Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Industrial design/Archive 1

Text of the Proposal
WikiProject Industrial design is a Wikipedian community that aims to better organize information in articles related to Industrial design (also called Product design). Right now, this topic is not well covered, being squeezed in between its Visual Arts and its Technology roots. Techno-Wiki-Geek  ]]  03:30, 20 December 2009 (UTC) Note: Done historically December 16th, 2009 on WikiProject_Council/Proposals/Industrial_design.
 * If I'm cor-rec-to, there are about 1850 articles on Industrial design in Wikipedia...
 * At least, it's more than for Typography, and there IS a Typography WikiProject...
 * And it's more than the Fashion WikiProject with 482 articles...
 * There is also an Urban studies and planning project and a Video games portal so...
 * Now you can also see a proposal for the Design Portal. (that portal would be for Industrial design AND Graphic design/Interior design) -- [[User:Alainr345|  Alain  R 3 4 5 

WP 1.0 bot announcement
This message is being sent to each WikiProject that participates in the WP 1.0 assessment system. On Saturday, January 23, 2010, the WP 1.0 bot will be upgraded. Your project does not need to take any action, but the appearance of your project's summary table will change. The upgrade will make many new, optional features available to all WikiProjects. Additional information is available at the WP 1.0 project homepage. &mdash; Carl (CBM · talk) 03:27, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

FAR
nominated Macintosh for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 22:27, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Decorative arts
An enthusiast is adding early modern pre-industrial designer cabinet-makers like Jean Pelletier to this project. I'm sure none of you are interested in Thomas Chippendale et al. as "industrial designers" eh. Some thought as to parameters of this "project" might be in order. Or not...--Wetman (talk) 22:30, 16 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Ya, this one is a good debate I think, and I may be the one 'enthusiast' at some point. Although I could not see an ID stamp in the 2 examples you gave, don't hesitate to point any specific article here and we'll evaluate them individually. There is (or not) that fine line in Wikipedia between Furniture designer and Cabinetmaker. For me, and I'm not a specialist, I have the feeling that some of these pre-industrial characters may be more industrial than conventional wisdom would tell, especially for the 19th century guys. For instance, as their business and fame grew, they may have employed hundred of carpenters in a kind of production chain, and if these proto-factory workers used gear-operated, steam-powered machinery, aren't we looking at the frontier of ID? It's like the V2 for Space: is it a bomb, is is a plane, is it a rocket? We would welcome anybody's thoughts on this idea. -- AlainR345  Techno-Wiki-Geek  16:29, 5 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: now I see what you mean by Jean Pelletier (cabinetmaker), not the other guy... I also 'retired' Thomas Shearer cause he's a little too old for that... -- AlainR345  Techno-Wiki-Geek  16:39, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Industrial design articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release
Version 0.8 is a collection of Wikipedia articles selected by the Wikipedia 1.0 team for offline release on USB key, DVD and mobile phone. Articles were selected based on their assessed importance and quality, then article versions (revisionIDs) were chosen for trustworthiness (freedom from vandalism) using an adaptation of the WikiTrust algorithm.

We would like to ask you to review the Industrial design articles and revisionIDs we have chosen. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (&diams;) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8 with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's articles with cleanup tags and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Monday, October 11th.

We have greatly streamlined the process since the Version 0.7 release, so we aim to have the collection ready for distribution by the end of October, 2010. As a result, we are planning to distribute the collection much more widely, while continuing to work with groups such as One Laptop per Child and Wikipedia for Schools to extend the reach of Wikipedia worldwide. Please help us, with your WikiProject's feedback!

For the Wikipedia 1.0 editorial team, SelectionBot 23:10, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

