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RAM Limit at AfD
RAM Limit has been nominated for deletion. 76.66.196.229 (talk) 07:54, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

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Disk storage article
Hi all

I am concerned that the article Disk storage, covering such topics as Gramaphone records, CD audio and HDD's, is being hijacked into "Computer disk storage"

Is it on one of your lists for attention ?

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Category:Computer Storage - Proposed Improvement
Before I go wildly implementing a change I agree with which was proposed over 5 years ago at the following link, I wanted to get some feedback since I assume this group would be interested and it appears the group in which the comment was posted was not interested in making the change.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_talk:Computer_storage#Merging_of_subcategories Music Sorter (talk) 06:30, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

RFC on the inclusion of a table comparing SI units and binary prefixes
Notice: An RFC is being conducted here at Talk:Hard diskdrive#RFC on the use of the IEC prefixes. The debate under consideration is the use of this table of the “Hard disk drive” which includes a column comparing binary prefixes to describe capacities. We welcome your input--RaptorHunter (talk) 17:30, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Here also is a link to MOSNUM’s guidance on this issue: MOSNUM. I hope that helps. Greg L (talk) 17:51, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of DAG Technology


The article DAG Technology has been proposed for deletion&#32; because of the following concern:
 * non notable, spam-like article. all references are from the company developing this

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Example Image 2009 UTM.PNG
file:Example Image 2009 UTM.PNG (Universal Threat Management firewalls) has been nominated for deletion -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 04:54, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

HTC First
FYI, if anyone could go to an AT&T store and get us a free picture of this particular smartphone before it fades into electronics oblivion, that'd be great. ViperSnake151  Talk  05:54, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Newton logo.png
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File:Motorola-A1600.jpg
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WikiProject Cellular devices
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Category:Laplets
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Expert attention
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Suggest to spin off Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (=the IT consortium) into article distinct from PC Card (=the hardware standard)
On 3 September 2013, User:Matthiaspaul made a major contribution to the PC Card article by creating the History section which, among the history proper of the PC Card standard, also includes detailed and well-supported information about its creators, viz. the PCMCIA Association.

While the Association as such and its (arguably) foremost standard are closely related, they are in my view nonetheless two distinct, well-definded topics on their own, and hence would deserve separate articles &#8211; linked back and forth, of course. This is by the way the approach taken in other-language WPs and would greatly increase the visibility of said information for other-language visitors coming from a (less detailed) "PCMCIA" / "Personal Computer Memory Card International Association" article in their own language, only to find to their surprise that there is technically no English equivalent at present!

I am aware that initially the two topics indeed had distinct articles in the English WP which were then merged in 2010, but at the time without any rationale or user discussion. So in the light of the arguments put forth above, and the development over recent years, I would suggest to separate the two topics again, and volunteer to do the handiwork involved.

Opinions/comments anyone? -- Thanks, HReuter (talk) 00:32, 21 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi all. This proposal makes sense, IMO. I support it, in particular if you can add more information to the topics. The association is a distinct topic from its various products, of which PCMCIA cards were only one. And both are notable, so they deserve their own articles.
 * This would not only make it easier to cross-link between Wikipedias, but also improve our internal organization (orthogonality).
 * Also, the original merge was carried out badly with a much too short time for discussion and most of the contents in the former article not actually merged into the new target.
 * --Matthiaspaul (talk) 22:15, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Requested move notice
Greetings! I have recently relisted a requested move discussion at Talk:Cannonlake, regarding a page relating to this WikiProject. Discussion and opinions are invited. Thanks, Sky  Warrior  04:13, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Google Pixel Merger Discussion
The articles Pixel (smartphone) and Pixel 2 could potentially be merged onto the Google Pixel article. Any feedback is welcome and encouraged. The area for discussion can be found here. Plantduets (talk) 16:34, 8 August 2018 (UTC)

Does anyone have any interest in looking at this page? See bottom of page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Pure_Storage Ianwikramanayake (talk) 20:52, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Request for comment on reliability of Liliputing (liliputing.com)
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Reminder of Participation
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Hello! You're still a participant in the WikiProject Computing Computer Hardware Task Force. This is just a reminder, as the project has been inactive for a while, and I wanted to give you a chance to review your participation.

Not all pinged participants may be active, but are being pinged as a just-in-case (maybe they get email notifications?) --moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 20:48, 24 January 2020 (UTC)


 * I am active in maintaining computer hardware articles. The task force doesn't help me to do this but I want to stay listed in case someone comes up with something that is worth doing. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:53, 24 January 2020 (UTC)


 * I'm honored to be listed twice ;). I'm not overly active, but I watch numerous virtual reality hardware articles and occasionally improve them. Articles on AMD hardware are also something I edit at times. --Veikk0.ma 19:23, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
 * , Whoops! . moonythedwarf (Braden N.) 01:01, 26 January 2020 (UTC)


 * I only recently added myself. I spend most of my time over on the WPVG Nintendo Task Force, but I often lurk around computer hardware articles, especially AMD hardware, and Intel CPU architectures. AT Marsden Talk  10:57, 30 January 2020 (UTC)


 * I'm somewhat active. Mostly computer history topics. --mikeu talk 15:36, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Clarification on Intel core revisions versus actual new architectures
The articles on Intel chips from about 2008 onward are a clusterf**k of misinformation. Microarchitectures are big families of similar designs. Netburst, for example, is a microarchitecture that includes the Willamette, Northwood, Prescott, and Cedar Mill cores. AMD's Bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller, and Excavator chips are all the same microarchitecture. But the articles on Intel chips from ~2008 onward seem to be written by Intel fanboys who erroneously refer to every single tick and tock as a "new architecture" in an attempt to exaggerate the technological progress that Intel has been making. Can we please clean this crap up and clarify which chips are actually new clean-sheet designs and which are just enhancements of previous designs? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.70.13.107 (talk) 07:58, 7 April 2020 (UTC)

Template:Sidebar arithmetic logic circuits
Please help! Expert eyes are needed at Template talk:Sidebar arithmetic logic circuits.

In a nutshell, there is disagreement about the template caption. Originally "Part of a series on the ALU", I renamed it "Part of a series on arithmetic logic circuits" per the proposal and reasons given at the top of the talk page. The proposal seemed uncontroversial at the time, and objections were not raised for more than a year. This seems like it should be a straightforward matter but the conversation has moved sideways and evolved into a giant wall of text. The discussion is in desperate need of input from independent experts to get things back on track and reach a satisfactory resolution. Lambtron  talk  15:47, 7 July 2020 (UTC)

Lattice Semiconductor COI edit requests
Hi! I've posted a few COI edit requests at Talk:Lattice Semiconductor. Sharing in case anyone here is interested in taking a look. Thank you for any help or feedback! Mary Gaulke (talk) 18:17, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

Smart card vs. Draft:Complex Cards
Need your thoughts on whether a separate article should be created for Complex smart cards. Please discuss at Talk:Smart card AngusW🐶🐶F  ( bark  •  sniff ) 14:02, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

"Computer keyboard" article: intent to change to disambiguation
Members of this Wikiproject may wish to contribute to the discussion at Talk:Computer keyboard. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 22:22, 15 March 2021 (UTC)