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Welcome to the WikiProject Computer science page. The goals of the project are to build a community of interest around computer science, and to provide a focal point for coordinating efforts to improve Wikipedia's computer science articles. The scope of the project includes all articles in the area of computer science, including computer programming and software engineering.

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Articles for deletion

• 18 Jul 2024 – Genie (programming language) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by IntGrah (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
• 18 Jul 2024 – Pure (programming language) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by HyperAccelerated (t · c); see discussion (3 participants)
• 18 Jul 2024 – Join Java (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by HyperAccelerated (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)
• 16 Jul 2024 – Strong monad (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Beefyt (t · c); see discussion (8 participants; relisted)

Proposed deletions

• 13 Jul 2024 – Eltron Programming Language (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by IntGrah (t · c) was deleted

Redirects for discussion

• 22 Jul 2024 – Game deck (talk · edit · hist) →Video game was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2024 – Videogame type (talk · edit · hist) →Video game was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2024 – Electronic entertainment (talk · edit · hist) →Video game was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2024 – Game trading (talk · edit · hist) →Video game was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 Jul 2024 – Computer and video game distinction (talk · edit · hist) →Video game was RfDed by Steel1943 (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Jul 2024 – Unreal Engine technology (talk · edit · hist) →Unreal Engine was RfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Jul 2024 – Unreal Engine Technology (talk · edit · hist) →Unreal Engine was RfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Jul 2024 – Unreal technology (talk · edit · hist) →Unreal Engine was RfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Jul 2024 – UnrealEngine (talk · edit · hist) →Unreal Engine was RfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion
• 21 Jul 2024 – Unreal Engine (game engine) (talk · edit · hist) →Unreal Engine was RfDed by CycloneYoris (t · c); see discussion

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Good article nominees

• 12 May 2024 – IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Sohom Datta (t · c); start discussion

Articles to be merged

• 17 May 2024 – Free software (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Free and open-source softwarebyBuidhe (t · c); see discussion
• 17 May 2024 – Open-source software (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Free and open-source softwarebyBuidhe (t · c); see discussion
• 24 Apr 2024 – Final (C++) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to C++ classesbyThe Anome (t · c); see discussion
• 12 Apr 2024 – Edmonds–Karp algorithm (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Ford–Fulkerson algorithmbyIntGrah (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Apr 2024 – Payara Server (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to GlassFishbyPerzikbloesem (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Mar 2024 – Silent speech interface (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Subvocal recognitionbyYutsi (t · c); see discussion
• 29 Mar 2023 – Synthetic media (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to generative artificial intelligencebyTomastvivlaren (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 12 Jan 2024 – Tracing (software) (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by 94rain (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Jul 2023 – Rosenbrock methods (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by HTinC23 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Mar 2023 – Relational algebra (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Siddharthist (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Dec 2020 – 3D reconstruction (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fgnievinski (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Jun 2020 – Computer Olympiad (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Grutness (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Jul 2024 – Unreal Engine (talk · edit · hist) proposed for splitting by J2UDY7r00CRjH (t · c) was closed; see discussion

Articles for creation

• 16 Jul 2024 – Draft:Graph difference (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Graphenthusiast4 (t · c)
• 05 Jul 2024 – Draft:Transactional Area Network (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by TheRedLantern (t · c)
• 05 Jul 2024 – Draft:Harris graph (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Crouton736 (t · c)
• 27 Jun 2024 – Draft:HWiNFO (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Sasamiya (t · c)
• 22 Jun 2024 – Draft:Phuong Cao (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Pmcao (t · c)
• 12 Jun 2024 – Draft:Characteristic samples (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Gal Meirom (t · c)
• 11 Jun 2024 – Draft:Carolyne Ekyarisiima (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Madenge Nyerere (t · c)
• 07 Jun 2024 – Draft:Oliver Aberth (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Thomas Geminus (t · c)
• 07 Jun 2024 – Draft:International Conference on Natural Language Processing (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kasyap (t · c)
• 05 Jun 2024 – Draft:Shubu Mukherjee (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by RyoneMukherjee (t · c)

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Topics

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• Computability and computational complexity theory

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Looking for something to do? The current to-do list for the project consists of these tasks:

To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2023-08-26 Here are some tasks awaiting attention: Article requests : Requested articles/Applied arts and sciences/Computer science, computing, and Internet Cleanup : Computer science articles needing attention Computer science articles needing expert attention Copyedit : Computing Expand : Computer science Infobox : Computer science articles without infoboxes Maintain : Timeline of computing 2020–present Photo : Find pictures for the biographies of computer scientists (see List of computer scientists) Computing articles needing images Stubs : Computer science stubs Unreferenced : WikiProject Computer science/Unreferenced BLPs Project-related : Tag all relevant articles in Category:Computer science and sub-categories with {{WikiProject Computer science}}

If none of those tasks sound appealing, then there are several places on Wikipedia where computer science related requests, suggestions and tasks have been collected together:

There are a few things that you should try to keep in mind while editing computer science articles.

One of the primary goals of this project is to make computer science articles accessible, so you should make an effort to explain any jargon.

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science/Manual of style is a draft manual of style for CS articles.
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics#Typesetting of mathematical formulae describes how to typeset mathematical expressions
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Computing#Command-line examples describes how sample shell commands should be formatted

Try to ensure that every computer science article includes at least a few relevant references, and direct citations for anything that could be considered controversial. Wikipedia articles cannot be a substitute for a textbook (that is what Wikibooks is for), and references can give readers some idea of where they should go if they need more information than the article can provide. Just as important, providing further reading enables other editors to verify and to extend the given information, as well as to discuss the quality of a particular source.

You can find more information on citations and references, as well as several examples for how the cited literature should look, in the style guide on citations. Wikipedia's List of publications in computer science can be a good source of references and citations for computer science articles, as can Citeseer and Google Scholar.

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Computer science articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	1	2	1				4
FL	1						1
FM					17		17
GA	3	9	16	21		4	53
B	39	104	88	71		46	348
C	75	272	454	763		297	1,861
Start	16	213	607	1,554		1,288	3,678
Stub		20	99	652		574	1,345
List	1	16	12	52		23	104
Category			1		1,147		1,148
Disambig			2	1	27		30
File					21		21
Portal					1		1
Project				2	30		32
Redirect		4	16	53	293		366
Template			1	2	136		139
NA		1		2	2		5
Other				1	205		206
Assessed	136	641	1,297	3,174	1,879	2,232	9,359
Unassessed		1	1	27	1	1,012	1,042
Total	136	642	1,298	3,201	1,880	3,244	10,401
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 35,064			Ω = 4.81

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