Wikipedia:WikiProject Linux

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WikiProject Linux

Category	WikiProject Linux
Portal	Linux
Wikimedia Commons	Linux
Parent project(s)	Software, Computing, Technology
Userbox	{{User WPLinux}}
Assessment	WikiProject Linux/Assessment

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• Join this project! Add yourself to the list, and add the userbox to your page, to advertise the project to people who happen to pass by.
• Invite people to the project – drop a note on the user talk page of editors working on Linux topics who aren't project members.
• Consider promoting the project via the Wikipedia Signpost WikiProject desk.

Improve the project

• Update the project pages, archive clutter, and make use of the latest automation available
• Consult the WikiProject Guide for ideas
• Come up with new ones

Use the project

• Monitor discussions on talk pages of articles covered by the project. Recent changes to the project's talk pages
• Create a new article.

• Expand some of the articles (check out Category:Linux stubs or some of its subcategories), always respecting Wikipedia's Neutral Point of View Policy. Also, check the Wikipedia: Manual of Style.
• Add references to articles which need referencing improving. Biographies of living persons are a particular priority.
• Assess some of the Unassessed Linux articles, using the criteria at Wikipedia:WikiProject Linux/Assessment. Update the project banner on the relevant talk page.
• You can look at the cleanup listing to see what needs doing.
• Check the talk page for requests for help.

• You can look at the project's popular pages list to identify particularly high-profile articles that could be improved.

A bot produces a list of content recognized as related to this project. It contains among other things featured articles and good articles directly related to Linux.

To watch: Wikipedia:WikiProject Linux/Article alerts

Proposed deletions

• 13 Sep 2024 – Cowloop (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by Rorshacma (t · c): Non-notable piece of software. The article has no reliable sources, and searches did not turn up any coverage of this software in reliable sources.

Articles to be merged

• 06 Sep 2024 – Criticism of desktop Linux (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Criticism of Linux by Lunaroxas (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

• 25 Jun 2024 – Draft:Lomiri (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by UltrasonicMadness (t · c)
• 21 Jun 2024 – Draft:Xiaomi HyperOS (talk · edit · hist) submitted for AfC by Fapzarz (t · c) was accepted to Xiaomi HyperOS (talk · edit · hist) by Ca (t · c) on 14 Sep 2024