Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Apps/Archive 1

Archive 1

Getting the ball rolling

I'm currently configuring WP 1.0 bot to create assessment tables for the project; in the meantime, our initial primary goal is tag as many pages as possible with {{WikiProject Apps}}. —Theopolisme (talk) 21:08, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Gotcha. I'll see if I stumble upon any on AfC, although most of them are declined. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 22:57, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

GA

What if we pomp-up an article for GA status? Would be a nice first project. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 23:32, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Sounds good. How about Instagram? Plenty of coverage and such; just needs a cleansing, copyedit, and filling out. Game? —Theopolisme (talk) 01:20, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Instagram sounds good. The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 01:27, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Great! It'll be my first, so I'd appreciate any instructions! FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 21:53, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Category

Perhaps Category:Apps should be kept now that the project's come along nicely, if anyone would like to pitch in in that discussion. It'd be a good starting point to have a few articles to start with. I'll tag them talk pages! FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 23:00, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

Invitation Template

We could use an invitation template for recruiting members, could someone please make one? XapApp · talk · contribs 23:54, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

I knocked something together at Template:WikiProject Apps invitation...Thoughts? —Theopolisme (talk) 00:40, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

It's great, except we really need to find an image to represent the WikiProject—an image that would be good for a user box, the WikiProject assessment banner, and an invitation. The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 05:03, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Does a picture of the App Store icon not work? Numbermaniac - T- C 09:00, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

@The Anonymouse - I totally agree. @Numbermaniac I think it would preferable to avoid copyrighted images...perhaps we could find some sort of "app" glyph? —Theopolisme (talk) 13:07, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Well, File:Google Play symbol.svg is in the public domain, for one.--十八 01:36, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

• commons:Category:iOS-style icons might have something. The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 01:47, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

• Nice find! I've always been a fan of File:Cydia_icon.png, although it's a bit brown for our purposes. —Theopolisme (talk) 01:49, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

  Unfortunately, I just tagged it for deletion because it's fair use. :/ What about something like this: File:Imagen.svg? The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 05:24, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

I really like that! Take a look at {{WikiProject Apps invitation}} to see that image in action...thoughts? —Theopolisme (talk) 10:20, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

It's a very curious image. It suggests freethought in my mind. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 21:56, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

 Nice. But is it in a box of some kind? Numbermaniac - T- C 22:34, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

A what? You mean, like {{WikiProject Breakfast invitation}}? I find boxes utterly distracting on my talk, but I can of course implement one if that's the consensus. —Theopolisme (talk) 22:45, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Yes, but not that color. Preferably something in a more greyish color like the one here Numbermaniac - T- C 00:23, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Updated with "whitesmoke" color from the iOS invite, which I absolutely love. —Theopolisme (talk) 00:29, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, looks nice. The border color even matches the icon! The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 00:45, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Awesome. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 00:46, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Looks great, fine with me, great job! ^^ XapApp · talk · contribs 04:01, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

• I added the icon image to {{WikiProject Apps}}. The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 00:52, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Google Earth

As I was going through the apps on my iPad and adding the relevant articles with the Wikiproject Apps tag, I stumbled across Google Earth, and, after looking at the article, I thought that this could be nominated for GA-class status. How should this be done? Numbermaniac - T- C 03:01, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

You can follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations/Instructions#Nominating. —Theopolisme (talk) 10:51, 17 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Numbermaniac - T- C 11:37, 19 April 2013 (UTC)

Project Status

The WikiProject seems to have become inactive so I was wondering what we should do about it. Should we attempt to revive it? Also, on the WikiProject's original proposal page, User:ViperSnake151 placed an oppose vote and suggested a Mobile Software task force within WikiProject Software instead of a WikiProject. So do any of you have any thoughts on this? Thanks, ~XapApp(Talk·Contribs) 11:06, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

I would think this ought to be revived. -- ^(T) Numbermaniac _(C) 02:56, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Perhaps it should be merged to WP:WikiProject Software as a taskforce ; I note that WP:WikiProject Cellular devices is also inactive. -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 05:52, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I found this WikiProject today and would like to chip in. The main issue is that no one knows this exists. It's possible for smaller WikiProjects (like Wikipedia:WikiProject Television Stations) to get tons of participants, so it's not impossible to get more people involved. The question is, how? Nick1372 (talk) 18:59, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

You're right, no one really knows of its existence. Maybe we could 'advertise' our project on related project talk pages, such as WikiProject Computing. Or we could advertise it in our signatures...? -- ^t numbermaniac ^c 07:21, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Hmm, Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide/WikiProject has helpful information. Please read through it if you haven't already. ~XapApp(Talk·Contribs) 10:30, 17 August 2013 (UTC)

Bringing WikiProjects to the attention of wikipedians

The Signpost has a weekly column dedicated to wikiprojects. See some wikiprojects that were featured by the Signpost at Category:WikiProjects in The Signpost by name. XOttawahitech (talk) 14:34, 25 September 2013 (UTC)

Cellular devices wikiproject

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PROD for List of endangered languages with mobile apps

List of endangered languages with mobile apps was PRODded with reason given as "Really?" (Not sure what that means.) Cites are available for each app in their respective language articles, but I don't have time to add all the cites right this minute. Any ideas on ways to improve this list from the app perspective? Djembayz (talk) 16:26, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

Infobox?

Hi Folks, just curious if there is an WP:Infobox for this Project? I don't know what your attitude towards the use of them, but I know that I personally appreciate them in articles as a quick summary of the topic. Plus it would be a really convenient place to have a screen shot of the app. Thanks, --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 23:55, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!

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Harej (talk) 16:56, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

Atomic Antelope

Hi wikiappsians, i came across this article Atomic Antelope (a digital book publisher) when wandering around children's literature articles. Please forgive my presumptuousness but i have added your project to its talk page. For your info.Coolabahapple (talk) 08:53, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Faith restored. Hey guys i have never trusted Wiki due to anyone haveing access to edit it. I made some test edits and you guys caught almost instantly. You given me faith in the information on this site that i have never had before and i want to thank you for that. I will Actually use your site now, I was under the impression that it was a free for all of information be it good or bad, you have proven me wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.12.148.66 (talk) 19:04, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Google Play Movies listed at Requested moves

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New Article: PhotoMath

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Can I get help with this article?

Can I get help with this article? I am new to Wikipedia, and I want help making this article:User:PokestarFan/VShare? PokestarFan (talk) 23:38, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

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