User contributions for Alexander

15 February 2023

• 06:5306:53, 15 February 2023 diff hist +43‎ N M:TEMPLATES ‎ Redirected page to WiredWiki:Templates directory current Tag: New redirect
• 06:5306:53, 15 February 2023 diff hist +42‎ N M:LOGIN ‎ Redirected page to WiredWiki:Getting an account current Tag: New redirect
• 06:5306:53, 15 February 2023 diff hist +45‎ N M:NEW ‎ Redirected page to WiredWiki:You must be new here! current Tag: New redirect
• 06:1006:10, 15 February 2023 diff hist −7‎ m XionKB:Missions directory ‎ "computing terminology" and drop the "applied" from "software architecture"
• 06:1006:10, 15 February 2023 diff hist +1‎ m Digital newspeak ‎ fix broken link current
• 06:0906:09, 15 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ m Computing terminology ‎ Alexander moved page Computer terminology to Computing terminology without leaving a redirect: consistency with Computing theory current
• 06:0806:08, 15 February 2023 diff hist +245‎ N Hardware architecture ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on hardware architecture'''. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission/hardware architecture}}. Category:Mission springboard" current
• 06:0706:07, 15 February 2023 diff hist +672‎ N Epiphany architecture ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on the Epiphany architecture'''. "Epiphany" refers to a series of chips developed by Adapteva, most notably the Epiphany III and Epiphany V, which demonstrated a novel, more geometrically cognizant parallelised architecture that later catalyzed processor architectures at such companies as Nvidia and Cerebras. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission/epipha..." current
• 06:0106:01, 15 February 2023 diff hist +726‎ N Instruction set architecture ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on instruction set architecture''', or more aptly, the '''mission on ISA'''. The three main focus areas of this are Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC), Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC), and Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW). Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission/isa}}. It is part of the broader mission on Hardware architecture. ==Arti..." current
• 05:5505:55, 15 February 2023 diff hist −31‎ m XionKB:Missions directory ‎ more adjustments
• 05:5405:54, 15 February 2023 diff hist −13‎ m XionKB:Missions directory ‎ -ware suffix not a full mission
• 05:5305:53, 15 February 2023 diff hist +333‎ N Computing terminology ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on computer terminology'''. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission/computer terminology}}. ==Articles== * Acronyms in software * Software project naming * -ware suffix Category:Mission springboard"
• 05:5105:51, 15 February 2023 diff hist +392‎ N Digital newspeak ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on digital newspeak''', the phenomenon of {{wp|George Orwell|Orwellian}} perversion of language in a digital context. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission/digital newspeak}}. It is part of the broader mission on Computer terminology. Category:Mission springboard"
• 05:4605:46, 15 February 2023 diff hist +7‎ m Context-free Babel ‎ fix banner template link current
• 05:3605:36, 15 February 2023 diff hist −21‎ m XionKB:Missions directory ‎ remove free software as mission
• 05:3605:36, 15 February 2023 diff hist +570‎ N Context-free Babel ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} thumb|right|The Tower of Babel from the Bible, explained as a testament to the hubris of mankind and the resulting loss of intelligibility. This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on the context-free Babel''', a term relating the Biblical myth of the {{wp|Tower of Babel}} to customarily context-free programming languages. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission/open access}}...."
