Wikipedia:WikiProject Electronics/Collaboration

The monthly Electronics collaboration is a coordinated effort by WikiProject Electronics to improve Wikipedia's electronics-related content. Being a member of WikiProject Electronics is not a prerequisite for participation in this collaboration (nor, conversely, is participation here a requirement for membership in the WikiProject). All Wikipedians, regardless of their level of expertise in the subject area, are welcome to contribute. Many articles may be better worked on in a collaborative manner, rather than by a single editor, in attempting to reach Featured status.

Aside from the main benefit of creating better electronics articles on Wikipedia, it is hoped that a successful initiative will: attract new editors to work on the Project; improve the writing skills of existing editors; and demonstrate the value of collaboration on Wikipedia. The ultimate goal of the Electronics Collaboration is to regularly get electronics articles featured on the front page.

Feel free to place the collaboration template (at the head of this page) on your user page which will give you instant access to the current collaboration.

Nomination procedure
This instructions below should be taken as a draft to get the process moving. Comments and improvements are welcome.

Any user may nominate an article to be collaborated upon. Nominees should:


 * Be about electronics or directly electronics-related topic (including historical ones)
 * Need a significant amount of work in terms of content, organization, prose, etc.
 * Not be in any edit conflict or be under protection.

If you would like to nominate an article, please add it at the bottom of the list of nominees along with a short note describing why you think it should be chosen.

For Nominators: Please use the following code when nominating an article.

===ARTICLE NAME=== Nominated MONTH DAY, YEAR; Support: Comments: * (put your reason for nomination, sign again)
 * 1) ~ (sign with four tildes)

For Voters: Please use the following code when voting to support an article. Note that you are allowed to vote for more than one, though it will dilute your vote if you feel very strongly about one candidate. Finally, if you feel inclined, noting what material should be included or gotten rid of to satisfy comprehensiveness may be very valuable on the article's talk page.

#~ (sign with four tildes)

Nominations...
A list of past collaborations can be viewed here. Actually, there is nothing there, of course, because we have just started, but to see how this works, take a look at the equivalent page on the Mammals Project here.

''Please list nominees below using the code laid out in the above section. Newer nominees should be placed on the bottom of the list. Feel free to vote for as many nominees as you wish, but only once per nomination. Please only vote to indicate support, do not vote in the negative. If you like, add a comment in the comment's section under nomination, or on the collaboration talk page. Articles will remain on the list for 3 months, after which time the list will be blanked/refreshed and voting started anew. For the current collaboration, see the template at the top of the page.''

The next Electronics collaboration will be chosen on January 15th.

Capacitor
Nominated November 23, 2008; Support: Comments:
 * 1) Potatoswatter (talk) 18:07, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) NightFalcon90909 (talk) 12:47, 24 November 2008 (UTC)
 * This isn't a bad article, certainly, but it could be a lot better. For one thing, it focuses on capacitors as an "invention" and doesn't even mention parasitic capacitance. Capacitors are everywhere, and it should mention the ground and clouds as an instance. Also, most of the lay explanations focus on DC but most real-world use is AC. The entire article is permeated by a "let's mention everything" attitude, with "Applications" and "Capacitor types" jumping to tech talk with insufficient background.
 * I chose this article because I just got the invitation to collaborate and started at the most general. If some of the above suggestions are outside the scope of WP Electronics, I suggest we create capacitor (electronics) from elements in capacitor and capacitor (component) to tie together key ideas and highlight capacitor technology's impact on the advance of electronic technology. Potatoswatter (talk) 18:07, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Capacitance doesn't mention parasitic capacitance either which is where I would really have expected to see it.  Sp in ni ng  Spark  18:33, 23 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe, but that article is much briefer and focuses on physics. "Parasitic capacitor" is also a common term; preference among engineers depends mainly upon whether they are measuring a parasitic capacitance (capacitance = scalar value) or designing a parasitic capacitor (capacitor = physical dimensions and materials). The "capacitor" topic has more room for encyclopedic depth. Potatoswatter (talk) 19:02, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

I guess we should say that the collaboration article for January 2009 is going to be Capacitor as that is the only nomination. I know it is not quite the 15th of the month but I don't think there is going to be much more in the way of nominations or votes in the next hour. I propose that we proceed as follows: User:Potatoswatter as the nominator should put a list of tasks on the article talk page. Everyone should then say what they are going to work on so we don't duplicate. When we have worked our way through the list I would suggest we then submit it for GA review and see what else comes out of that.  Sp in ni ng  Spark  22:52, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

There is plenty there to start, but I agree that the article kind of just throws all of the information at you without enough structure. I personally like the Overview, History, Usage layout for articles describing technology. But whatever needs done I can work on. #Tylerp9p (talk) 13:26, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Millman's theorem
Nominated December, 2008; Support: Comments:
 * 1)  Sp in ni ng  Spark  12:27, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Needs work on referencing, graphics, history and mathematical accessability.  Sp in ni ng  Spark  12:27, 26 December 2008 (UTC)