Template talk:WikiProject Computing

Category:WikiProject Software articles
I don't know how to do this, but when software=yes, the article shouldn't be placed in Category:WikiProject Software articles. It should be placed into a subcategory based on class or importance or Unassessed-Class or Unknown-importance if they're missing. --Geniac (talk) 14:20, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Issue with term "guide"
The template calls for "a comprehensive and detailed guide". But Wikipedia is not a guide; it is an encyclopedia. The formulation from the introduction transcluded on the WikiProject's home page presents two much better (and more attainable) goals: "to better organize information in articles related to areas or subjects relating to computers, computing and information technology", and "to improve the quality and quantity of information about computing technology available on Wikipedia". --Lambiam 12:06, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Template colour
Why is this template a lighter colour than other WikiProject banners? Take a look at Talk:Ada Lovelace for an example. — OwenBlacker (Talk) 11:55, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I dont see a difference on my computer : MSXP+Mozilla3.0.5 --  Tinu  Cherian  - 12:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Defects after converting to WPBannerMeta
Any solutions to solve these issues? --Marko75 (talk) 14:19, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Before the conversion there was a collapsed To-Do list for the "WikiProject Amiga" attached to this template, the To-Do list was of great help.
 * And the "amiga-importance" does not seem to work either.
 * These issues are now resolved, thanks. --Marko75 (talk) 15:37, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Ratio is lost from image to template
It seems the ratio is lost between the image and the template, see in the screenshot: http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/8361/lostratio.png I'm using Firefox 3, I don't know if it's browser specific but it truncates the transparent part of the SVG. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TiCPU (talk • contribs)
 * This image is behaving a bit strangely. I've just specified a size of 100x70px and the aspect is looking better, but the size is a little small. But when I try to increase the size, the ratio is lost again. I actually had a go at editing this image a while back (se history of File:Desktop computer clipart - Yellow theme.svg) but it didn't work either. Is there another suitable image that we could try? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:50, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Any size other than 80px seems to work ok -- WOSlinker (talk) 18:56, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Why???? &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:57, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know. -- WOSlinker (talk) 18:58, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

network-importance broken?
See Talk:Jon_Postel: network-importance=Top is rendered as Unknown-importance.--Oneiros (talk) 11:06, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Fixed. Sorry about that. It seems I cannot spell. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:10, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

If you would...
is incorrect grammar. Popular, but incorrect. *ould never goes with if. It should say Should you.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.52.129.66 (talk) 13:09, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * This template uses the generic wording, so this is something to suggest at Template talk:WPBM. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:49, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

Unused categories
There is a discussion on my talk page about a lot (400+) of empty categories that are no longer populated by this template. If anyone has an opinion about them, please comment there. I intend to delete them shortly. Thanks &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 18:43, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I've actually been working on this. Seems the meta-template was not set up properly to handle some of the classes that were previously used. --Tothwolf (talk) 19:05, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

writing a new article
Hi, we are running a non-profit humanitarian project from the university and we would like to write a small article describing what the project does. This would be my first article at wikipedia, so thought a bit of guidance would be great. The project is called Labdoo; I have written a sample article under my personal domain User:Jordi.ros/Labdoo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jordi.ros/Labdoo). I was wondering if it would be proper to put this article under your category and if you would be willing to accept it. Our intention is only to be informative of the type of work the project does. Some of the concepts the project is based on, sit on what economists call commons-based peer production, or open source project. Labdoo is actually a project similar to the wikipedia project but with the goal to mobilize laptops for the developing world and to promote recycling. --Jordi.ros (talk) 14:47, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

needs-image
There are a number of empty categories under Category:Computing articles needing images which I assume where intend to be filled by this template. The current template does however not support placing in specific sub-categories. As there are less then 100 request in the category, is there any objections to deleting these unused sub-categories? Or does someone want to make the template smarter? --Traveler100 (talk) 11:54, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, we have more than one template, with the individual templates supporting these categories. For example, WikiProject Amiga. As far as I know, WikiProject Computing has never supported populating the taskforce and sub-project maintenance categories. WikiProject Computing really shouldn't support those maintenance categories anyway as the long term goal was to move towards separate templates due to the confusion and maintenance problems the attempt at merging many of the original templates caused. --Tothwolf (talk) 13:29, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Understood. Was unsure as many projects are going the other way and are merging sub-project templates. Suggest updating the documentation on the other templates to show they support the needs-image parameter. --Traveler100 (talk) 15:10, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Computing-importance= parameter not in documentation
I understand 6 months ago we discussed having the automated entries of the sub projects not automatically assign the  parameter, so we proposed adding. I don't see it in the documentation. If it does exist we should also explain how the two parameters interact, when to use one vs the other, etc.&sect; Music Sorter &sect;  (talk) 08:02, 29 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Just noticed this.  doesn't exist in WikiProject Computing but it does exist in e.g. WikiProject Software. Does one of the subprojects need that parameter documented? – Pnm (talk) 20:37, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