follow affiliated along with your medical center.) By giving equal representation to all of your doctors, you
Somebody essentially lend a hand to make critically posts I'd state. ?�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�o�a�k�l�e�y�t�o�k�u�i�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�5�8�;�&�#�1�2�5�4�0�;�&�#�1�2�4�6�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�2�2�;�&�#�1�2�5�4�0�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�o�a�k�l�e�y�k�a�w�a�i�i�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�5�8�;�&�#�1�2�5�4�0�;�&�#�1�2�4�6�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�2�2�;�&�#�1�2�5�4�0�;� �&�#�1�2�4�5�0�;�&�#�1�2�4�5�4�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;�&�#�1�2�5�2�4�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�k�u�r�o�e�s�i�t�u�y�a�j�p�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��c�h�l�o�e��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�s�i�n�k�i�i�n�j�p�k�u�r�o�e�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�6�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�2�5�;�&�#�1�2�4�5�6�;� �&�#�2�4�2�1�5�;�&�#�3�3�3�0�3�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�s�i�t�u�y�a�e�r�u�m�e�s�u�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�5�6�;�&�#�1�2�5�2�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�1�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�7�3�;� �&�#�3�6�0�0�1�;�&�#�2�4�0�6�7�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�d�o�k�u�t�o�k�u�e�r�u�m�e�s�u�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�5�6�;�&�#�1�2�5�2�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�1�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�7�3�;� �&�#�2�6�1�7�8�;�&�#�3�5�3�3�6�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�b�a�g�g�u�s�y�a�n�e�r�u�1�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�7�1�;�&�#�1�2�5�1�5�;�&�#�1�2�4�9�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�2�3�;� �&�#�1�2�4�9�6�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�6�4�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�s�a�i�h�u�s�y�a�n�e�r�u�1�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��c�h�a�n�e�l� �&�#�3�6�0�0�1�;�&�#�2�4�0�6�7�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�n�i�n�n�k�i�g�u�c�c�h�i�1�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�6�4�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�1�;� �&�#�1�2�4�5�0�;�&�#�1�2�4�5�4�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;�&�#�1�2�5�2�4�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;� �&�#�2�0�8�4�4�;�&�#�2�4�3�3�5�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�a�u�t�o�r�e�t�t�o�g�u�c�c�h�i�1�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��G�U�C�C�I� �&�#�1�2�4�5�0�;�&�#�1�2�4�5�4�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;�&�#�1�2�5�2�4�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>�!ENDVALUE! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.78.206.52 (talk) 07:44, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

You are my inhalation, I own  few  web logs and  often run out from to post.
Any way I抣l be subscribing to your augment and even I achievement you access consistently quickly. ?�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�t�u�m�i�b�a�g�s�j�a�p�a�n�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��t�u�m�i� �2�6�1�4�1��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�j�a�p�a�n�t�u�m�i�m�e�n�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;�&�#�1�2�4�5�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�1�1�;�&�#�2�8�6�0�8�;�&�#�2�3�4�3�3�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�s�a�l�e�t�u�m�i�b�a�g�s�j�a�p�a�n�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;�&�#�1�2�4�5�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�1�1�;� �&�#�3�6�0�0�1�;�&�#�2�4�0�6�7�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�s�h�o�p�o�n�l�i�n�e�t�u�m�i�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;�&�#�1�2�4�5�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�1�1�;� �&�#�1�2�4�9�6�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�6�4�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�o�n�l�i�n�e�t�u�m�i�h�o�m�e�2�0�1�3�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;�&�#�1�2�4�5�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�1�1�;� �&�#�1�2�4�9�6�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�6�4�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�i�p�a�d�s�h�o�p�j�p�s�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��i�p�a�d� �&�#�1�2�4�5�0�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�0�3�;�&�#�1�2�5�2�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�7�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;�&�#�1�2�4�5�0�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�j�p�a�p�p�l�e�s�h�o�p�z�u�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��i�P�a�d� �m�i�n�i��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�a�p�p�l�e�s�a�l�e�j�p�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��M�a�c�&�#�1�2�4�7�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;�&�#�1�2�4�5�0�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�h�o�m�e�i�p�a�d�j�p�c�h�e�a�p�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��p�h�o�n�e��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �<�a� �h�r�e�f�=�h�t�t�p�:�/�/�w�w�w�.�h�a�m�i�l�t�o�n�s�a�l�e�t�o�k�y�o�.�c�o�m�>�<�b�>��&�#�1�2�4�9�5�;�&�#�1�2�5�1�1�;�&�#�1�2�5�2�3�;�&�#�1�2�4�8�8�;�&�#�1�2�5�3�1�;� �&�#�2�0�1�5�4�;�&�#�2�7�6�7�1�;��<�/�b�>�<�/�a�>� � �!ENDVALUE! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.78.205.146 (talk) 02:55, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

IXI.jpg
image:IXI.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 06:46, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

File:IXI sketch 2.jpg
File:IXI sketch 2.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 12:02, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

Popular pages tool update
As of January, the popular pages tool has moved from the Toolserver to Wikimedia Tool Labs. The code has changed significantly from the Toolserver version, but users should notice few differences. Please take a moment to look over your project's list for any anomalies, such as pages that you expect to see that are missing or pages that seem to have more views than expected. Note that unlike other tools, this tool aggregates all views from redirects, which means it will typically have higher numbers. (For January 2014 specifically, 35 hours of data is missing from the WMF data, which was approximated from other dates. For most articles, this should yield a more accurate number. However, a few articles, like ones featured on the Main Page, may be off).

