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Article alerts are back!

You can now view article alerts for all of computing at WP:COMP/AA, and see the transcluded list on the WP:COMP main page. --Pnm (talk) 05:18, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

I discovered today WP:COMP/AA had only listed pages tagged directly using {{WikiProject Computing}}. I modified the templates so they'd populate Category:All Computing articles, too. After the next run, WP:COMP/AA should show the Software-, Comp Sec-, and Windows-tagged articles, too. --Pnm (talk) 21:33, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Is this Article Ready?

Is this Glary utilities article ready? Can someone please help it if not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anish9807 (talk • contribs) 05:23, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

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My A1 speedy deletion tagging of this article was declined, so you're my next hope of determining what this (apparently machine-translated) article is about. Does anyone recognise the concept? The text references encryption, but I can't tell whether it is supposed to be a method, a tool, or something else. Googling the title has produced nothing apparently relevant. Gonzonoir (talk) 13:59, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Having had a quick look at it the next step is WP:AfD. Notability hasn't been established and it looks unlikely it ever will be. Dmcq (talk) 14:15, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

That would be my hunch; I just don't want to write an AfD rationale that boils down to "I don't understand what this article is on about" if that's a function of my ignorance rather than of the article's lack of clarity.

If anyone here is able to write (at least) a one-sentence lead explaining what this subject is, we can at least use that to check for notability and sources more effectively than is possible from the title alone. Gonzonoir (talk) 14:27, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Translation says "Wikipedia consensus is that an unedited machine translation, left as a Wikipedia article, is worse than nothing", which various discussions on the village pump confirms. The onus is on someone to establish it is worth keeping if they want it, not on other editors to prove it should be removed. Dmcq (talk) 14:40, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Sure. Well, consider this part of my compliance with WP:BEFORE. I'll go to AfD with the article if nothing we could use to salvage it is forthcoming soon. Gonzonoir (talk) 14:52, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Try a WP:Proposed deletion first. It's unlikely to be controversial, and it saves you and others a lot of work. --Pnm (talk) 15:10, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh yes sorry that's what I should have said. I normally do a prod instead of asking for a quick deletion but yes this one does look like quick deletion was appropriate. Dmcq (talk) 15:41, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Tablet personal computer requested move

As an FYI, there is a move discussion currently taking place relating to Tablet personal computer at Talk:Tablet_personal_computer#Requested_move. --Labattblueboy (talk) 18:56, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Punch cards

Punched card has been nominated for renaming, see Talk:punched card. 65.94.71.179 (talk) 05:09, 12 January 2011 (UTC)