Need assistance
I am trying to get the category for image requests to be dependent on the task force (sub project) parameter. Getting into difficulty with eh if statements though. Would appreciate some tips. See Template:WikiProject Computing/sandbox section near end with WPBannerMeta/hooks/cats. --Traveler100 (talk) 13:32, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I noticed you posted at Template talk:WPBannerMeta too – that's exactly where I was going to suggest. – Pnm (talk) 20:36, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

redirects for WP Computing template up for deletion
See Redirects for discussion/Log/2012 January 7 where several shortcuts for WPComputing's banner have been nom'd for deleting. 76.65.128.132 (talk) 09:37, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Template should be changed to give link to Computing portal
Currently this template links to the "Information Technology" portal, but should point to the "Computing" portal. They both redirect to the combined "Computing and IT" portal, but the broader term "Computing" is more correct in this context. 121.45.193.118 (talk) 11:04, 26 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I agree. Information technology (despite all the laypersons saying otherwise) is a narrow sub-field of computing. There has been a Portal:Computing since December 2018, so there shouldn't be any issues now. 99Electrons (talk) 23:11, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Category:Computing articles needing images
Hi, I listed Category:Computing articles needing images for possible merger at Categories_for_discussion/Log/2015_February_21. The category structure under Category:Wikipedia requested photographs leans towards objects not WikiProjects to me. It may be a candidate for splitting. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 23:51, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

Edit request to add WikiProject Apps and WikiProject Free Software
Please replace the contents of this template with revision 858599773 of the template sandbox. This diff shows the proposed changes, which add entries for WikiProject Apps and WikiProject Free Software to the template. Thank you. —  Newslinger  talk   09:56, 8 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Enterprisey (talk!) 07:06, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

PNG --> SVG
Please change by by. Thomas Linard (talk) 14:32, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
 * ✅ — xaosflux  Talk 17:04, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Edit request regarding WikiProject Software/Free and open-source software task force
Please replace the contents of this template with revision 888107141 of the template sandbox. This diff shows the proposed change, which reflects the recent conversion of WikiProject Software/Free Software to WikiProject Software/Free and open-source software task force (discussed here), and uses Template:WPBannerMeta/hooks/qualimpintersect to implement precise article categories for free and open-source software articles. Thank you. —  Newslinger  talk   23:35, 16 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 16:59, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Edit request for free and open-source software
Please replace the contents of this template with revision 889977518 of the template sandbox. This diff shows the proposed change, which sets the  and   parameters for free and open-source software articles. Thank you. —  Newslinger  talk   05:36, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done -- / Alex /21  12:20, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Edit request for entry at Templates for discussion
Please add the following to the top of this template:

This informs viewers of this template page about the currently active entry at Templates for discussion. The  type is used because no changes are proposed to this template. Thank you. —  Newslinger  talk   08:32, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done -- / Alex /21  08:38, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 19 April 2019
Please undo this edit - I have closed the TfD, and this will be the target of the merge. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 07:08, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Cabayi (talk) 09:00, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

Edit Request for Computer Programming task force
Please, add a section to show pages to be within the scope of the Computer Programming task force. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RH9 (talk • contribs) 04:36, 14 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: seems a bit premature? Please resubmit when the task force proposal has been finalized and accepted by the WikiProject.  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 06:32, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

"Template:WikiProject Free Software" listed at Redirects for discussion
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Template:WikiProject Free Software. The discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 August 21 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 18:08, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 26 April 2022
Add

To separate redirects from N/A articles 0xDeadbeef (talk) 06:47, 26 April 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅.  P.I. Ellsworth &numsp;- ed.  put'r there 11:02, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 27 April 2022
Null edit on the template to reflect changes to the class mask above. See Category:NA-Class Computing articles. 0xDeadbeef (talk) 23:15, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
 * OK I did, — xaosflux  Talk 00:03, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Edit request 20 July 2024
Description of suggested change:

Add the rest of the Descendant WikiProjects to the optional parameters. Tule-hog (talk) 01:17, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)