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Welcome to WikiProject Software

Changing the world one byte at a time!



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Introduction

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Hello and welcome to WikiProject Software, a collaboration area and open group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of software articles. If you are interested, or are a computer security professional, please feel free to add your name to our list of participants.

For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices.

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Goals and scope

Goals

The project aims primarily to:

Scope

WikiProject Software is a collection of pages devoted to the management of computer software articles on Wikipedia. We aim to help set up standards of organization and presentation for articles on:

  • All articles dealing with software
  • Articles dealing with Software Vulnerabilities and Exploitation (Viruses, Adware, Spyware, etc.)
  • Articles dealing with Software Security tools
  • Articles dealing with Information Security issues
  • Articles dealing with free software
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Things to keep in mind

There are a few things that you should try to keep in mind while editing software articles.


Audience

One of the primary goals of this project is to make computer science articles accessible, so you should make an effort to explain any jargon.


Conventions

References

Try to ensure that every computer science article includes at least a few relevant references, and direct citations for anything that could be considered controversial. Wikipedia articles cannot be a substitute for a textbook (that is what Wikibooks is for), and references can give readers some idea of where they should go if they need more information than the article can provide. Just as important, providing further reading enables other editors to verify and to extend the given information, as well as to discuss the quality of a particular source.

You can find more information on citations and references, as well as several examples for how the cited literature should look, in the style guide on citations. Wikipedia's List of publications in computer science can be a good source of references and citations for computer science articles, as can Citeseer and Google Scholar.
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WikiProject navigation
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Announcement


Announcement

Archives
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Userbox

Participants of this WikiProject can add this Userbox to their User page:

System-installer.svg This user is a member of WikiProject Software.


To add the Userbox insert the following to the your user page:

{{User WikiProject Software}}

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Tagging and assessment

Tagging

Any articles that are within the scope of this project should be tagged with the project banners of WikiProject Software:

WikiProject Software / Computing   
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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Software, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of software 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.
 ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale.
 ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
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 This article is supported by WikiProject Computing.
 

To tag an article insert the following to the top of the discussion page of the article: {{WikiProject Software}}


Assessment

Anyone can assess articles (regardless of membership to the WikiProject) by adding or editing the class and importance parameters to the {{WikiProject Software|class=|importance=|computing-importance=}} template. The template is found on talk pages.


Project Articles

Software articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 1 3 1 5
GA 1 1 7 2 9 20
B 9 19 39 10 127 204
C 8 33 86 42 137 306
Start 7 35 197 338 7 947 1,531
Stub 2 18 77 380 1 3,511 3,989
List 1 4 30 28 6 47 116
Book 2 2
Category 94 94
Disambig 1 6 7
File 1 1
Portal 2 2
Project 9 9
Redirect 44 44
Template 1 1 2 1 52 57
NA 1 54 55
Assessed 30 111 443 801 278 4,779 6,442
Unassessed 2 4 3 2,288 2,297
Total 30 113 447 804 278 7,067 8,739


Quality scale

The quality scale is the WikiProject computing scale.

The B-Class criteria are: (1) referenced; (2) coverage; (3) structure; (4) grammar; (5) supporting materials; (6) accessible language.


Importance scale

Importance Criteria Examples
Top Core articles which are a "must have" for Wikiproject Software.
High-traffic articles which many people outside of computer software will already have a good knowledge of.		 Mac OS, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows
High Most people interested in software will be familiar with the topic, and the article gives context to a number of other information software articles. Is mentioned by many books and academic papers, and discussed in detail in more than one. Adobe Acrobat, Avast!, iOS
Mid Known to many people interested in sotware, even if not in detail. Adobe Flash Player, Google Voice, RAID
Low More specific and specialized content known only to some people interested in software.
Most individuals, standards and software projects will be low importance unless they are well known or have high adoption.		 DVD Studio Pro, Defraggler, EJay


Categories

One of the important activities of this project is to manage the list of Categories related to Computer Software.