Web tools, to replace the ones at ~alexz/pop, will become available over the next few weeks at popularpages. All of the historical data (back to July 2009 for some projects) has been copied over. The tool to view historical data is currently partially available (assessment data and a few projects may not be available at the moment). The tool to add new projects to the bot's list is also available now (editing the configuration of current projects coming soon). Unlike the previous tool, all changes will be effective immediately. OAuth is used to authenticate users, allowing only regular users to make changes to prevent abuse. A visible history of configuration additions and changes is coming soon. Once tools become fully available, their toolserver versions will redirect to Labs.

If you have any questions, want to report any bugs, or there are any features you would like to see that aren't currently available on the Toolserver tools, see the updated FAQ or contact me on my talk page. Mr.Z-bot (talk) (for Mr.Z-man ) 05:11, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal
Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!


Hello everyone!

You may have received a message from me earlier asking you to comment on my WikiProject X proposal. The good news is that WikiProject X is now live! In our first phase, we are focusing on research. At this time, we are looking for people to share their experiences with WikiProjects: good, bad, or neutral. We are also looking for WikiProjects that may be interested in trying out new tools and layouts that will make participating easier and projects easier to maintain. If you or your WikiProject are interested, check us out! Note that this is an opt-in program; no WikiProject will be required to change anything against its wishes. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!

Note: To receive additional notifications about WikiProject X on this talk page, please add this page to WikiProject X/Newsletter. Otherwise, this will be the last notification sent about WikiProject X.

Harej (talk) 16:57, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Pageview stats
After a recent request, I added WikiProject Industrial design to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at WikiProject Industrial design/Popular pages bot.

The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. You can view more results, request a new project be added to the list, or request a configuration change for this project using the toolserver tool. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Mr.Z-man 01:42, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Xenobot Mk V to tag and/or auto-assess unassessed articles
A request has been made at User:Xenobot/R to tag & auto-assess articles in the scope of the project and/or auto-assess the project's unassessed articles.

looks for a stub template on the article, or inherits the class from other projects (see here for further details).

If there are any questions or objections regarding this process, please make them known. The task will commence after 72 hours if there are none.

– xeno talk  16:07, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject cleanup listing
I have created together with Smallman12q a toolserver tool that shows a weekly-updated list of cleanup categories for WikiProjects, that can be used as a replacement for WolterBot and this WikiProject is among those that are already included (because it is a member of Category:WolterBot cleanup listing subscriptions). See the tool's wiki page, this project's listing in one big table or by categories and the index of WikiProjects. Svick (talk) 20:30, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced living people articles bot
Okip  00:45, 28 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Why not, thanks for the service, -- AlainR345  Techno-Wiki-Geek  17:34, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

MINI Cooper S Clubman
MINI Cooper S Clubman Performance & Efficiency Standard Features MINI Cooper S Clubman Hatchback Handling, Ride & Braking Standard Features MINI Cooper S Clubman Hatchback Exterior & Aerodynamics Standard 
 * Turbo compressor
 * 1,598 cc 1.6 liters in-line 4 front engine with 77.0 mm bore, 85.8 mm stroke, 10.5 compression ratio, double overhead cam and four valves per cylinder
 * Premium unleaded fuel 91
 * Fuel consumption: EPA 08 urban (mpg): 26, country/highway (mpg): 34, combined (mpg): 29, 11.1, 14.5, 12.3, 31, 41 and 35
 * Gasoline direct injection fuel system
 * 13.2 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank 11.0
 * Power: 128 kW, 172 HP SAE @ 5,500 rpm; 177 ft lb , 260 Nm @ 1,600 rpm
 * Four-wheel ABS
 * Brake assist system
 * Cornering brake control
 * Four disc brakes including two ventilated discs
 * Electronic brake distribution
 * Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management
 * Immobilizer
 * Stability control
 * Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs, multi-link rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs
 * Part-painted front and rear bumpers
 * Chrome/bright trim around side windows
 * Day time running lights
 * Driver and passenger power body color door mirrors
 * External dimensions: overall length (inches): 155.8, overall width (inches): 66.3, overall height (inches): 56.4, wheelbase (inches): 100.3, front track (inches): 57.2, rear track (inches): 57.5 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 36.1
 * Front fog lights
 * Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights
 * Luxury trim leather on gearknob, alloy look on doors and alloy look on dashboard
 * Gloss paint
 * Rear window with defogger and intermittent
 * Roof spoiler
 * Tinted glass on cabin, rear and side
 * Weights: curb weight (lbs) 2,855
 * Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.26.180.92 (talk) 14:49, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

