Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computing

Timing failure

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

Delete. It's just a WP:DICDEF. 2A00:23C5:E9AC:DA01:F580:F286:F4EA:C589 (talk) 16:17, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

It's been expanded and sourced. Bearian (talk) 11:31, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Commodore 64 sales record claims

Several articles (such as "Home computer" or "Commodore 64") claim that the Commodore 64 is some variation of the "highest-selling computer of all time". This claim seems highly-dubious to me, is almost-certainly outdated, and likely relies on using a definition of "computer" that conveniently excludes any potential counterexamples. While the sales figures of the C64 (estimated at somewhere between twelve-million and seventeen-million units) were no-doubt remarkable for the 1980s, in the decades since computers have become far more prevalent in society so this seems like a claim that is liable to becoming outdated quickly. I can't find any recent sales figures for individual models of the Macintosh, for example, but it would be highly-surprising to me if the M1 Macbook Air had sold fewer than twelve-million units, for example. Even beyond that, there is also the matter of the Playstation 2, which is unquestionably a computer (even if it arguably isn't the same kind of computer as the C64) and sold over 150-million units. To me these claims seem as if they either need to be removed from said articles or better placed into context, although I understand if sourcing is an issue with achieving the latter. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 14:07, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

I removed one unsupported statement.

Commodore 64 makes a claim based on CNN reporting citing Guinness which is the sort of WP:SECONDARY sourcing we prefer. Here's what Guinness says. I agree that this is either unlikely to still be true or relies on an outdated definition of computer. Not sure where to go from here. ~Kvng (talk) 13:03, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

It seems that Guinness specify "best-selling desktop computer", which at the very least seems more plausible, although I'm still not convinced that these sources aren't outdated, and it seems to me as if any sales record claim is reliant on setting a fairly arbitrary definition regarding what is or isn't eligible. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 06:57, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Here's an even bigger claim by David John Pleasance, managing director of Commodore UK back then:

"There’s been a lot of conjecture about the volume of C64s sold worldwide. I can tell you categorically that the number was just a tad under 27 million. I can tell you that because, when we were thinking about doing a management buyout, we got access to all the figures."

From this article. -- 2804:D4B:790C:C500:44DA:1A49:9250:C118 (talk) 05:30, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Legacy mode

This stub needs more than 1 iffy source. Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 23:35, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Alert correlation

This has been unsourced for 13 years. Please add reliable sources. Bearian (talk) 19:51, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Moore's law

Moore's law 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) 21:32, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Allocation group

This stub has been unsourced for 15 years and is tagged for notability. If it can't be merged, then it should be deleted. Please let me know. Bearian (talk) 11:28, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

One source was added in August. Bearian (talk) 09:56, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:GeForce GTX 10 series#Requested move 13 July 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:GeForce GTX 10 series#Requested move 13 July 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 10:30, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Merge proposal at Talk:Computer-supported cooperative work

There is currently a proposal to merge Computer-supported collaboration into Computer-supported cooperative work that has been open since January, and it could use some feedback. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 07:06, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Characteristic based product configurator

Please explain this in layperson's terms and add reliable sources. Thank you in advance. Bearian (talk) 16:52, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Domain hack

All these tags combined means that this needs major fixes, or deletion. Please discuss. Bearian (talk) 18:23, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Robert Adamson (software pioneer)#Requested move 8 August 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Robert Adamson (software pioneer)#Requested move 8 August 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Векочел (talk) 09:15, 10 August 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:MPEG-1 Audio Layer II#Requested move 3 August 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:MPEG-1 Audio Layer II#Requested move 3 August 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 11:25, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

Floppy disk has an RfC

Floppy disk, which is within the scope of this WikiProject, has an RfC for determining the scope of the article. A discussion is taking place. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments on the discussion page. Thank you. —Locke Cole • t • c 19:28, 13 August 2025 (UTC)

Merge proposal at Talk:Small Form-factor Pluggable

There is currently a proposal to merge Small Form Factor Committee into Small Form-factor Pluggable that has seemingly stalled, and it could use some feedback.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:06, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Flat Display Mounting Interface#Requested move 8 August 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Flat Display Mounting Interface#Requested move 8 August 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 10:19, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Rectifier (neural networks) § Requested move 23 August 2025

An editor has requested that Rectifier (neural networks) be moved to Rectified linear unit, which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. 174.138.218.72 (talk) 15:02, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

Help reviewing edit request on Talk:VP-Expert

Hi! I've posted a

request on the Talk:VP-Expert page regarding authorship attribution for Brian Sawyer. The request is narrowly scoped, supported by reliable independent sources, and formatted to comply with COI guidelines.

