User:Dwayne/Sandbox/WikiProjectMicrosoft
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Helping the project
- Promote the project
- Join this project! Add yourself to the list, and add the userbox to your page, to advertise the project to people who happen to pass by.
- Invite people to the project – drop a note on the user talk page of editors working on Microsoft topics who aren't project members.
- Consider promoting the project via the Wikipedia Signpost WikiProject desk.
- Improve the project
- Update the project pages, archive clutter, and make use of the latest automation available
- Consult the WikiProject Guide for ideas
- Come up with new ones
- Use the project
- Create a new article. Or check out Wikipedia:WikiProject Microsoft/new articles and see if these new articles need work such as project tagging or categorising.
- Translate or expand articles from English Wikipedia.
- Expand some of the articles (check out Category:Stub-Class Microsoft articles or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
- Add references to articles which need referencing improving. Biographies of living persons are a particular priority.
- Assess some of the Unassessed Microsoft articles, using the criteria at Wikipedia:WikiProject Microsoft#Quality assessment. Update the project banner on the relevant talk page.
- Check the talk page for requests for help.
- Check the to do list at Wikipedia:WikiProject Microsoft#Things to do
Resources
Talkpage Templates
- {{WikiProject Apple Inc.}} is to be placed on the corresponding talkpage of an article. This helps categorize the articles! See example below:
 | Apple Inc. Unassessed | |||||||||
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- {{Currentmaccotw}} is for the current Macintosh collaboration and is to be placed on the corresponding talkpage of an article. See example:
{{Currentmaccotw}}
- {{formermaccotw}} is for old collaborations and is to be placed on the corresponding talkpage of an article. See example below:
 | This article is a former Apple Inc. collaboration. It was in the spotlight from DATE to DATE. The Collaboration is managed by WikiProject Apple Inc., an attempt to improve, grow, and standardize Wikipedia's articles related to Apple Inc. and the Macintosh. |
Article Templates
- Stub templates
- {{mac-stub}} is for stub articles relating to the Macintosh:
- {{mac-software-stub}} is for stub articles relating to third party software for Macintosh.
- General use
- {{cite mac}} to cite Macintosh tech specs
- {{lowercase}} is used because Wikipedia software cannot display the first letter of a title as lowercase. However, Apple has many articles that do just that (like iPad).
- {{Infobox information appliance}} is an infobox for hardware articles, such as MacBook Pro, where you can see the template in action.
- Navigation
- {{Apple}} is a navigational template for Apple Inc.-related articles.
- {{Apple hardware since 1998}} is a navigational template for Apple hardware articles, preferably recent ones as the name says.
- {{Apple software}} is used for software
- Lists, tables, and timelines
- {{Complete timeline of Macintosh models}}
- {{List of iPod models}}
- {{Timeline of iPod models}}
- {{Timeline of full-size iPod models}}
- {{Timeline of compact iPod models}}
- {{Timeline of MacBook family models}}
- {{Timeline of Apple products}}
- {{Timeline of Apple II family models}}
- {{Table of current Macintosh models}}
- {{Mac OS X}}
Userpage Templates
- {{Project Apple Inc.}} for your user page or your talk page to keep track of this project (template shown at the top of this page). It does not add a category.
- {{User WikiProject Apple Inc.}} is for UBX tags. It adds the page to Category:WikiProject Macintosh members. If you do not wish to display this template, add the category by regular means to your userpage.
 | This user is a participant in WikiProject Apple Inc. |
- Peer review—for those looking to make an article recognized content
- How to upload icons
- Starter code for articles
- List of subpages
Project news
Things to do
To-do list is empty: remove {{To do}} tag or click on edit to add an item. |
Assessment
- Our assessment department's goal is to assess the quality of Wikipedia's Apple Inc. articles. Article ratings are used to help recognize excellent contributions and identifying topics in need of further work, and are also expected to play a role in the Version 1.0 Editorial Team program. Visit our assessment department for more info.
| Apple Inc. articles by quality and importance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| FL
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1 | 1 | |||||
 GA
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2 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 28 | ||
| B | 15 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 167 | ||
| C | 5 | 80 | 163 | 255 | 3 | 506 | |
| Start | 33 | 134 | 560 | 74 | 801 | ||
| Stub | 2 | 13 | 266 | 212 | 493 | ||
| List | 2 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 45 |
| Category | 262 | 262 | |||||
| Draft | 22 | 22 | |||||
| Disambig | 10 | 10 | |||||
| File | 220 | 220 | |||||
| Project | 30 | 30 | |||||
| Redirect | 2 | 2 | 9 | 546 | 559 | ||
| Template | 146 | 146 | |||||
| Assessed | 24 | 170 | 391 | 1,180 | 1,237 | 291 | 3,293 |
| Total | 24 | 170 | 391 | 1,180 | 1,237 | 291 | 3,293 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 9,549 | Ω = 4.78 | |||||
New articles
This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.
Rules | Match log | Results page (for watching) | Last updated: 2024-11-21 19:37 (UTC)
Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.
- MobiOffice (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Kylawikip (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-11-21, score: 38
- Tetris (Spectrum HoloByte) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Lazman321 (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2024-11-20, score: 30
- Draft:Between (The App) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Hoitung (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-11-21, score: 38
- Gangstar Rio: City of Saints (2011) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by AimanAbir18plus (talk · contribs · new pages (3)) started on 2024-11-15, score: 36
- SBS On Demand (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by 202.7.251.83 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-11-15, score: 38
- Lost (TV series) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Asukite (talk · contribs · new pages (13)) started on 2024-11-14, score: 30
- Zalo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by DotXK (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2024-11-08, score: 38
- Draft:Suzanne Forlenza Lindbergh (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Suzanne Forlenza Lindbergh (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2024-11-08, score: 49
Featured content
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Portal:Apple Inc./box-header Dwayne (talk · contribs) (founder,coordinator)
