Wikipedia:WikiProject Telecommunications/Guidelines

Example of articles with good structure

 * OFDM. Good article candidate.
 * Telecommunication. Listed as Good article.
 * Optical fibre. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
 * History of the Internet. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
 * AT&T. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
 * Alexander Graham Bell. Was listed (or only nominated?) as Good article.
 * Nikola Tesla. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
 * Data Encryption Standard. Listed as Featured article in August 2004.
 * Cryptography. Listed as Featured article.
 * Digital terrestrial television in Australia. Listed as Good article in August 2007.
 * Digital radio in the United Kingdom. Listed as Good article in July 2007.
 * 300-page iPhone bill. Listed as Good article in October 2007.
 * Touchwave. Listed as Good article in January 2009.

Recommended article structure
Technical telecommunication articles should include the following:
 * Definition, scope, synonyms, autonym
 * Popular scientific introduction to the concept and its practical application for those unfamiliar with the subject matter
 * Historical background, including date of origin and originator if known
 * Key features, for example the advantages and disadvantages
 * Schematic description and principles of operation, perhaps with numerical examples and illustrations
 * Mathematical formulas and pseudo code are presented as late as possible
 * Technical details on special cases and instances of the concept, for example versions and implementations, perhaps presented in a comparison table
 * See also
 * References
 * External links

Recommended terminology

 * ITU Terms and Definitions An online database providing access to all the abbreviations, acronyms, terms and definitions contained in the International Telecommunication Union publications (multiple languages)
 * Electropedia 20,000 electrical and electronic terms defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (multiple languages)
 * Federal Standard 1037C: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms 1996 Online access to the terms defined in United States Federal Standard 1037C, maintained by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
 * Eriterm - a five-language telecommunications glossary: English, Swedish, French, Spanish, German. Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992, 683 pages, ISBN 91-630-0494-1
 * Textbooks at Google books
 * Research articles at Google scholar