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This is '''computer networking task force''', a place created to better organize information in articles related to [[computer network]]ing.  If you would like to help, please add your username at the bottom of the {{slink||Participants}} section below and take a look at the {{slink||Tasks}} section for improvement ideas.

==Information== 
===Scope===
Covering all articles related to [[computer networking]].  Networks rely heavily on protocols, and that is the primary focus, but it should also include models (e.g., [[OSI model]]), hardware, and applications.
Like all good Wikipedia articles, each computer networking article should explain the basics (such as what an IP address is) as well as the technical details (such as packet structure).

===Related WikiProjects===
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Internet|WikiProject Internet]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science|WikiProject Computer science]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Telecommunications|WikiProject Telecommunications]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Software|WikiProject Software]]

===Participants===
*{{User|Zscole}} [[TCP congestion control]], [[Software-defined networking]], [[SD-WAN]]
*{{User|Stutya}}
*{{User|Cburnett}} 18:37, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
*{{User|Vap0rtranz}} &mdash; [[heterogeneous networks]], technical translation, [[helpdesk]], [[Linux]]
*{{User|Mange01}} 08:50, 7 November 2006 (UTC) &mdash; [[Scheduling algorithm]]s, [[physical layer]] and [[data link]] layer issues, [[wireless]] communication.
*{{User|Mancini}} 16:37, 26 November 2006 (UTC) much of the articles under [[:Category:Network management]]
*{{User|Boscobiscotti}} 04:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC) [[Ethernet over twisted pair]], [[IEEE_802.11]], [[VLAN]] [[Ethernet Switch]]
*{{User|thefirstM}}
*{{User|akc9000}} [[Routers]] [[Host (network)]] [[Routing protocol]], IMP June 2007, monitoring [[Routing]]
*{{User|Namanmishra10000}}
*{{User|Naveenpf}}
*{{User|Denis tarasov}} wireless networking, traffic enginering, sattelite communications, Ethernet, MVDS etc.
*{{User|Staffwaterboy}} 12:46, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
*{{User|Lanilsson}} [[Wireless_mesh]] 22:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
*{{User|Tinucherian}} 08:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
*{{User|Melab-1}} 23:58, 7 July 2008 (UTC)~
*{{User|Pgallert}} routing and switching, general principles
*{{User|QuackCD}} ([[User talk:QuackCD|talk]]) 01:30, 7 January 2009 (UTC) VoIP and other Voice-y type Network Topics.
*{{User|kgrr}} 22:06, 18 January 2009 (UTC)  IEEE member, wireless network engineer, phy/mac, switching, networking, Wi-Fi...
*{{User|Koman90}} 22:34, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
*{{User|Andrewcrawford}} - Majortiy of networking from thoery to pratical - BSc Comptuer Networking
*{{User|Kvng}}
*{{User|Gl1d3r}}
*{{User|W163}} Jeff Ogden, aka W163 22:19, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
*{{User|Tenretnieht}} : IPv4 , IPv6 , DNS , DNSSEC , [[Classless Inter-Domain Routing]]
*{{User|Nageh}} bits across everything :) 13:42, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
*{{User|W Nowicki}} May 2013
*{{User|Ozhu}} 19:51, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
*{{User|HLachman}}, programmer from a different century.  July 2013.
*{{User|Ngriffeth}} 19:49, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
*{{User|IveGoneAway}} [[DO-178C|airborne]] embedded systems PHY and MAC; [[CANbus|CAN]], [[AUTOSAR]], [[I²C]], [[Universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter|UART]], [[Serial Peripheral Interface|SPI]], [[Modbus]], [[Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments|SCPI]]
*{{User|Tara Zieminek}}
*{{User|ImperfectlyInformed}} 23:29, 3 July 2016 (UTC) - web application developer interested in lower level details.
*{{User|tommiie}}
*{{User|ExoticViolet}} [[User:ExoticViolet|ExoticViolet]] ([[User talk:ExoticViolet|talk]]) 14:42, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
*{{User|Infograbber19}} Network Engineer - [[User:Infograbber19|Infograbber19]] ([[User talk:Infograbber19|talk]]) 09:51, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
*{{User|Justanotherintrovert}}
*{{User|Somers-all-the-time}}
*{{User|applsdev}}

==Article guidelines==
The general style guide for computing articles, [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Computing]], should be followed.
===Content===
====Common elements====
Each networking technology article should include a minimum set of standard elements, as follows:
* General description
* References and external links. [[Wikipedia:Cite Sources|cite sources]]! 
* Appropriate categorization. See [[Wikipedia:Categorization]].

===Organization===
Here are a few ideas for how to organize articles. These do not necessarily have to correspond to the actual section headers and divisions, and they are no more than suggestions. Conform to them to help improve the article in question.

A protocol-specific article:
* History of the protocol
** Who started it
** When was it started
** What revisions were there
** Any related or defining [[Request for Comment|RFCs]]?
* What other protocols were kept in mind when designing this protocol?  (e.g., [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]] to [[Stream Control Transmission Protocol|SCTP]])
* Packet structure
* Any related technical discussions (e.g., fragmentation and reassembly for [[IPv4]])

A hardware-specific article:
* What is it used for (what protocols, versions, etc.)
* Hardware features
* List of manufacturers & models

== Templates ==
=== Talk page project template ===
{{tlx|WikiProject Computing|2=class=|3=importance=|4=network=yes|5=network-importance=}}

{{WikiProject Computing|class=|importance=|network=yes|network-importance=|category=no}}

===Stubs===
{{tlx|Compu-network-stub}}

===Infoboxes===
''This task force has not yet created any infoboxes. Consult the [[{{NAMESPACE}} talk:{{PAGENAME}}#Infoboxes|talk page]] for more information''.

===Userboxes===
{{tlx|User WikiProject computer networking}}

{{User WikiProject computer networking}}

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==WP 1.0 Assessed Articles==
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Computer networking articles by quality statistics}}

==Tasks==
{{User:WolterBot/Cleanup listing subscription|Computer networking}}
*{{PAGESINCATEGORY:Computer networking articles needing expert attention}} articles in [[:Category:Computer networking articles needing expert attention]].
*[[Access network]]: This article might be of interest to the networking task force. Please consider triage. [[User:Hvaara|<span style="color:white;"><span style="background-color: cornflowerblue">Hvaara</span></span>]]&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Hvaara|<span style="color:cornflowerblue;">T</span>]]∞[[Special:Contributions/Hvaara|<span style="color:cornflowerblue;">C</span>]]</sup> 11:54, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
::This is probably best left to [[WP:TELECOM]]. ~[[User:Kvng|Kvng]] ([[User talk:Kvng|talk]]) 14:10, 2 June 2018 (UTC)
*Improve [[Ethernet]] toward [[WP:GA|good article]] by addressing {{citation needed}} requests. ~[[User:Kvng|Kvng]] ([[User talk:Kvng|talk]]) 19:53, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
*[[Network scheduler]] improvements as discussed on [[Talk:Network_scheduler#Re-organisation_of_the_set_of_pages_describing_network_scheduling_algorithms|talk page]] ~[[User:Kvng|Kvng]] ([[User talk:Kvng|talk]]) 14:37, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
* Tagging articles for the project in relevant categories.
* WP 1.0 Assessment of both quality and importance.
* Improving quality and getting a few articles to FA and GA articles.
* Outreach : Attract new members who might be interested and possibly start a bi-monthly newsletter.

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