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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)
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
20 January 2025
- diffhist Lark (software) 03:06 +147 JustYou80 talk contribs (Changed into capitalized letter in the beginning of the sentence, added more information about the ban, added Wikipedia article link.) Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist FydeOS 02:48 −60 Utopes talk contribs (rm orph)
- diffhist FydeOS 02:47 +148 Utopes talk contribs (Added {{Cleanup press release}}, {{Promotional}}, and {{Primary sources}} tags) Tag: Twinkle
- Page curation log 02:22 Chaotic Enby talk contribs marked the article Dyson (operating system) as reviewed Tag: PageTriage
19 January 2025
- diffhist m ThisAV 23:52 −41 Josve05a talk contribs (clean up, removed orphan tag, typo(s) fixed: in September 1, 2012 → on September 1, 2012, Janurary → January) Tag: AWB
- diffhist Draft:Flubel 23:05 −88 KylieTastic talk contribs (Declining submission: corp - Submission is about a company or organization not yet shown to meet notability guidelines (AFCH))
- diffhist Draft:Flubel 22:37 +171 Fiend1108 talk contribs (Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard)
- diffhist N Draft talk:Flubel 22:37 +91 Fiend1108 talk contribs (Adding WikiProject tags using AfC-submit-wizard)
- diffhist Draft:Flubel 22:37 +273 Fiend1108 talk contribs (M) Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Draft:Peter McKenzie Armstrong 22:29 −8 PeterMcKenzieArmstrong talk contribs
- diffhist m Snowflake (data breach) 22:28 −173 BostonYadSox talk contribs (removing tags) Tag: Visual edit
- Move log 22:28 BostonYadSox talk contribs moved page Draft:Snowflake (data breach) to Snowflake (data breach)
- Move log 22:28 BostonYadSox talk contribs moved page Draft talk:Snowflake (data breach) to Talk:Snowflake (data breach)
- diffhist N Draft:Flubel 22:20 +1,921 Fiend1108 talk contribs (Made) Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- diffhist Draft:Peter McKenzie Armstrong 22:17 +36 PeterMcKenzieArmstrong talk contribs
- diffhist Draft:Peter McKenzie Armstrong 21:59 −2 PeterMcKenzieArmstrong talk contribs
- diffhist Draft:Peter McKenzie Armstrong 21:50 −42 PeterMcKenzieArmstrong talk contribs
- diffhist Talk:Extempore (software) 21:49 +60 Wiiformii talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Electronic music, +Software (Rater))
- diffhist Talk:MagicScore 21:47 +48 Wiiformii talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Electronic music, +Software (Rater))
- diffhist Talk:Liquid Rhythm 21:44 +51 Wiiformii talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Electronic music, +Software (Rater))
- diffhist Talk:PxTone 21:42 +60 Wiiformii talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Electronic music, +Software (Rater))
- diffhist Talk:Stansberry Research 21:16 +81 Sargdub talk contribs (review project importance)
- diffhist Stansberry Research 21:13 +173 Sargdub talk contribs (tidy)
- Deletion log 21:11 Liz talk contribs deleted page Draft talk:Red Button (G8: Talk page of deleted page "Draft:Red Button") Tag: Twinkle
- Deletion log 21:11 Liz talk contribs deleted page Draft:Red Button (G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND/G13) Tag: Twinkle
- diffhist Microsoft 365 Copilot (source) 21:09 +198 UtahJazzFan1 talk contribs
- Move log 21:02 UtahJazzFan1 talk contribs moved page Microsoft 365 to Microsoft 365 Copilot (source) (Swap two pages (WP:SWAP): Microsoft 365 has changed its name as of January 19th, 2025. The name is Microsoft 365 Copilot.)
