Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing/Templates

Templates are pages used to insert content onto pages, such as boilerplate text, infoboxes, and navigation boxes. Transclusion is the process for referring to a template from another page.

This page documents the templates related to WikiProject Computing and related projects.

User pages

This user is a member of WikiProject Computing.

Members of WikiProject Computing are encouraged to place {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing/Userbox}} or {{User WP COMP}} on their userpages.

Article assessment and project identification

• Place {{WikiProject Computing|class=|importance=}} on article talk pages within the scope of this WikiProject.

Infoboxes

Hardware

• {{Infobox storage medium}}
• {{Infobox computer peripheral}}
• {{Infobox CPU architecture}}, {{Infobox CPU}}, {{Infobox CPU socket}}
• {{Infobox computer hardware bus}}
• {{Infobox chipset}}
• {{Infobox GPU}} (i.e. graphics processing unit)
• {{Infobox computer hardware}} (for components without a more specific template)
• {{Infobox custom computer}}
• {{Infobox information appliance}} (i.e. computers and other information appliances Note: {{Infobox computer}} redirects here)
• {{Infobox calculator}}

Networking

• {{Infobox fieldbus protocol}} (i.e. fieldbus protocol)

Security

• {{Infobox computer virus}}

Software development

• {{Infobox programming language}}
• {{Infobox computing signal}} (i.e. signal (computing))

Software

• {{Infobox typeface}}
• {{Infobox file format}}
• {{Infobox OS}}, {{Infobox OS version}}, {{Infobox filesystem}}, {{Infobox Windows component}}
• {{Infobox web browser}}
• {{Infobox software}}
• {{Infobox software license}}

Internet

• {{Infobox top level domain}}
• {{Infobox IRC network}}

Websites

• {{Infobox W3C standard}}
• {{Infobox website}}
• {{Infobox weblog}}
• {{Infobox webzine}}

Miscellaneous

• {{Infobox computer underground}}

Video games

See also: Video game infoboxes

Want to help maintain this list? See Category:Computing infobox templates.

Stubs

{{Compu-stub}}
{{Comp-eng-stub}}
{{Comp-sci-stub}}
{{Compu-AI-stub}}
{{Prog-lang-stub}}
{{Compu-prog-stub}}
{{Compu-network-stub}}
{{compu-storage-stub}}
{{soft-eng-stub}}
{{software-stub}}
{{Compu-graphics-stub}}
{{database-stub}}
{{compu-scientist-stub}}

Project pages

• Use {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing/sidebar}} on any project page to display a WikiProject Computing sidebar.
• Use {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing/project-archive}} on inactive project pages that have historical value. (Inactive project pages without historical value should be redirected to the main project page/talk page or another appropriate target.)

Lists by topic

• Internet Relay Chat
• Video games

See also Category: Computing templates