Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computer science/Archive 4

message: I nominated this seemingly no-name article for deletion because it seems suspiciously auto-biographical, but I don't know much about the area he works in. If anyone here knows more about the man or his research, please feel free to comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lawrence L. Larmore. --Eliyak T·C 05:04, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Whoops, I messed up I guess.  I was following the Larmore AfD debate, and I thought since it was resolved that it was over.  Apparently it should still be up on the CS project page? Anyway, sorry for deleting the post.  So, what do you do, wait for the original guy to delete his own comment, or what? Tparameter 07:52, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Deleting content from talk pages is generally frowned upon on Wikipedia, unless the content is offensive. --Allan McInnes (talk) 03:54, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

text: What you do is nothing.  The item stays here, and the AfD page records the result of the discussion for posterity (and for the next time someone nominates it for deletion). RossPatterson 04:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Lawrence L. Larmore]] for deletion 

message: I have nominated Forth for FA status.  Please participate and help improve the article.  --Ideogram 14:05, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Forth (programming language)|Forth]] FAC nom 

message: Floppy disk is up for a featured article review. Detailed concerns may be found here. Please leave your comments and help us address and maintain this article's featured quality. Sandy (Talk) 22:14, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Floppy disk]]

message: Beginning cross-post.
:See Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team#Stablepedia. If you wish to comment, please comment there. ★TWO YEARS OF MESSEDROCKER★ 03:44, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stablepedia 

message: Hello. I just discovered this project and was immediately interested. I've been using computers for nearly 25 years, professionally for around 15. I am primarily a network integration specialist and primarily interested in helping with articles related to computer networking (IPv6, IPv4, etc.). I know there are already articles concerning those topics, but it does not appear they are part of this project, or at least they do not appear to be listed in the project's category list. Is that a deliberate exclusion (maybe nobody else in the project is interested?), an oversight, another project that handles that topic, or is there perhaps a history about the topic of which I'm not aware? Thanks. --Willscrlt 08:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think you may want to look here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer networking -- SilverStar★ 09:02, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! That is exactly what I was looking for. :-)  --Willscrlt 23:34, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Computer Networking

message: Central processing unit has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here.
Sandy (Talk) 23:30, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Central processing unit FAR

message: Hello and best of luck with your project. Looking at the related projects for a place for T-Square (software) and some other early programs, WikiProject Computer science or  Early Computers seemed all right. In some cases though, these programs could be "firsts" related to software engineering in general. Is there a WikiProject Software or another spot that would be better? Thank you in advance. --Susanlesch 08:31, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: * I tagged these programs merge. Your advice on whether to proceed with that would be most helpful. Thank you. --Susanlesch 12:18, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *I will remove the merge tags since there is no support. If you should have comments later feel free to leave them on my talk page. Best wishes. -Susanlesch 05:57, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Software

message: The article , Coding conventions, has been prodded.  I think it is a notable enough concept so I am going to contest the prod.  does anybody wanna do some cleanup or additions to it.  If it is felt that this article should still be deleted, Let me know and i will either re-prod it or list it for afd. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 13:18, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Yes, I agree the article is notable and a good topic. I am not a professional in this area so must defer to the group. I tried to type in a few things but had no time to add sources so did not submit the edit. -Susanlesch 19:40, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

text: *Also agree.  This topic is deceptively deep.  Although a newbie, I'll take a crack at starting it. DSParillo 20:31, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

text: * crack taken.  I think this article is OK (for now).  Independent review is prob warranted as it's my 2nd wikipedia article.  What is the process for 'closing out' a todo from the CS project? DSParillo 16:41, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Coding conventions]] 

message: Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of Esperanza's proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention.  Badbilltucker 17:44, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia Day Awards 

message: I have made a suggestion to move this project on the WikiProject Directory page from the "Science" section to the "Mathematics" section.
Please read my brief reasoning and direct your comments here.
— Twas Now 06:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  CompSci under Science? 

message: I came across Shift Or Algorithm, an awkwardly titled article that was largely a copyvio, and ended up redirecting it to the related bitap algorithm. However, I'm not sure that these are actually the same thing, or that the article should reside at bitap algorithm, which seems to be a less common term. Any comments from the experts? Opabinia regalis 03:46, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anyone check [[bitap algorithm]]? 

message: Hello - The page Standard test image is being basically destroyed, along with the images, including Lenna. The people involved do not understand test images, they think its a gallery of pictures of pretty girls and animals with questionable copyrights, and needs to be shut down. They are basically deleting the "Standard test template", which spells out the justification for the images to be on Wikipedia. If anyone has an opinion pro or con, please go to the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page and let them know. Thanks PAR 23:25, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Standard test images (Including Lenna) being deleted 

message: Greetings! I come under the auspices of WikiProject Abandoned Articles, a project aiming to revive interest in articles that have not been edited in a number of years one such article is E (complexity), that is in serious need of expanding. If you could share your time, knowledge and expertise, it would be much appreciated. Lord Pheasant 06:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You say it is in serious need of expanding but there is a complete definition on the page, it's not exactly the kind of thing you can give lots of discourse about? What kind of thing do you think needs adding? I agree it could be made clearer with a simple English definition, for instance I notice the word "exponential" isn't actually used on the page which is pretty weird considering E stands for exponential, but then O(2n) shows this to anyone who is going to care. MattOates (Ulti) 23:18, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is not a dictionary. If the E article can't be expanded beyond a basic definition, then it probably shouldn't be an article at all - what little content there is would (IMHO) be better off merged into Complexity class (along with content from any other complexity class articles that aren't likely to ever be more than a definition). --Allan McInnes (talk) 03:34, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

text: If we merged all the complexity definitions into one page it would be a pretty meaty page :/ and quite hard to read. Some example algorithms with E complexity might be the way to go then? MattOates (Ulti) 08:52, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have a few examples... The 2000 DIMACS workshop is a more balanced collection, though. I also did a graduate seminar focused mostly on algorithms in E in 2000 that you might find the web pages helpful for. —David Eppstein 16:54, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[E (complexity)]]

message: :Category:Claude Shannon, :Category:Norbert Wiener are up for deletion at WP:CFD 132.205.44.134 00:45, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  categories for deleteion 

message: I would like to rename the article on A-0 programming language to simply A-0, but I'm not too sure if there is a procedure to follow for this, and I'm not too sure how to execute the renaming without screwing up links.  As background, A-0 was not the name of a language but a compiler. There was no language as such, simply a library of subroutines written in machine code along with an ID. Programs could be written by specifying a sequence of subroutines along with a data set and passing the specification to the A-0 compiler. A B Carter (talk) 14:09, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Easiest way is the "move" tab at the top of the page. But "A-0" by itself seems insufficiently descriptive. "A-0 compiler" maybe? —David Eppstein 16:28, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you think the renaming is uncontroversial you can just use the "move" tab at the top of the page.  This will work unless there is already an article at the destination.  After the move, go to the page and click on "What links here" on the left side of the page.  This will show you any redirects you have created so that you can fix them.  --Ideogram 22:31, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Procedural and How-To Question 

message: This article has been nominated for deletion. The people who read this page may want to offer their opinions.  DavidCBryant 16:09, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google distance 

message: Markup language has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here.
SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:53, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Markup language FAR

message: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ubiquitous computing —David Eppstein 02:03, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ubicomp up for deletion 

message: I've made an initial attempt to clean up the entry on Short Code. Any comments or suggestions are welcomed. A B Carter (talk) 00:47, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Short Code Clean Up