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Line 1: {{short description\|Sub-project of WikiProject Computing}} ~~<!-- Please do not remove or change this MfD message during the discussion. -->~~ {{WikiProject status\|inactive\|taskforce=yes\|parent=Computing}} {{mfdtag\|Wikipedia:WikiProject Early computers}}<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="mfd" style="margin: 0 5%; padding: 0 7px 7px 7px; background: #D0ECDD; border: 1px solid #539570; text-align: left; font-size:95%;"> Some [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians\|Wikipedian]]s have formed a [[Wikipedia:~~WikiProject~~Task force\|~~project~~task force]] to better organize information in articles related to '''early computers''' (for which purpose early computers are loosely described as anything before those using [[integrated circuit]]s). This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this ~~project~~task force will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the [[Wikipedia:to-do list\|to-do list]] there.▼ ~~'''This miscellaneous page is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy\|deletion policy]][[Template:md\|.]]'''~~ ~~{{#if:\|This nomination is part of a discussion of several related miscellaneous pages.}}<br />~~ Please discuss the matter at '''[[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/{{#if:\|{{{1}}}\|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}\|this page's entry]]''' on the [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion\|Miscellany for Deletion]] page.<br /> You are welcome to edit this page, but please do not blank, merge, or move this page (without knowing exactly what you are doing), or remove this notice, while the discussion is in progress. 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Feel free to edit beyond this point. -->~~ [[{{Wikipedia:WikiProject ~~X\|WikiProject X]]~~Computing/sidebar}}▼ ▲Some [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians\|Wikipedian]]s have formed a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject\|project]] to better organize information in articles related to '''early computers''' (for which purpose early computers are loosely described as anything before those using [[integrated circuit]]s). This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the [[Wikipedia:to-do list\|to-do list]] there. ~~==Title==~~ ~~'''WikiProject on Early computers'''~~ ==Scope== This ~~[[WikiPedia:WikiProject\|WikiProject]]~~task force is a place to co-ordinate work on the numerous Wikipedia pages about early computers. ~~==Parentage==~~ ~~The parent of this WikiProject is [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing\|WikiProject Computing]].~~ ~~==Descendant WikiProjects==~~ ~~No descendant WikiProjects have been defined.~~ ~~<!--~~ ~~The descendants of this WikiProject are:~~ ▲[[Wikipedia:WikiProject X\|WikiProject X]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Y\|WikiProject Y]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Z\|WikiProject Z]] ~~-->~~ ~~==Similar WikiProjects==~~ ~~No similar WikiProjects have been named.~~ ~~<!--~~ ~~Similar WikiProjects are:~~ [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Q\|WikiProject Q]] [[Wikipedia:WikiProject R\|WikiProject R]] ~~-->~~ ==Participants== Line 46 ⟶ 14: * [[User:Walksonwalls\|Walksonwalls]]\|[[User talk:Walksonwalls\|Talk]] * [[User:Bubba73\|Bubba73]]\|[[User talk:Bubba73\|Talk]] - inactive, though. I did quite a bit on early computers several months ago, but none lately. * * [[User:Spyza\|Spyza]]\|[[User_talk:Spyza\|Talk]] * [[User:RTC\|RTC]]\|[[User_talk:RTC\|Talk]] * It's me, [[User:MiKE100malloy]]; wanna drop me a line at my [[User_talk:MiKE100malloy\|Talk]] page? I like the old computers, and hope to contribute more to the project. * -- [[User:Tinucherian\|'''<em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000"> TinuCherian </em>''']] <sup> [[User talk:Tinucherian\| (Wanna Talk?) ]] </sup> - 06:42, 25 June 2008 (UTC) ~~==Structure==~~ * --[[User:Mu301\|mikeu]] <sup>[[User talk:Mu301\|talk]]</sup> 12:00, 27 September 2008 (UTC) ~~<!--~~ * [[User:W Nowicki]]\|[[User talk:W Nowicki\|Talk]] ~~Discuss the format for each article based on the WikiProject. Include various categories applicable to the topic.~~ * [[Stutya]]\|[[User talk:Stutya\|Talk]] ~~-->~~ --[[User:ArnoldReinhold\|agr]] ([[User talk:ArnoldReinhold\|talk]]) 19:45, 12 September 2012 (UTC) Is this still active? [[User Bduke\|Bduke]] ([[User talk:Bduke\|talk]]) I first started computing on a very early computer, coding in Mercury Autocode, in 1960, so I am happy to work in this project, particularity if it becomes more active. ~~==Hierarchy definition==~~ ~~No classification of this project has been defined.~~ ==Goals== Line 61 ⟶ 28: * To standardize classification of early computers into several different [[Wikipedia:Category\|Categories]]. See [[/Generations]] for a draft article on the stages of early computer development. ~~==General strategy and discussion forums==~~ ~~<!--~~ [[/General]] [[/Strategy]] ~~-->~~ ==Infoboxes== * ~~<nowiki>~~{{tl\|User ~~WikiProject~~ Early computers task force}}~~</nowiki>~~ {{User WikiProject Early computers}} <~~!--~~br> * {{substemplate\|template}} <br> ~~{{template}}~~ ~~-->~~ ==Project Articles== ~~<br style="clear: both">~~ <nowiki>{{WikiProject Computing\|class=\|importance=\|early-comp=yes\|early-comp-importance=}}</nowiki> {{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Early computers articles by quality statistics}} ~~==Templates==~~ ==See also== * [[:Category:Early computers articles]] * [[:Category:Early computers]] * [[:Category:One-of-a-kind computers]] Line 91 ⟶ 51: ===Books=== The list got rather long, and has been moved to [[~~Wikipedia:WikiProject Early computers~~/Books]]. ===External links=== Line 103 ⟶ 63: * The late (and much missed) [http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ Mike Muuss] collected a large number of original documents relating to early computer work in the US, at [http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/comphist/ History of Computing Information] * Some info relating to [http://museum.e-ukraine.org/ early computer work in the USSR] (there used to be [[USSR\|such country :-)]] with focus to [[Ukraine]].~~[[Category:Inactive WikiProjects]]~~ * List of books about Soviet computers [http://www.icfcst.kiev.ua/Museum/chBooks.html] on the Kiev Museum server. 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