IBM Typeball
Please consider contributing to the answers to this Industrial design question at Wikipedia:Reference desk. Thanks! -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 16:45, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Form follows function
I was just reading over this article. From what I see there's a lot of OR. I was thinking about rewriting it (and might yet) but while I'm certain my writing would be more accurate, I'm not yet prepared to provide references, etc. So I thought someone here might be interested in rewriting it.

Also, I noticed it was assigned low importance by a bot. As it is the central principle behind Modern architecture, I think at least a medium importance is warranted.

Theshibboleth (talk) 03:02, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

worship of capital letters
Probably a lot more cleanup of this kind can be done. That sort of thing obviously violates WP:MOS. 174.53.163.119 (talk) 15:37, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

A few items for clarification
I have just attempted to join this wikiproject and am encountering a number of difficulties. First of all, although I have added the project box to my user page, I cannnot find my name on the participants' list. Secondly, I cannot find wikiproject user boxes on the user pages of some of those listed as members of the project. Thirdly, I cannot find the article Danish modern in the list of articles covered by the project even though it is listed as being in the wikiproject on the article's talk page. Thirdly, I would like to add a number of new articles for expansion and/or assessment but cannot find a place to do so. Maybe all this is due to the fact that I cannot understand the mechanics of the site but I would appreciate a response anyway. - Ipigott (talk) 13:56, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

MINI Cooper S Club
1,598 cc 1.6 liters in-line 4 front engine with 77.0 mm bore, 85.8 mm stroke, 10.5 compression ratio, double overhead cam and four valves per cylinder Premium unleaded fuel 91 Fuel consumption: EPA 08 urban (mpg): 26, country/highway (mpg): 34, combined (mpg): 29, 11.1, 14.5, 12.3, 31, 41 and 35 Gasoline direct injection fuel system 13.2 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank 11.0 Power: 128 kW, 172 HP SAE @ 5,500 rpm; 177 ft lb , 260 Nm @ 1,600 rpm Four-wheel ABS Brake assist system Cornering brake control Four disc brakes including two ventilated discs Electronic brake distribution Electronic traction control via ABS & engine management Immobilizer Stability control Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs, multi-link rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs Part-painted front and rear bumpers Chrome/bright trim around side windows Day time running lights Driver and passenger power body color door mirrors External dimensions: overall length (inches): 155.8, overall width (inches): 66.3, overall height (inches): 56.4, wheelbase (inches): 100.3, front track (inches): 57.2, rear track (inches): 57.5 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 36.1 Front fog lights Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights Luxury trim leather on gearknob, alloy look on doors and alloy look on dashboard Gloss paint Rear window with defogger and intermittent Roof spoiler Tinted glass on cabin, rear and side Weights: curb weight (lbs) 2,855 Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.125.67.127 (talk) 04:10, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Infobox furniture
Infobox furniture may be of some use. I've added it to WikiProject Industrial design/Box templates. Improvements most welcome! -- Trevj (talk) 10:53, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Injection molding reassessment
I've just made a lot of important changes to Injection molding. I've added references, addressed maintenance templates and then removed them, and made the whole citation style of the article uniform across the board. It's a high-quality article, though I say that in light of my own changes, and I think it deserves reassessment in quality. I don't think it would take long to push it to potentially qualify for Featured article status. --Kierkkadontalk/contribs 17:29, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Request for help from AfC
A subject specialist is requested to review Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/The Function-Behaviour-Structure Ontology. None of the cited sources appear to be available online so access to a well stocked library may be useful. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 11:09, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Designit
Hello, designers! This old Afc submission will soon be deleted as a stale draft. The company seems to have won some awards. Are these notable awards, and should the article be kept? &mdash;Anne Delong (talk) 19:27, 17 February 2014 (UTC)

Design science
There's what looks like an article hidden on a redirect page at Design_science. I'm not sure if it should be turned (back) into an article. DexDor (talk) 19:29, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Help with Steelcase
Hi, I've recently started working on improvements for the article of the office furniture maker Steelcase. As a well-known furniture design firm, with several very recognizable lines of furniture, I thought editors here might be interested in reviewing my work. I will not be making any edits myself, because I'm working on behalf of the company. To start, I drafted a new History section, since there's not one currently in the article and the company's history is largely dealt with in a bulleted timeline. I posted a note on the Talk page with the draft, but have not yet had a response. I'm hoping an editor here might be willing to take a look and give feedback if they have any. Thanks in advance, Heatherer (talk) 16:21, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Responded on Steelcase Talk page by Gmcbjames (talk) 04:48, 17 March 2015 (UTC)

Archived threads reverted
Archived threads were wholesale reverted.

