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Changing order and prioritising the general public

Hi everyone. I've recently been contracted to do some editing work on Wikipedia articles, and this is one of the articles my employers would like improving.

(TLDR; I'm trying to make the article easier and more accessible for the general public to help improve their own computer security, so some topics may be moved around.) Theobrad (talk) 11:49, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Theobrad:, I see that you have declared your paid editing per WP:COI but, imo at least, it would be wise to refer here (and anywhere else you have done it) to that disclosure. Belt and braces. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 22:05, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there,

Yes, I would agree. In hindsight I should have done this.

I'm not paid to edit Wikipedia at the moment and am not working on this article currently. Theobrad (talk) 17:37, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

contracted edits

I've recently completely some research for my master's degree on making Wikipedia more easy to understand and readable. The research includes surveying over 500 members of the general public on their responses to climate change articles on Wikipedia. The results suggest that both readability scores on Wikipedia are detrimental to people's understanding of the information, and in some cases can lead to people mistrusting the information. I'm looking to implement some of these findings into this article - in short, improve the readability of certain sections.

As well as readability, I also want to better prioritise information which suits the general public. Both the order of the article and the way advice is discussed on this article is slightly counterintuitive to aiding the general public on increasing their knowledge about computer security. Although computer security is a broad topic, topics that are within the realm of control or importance to the general public are mainly limited to protection and safety. This isn't prioritised in this article and is hidden amongst various subsections.

Over the next few weeks I will test moving some things around in the article with the goal of making the article more productive and easy to navigate for the general public. I hope to maintain the overall tone and information of the article, but simultaneously make it more helpful for the general public.

Please be free to comment on any of my edits if you believe it is changing the article in any way that you see unfit, and I would be more than happy to discuss your comments. Theobrad (talk) 11:49, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of 'Importance of Cyber Security' section

In the vein of condensing the article: keeping the information concise and in the right section, I believe this section (which is currently at the bottom of the article) may be slightly redundant following the rest of the information. With all respect to the author, as the section nicely summarises some of the points, unless it is placed high and condensed a bit as a kind of "summary" of issues, I don't think it should remain on its own at the bottom.

Would love to hear people's thoughts.

As much of it is reiterated elsewhere, should it be removed?
Or should it stay and be put higher up. I believe the article could do with more clear language (as this uses) and more straightforward explanations of things for the general public.

Theobrad (talk) 12:46, 29 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Remove that section. It violates Wikpedia's style guide in several ways and was added by a blocked user. —Dexxor (talk) 12:06, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, you might have removed yourself (as I have just done). See WP:BMB, revert all contributions by blocked editors, good or bad. (But, in response to Theobrad, yes it was redundant.) --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 13:44, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks you all for your help! Please feel free to give input on any edits I make it the future! Theobrad (talk) 09:53, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well you can just WP:BEBOLD if you don't mind that it might be reverted and subjected to WP:Bold, revert, discuss cycle. My generally approach is only to use the talk page for proposals that might be controversial as it is usually easier to negotiate through a difficult issue there. But you often have to propose a draft anyway, just to be clear what the the proposal is. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 13:38, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Engineering in the 21st Century - Section 003

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 19 August 2024 and 3 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Kanialdhan (article contribs). Peer reviewers: GroupScientificDiscovery.

— Assignment last updated by GroupScientificDiscovery (talk) 00:42, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Research Process and Methodology - FA24 - Sect 200 - Thu

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 5 September 2024 and 13 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Sp7930 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Sp7930 (talk) 04:21, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

inaccurate image

this kund of locks are often used for preventing people from partial RAM theft etc. not advanced targeting Luhanopi (talk) 17:45, 4 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Google.com 202.44.109.14 (talk) 17:20, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

say more

--Luhanopi (talk) 17:21, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't claim to be anything more than a lock to prevent physical tampering. Any better ideas? A picture of an ethernet cable? --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 20:15, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

fixing up description Luhanopi (talk) 20:16, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Additional details to improve the “Vulnerabilities and Attacks” section

I suggest adding information about how severely AI tools have weaponized hackers and the threat they pose to cybersecurity. Anthropic has released a report of how hackers have used Claude to execute cyberattacks. https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/b2a76c6f6992465c09a6f2fce282f6c0cea8c200.pdf Imaazmm123 (talk) 05:25, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]