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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]]. 

If you would like to participate in this project, then you can optionally add your name to the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science/Participants|list of participants]]. Keep in touch with project developments by [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computer_science&action=watch adding this project to your watchlist] and joining discussions on the [[{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}|talk page]].


<div align=center style="font-size: 200%;">[[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computer science|Go to the discussion page]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computer_science&action=watch Watchlist this project]</div>


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== Article alerts <span class=editsection style="float: right">[[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computer_science/Article_alerts&action=watch watch]]</span> ==
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== Recent changes ==
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:WikiProject Computer science articles|Computer science articles]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:WikiProject Computer science articles}} articles) (Note: '''changes on talk pages only!''')
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:WikiProject Computer science stubs|Computer science stubs]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:WikiProject Computer science stubs}} stubs)
; Topics
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/List of computer scientists|Biographies of computer scientists]]
* [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/List of algorithms|Algorithms]]
* [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/List of data structures|Data structures]]
* [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/List of computability and complexity topics|Computability and computational complexity theory]]
; Related projects
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:WikiProject Cryptography articles|Cryptography articles]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:WikiProject Cryptography articles}} articles) (Note: '''changes on talk pages only!''')
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:WikiProject Database articles|Database articles]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:WikiProject Database articles}} articles) (Note: '''changes on talk pages only!''')
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:WikiProject C/C++ articles|C/C++ articles]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:WikiProject C++ articles}} articles) (Note: '''changes on talk pages only!''')
* [[Special:RecentChangesLinked/Category:WikiProject Java articles|Java articles]] ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:WikiProject Java articles}} articles) (Note: '''changes on talk pages only!''')
; External tools
* [https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/transcluded_changes.py?page=Template:WikiProject_Computer_science External watchlist]
* [https://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/unwatched_topic.py?banner=WikiProject_Computer_science Unwatched pages]

==Useful resources==
* [[/Popular pages|1000 most viewed articles]]
* [[/Templates|Templates]]
* [[/Unreferenced BLPs|Biographies of living computer scientists without references]]

==Participants==
See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science/Participants|Participants]] for a list of the participants in this project. Feel free to add yourself to the list.

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==Things to do==

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

{{to do}}

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:

{| class="wikitable"
! What || Where
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| Suggest or edit a computer science article needing attention || [[Wikipedia:Pages needing attention/Computer science|Pages needing attention: Computer science]]
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| Request or write a computer science article || [[Wikipedia:Requested articles/Applied arts and sciences/Computer science, computing, and Internet|Requested articles: Computer science]]
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| Request or provide an image ||  [[Wikipedia:Requested images#Computers|Requested images: Computers]]
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| Expand a computer science "stub" || [[:Category:Computer science stubs|Computer science stubs]]
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| Suggest or edit a redirect which could have its own article || [[Wikipedia:Redirects with possibilities#Computers|Redirects with possibilities: Computers]]
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| Add or find a "missing" computer science article || [[Wikipedia:Missing science topics#Computer science|Missing: Computer science]]
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| Add to or maintain the list of computer science publications || [[List of publications in computer science]]
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| Work on improving the computer science portal || [[:Portal:Computer science|Computer science portal]]
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| Find and fix computer science categories in need of attention || [[:Category:Wikipedia categories in need of attention#Tagged categories]]
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| Help find, tag, and assess computer science articles || [[/Assessment|Assessment]]
|}

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

===Audience===
One of the primary goals of this project is to make computer science articles [[Wikipedia:Make technical articles accessible|accessible]], so you should make an effort to [[Wikipedia:Explain jargon|explain any jargon]].

===Conventions===
* [[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 (computing)|shell]] commands should be formatted

===References===
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 [[Wikipedia:cite sources|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 [http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu Citeseer] and [http://scholar.google.com Google Scholar].

==Scope and goals==
=== Relevant categories ===
* [[:Category:Theoretical computer science]]
* [[:Category:Computer engineering]]
* [[:Category:Computer programming]]
* [[:Category:Computer networking]]
* [[:Category:Artificial intelligence]]
* [[:Category:Information science]]
* [[:Category:Software engineering]]
* [[:Category:Electronic engineering]]
* [[:Category:Digital electronics]]

=== Related WikiProjects ===
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals|WikiProject Academic Journals]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Science and academia|WikiProject Biography: Science and academia]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Bibliographies/Science task force|WikiProject Bibliographies: Science task force]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computational biology|WikiProject Computational biology]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer graphics|WikiProject Computer graphics]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer Vision|WikiProject Computer Vision]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing|WikiProject Computing]], parent WikiProject
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer networking|WikiProject Computer networking]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer Security|WikiProject Computer Security]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cryptography|WikiProject Cryptography]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Databases|WikiProject Databases]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Logic|WikiProject Logic]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics|WikiProject Mathematics]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Game theory|WikiProject Game theory]]
* <s>WikiProject Programming languages</s>
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject C/C++|WikiProject C/C++]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Java|WikiProject Java]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject .NET|WikiProject .NET]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Perl|WikiProject Perl]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject PHP|WikiProject PHP]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Robotics|WikiProject Robotics]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Systems|WikiProject Systems]]
* [[:d:Wikidata:WikiProject Informatics|WikiProject Informatics on Wikidata]] [[File:WikiProject Informatics Floppy.svg|25px]]

=== WikiBooks ===
* [[b:Subject:Computer science|Computer science]] ([[b:Category:Computer science|Category]])
** [[b:Algorithm Implementation|Algorithm Implementation]]
** [[b:Data Structures|Data Structures]]
* [[b:Subject:Computer programming|Computer programming]] ([[b:Category:Computer programming|Category]])
** [[b:C Programming|C Programming]]

==Article statistics==
{{See also|Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science/Recognized content}}
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Computer science articles by quality statistics}}
:[[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Computer science articles by quality log|[Assessment log]]] &bull; [[:Category:Computer science articles by quality|[by quality]]] &bull; [[:Category:Computer science articles by importance|[by importance]]]

You can help assess articles using the [[/Assessment#Importance scale|WikiProject Computer Science Importance scale]].

==Tools==
:''Main tool page: [[tools:~dispenser/view/Tools|toolserver.org]]''
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Reflinks|Reflinks]] -  Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
*[[toolforge:link-dispenser|Link dispenser]] - Check the health of external links
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Dab_solver|Dab solver]] - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
*[[tools:~dispenser/view/Peer_reviewer|Peer reviewer]] - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.

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