That's okay -- but I'd like to archive some that are obviously resolved and old and stale -- like Wikipedia announcing to us about 0.8 selection, etc.

&mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:25, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * As an obvious example = here is an FAR announcement that has since been closed: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Industrial_design. There is zero need to maintain having this announcement still on this page, today. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:27, 9 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Cirt, you are too fast - I was just creating a dummy edit to explain - the Oneclickarchiver may not have functioned correctly - the archive you created was not accessible from the talk page (archive links are red-linked). I have no problem whatsoever with archiving talk pages - especially this one (5 years old??), so feel free to archive if you wish, however do check to make sure the archived talk discussion is linked to the talk page.  Cheers - Gmcbjames (talk) 05:37, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * My sincere apologies,, the coding might be slightly wrong. I will try to fix it. You are correct!!! Thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:39, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * I believe I've fixed it, at DIFF. Now the archives will show up in the future at the top of the page with the Talk header. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:44, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Archived a few that were over five (5) years old. That's it for now. Thanks for being so understanding, and sorry for the earlier confusion! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 05:46, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing this and do feel free to archive discussions on this talk page as most if not all are stale! Cheers Gmcbjames (talk) 05:57, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Preferred numbers
There are currently two discussions at Talk:Preferred number where the input from members of this project would be valued: and. &mdash; Sebastian 20:28, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Redirect of CAD
Please comment at Talk:CAD on whether computer-aided design should be the primary topic for CAD and hence redirected there. SpinningSpark 23:34, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages
Greetings Members!

This is a one-time-only message to inform you about a technical proposal to revive your Popular Pages list in the 2016 Community Wishlist Survey that I think you may be interested in reviewing and perhaps even voting for:


 * Fix and improve Mr.Z-bot's popular pages report

If the above proposal gets in the Top 10 based on the votes, there is a high likelihood of this bot being restored so your project will again see monthly updates of popular pages.

Further, there are over 260 proposals in all to review and vote for, across many aspects of wikis.

Thank you for your consideration. Please note that voting for proposals continues through December 12, 2016.

Best regards, — Delivered: 18:01, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

Popular pages report is back!
Hi all, the Community Tech team has been working hard to bring back the Popular pages report. The report for this project can be found at WikiProject Industrial design/Popular pages. I've made a redirect from the older link WikiProject Industrial design/Popular pages bot to make the link consistent across projects. If you're not happy with this change and want to stick with the older link (not recommended), please ping me and I will take care of it. Thank you. -- NKohli (WMF) (talk) 23:41, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Industrial design article talkpage vandalised
Hi ID editors, i just reverted the edits of an ip from a couple of weeks ago, that removed projects from the talkpage, just thought i would give you a heads up (maybe some watchers are needed) (i have also left this message on the Tech project talkpage), cheers, Coolabahapple (talk) 18:14, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject
The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template Transclude lead excerpt.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background
On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you. &mdash; The Transhumanist  10:58, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

A new newsletter directory is out!
A new Newsletter directory has been created to replace the old, out-of-date one. If your WikiProject and its taskforces have newsletters (even inactive ones), or if you know of a missing newsletter (including from sister projects like WikiSpecies), please include it in the directory! The template can be a bit tricky, so if you need help, just post the newsletter on the template's talk page and someone will add it for you.
 * – Sent on behalf of Headbomb. 03:11, 11 April 2019 (UTC)

Advice requested
Hi there

I'm wondering if I can get some help and advice from people in this group. I work for the industrial designer Jasper Morrison and I'd like to add to his page. Having declared COI, I've been advised to add suggested edits to his Talk page. I added a list of Publications, which were quickly accepted. Now I've added a list of Exhibitions, which have been in limbo for a bit. I've sourced them as far as is possible and they are documented in monographs about Jasper, which are published independently. Please tell me how I can make this kind of information acceptable to the Wikipedia community. Thanks.

JT at JMLtd (talk) 13:42, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool
Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources
I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like and turns it into something like
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.
 * John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from cite web, cite journal and doi.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- &#32; Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)