Wikipedia:WikiProject Telecommunications/Guidelines
Example of articles
with good structure
[edit]- OFDM. Good article candidate.
- Telecommunication. Listed as Good article.
- Optical fibre. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
- History of the Internet. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
- AT&T. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
- Alexander Graham Bell. Was listed (or only nominated?) as Good article.
- Nikola Tesla. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
- Data Encryption Standard. Listed as Featured article in August 2004.
- Cryptography. Listed as Featured article.
- Digital terrestrial television in Australia. Listed as Good article in August 2007.
- Digital radio in the United Kingdom. Listed as Good article in July 2007.
- 300-page iPhone bill. Listed as Good article in October 2007.
- Touchwave. Listed as Good article in January 2009.
Recommended article structure
[edit]Technical telecommunication articles should include the following:
- Definition, scope, synonyms, autonym
- Popular scientific introduction to the concept and its practical application for those unfamiliar with the subject matter
- Historical background, including date of origin and originator if known
- Key features, for example the advantages and disadvantages
- Schematic description and principles of operation, perhaps with numerical examples and illustrations
- Mathematical formulas and pseudo code are presented as late as possible
- Technical details on special cases and instances of the concept, for example versions and implementations, perhaps presented in a comparison table
- See also
- References
- External links
Recommended terminology
[edit]- ITU Terms and Definitions An online database providing access to all the abbreviations, acronyms, terms and definitions contained in the International Telecommunication Union publications (multiple languages)
- Electropedia 20,000 electrical and electronic terms defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (multiple languages)
- Federal Standard 1037C: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms 1996 Online access to the terms defined in United States Federal Standard 1037C, maintained by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
- Eriterm - a five-language telecommunications glossary: English, Swedish, French, Spanish, German. Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992, 683 pages, ISBN 91-630-0494-1
- Textbooks at Google books
- Research articles at Google scholar