Talk:History of the Internet

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 August 2020 and 14 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Dr.Mug (article contribs).

Lack of recent historical events

Is there any reason why there are no recent events as part of this article? No mention of any recent changes in the law of the internet. Curious as to why stuff like that is missing, would love to do some more research and make some additions. Dr.Mug (talk) 22:54, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

No particular reason... just no one has updated the article with newer info. If you have suggestions, please feel free to add to the page. Additions are definitely welcome. - Dyork (talk) 00:56, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

@Dr.Mug: - Welcome as a student editor! If you do have questions about what should be added, please feel free to add them here on this Talk page. There are a number of people connected to this page who have a good deal of history with the Internet and may be able to offer advice on whether they are appropriate, etc. It sounds like quite an interesting class you are taking! - Dyork (talk) 00:22, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Request at Talk:Internet Society

Hi editors: Those interested in editing articles about the history of the Internet might be interested in my request to update the History section of the Internet Society article. More detail can be found at Talk:Internet Society. I work at the Internet Society, so I have a conflict of interest. Can anyone help? Thank you. Neville at Internet Society (talk) 10:13, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Additional discussion of widespread use

At the end of the section Rise of the global Internet (late 1980s/early 1990s onward)it mentions lifting of commercial restrictions and the introduction of AOL. I think it might be worth adding a sentence clarifying that this is when access to the WWW became widespread at least in the US. I am concerned the talk about the introduction of the internet in homes in the early 90s (which was not widespread) and the following section's discussion of the strides in the 2000s may mislead students trying to grasp when the internet became a widely accessible thing. However, I am not an expert in the subject so I have not added this myself. Some discussion of internet and www access becoming widespread elsewhere in the world (particularly developing areas like the Indian subcontinent) would also be worth adding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:601:4580:9380:35E8:183A:C5BA:1812 (talk) 18:02, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Added the following:

The Web began to enter general use in 1993-4, when websites for everyday use started to become available.

Hopefully this helps. Whizz40 (talk) 19:00, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Merge from The Internet during the Cold War

The current article The Internet during the Cold War is a tendentious WP:POVFORK sustaining the proposition that the ARPANET was "heavily affected by needs and demands arising from the Cold War" and "was under military control". Most of the article is incorrect, biased, or redundant with this article. --Macrakis (talk) 23:40, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

• Support Whizz40 (talk) 10:41, 29 January 2021 (UTC)
• Support - Dyork (talk) 01:05, 30 January 2021 (UTC)
• DONE -- there was actually nothing in that other article that was both correct and missing from this article --Macrakis (talk) 21:42, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Semiconductor technology

I don't see the point of mentioning mosfet in particular.I also have problem with the way sources are used. The Silicon Web: Physics for the Internet Age does not say anything about mosfet being key importance, in fact it only says that "on the basis of these principals useful electronic components were created", and then mentioned a couple. it say nothing about "basic building block of the information revolution and the information age". I am also not able to verify that mosfet " laid the foundation for power electronic technology that later enabled the development of wireless Internet technology". Bailga says nothing about lading foundations,neither does Saad, and the third source says nothing too.

I am going to remove this section all together,since I don't see any point in mentioning mosfet in particular without mentioning Integrated circuit, Microprocessor and lots of other development. If somebody wants to write about semiconductor foundations more neutrally, you are more then welcome to do it. DMKR2005 (talk) 00:59, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

• Agree with the removal of this section for the reasons mentioned by DMKR2005 - Dyork (talk) 02:49, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Anyone have experience with Unison Online Service from 1985-1995?

Did anyone actively use the "Unison Online Service" sometime between 1985-1995? Another editor has identified that there is a page about Unison that is only a stub and needs either more info or to be deleted or merged into another page (such as a mention in this History article). You can see the editor's notes on Talk:Unison_Online_Service. Any help would be appreciated. - Dyork (talk) 01:58, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 September 2021

The Waikato University general history page that once mentioned the university was the first site in NZ connected to the internet (in 1989) has been updated and no longer mentions this factoid. The reference to it should probably be changed to the latest copy at archive.org that still mentioned this, which is https://web.archive.org/web/20200801155046/https://www.waikato.ac.nz/about/history.shtml 203.173.153.83 (talk) 07:00, 7 September 2021 (UTC)