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Please help with the current collaboration (Apple Inc.). Ideas are at Talk:Apple_Inc.#Collaboration_opinions.

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Shortcut: WP:APPLE

This is WikiProject Apple Inc., a collaboration area and open group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Apple Inc., its Macintosh and iOS products, and other related topics. WikiProject Apple Inc. welcomes new participants and encourages them to see how they can help.

Please join our live chatroom!

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How to help

Promote the project

Join this project! Add yourself to the list, and add the userbox to your page, to advertise the project to people who happen to pass by.
Invite people to the project – drop a note on the user talk page of editors working on Apple Inc. topics who aren't project members.
Consider using our Wikipedia Ad {{Wikipedia ads|ad=209}}.
Consider promoting the project via the Wikipedia Signpost WikiProject desk.

Improve the project

Update the project pages, archive clutter, and make use of the latest automation available
Consult the WikiProject Guide for ideas
Come up with new ones

Use the project

Create a new article. Or check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Apple Inc./new articles and see if these new articles need work such as project tagging or categorising.
Translate or expand articles from English Wikipedia.
Expand some of the articles (check out Category:Stub-Class Apple Inc. articles or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
Add references to articles which need referencing improving. Biographies of living persons are a particular priority.
Assess some of the Unassessed Apple Inc. articles, using the criteria at Wikipedia:WikiProject Apple Inc.#Quality assessment. Update the project banner on the relevant talk page.

Check the talk page for requests for help.
Check the to do list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Apple Inc.#Things to do

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Resources

Talkpage Templates

Please see our Assessment department for usage instructions.

{{WikiProject Apple Inc.}} is to be placed on the corresponding talkpage of an article. This helps categorize the articles! See example below:

WikiProject Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. portal

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Apple Inc., a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Apple, Macintosh, iOS, and related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.

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This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale.

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This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Contribute to the project:

Here are some tasks you can do:

Cleanup: iTunes (iTunes Store, App Store (iOS), iBookstore), iChat, iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iLife, iWork, Pages, Keynote (presentation software)
Split: iPhone
Stubs: See all here, iDVD
Update: Snow Leopard
Verify: Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Apple II series
Other:
- Assess all C and B class articles against the B-Class checklist.
  - See the category.
- Current discussions (XFD's, mergers, etc.):
  - Smart Cover (Merger)
- Add anything else needed.

{{Currentmaccotw}} is for the current Macintosh collaboration and is to be placed on the corresponding talkpage of an article. See example:

This article is the current Macintosh collaboration! It has been in the spotlight since DATE and will be until such time that it is a featured article candidate, and passes. The Collaboration is managed by WikiProject Macintosh, an attempt to improve, grow, and standardize Wikipedia's articles related to Apple Macintosh and Apple Computer.

{{formermaccotw}} is for old collaborations and is to be placed on the corresponding talkpage of an article. See example below:

This article is a former Macintosh collaboration. It was in the spotlight from DATE to DATE. The Collaboration is managed by WikiProject Macintosh, an attempt to improve, grow, and standardize Wikipedia's articles related to Apple Inc. and the Macintosh.

Article Templates

Stub templates

{{mac-stub}} is for stub articles relating to the Macintosh:
{{mac-software-stub}} is for stub articles relating to third party software for Macintosh.

General use

{{cite mac}} to cite Macintosh tech specs
{{lowercase}} is used because Wikipedia software cannot display the first letter of a title as lowercase. However, Apple has many articles that do just that (like iPad).
{{Infobox information appliance}} is an infobox for hardware articles, such as MacBook Pro, where you can see the template in action.

Navigation

{{Apple}} is a navigational template for Apple Inc.-related articles.
{{Apple hardware since 1998}} is a navigational template for Apple hardware articles, preferably recent ones as the name says.
{{Apple software}} is used for software

Lists, tables, and timelines

{{Complete timeline of Macintosh models}}
{{List of iPod models}}
{{Timeline of iPod models}}
{{Timeline of full-size iPod models}}
{{Timeline of compact iPod models}}
{{Timeline of MacBook family models}}
{{Timeline of Apple products}}
{{Timeline of Apple II family models}}
{{Table of current Macintosh models}}
{{Mac OS X}}

Userpage Templates

{{Project Apple Inc.}} for your user page or your talk page to keep track of this project (template shown at the top of this page). It does not add a category.
{{User WikiProject Apple Inc.}} is for UBX tags. It adds the page to Category:WikiProject Apple Inc. members. If you do not wish to display this template, add the category by regular means to your userpage.

	This user is a member of WikiProject Apple Inc.

If you don't like userboxen, you can use our KIS label, {{User label WikiProject Apple Inc.}}:
WP:APPLE

Peer review—for those looking to make an article recognized content
How to upload icons
Starter code for articles
List of subpages

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Current activity

Project news

Feel free to place any kind of project news here.

Let's rewrite Apple Inc. so that it becomes a featured article!
Apple USB Power Adapter Needs to be fixed up!
We'll be checking the activity of all members. Inactive members will be removed.
Book:Apple Inc. and Book:Mac OS were created by Mono. Feel free to make some more (iOS, iPod, etc.)

This page was last edited by GSK (talk | contribs) 10 days ago.

Things to do

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To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Apple Inc.:

Here are some tasks you can do:

Cleanup: iTunes (iTunes Store, App Store (iOS), iBookstore), iChat, iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iLife, iWork, Pages, Keynote (presentation software)
Split: iPhone
Stubs: See all here, iDVD
Update: Snow Leopard
Verify: Apple Inc., Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Apple II series
Other:
- Assess all C and B class articles against the B-Class checklist.
  - See the category.
- Current discussions (XFD's, mergers, etc.):
  - Smart Cover (Merger)
- Add anything else needed.

Assessment

Our assessment department's goal is to assess the quality of Wikipedia's Apple Inc. articles. Article ratings are used to help recognize excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the Version 1.0 Editorial Team program. Visit our assessment department for more info.

Apple Inc. articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA		1	2	2		1	6
FL			1				1
GA	2	5	3	11		7	28
B	7	6	5	10		1	29
C	9	54	65	90		161	379
Start	4	49	128	369		766	1,316
Stub		12	57	236		1,475	1,780
List		5	6	11		9	31
Book	1	1					2
Category					195		195
Disambig					1		1
File					629		629
Portal					1		1
Project					6		6
Redirect				2	5		7
Template			2		72		74
Assessed	23	133	269	731	909	2,420	4,485
Unassessed						15	15
Total	23	133	269	731	909	2,435	4,500

Article alerts

Articles for deletion

15 Feb 2012 – Blacktree Software (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Alpha Quadrant (t · c); see discussion (3 participants; relisted)
01 Mar 2012 – March 7 Apple Media Event (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Zad68 (t · c) was deleted; see discussion (30 participants)

Proposed deletions

08 Mar 2012 – Targa Tasmania (video game) (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Premeditated Chaos (t · c): Non-notable vaporware

Featured article candidates

07 Mar 2012 – Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (talk · edit · hist) FA nominated by Khanassassin (t · c) was not promoted; see discussion

Good article nominees

11 Mar 2012 – Lure of the Temptress (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Khanassassin (t · c); start discussion

New articles

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