- Deletion log 21:02 Liz talk contribs deleted page Draft talk:Computalker CT-1 Speech Synthesizer (G8: Talk page of deleted page "Draft:Computalker CT-1 Speech Synthesizer") Tag: Twinkle
- Deletion log 21:02 Liz talk contribs deleted page Draft:Computalker CT-1 Speech Synthesizer (G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND/G13) Tag: Twinkle
- diffhist Planon 21:01 +393 Stella2707 talk contribs (added more sources (from the Dutch version of the page)) Tag: Visual edit
- diffhist Draft:Peter McKenzie Armstrong 20:26 −26 PeterMcKenzieArmstrong talk contribs
- diffhist Lark (software) 20:23 −4,852 TenshiSWR talk contribs (Reverting edit(s) by 37.35.69.47 (talk) to rev. 1270489358 by Stevefont: Advertising/promotional content (UV 0.1.6)) Tags: Ultraviolet Undo
- diffhist Draft:Peter McKenzie Armstrong 20:22 −135 PeterMcKenzieArmstrong talk contribs
- diffhist Lark (software) 20:22 +4,852 37.35.69.47 talk Tag: Reverted
- diffhist Lark (software) 19:56 +5 Stevefont talk contribs (making dates more specific) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit App section source
- diffhist Draft:Peter McKenzie Armstrong 19:53 −3,453 PeterMcKenzieArmstrong talk contribs
- diffhist FydeOS 19:06 +9,341 MMH talk contribs (discussion is required) Tags: Removed redirect Undo
- diffhist Talk:Longform.org 18:43 +147 RogueScholar talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, Websites, United States, +Journalism, +Podcasting (Rater))
- diffhist Template:Latest stable software release/Spotify 18:36 0 37.248.158.122 talk
- Deletion log 18:20 Liz talk contribs deleted page Draft talk:Neuromorphic Quantum Computing (G8: Talk page of deleted page "Draft:Neuromorphic Quantum Computing") Tag: Twinkle
- Deletion log 18:20 Liz talk contribs deleted page Draft:Neuromorphic Quantum Computing (G13: Abandoned draft or AfC submission – If you wish to retrieve it, please see WP:REFUND/G13) Tag: Twinkle
- Deletion log 18:05 Liz talk contribs deleted page Talk:Mazafaka (G8: Talk page of deleted page "Mazafaka") Tag: Twinkle
- Deletion log 18:05 Liz talk contribs deleted page Mazafaka (Expired PROD, concern was: No evidence of notability) Tag: Twinkle
- diffhist Draft:Peter McKenzie Armstrong 18:04 +378 Theroadislong talk contribs (Commenting on submission (AFCH))
- diffhist ThisAV 18:01 +55 Gene93k talk contribs (added navbox)
- diffhist Draft:Peter McKenzie Armstrong 17:53 +5,589 PeterMcKenzieArmstrong talk contribs
- diffhist ThisAV 17:45 −49 Bearcat talk contribs (no redlinked categories; only categories that actually exist are permitted)
- diffhist Talk:JBIG2 17:14 +41 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Software (Rater))
- diffhist Talk:Javelin PDF Reader 17:14 +41 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Software (Rater))
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)
An editor's review needed
[edit]Could someone with knowledge weigh in on an editor's Jan 7-8th edits on Locomotive BASIC? I'm out of my element, but it's very confusing how the article is called Locomotive Basic, but seems to (from this editor's changes) to now have a main focus on Amstrad and barely mentions Locomotive. Either they are content forking/hijacking the article, or the article needs moving. Zinnober9 (talk) 16:47, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
The article Village Area Network has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
Unreferenced and unimproved 15 years. Tagged for notability for 10 years.
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Good article reassessment for Steam (service)
[edit]Steam (service) 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. 💽 LunaEclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ (CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST) 14:18, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
This article has been unsourced for almost 15 years. Our options are:
- Find and add reliable sources; or
- Merge with a relevant article; or
- Go to WP:AfD.
Bearian (talk) 21:09, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- WP:NOTCLEANUP. Please do a Scholar and Books search before taking this to WP:AFD. It appears to be a notable topic. ~Kvng (talk) 19:12, 16 January 2025 (UTC)
Category:Virtual reality pioneers has been nominated for discussion
[edit]Category:Virtual reality pioneers has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether it complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 10:56, 19 January 2025 (UTC)