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Articles with links to DAB pages

I have collected several pages which contain {{disambiguation needed}} tags on computing-related topics which might be resolvable with expert attention. They range between the very technical and the very vague (in some cases, it seems quite possible that the editor who made the link didn't know what they were talking about). To find the problem, search for 'disam' in read view or for '{{d' in edit view. If you manage to solve any of these puzzles, remove the dab-needed tag from the article, and post {{done}} here.

Thanks in advance, Narky Blert (talk)

Retention of VPN Products

There are at least of couple of VPN Products/providers up for AfD currently (and I'm aware of a few other article out there). This can be important from a security viewpoint, as well as a consideration where there is state censorship an which ones work in China etc. We have a at least a couple going through AfD currently and I'd like a project viewpoint on where we would like to stand on this from an efficiency point of view. I'm not really interested in playing tiddlewinks with how RS a review is and who is WP:PAID the brown envelops behind the scene . I want them batched out if necessary if that's what the community wants. Currently at AfD are:

I may get round to pinging people at some point: Criteria might want to consider are:

Sustained presence
Size
Do they work in certain regions or are the only ones permitted in a region ... e.g. China
Security concerns.
Popular for whatever reason in a particular area

Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 08:33, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is somewhat bad idea. These criteria are arbitrary, subjective and against the very core tenets of Wikipedia. WP:N and WP:RS are the "rules" we should follow. We may discuss degree of coverage needed for a VPN service to establish notability, but not inventing our own hard to judge rules. Pavlor (talk) 10:26, 27 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, a proposal of that shape is not going to mesh with existing notability criteria. The applicable guidance we have in this area is WP:NPRODUCT. It's fairly simple in practice: if we can find a couple reviews published by WP:RELIABLE sources, we can keep it. We try to stay out of issues like "can be important from a security viewpoint, as well as a consideration where there is state censorship" because that's an even weirder game of tiddlywinks. ~Kvng (talk) 13:32, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

At best you can write an WP:ESSAY, but even that may be a bad idea. There is nothing unique about VPNs that require us to consider them differently from other software from an inclusion standpoint. feminist (talk) 03:30, 1 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

... OK .. so where do people stand on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mullvad ? Djm-leighpark (talk) 11:42, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Portal:Computer graphics for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Computer graphics is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Computer graphics until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:06, 6 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

your network architect

is still learning how to control my cookies chain — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.147.33.51 (talk) 10:10, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Kirshenbaum‎

For armchair/hobbyist phoneticists: There is discussion at Talk:Kirshenbaum because following the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kirshenbaum and Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2019 April 29 discussions a redirect has been created which seems to me not consistent with the results of those discussions and possibly the loss of information. Thankyou. Djm-leighpark (talk) 14:09, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, revert. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:29, 16 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Split proposal for Athlon

The Athlon article has been proposed to be split, but the proposal hasn't received much attention. Please discuss on the talk page. --Veikk0.ma 11:03, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on reliability of TorrentFreak on the reliable sources noticeboard

There is a discussion on the reliability of TorrentFreak for a claim related to Web Sheriff and MusicBrainz on the reliable sources noticeboard. If you're interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § TorrentFreak for Web Sheriff. — Newslinger talk 23:21, 29 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on Maxit (maxit.my) on the reliable sources noticeboard

There is a discussion on the reliability of Maxit (maxit.my) on the reliable sources noticeboard. If you're interested, please participate at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard § Maxit for WeChat. — Newslinger talk 22:48, 11 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Should Plasma Mobile be mentioned at Nexus 5X?

Nexus 5X is the only phone that is presently supported by Plasma Mobile's (it seems to no longer be developed for Nexus 5) KDE neon reference rootfs. I feel this is worth a one sentence mention in the Nexus 5X article, as no other phone is supported, and this is the OS the Plasma Mobile team recommend users try Plasma Mobile on (which makes it particularly notable for this use). User:Galatz feels this is trivia, while I do not. I am just here to ask whether this is believed by members of this project to be notable and encyclopaedic enough to warrant a mention in this article. Fuse809 (contribs · email · talk · uploads) 16:56, 30 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion here ~Kvng (talk) 14:22, 10 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

AVG Technologies COI edit request

A declared COI editor/employee of Avast has drafted a version of the AVG Technologies article at User:Empey at Avast/AVG Technologies Draft. See discussion on the article talk page, where the user has agreed to leave the Controversy section intact. I am not familiar with the computer security realm, so anybody who is, I would appreciate their input on the other drafted changes. Thanks. --Geniac (talk) 01:49, 8 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Portal:Software for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Software is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Software until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:05, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island?

Wonder if anyone's interested in starting Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island? I found a Projo article on it http://web.archive.org/web/19990429011154/http://www.projo.com/special/computer/0905fea1.htm WhisperToMe (talk) 14:34, 17 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is an active organization (which is very likely a descendant of the group you cited) know as the Rhode Island Computer Museum. Their web site is at http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/ Mopep222 (talk) 01:24, 24 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Third opinion needed at Arbitrary-precision arithmetic

Can someone give a third opinion at Talk:Arbitrary-precision arithmetic? I'm not involved in the dispute. There are disagreements between two editors over several issues, the main one seems to be big-O versus Theta. Bubba73 ^{You talkin' to me?} 23:32, 29 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Noticeboard discussion of Hacker Noon and InfoSec Handbook

There is a noticeboard discussion on the reliability of Hacker Noon (hackernoon.com) and InfoSec Handbook (infosec-handbook.eu). If you're interested, please participate at WP:RSN § Hacker Noon (hackernoon.com) and InfoSec Handbook (infosec-handbook.eu) for /e/ (operating system). — Newslinger talk 03:32, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Portal:Microsoft for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Microsoft is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Microsoft (2nd nomination) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:14, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Silk Test for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Silk Test is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Silk Test until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Theprussian (talk) 11:20, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone improve E-text?

E-text is currently unacceptably bad.

- It reads like a personal essay. (WP:NOTESSAY)

- It's been tagged with "This article needs attention from an expert in Books" since November 2008.

- It's been tagged with "This article needs additional citations for verification" since January 2013.

Can anyone improve this article? Thanks.

- 2804:14D:5C59:8300:0:0:0:1000 (talk) 16:47, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]