Would someone from this project be willing to take a look? Here's the direct link to the section:

Talk:VP-Expert#Request: Attribute authorship of VP-Expert

Thanks so much! — User:Bns1743 Bns1743 (talk) 16:21, 4 September 2025 (UTC)

Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

Is this annual meeting notable? If yes, then please add reliable sources. If not, then please suggest either a deletion or some specific alternative. Thank you in advance. Bearian (talk) 15:41, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Jazz DSP

The article Jazz DSP has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced for 9 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. The Hungarian language article has been redirected. This page has two spam links.

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Unicode 17.0 and Emoji 17.0

The pages Emoji, List of Emojis, and List of Unicode Characters all need to be updated to have the correct counts of characters and emoji following the release of Unicode 17.0 and Emoji 17.0. I have already edited the Template for List of Emojis emoji table, but I'm not very technically-orientated and cannot decipher the proper count of characters on Unicode's informative text files, so if any other editor could undertake this that would be super. I've also asked this on other talk pages so someone else may have made a change already. ✨ΩmegaMantis✨^blather 21:38, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

The user Drmccreedy has now made the changes, the problem is solved. ✨ΩmegaMantis✨^blather 20:43, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Request for feedback: Redirect Review of Colin McCormack (computer programmer)

Hello, I've submitted a Redirect Review for Colin McCormack (computer programmer), which was redirected to Minix despite clear evidence that McCormack's contributions were unrelated to the core Minix project and instead involved a unique hardware port to the Applix 1616. The draft article has been restored with full sourcing here: User:Sparks_Eleventy/Colin McCormack draft.

If any editors involved with WikiProject Computing would like to provide feedback or support at the Redirect Review discussion, it would be appreciated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion

Update: The article has now been submitted to Articles for Creation for review, following guidance from another editor. You can view the current draft here: Colin McCormack draft. Input or suggestions are still very welcome.

Thanks! Sparks Eleventy (talk) 03:49, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

Request for Assistance: VP-Expert History Section Update

Hello WikiProject Computing,

I have a conflict of interest as the author of VP-Expert, so I cannot edit the article directly. I’ve posted a {{request edit}} on the article talk page asking for a very narrow, well-sourced addition documenting VP-Expert’s market position, using a reliable secondary source from InfoWorld.

Here’s the proposed addition for quick reference:

VP-Expert was widely adopted during the late 1980s. By December 1989, InfoWorld described it as "the best-selling expert-system software for personal computers."  

Would an uninvolved editor be willing to review and, if appropriate, implement this? Talk page request: Talk:VP-Expert#COI_Request:_Add_Secondary_Source_to_Document_Market_Position

Thank you very much!

-- Bns1743 (talk) 17:54, 12 September 2025 (UTC) Bns1743 (talk) 17:54, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

Request for review: Draft:List of applications built with VP-Expert

Hi — I’ve submitted Draft:List of applications built with VP-Expert for review. Sharing here in case any project members are interested in taking a look.

Thanks! — Bns1743 (talk) 15:53, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

Possible mistake on namespace article (example section)

www.example.com in Namespace#Examples shows www as the namespace name and example.com as the local name. Shouldn't it be the opposite? Because www (subdomain) is below example.com . Connoisseurship (talk) 03:45, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Yes, the first row in that table is a bad example. There are arguably three namespaces in www.example.com. ~Kvng (talk) 14:40, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Brace notation

The article Brace notation has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as Unreferenced for almost 16 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. Notability tagged for 2 months.

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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.

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Requested move at Talk:Kagi (search engine)#Requested move 22 September 2025

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Kagi (search engine)#Requested move 22 September 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 11:37, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Looking to create an article about Cortical Labs

I'm pretty sure they are notable and I've been following their research for a couple years now. I just have a very bare bones draft right now and am mostly just gathering references atm. I was hoping someone could direct me to articles about similar companies so I can know what to discuss. Also feel free to contribute to the draft if you want. Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, and thank you in advance! :D Pothos144 (talk) 19:16, 30 September 2025 (UTC)