Wikipedia:WikiProject Java

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WikiProject Java is a Wikipedian community that aims to better organize information in articles related to Java and its components (programming languages, editions, tools, end-user software, people, companies, etc.). 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 on occasions, see the to-do list there.

If you would like to participate more in this project, then you can add your name to the list of participants, keep in touch with project developments by watchlisting Wikipedia:WikiProject Java, and join discussions on the talk page.

Background, scope and goals

WikiProject Java should be a descendent project of WikiProject Computer science and WikiProject Computing (as are WikiProjects C++, Databases, Free Software, Linux and Macintosh). It will then have the value of uncluttering WikiProject Programming languages... It was probably born in September 2009.

This WikiProject aims primarily to provide readers of Wikipedia a clear and consistent reference for programming in Java and its platform.

The ultimate goal of this project is to provide a comprehensive guide to Java-related articles on Wikipedia.

Current goals

Identify all existing Wikipedia Java-related articles and put the project banner {{WikiProject Java}} onto their talk page to make editors aware of the existence of this project.
Expand and format the list of articles.
Write the listed redlink articles.
Assess (or reassess) unassessed articles.
Put the Infobox {{Infobox software}} in articles where applicable.
Identify Java topics not already covered in Wikipedia articles.
Maintain the Java portal (temp location).
Tag the relevant categories and pages with the {{Portal|Java|Wave.svg}} template.

Structure and participants

With the current limited number of participants, we do not seem to need a structure yet - everybody is equal here.

To add yourself to this WikiProject, put the Java userbox that will look something like this in your userpage by typing: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject_Java/Userbox}}

This user is a member of WikiProject Java.

List of participants

(A-Z, sorted according to the display name)

alainr345 (2009-09-24) AR*
APerson241 (2012-05-15) AP*
Aqueelone (2015-01-21) AQ*
Autarch (2010-03-10)
Compfreak7 (2012-01-01) CF*
Doorknob747 (2015-20-04) AS*
dr-unifex (2008-04-04) GI*
Fabior1984 (2010-06-27)
Giftiger wunsch (2010-05-18) GW*
gopalsomani (2011-07-07)
HotMess (2022-11-13)
Hugo_87 (2010-04-28)
Hyad (2009-11-04) RJY*
John Pritchard (2009-11-02) JDP*
Kabutz (2012-12-06) HK*
Karianna (2012-12-09) MV*
Klez (2019-03-18) FKC*
KuwarOnline (2009-10-20) VK*
Loadmaster (2009-09-29) LM*
M3tainfo (03 February 2010) ADK*
Martyparty007 (January 7th 2010) MP*
Mbaudier (30-11-2009) MB*
mgosemath (2012-07-29) MG*
Mikhail's Unieo (2020-07-27) MU*
Professor Calculus (2010-02-27) PC*
Rakesh Kumar (2010-09-24) N*
Razi_seyyedi (2009-12-07) SRS*
Robert Illes (2009-10-19)
Saud57 (January 9th, 2015) SF*
Swatkatz14 (2011-01-06)
To.harpreet (2013-03-28)
TheRealMoser (2018-07-31) JDM*
Tothwolf (2009-12-11)
YifatAmichay (2013-01-08)
ZeroOne (2010-03-11)
Ztothefifth (2011-01-01)

* Charter members
** Coordinator

Awards

The current award for the project is The Computing Star.

		The Computing Star
		a WikiProject Java participant

Articles

This is a collection of Java related articles, created or still redlink.
Please list all articles in the name of the article including bracketed text.
This article list could be incomplete.
Please help adding to it.

ARTICLES

This aims to be a complete article list of Java topics existing in Wikipedia:

The base list is the result of a Catscan extraction from October 5th, 2009;
Therefore, only new articles and existing articles recently categorized in a Java sub-category should be added here;
Also, red links (deleted articles) can be removed, as can be articles recategorized outside of Java scope;
Non-existing articles should be listed in Wikipedia:WikiProject_Java/List_of_article_requests, not here.

Article requests

Java ME SDK (with a note on versions like 3.0, etc.)
Artifactory - [1]

Articles for deletion

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Recent changes to Java-related articles

Recent changes in various articles within the scope of this project (not comprehensive):

Recent changes in articles related to Java
New articles
Article alerts (bot filing Proposed deletion, Articles for deletion, Featured article reviews, Good article nominations, Good article reassessment, Peer review, Requested moves, News, etc.)

Statistics

Total number of articles in Category:Java_platform: around User:Alainr345/Sandbox/Number of articles+categories (See Cat Scan)

Total number of pictures in Category:Java_platform: around User:Alainr345/Sandbox/Number of images (See Cat Scan)

Number of articles classified DIRECTLY under Category:Java_platform (plus total NUMBER of subcategories): around 212

Article count Importance by Quality matrix for WikiProject Java from WP1.0:

Java articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
GA				1			1
B	2	2	5	8			17
C	5	7	22	52		1	87
Start		12	48	232		3	295
Stub		4	21	374		5	404
List		1	4	7			12
Category					47		47
Disambig					76		76
File					286		286
Portal					1		1
Project					37		37
Redirect			2	44	29		75
Template					15		15
NA					1		1
Other					3		3
Assessed	7	26	102	718	495	9	1,357
Unassessed						1	1
Total	7	26	102	718	495	10	1,358
WikiWork factors (?)		ω = 4,298			Ω = 5.35

Templates

Template:WikiProject_Java
- Usage: {{Template:WikiProject_Java|importance=mid}}
Template:WikiProject_Java/Header
- Usage: {{Template:WikiProject_Java/Header}}
Wikipedia:WikiProject_Java/Userbox
- Usage: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject_Java/Userbox}}
Template:WikiProject_Java/Welcome
- Usage: {{subst: Template:WikiProject_Java/Welcome|~~~~}}

Assessment

See Assessment page.
See Peer review page.

Resources

Project logo

Lists

Shortcuts

Infoboxes

Software infobox

Variables

Number of Java articles (temp location)
- Number of Java biographies (temp location)
- Number of Java lists (temp location)
Number of Java images (temp location)
Number of Java sounds (temp location)
Number of Java videos (temp location)
Number of Java books (temp location)
Number of Java quotes (temp location)

Portals

Java Portal (temp location)

Internal pages

Things to keep in mind

There are a few things that you should try to keep in mind while editing Java articles.

Audience

One of the primary goals of this project is to make Java articles accessible, so you should make an effort to explain any jargon.

Conventions

Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science/Manual of style (computer science) is a draft manual of style that can be used for Java articles.
Wikipedia:Algorithms on Wikipedia contains hints on providing good sample implementations of algorithms
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (mathematics)#Typesetting of mathematical formulas describes how to typeset mathematical expressions
Wikipedia:Manual of Style (command-line examples) describes how sample shell commands should be formatted

References

Try to ensure that every Java 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 style guide on citations. Wikipedia's List of publications in computer science can be a good source of references and citations for Java articles, as can Citeseer and Google Scholar.

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