Software
Software by company
Software by license
Software by operating system
Software by programming language
Software by library used
Software by year
Application software
System software
Web software
Categories named after software
Lists of software
Software comparisons
Software add-ons
► Software appliances
Businesspeople in software
Communication software
Console applications
Software development
Software distribution
Software features
Fictional software
History of software
Software industry
Computer libraries
Microcomputer software
Mobile software
Software patent law
Portable software
Computer programming tools
Software projects
Streaming software
User interfaces
► Software covers
Software logos
Screenshots of software
Software stubs
► Software portal
Software templates
WikiProject Software
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Stuff to do
Here are some tasks you can do:


WikiProject Software To Do List



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Article alerts

Article alerts

Note: the Article alerts bot missed the following articles nominated for deletion:

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Articles for deletion
Proposed deletions
Redirects for discussion
Requested moves


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Featured article

Featured Articles

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The featured articles are what Wikipedia editors believe are the best articles in Wikipedia, and the status which all articles should eventually achieve. Before being listed here, articles are reviewed at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates for accuracy, neutrality, completeness, and style according to our featured article criteria. Bold article names have been featured on the Main Page as "Today's featured article".


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Good article

Good Articles

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The following computer security related articles have been deemed Good Articles, which places them two tiers below Featured Articles.

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WikiProject Software Templates

What to type
What it makes
What it's for
{{WikiProject Computing|class=|importance=|software=yes|software-importance=}}
WikiProject Computing / Software  
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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Computing, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of computers, computing, and information technology 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.
 ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale.
 ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
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 This article is supported by WikiProject Software.
 
To add show that an article is within our project goals.
{{WikiProject Software}}
WikiProject Software / Computing   
WikiProject icon
Portal icon Software portal
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Software, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of software 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.
 ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the project's quality scale.
 ???  This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
Taskforce icon
 This article is supported by WikiProject Computing.
 
To add show that an article is within our project goals.
{{Infobox Software}}
Example: Yoyodyne
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Yoyodyne v0.9 screenshot
Developer(s) Yoyodyne Industries Inc.
Stable release 0.9 / 1 January 2006
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Size 25MB
Type Yoyonics
License GNU General Public License
Website example.org
Use the template below to add it to any article about a software package. Please see the template page for full documentation.
{{subst:Software invite|~~~~}}
WikiProject Software Hello WikiProject Software. You have been invited to join WikiProject Software, a WikiProject dedicated to improving the Software-related articles on Wikipedia. You received this invitation due to your interest in, or edits relating to or within the scope of the project. If you would like to join or just help out a bit, please visit the project page, and add your name to the list of project members. You may also wish to add {{User WikiProject Software}} to your userpage and == WikiProject Software Centralized Announcement System ==

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Software/Announcement-u}}

to the top of your talk page.

If you know someone who might be interested, please pass this message onto others by pasting this code into their talk page:

== [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Software|WikiProject Software]] Invite == {{subst:Software invite|~~~~}}

Thanks,
Tyw7  (Talk • Contributions)   Changing the world one edit at a time! 20:35, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
To invite new participants to this WikiProject
{{Software-stub}}
Stub icon This software article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
To show that the current page is a software stub



Centralized Announcement System

All members of WikiProject Software is urged to install the Centralized Announcement System on their talk page.


To install the WikiProject Software Centralized Announcement paste the following code to the top of your user talk page:
==WikiProject Software==
{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Software/Announcement-u}}<!---->

See also

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Participants

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Please feel free to join this project assist wherever possible. The following table lists users who are active participants in WikiProject Software. If you would like to join the project, feel free to add yourself to the bottom of the list. Instructions for doing this can be displayed by editing the page (if you can't figure out how to edit the table, just leave your info underneath the table, and someone will probably update the table for you).

If you are a participant, you can keep in touch with project developments by clicking here to add Wikipedia:WikiProject Software to your watchlist. In addition, add this template to your talk page to keep up to date with the current tasks: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject_Software/to_do}}.


