Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Operating systems


 * The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The proposed WikiProject was not created. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 10:14, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Description
A WikiProject which would be dedicated to creating and maintaining articles related to all types of operating systems, from macOS versions, to all kinds of Linux distributions. This project would also create and maintain a portal for Operating systems. A draft WikiProject page can be found on my sandbox, here. OnlyNano 22:20, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

List of important pages and categories for this proposed group
 * operating systems (number of pages in the category: 30)
 * window-based operating systems (number of pages in the category: 13)
 * macintosh operating systems (number of pages in the category: 27)
 * macos (number of pages in the category: 88)
 * macos user interface (number of pages in the category: 14)
 * macos apis (number of pages in the category: 33)
 * macos server (number of pages in the category: 16)
 * ios (number of pages in the category: 106)
 * microsoft windows (number of pages in the category: 39)
 * windows 95 (number of pages in the category: 15)
 * windows apis (number of pages in the category: 20)
 * windows architecture (number of pages in the category: 16)
 * windows nt architecture (number of pages in the category: 24)
 * windows administration (number of pages in the category: 148)
 * discontinued versions of microsoft windows (number of pages in the category: 13)
 * windows technology (number of pages in the category: 18)
 * windows 96 (number of pages in the category: 1)
 * windows 98 (number of pages in the category: 17)
 * windows command shells (number of pages in the category: 9)
 * windows me (number of pages in the category: 4)
 * windows mobile (number of pages in the category: 22)
 * windows nt (number of pages in the category: 20)
 * operating system stubs (number of pages in the category: 173)
 * macos server (number of pages in the category: 16)
 * ios (number of pages in the category: 106)
 * microsoft windows (number of pages in the category: 39)
 * windows 95 (number of pages in the category: 15)
 * windows apis (number of pages in the category: 20)
 * windows architecture (number of pages in the category: 16)
 * windows nt architecture (number of pages in the category: 24)
 * windows administration (number of pages in the category: 148)
 * discontinued versions of microsoft windows (number of pages in the category: 13)
 * windows technology (number of pages in the category: 18)
 * windows 96 (number of pages in the category: 1)
 * windows 98 (number of pages in the category: 17)
 * windows command shells (number of pages in the category: 9)
 * windows me (number of pages in the category: 4)
 * windows mobile (number of pages in the category: 22)
 * windows nt (number of pages in the category: 20)
 * operating system stubs (number of pages in the category: 173)

Coverage: 886 articles (not including Linux articles)


 * List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles
 * Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal. See WikiProject_Council/Directory to find similar WikiProjects.




 * Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
 * I believe that there are lots of articles that can be edited and created, with the focus of operating systems in specific, not just computing and software. There are so many branches to operating systems, additionally, which allows for the expansion of topics, such as the Windows API, and more obscure topics, such as Windows 96.

Support
Also, specify whether or not you would join the project.
 * 1) OnlyNano 22:20, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 2) SmileySnail (talk) 21:04, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 3) InfiniteNexus (talk) 01:51, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * 4) Writehydra (talk) 21:15, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * 5) •C y b erw o l f• talk? 22:59, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Discussion
Should be a taskforce/workgroup of WikiProject Computing or perhaps WikiProject Computer Science. We don't need more stand-alone wikiprojects that overlap with others; it just bleeds participation away from more general ones, and usually leads to yet another essentially dead subtopical project after a year or so. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  11:33, 2 February 2024 (UTC)


 * On the other hand, if groups focused on a single OS, such as WikiProject Linux and WikiProject Microsoft Windows, could be merged together, then this might be a good thing. WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:18, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Eh, I feel like those groups deserve to stay separate. If this project gets created, then maybe those groups could become taskforces of this WikiProject, but I don't see it TappyTurtle  (talk • contribs) 23:29, 3 March 2024 (UTC)