Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computing

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)

"Predictive analytics"

See also: talk: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)

Discussion at Talk:Double-precision floating-point format § Semi-protected edit request on 28 December 2024

 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

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)

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

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)

Proposed deletion of Village Area Network

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.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Bearian (talk) 05:27, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Steam (service)

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)

Application Interface Specification

This article has been unsourced for almost 15 years. Our options are:

1. Find and add reliable sources; or
2. Merge with a relevant article; or
3. 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

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)

Good article reassessment for Itanium

Itanium 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. Z1720 (talk) 20:41, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Timing failure

Pease help turn this into an article. Bearian (talk) 03:34, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

Application analyst

Here is another stub, unsourced for 15 years. Please help to source this. Bearian (talk) 04:33, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Auto-configuration

Here's another stub for you and your Project to source! Bearian (talk) 11:23, 28 January 2025 (UTC)

Bit time

Thus stub is rated as less important, but seems like it should be rated higher. It's been unsourced for 15 years, part of a backlog of similar things. Can someone please source this? Bearian (talk) 00:35, 29 January 2025 (UTC)

Merging Wikiproject:Computer science and Wikiproject:Computing

Can it be done? We can decide either Compsci or Computing is a better term. The both serve the same purpose. VectorVoyager (talk) 10:49, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

It'd counter propose renaming WP Computing to WP Information Technology, for better differentiation. fgnievinski (talk) 16:20, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

Wouldn't it be more "verbose" from an utilitarian point of view? Project name being shorter and easier is better for people to find it out and understand what it is. VectorVoyager (talk) 12:58, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

Also, do we need to further differentiate rather than uniting the two? Uniting both those wikiprojects under a simple title would be better. We would be bigger and better organized, like other big wikiprojects. VectorVoyager (talk) 13:00, 9 February 2025 (UTC)

It could be titled WikiProject "IT", but I don't think smallness is so important. WP CS could be merged into WikiProject Science and WP Computing could be merged into WikiProject Technology, but I don't think fewer projects is necessarily better, either. What we actually need is for wikiprojects to be titled consistently with the Wikipedia articles they are named after. If you check Computing, its scope is much narrower than that of WP Computing. fgnievinski (talk) 03:30, 10 February 2025 (UTC)

I get your point but computer science and computing are more or less the same thing. And both of them, despite being ultra important, are loosely organized and not much active. I wanna organize one, but having those 2 makes it difficult to choose. One gotta merge with the other. VectorVoyager (talk) 18:00, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

I double checked Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing/Scope and Goals and computer science is, indeed, already included in WP Computing. So, I'd be in favor of making WP CS a task force of WP Computing. fgnievinski (talk) 20:47, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

We have a number of computing-related wikiprojects already under Computing's unbrella to some extent or another: Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer security, Wikipedia:WikiProject Internet, Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing/Computer networking task force, Wikipedia:WikiProject Software, Wikipedia:WikiProject Software/Free and open-source software task force. Computing serves as a critical mass for work in these areas. I don't think any merging or systemic reorganization is necessary. It might be a good idea to write or improve scope statements for each of these projects or task forces. ~Kvng (talk) 19:47, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

Any WikiProject which becomes dormant is subject to be demoted into a task force of an active WikiProject. fgnievinski (talk) 20:48, 14 February 2025 (UTC)

@Kvng: Hmmm, but those ones specialize on those topics, whereas both Computing and Computer Science have umbrella scopes that include them. VectorVoyager (talk) 08:49, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

Is HTML a programming language?

Re recent deletions at programming language and discussion at User talk:Theaceofthespade#Computer science. More eyes appreciated, as this is going nowhere otherwise. @Theaceofthespade: Andy Dingley (talk) 22:49, 3 March 2025 (UTC)

I would love more eyes on this as well, but there is a much larger discussion, and this is not actually some petty thing about whether or not HTML is a programming language - it's about whether or not the article should discuss the perspectives that do/don't see it that way due to the differences between formal and informal definitions.

If you're interested in this topic, please see my proposal here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Programming_language#Definitions_Section

in regard to a more complete explanation behind how I believe this section should be handled. Theaceofthespade (talk) 18:15, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Adaptive coding cleanup

Hi. I was patrolling pages for potential deletion and I came across Adaptive coding. The article is in need of some subject-expert cleanup and needs citations to sources, but it seems to me that the topic warrants an article. I didn't know if it belongs here or at wp:WikiProject Mathematics so I apologize if this is the wrong place, but it would be great if anyone is able to help save the article. -- Lenny Marks (talk) 18:56, 4 March 2025 (UTC)

Actor model and process calculus

I've come across Category:Actor model (computer science), which appears to have significant overlap between its articles, including a few that have been imported to wikibooks. This was raised at Talk:Actor model and process calculi#Merge this article? way back in 2012 but didn't get any attention. I don't know anything about the topic, so I figured someone here might be able to determine what can be done with these. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 19:13, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Identification scheme

This could really use TLC. It's been unsourced for 15 years. Please add reliable sources and add more information. Bearian (talk) 12:00, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:History of Ruby § Blanking and redirecting

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:History of Ruby § Blanking and redirecting. Gracen (they/them) 20:40, 10 March 2025 (UTC)