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== Project directory ==

Hello. The [[WP:COUNCIL|WikiProject Council]] has recently updated the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory]]. This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at [[User:B2T2/Portal]], listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding [[:Category:WikiProject assessments|assessment]], [[:Category:WikiProject peer reviews|peer review]], and [[:Category:Wikipedia collaborations|collaboration]] are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. [[User:Badbilltucker2|B2T2]] 00:03, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

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<div style="background: #ddd; color: #000; width:80%; height:80px; border:1px solid #c0c090; text-align:left; margin:auto;"><div><span style="font:large bold serif; width:3em; color:#f33; text-transform:uppercase; padding:1em 0 0 1em;">Draft</span> '''Proposed:''' This article is within the scope of '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Early_computers | WikiProject Early Computers]]''' ([[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Early_computers|discussion]]). This article has been rated as '''Stub-Class''' on the Project's quality scale. See [[Talk:T-Square (software)/Comments|comments]].</div></div>

:* I tagged these programs ''merge''. Your advice on whether to proceed with that would be most helpful. Thank you. --[[User:Susanlesch|Susanlesch]] 12:18, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

::*I will remove the merge tags since there is no support. If you should have comments later feel free to leave them on my talk page. Best wishes. -[[User:Susanlesch|Susanlesch]] 05:56, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

== Wikipedia Day Awards ==

Hello, all. It was initially my hope to try to have this done as part of [[Wikipedia:Esperanza|Esperanza's]] proposal for an appreciation week to end on Wikipedia Day, January 15. However, several people have once again proposed the entirety of Esperanza for deletion, so that might not work. It was the intention of the Appreciation Week proposal to set aside a given time when the various individuals who have made significant, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia would be recognized and honored. I believe that, with some effort, this could still be done. My proposal is to, with luck, try to organize the various WikiProjects and other entities of wikipedia to take part in a larger celebrartion of its contributors to take place in January, probably beginning January 15, 2007. I have created yet another new subpage for myself (a weakness of mine, I'm afraid) at [[User talk:Badbilltucker/Appreciation Week]] where I would greatly appreciate any indications from the members of this project as to whether and how they might be willing and/or able to assist in recognizing the contributions of our editors. Thank you for your attention. [[User:Badbilltucker|Badbilltucker]] 17:46, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

== Celebrity endorsements of 80s computers article ==

I found an article about celebrity endorsements of 80s computers which might interest this task force. Some of the celebrities mentioned at [[William Shatner]], [[Alan Alda]], [[Bill Bixby]], [[Bill Cosby]], and even [[Bill Gates]] (for a Radio Shack Tandy!). - [[User:Lady Aleena|LA]] @ 23:39, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

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== Off-site HCI encyclopedia ==

I am currently creating a Wikia (http://bushytree.wikia.com) about the evolution and history of the Human Computer Interface based on an early paper and an oft-referenced diagram that I've done on the Xerox Star. I would love to get in touch with collaborators to help hammer it into shape. [[Special:Contributions/68.58.255.234|68.58.255.234]] ([[User talk:68.58.255.234|talk]]) 22:31, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Early computers? ==

Can someone explain ''how'' these computers could possibly be classified as ''early''?

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== active? ==

Is this project still active? --[[User:Mu301|mikeu]] ^{[[User talk:Mu301|talk]]} 12:27, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

: Atleast I am ! -- [[User:Tinucherian|'''<em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000"> Tinu</em>''']] [[User talk:Tinucherian|'''<em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000">Cherian </em>''']] - 15:56, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

== images anyone? ==

If anyone is looking for images of older computer hardware to illustrate articles, feel free to drop me a note with requests. I am a member of the Retro-Computing Society of RI and have access to a variety of mini-computers and other machines. We've started uploading some shots, for example: [[:Image:PDP-10 1090.jpg]] [[:Image:Linc-8.jpg]] [[:Image:Ibm-tube.jpg]] [[:Image:9-track-drive-open.jpg]] [[:Image:X-document.gif]] Just leave a reply in this thread. --[[User:Mu301|mikeu]] ^{[[User talk:Mu301|talk]]} 12:51, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

== Analog-to-Digital Timeline ==

[[User:Bob the Wikipedian/Analog-to-Digital Timeline]]

Can anyone add to this list? I started it when I realized I couldn't think of a single analog device which has gone digital since the mid-80's. Thanks! [[User:Bob the Wikipedian|Bob the Wikipedian]] ^{([[User talk:Bob the Wikipedian|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Bob the Wikipedian|contribs]])} 06:10, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

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== [[Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine]] ==

Any comments members of this task force might like to make at the [[Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine|SSEM's]] FAC [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine#Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine|here]] would be more than welcome. --[[User:Malleus Fatuorum|Malleus]] [[User_talk:Malleus_Fatuorum|Fatuorum]] 16:16, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

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== WP 1.0 bot announcement ==

This message is being sent to each WikiProject that participates in the [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment|WP 1.0 assessment system]]. On '''Saturday, January 23, 2010''', the [[User:WP 1.0 bot|WP 1.0 bot]] will be upgraded. Your project does not need to take any action, but the appearance of your project's [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Early computers articles by quality statistics|summary table]] will change. The upgrade will make many new, optional features available to all WikiProjects. Additional information is available at the [[Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Index|WP 1.0 project homepage]]. &mdash;&nbsp;Carl <small>([[User:CBM|CBM]]&nbsp;·&nbsp;[[User talk:CBM|talk]])</small> 03:14, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

== Request for comment on Biographies of living people==

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