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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 list of participants. Keep in touch with project developments by adding this project to your watchlist and joining discussions on the talk page.
Articles for deletion
- 20 Sep 2026 – Software transactional memory (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by FaviFake (t · c); see discussion (1 participant)
- 19 Sep 2026 – Reflection (C++) (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by 1brianm7 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants)
- 13 Sep 2026 – Actor model and process calculi history (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by WeirdNAnnoyed (t · c); see discussion (1 participant; relisted)
- 07 Sep 2026 – Omkhar Arasaratnam (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Kqol (t · c); see discussion (7 participants; relisted)
- 02 Sep 2026 – Huang's law (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Laurdecl (t · c); see discussion (5 participants; relisted)
- 17 Sep 2026 – Concurrency (computer science) (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Fgnievinski (t · c) was closed as merge by BhikhariInformer (t · c) on 24 Sep 2026; see discussion (5 participants)
- 29 Aug 2026 – Computational irreducibility (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by D.Lazard (t · c) was closed as no consensus by Doczilla (t · c) on 21 Sep 2026; see discussion (9 participants; relisted)
Proposed deletions
- 23 Sep 2026 – Liu Qingfeng (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Dionysodorus (t · c): Presumptive removal of LLM-generated content, see Wikipedia:AI noticeboard#User:TinaLees-Jones. Please do not remove this tag without following the procedures for disputing presumptive removal of LLM-generated content.
Categories for discussion
- 12 Aug 2026 – Category:Computer science user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
- 12 Aug 2026 – Category:Computer hardware user templates (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Andrybak (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jul 2026 – Category:Computer-related introductions by year (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jul 2026 – Category:Computer-related introductions by decade (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
- 18 Jul 2026 – Category:Computer-related introductions by century (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Marcocapelle (t · c); see discussion
Redirects for discussion
- 23 Sep 2026 – PL/Ⅰ (talk · edit · hist) →PL/I was RfDed by LaundryPizza03 (t · c); see discussion
- 02 Sep 2026 – Contemporary AI (talk · edit · hist) →Large language model was RfDed by A412 (t · c); see discussion
Files for discussion
- 20 Jul 2026 – File:Condensation Cube of Haacke.jpg (talk · edit · hist) (on 1, 2, 3) was FfDed by Qzekrom (t · c); see discussion
Good article nominees
- 09 Sep 2026 – ColorStack (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Johnson524 (t · c); start discussion
Articles to be split
- 26 Apr 2026 – Coinduction (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Isaac Oscar (t · c); see discussion
- 17 Sep 2025 – Data governance (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Duncnbiscuit (t · c); see discussion
- 06 Jul 2023 – Rosenbrock methods (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by HTinC23 (t · c); see discussion
- 25 Jun 2023 – General game playing (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Geysirhead (t · c); see discussion
- 05 Dec 2020 – 3D reconstruction (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Fgnievinski (t · c); see discussion
- 01 Jun 2020 – Computer Olympiad (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Grutness (t · c); see discussion
Articles for creation
- 21 Sep 2026 – Draft:C++29 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2026-50637-96 (t · c)
- 20 Sep 2026 – Draft:Phuong Cao (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Zmmengineering7 (t · c)
- 09 Sep 2026 – Draft:David Lo (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Yunpeng00 (t · c)
- 08 Sep 2026 – Draft:Magdy Bayoumi (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 4houka (t · c)
- 02 Sep 2026 – Draft:Balkan Olympiad in Informatics (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by CDweller (t · c)
- 28 Aug 2026 – Draft:Jim Dai (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Qwerfjkl (bot) (t · c)
- 23 Jul 2026 – Draft:Emmanuel Abbé (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Quaenuncabibis (t · c)
- 18 Jul 2026 – Draft:Uniform manifold approximation and projection (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Coryoth (t · c)
- 13 Jul 2026 – Draft:HiFloat8 (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by ~2026-39398-60 (t · c)
- 28 May 2026 – Draft:Moonlight Special Micromouse (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by MoonlightDoubleE (t · c)
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Recent changes
[edit]- Computer science articles (11,034 articles) (Note: changes on talk pages only!)