User (T C) Rank Area of Expertise Comments Status
 10014derek  Ӂ (T C) Member Probably some Vista articles, maybe some other software which I tend to play around with in my free time Small Programs
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A Raider like Indiana (T C) Member All Windows-related OS articles. Providing updates to recent Microsoft related software as well.
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Althepal (T C) Member Operating Systems and Computer Graphics software articles Mainly keeping these articles up-to-date, and providing screenshots and icons
 Semi‑Active 
Amit6 (T C) Member Freeware and shareware articles
  Inactive  
Arijit rim (T C) Member
 Semi‑Active 
Atomic1fire (T C) Member Web Browsers, Windows Occasional edits.
 Semi‑Active 
Bbabybear02 (T C) Member
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BrianReading (T C) Member
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Chatul (T C) Member Operating systems, especially those descended from IBM CP-67 and OS/360. Programming languages. Have been writing IBM-related articles. Have been editing other articles. Still learning my way around Wikipedia.
 Semi‑Active 
CMUSEI (T C) Member Software engineering, software development, process improvement, security
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Compuduckie (T C) Member make a few posts about the software i know or find
 Semi‑Active 
CoolingGibbon (T C) Member Currently organizing Linux and free software-related articles I'd be gladly willing to help out if needed
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Cubs197 (T C) Member New here (no task yet) Will gladly help if I'm able to.
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Dandv (T C) Member Comparison articles, FOSS, project and customer management I'm an inclusionist
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Danim (T C) Member Mainly cross-platform programming libraries and software.
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Deblopper (T C)
Acting Leader
Ask Me... For HELP !!!
I shall answer whenever I come Online
Keep Me Notified...
Active Members, Please.
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drpaule (T C) Member Algorithms and Data Structures I edit the Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures and want to migrate the contents to Wikipedia
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Flaminglawyer (T C) Member Ratings / Importance
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Fleet Command (talk) Member Microsoft Windows, networking, internetworking and network security. Often patrol software articles amongst others.
 Semi‑Active 
Gregtheross (T C) Member Small changes, participating in discussions. Still new to Wikipedia
 Semi‑Active 
Groupthink (T C) Member Will do what he can, when he can
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Guy Macon (T C) Member Embedded Systems Engineer, 4-bit and 8-bit microcontrollers, Arduino, ROM=Based software used in toys. Active member, but my participation follows the Wiki Ogre pattern.
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twocows (AKA HoCkEy_PUCK) (T C) Member General cleanup
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i9998217 (T C) Member Windows Software I am active from time to time
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Illegal Operation (T C) Member House-Keeping
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JCRules (T C) Member PC Tools articles
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Jdlowery (T  C) Member Microsoft Windows articles.
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Jeh (T C) Member Windows NT family, and in the old days OpenVMS. Kernel more than user mode. Also some hardware background
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Josh the Nerd (T C) Member Microsoft Windows articles.
 Semi‑Active 
King of Hearts (T C) Member
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KuwarOnline (T C) Member Relevant Articles
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Markhobley (T C) Member Open Source Software I am active from time to time
 Semi‑Active 
Melab-1 (T C) Member
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Mikhailov Kusserow (T C) Member
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mpdelbuono (T C) Member Software Engineering-related articles & general copy-editing
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Nicholas Love (T C) Member Windows and Linux Software
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ηoian (T C) Member Ratings Will occasionally work on assessing article class and/or random software I come across
 Semi‑Active 
Paper Luigi (T C) Member
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Pmlinediter (T C) Member Operating systems and programming languages Will update all articles I can
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POWERCOMPUTER Member
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Rasmasyean (T C) Member Assorted productivity and development software Will read and update articles where knowledgable
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Ray3055 (T C) Member Relevant Articles
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RekishiEJ (T C) Member Freeware and shareware articles
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Sammy9990 (T C)
Founder
 Previous Leader
  Retired  
SF007 (T C) Member Mainly do work related to Windows and Linux
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Srinath10 (T C) Member SaaS Companies
 Semi‑Active 
Tdc6502 (T C) Member Operating Systems, Computer Graphics, Demoscene, Emulators, History, Atari, General fixes etc.
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TechOutsider (T C) Member all articles
  Retired  
TheWinstonator (T C) Member Operating systems, open-source software I'll edit every so often, and I'll check the to-do list.
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thunderbird (T C) Member Slashdot and other news sources
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Tinlv7 (T C) Member
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TinuCherian  (T  C)
Assistant Leader
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Tyw7  (T C)
Coordinator
 Retired.
Retired permanently
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VulpineLady (T C) Member Malware/AntiMalware, Apple, MS; primarily applications, some OS; CyberLaw. Tweaks, edits, etc. as needed. Still learning my way around Wiki.
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Warren (T C) Member Operating system, mainly of Microsoft and Apple
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Waterfox (talk • contribs) Member Firefox, Mac, free software, *nix
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Wenli (T C) Member Complete tasks on the To Do List. Complete construction of WikiProject Software main page. I focus mainly on Windows-related articles.
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Wrldwzrd89 (T C) Member Relevant Articles
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Computingfreak (T C) Member Java Programming on Java SE with BlueJ, JCreator & NetBeans Java Code Help
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Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (T C) Member BSDs, GNOME, Plan 9 from Bell Labs and related Can assist in other areas; can assist in gnomish way if needed
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