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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]

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: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

29 December 2024

diffhist Microsoft Edge Legacy 02:29 +7 Andre Farfan talk contribs
diffhist PayPal Honey 00:09 −1 RisingTzar talk contribs Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
diffhist PayPal Honey 00:08 +10 RisingTzar talk contribs (→Controversies) Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
diffhist Talk:Split tunneling 00:05 +50 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Strand (programming language) 00:02 +46 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist N Talk:StochSD 00:02 +83 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): +banner shell (C), +Software (Rater))

28 December 2024

diffhist Talk:Swathanthra Malayalam Computing 23:59 +50 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Sunwah Linux 23:58 +49 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Software (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Table-oriented programming 23:57 +89 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): +banner shell (Start), +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:TNet 23:51 +51 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Trusted Data Format 23:48 +95 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing, +Cryptography (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Ultramarine Linux 23:46 +88 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): +banner shell (Stub), +Software (Rater))
diffhist Wikipedia:Requested articles/Applied arts and sciences/Computer science, computing, and Internet 23:45 +2,499 96.82.59.129 talk (→M–Z (by last name): moved from Wikipedia:Requested articles/Natural sciences#Scientists and people in science)
diffhist N Talk:WineGUI 23:40 +87 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): +banner shell (Start), +Software (Rater))
diffhist m Draft:Privacy.sexy 23:39 +33 Muharip talk contribs (spacing fixes, reference order)
diffhist Talk:Zen Browser 23:38 +41 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Software (Rater))
diffhist Draft:Privacy.sexy 23:35 +149 Muharip talk contribs (Submitting using AfC-submit-wizard)
diffhist N Draft talk:Privacy.sexy 23:35 +96 Muharip talk contribs (Adding WikiProject tags using AfC-submit-wizard)
diffhist Talk:Simulation language 23:34 +50 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:SLiM 23:34 −42 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment: banner shell, Computing, −Genealogy (Rater))
diffhist Talk:SLiM 23:33 +130 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): +banner shell (Stub), +Computing, +Genealogy (Rater))
diffhist Draft:Privacy.sexy 23:30 −1,498 Muharip talk contribs (incorprate feedback to comply with the submission policy)
diffhist Talk:RealXtend 23:26 +49 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Software (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Reo Coordination Language 23:25 +46 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Reconfigurability 23:25 +49 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Retransmission (data networks) 23:24 +50 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:SADI 23:22 +51 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Sanyo PHC-25 23:21 +50 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:SanDisk Professional 23:19 +89 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Brands, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:SCSI Multimedia Commands 23:17 +45 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Scientific programming language 23:17 +52 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
Deletion log 23:06 JBW talk contribs deleted page Talk:DrawMD (G8: Talk page of deleted page "DrawMD") Tag: Twinkle
Deletion log 23:06 JBW talk contribs deleted page DrawMD (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion) Tag: Twinkle
diffhist Talk:Qorvo 22:16 +1 Sbmeirow talk contribs (it's not a stub)
diffhist Pastanjauhantaa 21:45 −107 Liz talk contribs (Removing PROD tag, no deletion rationale provided)
diffhist Talk:Oppo Pad Air 21:37 +49 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Oppo Pad Neo 21:37 +49 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:OvenMediaEngine 21:36 +84 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): +banner shell (C), +Software (Rater))
diffhist Talk:PictBridge 21:35 +50 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist N Talk:Picotron 21:35 +83 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): +banner shell (C), +Software (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Phase-change Dual 21:34 +51 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Pfinder 21:34 +51 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Software (Rater))
diffhist N Talk:Polit (operating system) 21:33 +87 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): +banner shell (Start), +Software (Rater))
diffhist Talk:PLY (software) 21:32 +49 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Software (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Portable storage device 21:30 +50 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Program transformation 21:30 +49 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Pretty Diff 21:29 +50 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Software (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Near letter-quality printing 21:21 +51 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:Nearables 21:21 +93 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Internet, +Computing (Rater))
diffhist Talk:National Development Programme in Computer Aided Learning 21:20 +94 Christian75 talk contribs (Assessment (Low): banner shell, +Computing, +United Kingdom (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)[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]

ChatGPT
Wiki
Artificial intelligence
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)[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]

"Predictive analytics"

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)[reply]