki talk contribs (Changed a reference to official documentation and added information about 2024.4) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Bit 09:03 −15 Guy Harris talk contribs (Undid revision 1264739767 by 2402:8100:2650:5EE7:178:5634:1232:5476 (talk) - rvv) Tag: Undo
- diffhist YouTube 09:02 −16 A09 talk contribs (Reverted 1 edit by Macho delta588 (talk): Rv: not constructive, "british" youtube doesn't exist) Tags: Twinkle Undo
- diffhist m Artificial intelligence rhetoric 08:37 +18 Abductive talk contribs (wl)
- diffhist Wikipedia:WikiProject Websites/Article alerts 08:09 −43 AAlertBot talk contribs (BOT: Updating Article alert report: +1 PROD (Ukrainian Cyber Alliance); -1 AFC; 1 entries archived) (HB/204/AR)
- diffhist Wikipedia:WikiProject Software/Article alerts 08:09 +628 AAlertBot talk contribs (BOT: Updating Article alert report: +1 DYKN (AdNauseam); +1 AfD (Datamatics); +2 AFC (Draft:Simple Realtime Server, Draft:Uni-app); 2 entries archived) (HB/204/AR)
- diffhist Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing/Article alerts 08:06 +1,604 AAlertBot talk contribs (BOT: Updating Article alert report: +1 DYKN; +1/-1 PROD; +2 AFC; 1 entries archived) (HB/204/AR)
- diffhist Bit 07:51 +15 2402:8100:2650:5ee7:178:5634:1232:5476 talk Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Positive feedback 07:46 +990 LinusShapiro talk contribs (added cited example to →Prejudice, social institutions and poverty) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist m The Open Source Definition 07:02 +7 César R323 talk contribs (→Application: User Cesar Rodríguez - Meta) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit Android app edit App section source
- diffhist AdNauseam 05:54 −1 Newslinger talk contribs (→Reception: Grammar) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
- diffhist Draft:WASP3D 05:23 +320 Dan arndt 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 Draft:WASP3D 05:22 +25 Dan arndt talk contribs (→Company Performance)
- diffhist Draft:WASP3D 05:21 +75 Dan arndt talk contribs
- diffhist Template:Amiga hardware 05:16 +8 DigitalIceAge talk contribs
- diffhist Draft:WASP3D 04:52 +60 NooNVentoo talk contribs (Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard)
- diffhist Draft talk:WASP3D 04:52 +26 NooNVentoo talk contribs (Adding WikiProject tags using AfC-submit-wizard)
- diffhist m AdNauseam 04:39 −2 Newslinger talk contribs (→Functionality: Wording)
- diffhist Malware 04:00 −491 Alexeyevitch talk contribs (Undid revision 1264710813 by 47.11.248.165 (talk)) Tag: Undo
- diffhist Malware 03:58 +491 47.11.248.165 talk (7ge7og 7hvd8o) Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist AdNauseam 03:45 +17 Newslinger talk contribs (→See also: Add [[Hacktivism])
- diffhist AdNauseam 03:41 +78 Newslinger talk contribs (Add See also to P:FOSS and Privacy Badger (which also only blocks ads from sites that ignore Do Not Track))
- diffhist AdNauseam 03:22 0 Newslinger talk contribs (→top: Fix year)
- diffhist AdNauseam 03:21 +14 Newslinger talk contribs (Clarify)
- diffhist AdNauseam 03:20 +258 Newslinger talk contribs (Add 2017 test to lead)
- diffhist AdNauseam 03:13 −160 Newslinger talk contribs (Remove content specific to TrackMeNot. Oops, mixed up the two)
- diffhist Marvel Entertainment 03:07 +17,295 DoctorHver talk contribs Tag: Manual revert
- diffhist Marvel Entertainment 03:07 −17,295 DoctorHver talk contribs Tags: Reverted Disambiguation links added
- diffhist m The New Republic 02:30 +33 Adavidb talk contribs (→Editors: columns; P→p)
- diffhist Amazon (company) 02:09 +7 Korbine287 talk contribs (→Amazon.com) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist WannaCry ransomware attack 01:15 +8 Hugo999 talk contribs (removed Category:May 2017 crimes; added Category:May 2017 crimes in Asia using HotCat)
- diffhist Article (publishing) 01:12 +15 Nightscream talk contribs (refimprove)
- diffhist Article (publishing) 01:12 +22 Nightscream talk contribs (→News: fact tags; culleted items do not need to be separated by commas, semicolons, or the conjunction "and"; nor do non-full sentence fragments require terminal punctuation.)
- diffhist m Article (publishing) 01:10 +38 Nightscream talk contribs (Full name of publication, full date, italics, and a less dubiously-worded description.)
- diffhist Ankh (video game) 00:32 +53 Ding Chavez talk contribs
- diffhist m .tr 00:31 −158 Dawnseeker2000 talk contribs (date format audit, WP:CIRCULAR) Tag: AWB
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)