- Computer science stubs (0 stubs)
- Topics
- Biographies of computer scientists
- Algorithms
- Data structures
- Computability and computational complexity theory
- Related projects
- Cryptography articles (1,947 articles) (Note: changes on talk pages only!)
- Database articles (0 articles) (Note: changes on talk pages only!)
- C/C++ articles (0 articles) (Note: changes on talk pages only!)
- Java articles (1,330 articles) (Note: changes on talk pages only!)
- External tools
Useful resources
[edit]Participants
[edit]See 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
[edit]Looking for something to do? The current to-do list for the project consists of these tasks:
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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:
| What | Where |
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| Suggest or edit a computer science article needing attention | Pages needing attention: Computer science |
| Request or write a computer science article | Requested articles: Computer science |
| Request or provide an image | Requested images: Computers |
| Expand a computer science "stub" | Computer science stubs |
| Suggest or edit a redirect which could have its own article | Redirects with possibilities: Computers |
| Add or find a "missing" computer science article | Missing: Computer science |
| Add to or maintain the list of computer science publications | List of publications in computer science |
| Work on improving the computer science portal | Computer science portal |
| Find and fix computer science categories in need of attention | Category:Wikipedia categories in need of attention#Tagged categories |
| Help find, tag, and assess computer science articles | Assessment |
Things to keep in mind
[edit]There are a few things that you should try to keep in mind while editing computer science articles.
Audience
[edit]One of the primary goals of this project is to make computer science articles accessible, so you should make an effort to explain any jargon.
Conventions
[edit]- 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 commands should be formatted
References
[edit]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 style guide on citations. Citeseer can be a good source of references and citations for computer science articles, as can Google Scholar.
Scope and goals
[edit]Relevant categories
[edit]Related WikiProjects
[edit]- WikiProject Academic Journals
- WikiProject Biography: Science and academia
- WikiProject Bibliographies: Science task force
- WikiProject Computational biology
- WikiProject Computer graphics
- WikiProject Computer Vision
- WikiProject Computing, parent WikiProject
- WikiProject Cryptography
- WikiProject Databases
- WikiProject Logic
- WikiProject Mathematics
WikiProject Programming languages- WikiProject Robotics
- WikiProject Systems
- WikiProject Informatics on Wikidata
WikiBooks
[edit]Article statistics
[edit]| Computer science articles by quality and importance | |||||||
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| Quality | Importance | ||||||
| Top | High | Mid | Low | NA | ??? | Total | |
 FA |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| FL |
1 | 1 | |||||
| FM |
21 | 21 | |||||
 GA |
2 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 56 | ||
| B | 45 | 100 | 98 | 112 | 63 | 418 | |
| C | 76 | 314 | 514 | 1,043 | 1 | 437 | 2,385 |
| Start | 16 | 210 | 593 | 1,952 | 1 | 1,721 | 4,493 |
| Stub | 12 | 87 | 708 | 882 | 1,689 | ||
| List | 1 | 22 | 16 | 76 | 21 | 136 | |
| Category | 1,301 | 1,301 | |||||
| Disambig | 28 | 28 | |||||
| File | 23 | 23 | |||||
| Portal | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Project | 33 | 33 | |||||
| Redirect | 27 | 85 | 356 | 468 | |||
| Template | 150 | 150 | |||||
| NA | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Other | 1 | 212 | 213 | ||||
| Assessed | 142 | 668 | 1,355 | 4,005 | 2,129 | 3,124 | 11,423 |
| Unassessed | 494 | 494 | |||||
| Total | 142 | 668 | 1,355 | 4,005 | 2,129 | 3,618 | 11,917 |
| WikiWork factors (?) | ω = 43,505 | Ω = 4.81 | |||||
You can help assess articles using the WikiProject Computer Science Importance scale.
Tools
[edit]- Main tool page: toolserver.org
- Reflinks - Edits bare references - adds title/dates etc. to bare references
- Link dispenser - Check the health of external links
- Dab solver - Quickly resolve ambiguous links.
- Peer reviewer - Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles.
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