• 05:3205:32, 15 February 2023 diff hist +27‎ N File:Babel.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 05:2705:27, 15 February 2023 diff hist +585‎ N Open source ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on open source'''. Open source is a legal and cultural concept pertaining to the freedom to share and modify computer programs by mandating the accessibility of the constituent source code. For this mission's purposes, it also includes the related but distinct concepts of free software and monastic software. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission..." current
• 05:2305:23, 15 February 2023 diff hist +664‎ N Open access ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on open access''', a concept championed most notably by activist and programmer {{wp|Aaron Swartz}}. For this mission's purpose, a more general connotation of "open access" is taken that does not carry specific weight towards academia and research publication. Instead, the open access concept is broadened to more completely focus on information as data, especially data belonging to the public..." current
• 05:2105:21, 15 February 2023 diff hist +788‎ N Bazaar cannibals ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on bazaar cannibals'''. "Bazaar cannibals" is a term referring to many venture-backed "web 2.0" businesses that leverage open source software altruistically in order to drive down software engineering labour costs and exercise an underhanded form of effective control over the software landscape. Such companies include those who comprised the well-known "F.A.A.N.G." acronym: Facebook, Amaz..." current
• 05:1605:16, 15 February 2023 diff hist +567‎ N Software as a service ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on software as a service''', or more aptly the '''mission on SaaS'''. Software as a service is an industry-coined term referring to the practise of running software on behalf of consumers in order to take advantage of service economics which are ordinarily unworkable with software products sold by retail. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission/saas}}. It..." current
• 05:1305:13, 15 February 2023 diff hist +468‎ N Digital restrictions management ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on digital restrictions management''', or more aptly the '''mission on DRM'''. Digital Restrictions Management is sometimes referred to erroneously by laymen and apologists as '''Digital Rights Management'''. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t|mission/drm}}. It is part of the broader mission on software sociology. Category:Mission springboard" current
• 05:1005:10, 15 February 2023 diff hist +100‎ m Software sociology ‎ mention the banner template current
• 05:0905:09, 15 February 2023 diff hist +9‎ m Code as law ‎ stub it current
• 05:0805:08, 15 February 2023 diff hist +9‎ m Software sociology ‎ stub it
• 05:0805:08, 15 February 2023 diff hist +225‎ N Software sociology ‎ Created page with "This is the springboard for the '''{{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on software sociology''', a broad topic that covers the contemporary intersection between {{wp|sociology}} and software. Category:Mission springboard"
• 05:0505:05, 15 February 2023 diff hist +61‎ m Code as law ‎ mention parent mission
• 05:0105:01, 15 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ m Code as law ‎ fix template name
• 05:0005:00, 15 February 2023 diff hist +620‎ N Code as law ‎ Created page with "This is the springboard for '''the {{meta|Missions directory|mission}} on code as law''', covering concepts in the vein of {{wp|Lawrence Lessig}}'s well-known maxim that "code is law"<ref>Lawrence Lessig on the increasing regulation of cyberspace. Harvard Magazine, January 2000. [//archive.ph/Xnspc Archived] from [//www.harvardmagazine.com/2000/01/code-is-law-html the original] on 30 April 2022.</ref>. Articles pertaining to this mission will carry the mission banner {{t..."
• 04:5704:57, 15 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ N Category:Mission springboard ‎ Created blank page current
• 04:5004:50, 15 February 2023 diff hist +6,014‎ N XionKB:Privacy policy ‎ Created page with "{{policy}} This '''privacy policy''' governs the manner in which {{SITENAME}} collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a "User") of the website ("Site"). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by {{SITENAME}}. ==Personal identification information== We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, regi..." current
• 04:2804:28, 15 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ m XionKB:General disclaimer ‎ typo current
• 04:2804:28, 15 February 2023 diff hist +2,148‎ N XionKB:General disclaimer ‎ Created page with "Quality, value, style, service, selection, convenience, economy, savings, performance, experience, hospitality, low rates, friendly service, name brands, easy terms, affordable prices, money-back guarantee… free installation. Free admission, free appraisal, free alterations, free delivery, free estimates, free home trial, <em>and free parking</em>. No cash? No problem. No kidding! No fuss, no muss, no risk, no obligation, no red tape, no down payment, no entry..."
• 04:2504:25, 15 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ N Category:Scathing screeds ‎ Created blank page current
• 04:1404:14, 15 February 2023 diff hist +977‎ XionKB:Copyrights ‎ Flesh out the actual policy specifics current
• 03:5903:59, 15 February 2023 diff hist +49‎ m XionKB:Missions directory ‎ add computer terminology, remove monopolisation
• 01:3601:36, 15 February 2023 diff hist +142‎ m XionKB:Getting an account ‎ flavour with image
• 01:3401:34, 15 February 2023 diff hist +32‎ N File:Spam.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 01:2901:29, 15 February 2023 diff hist +561‎ N XionKB:You must be new here! ‎ Created page with "{{stub}} thumb|right|Welcome to the interwebz. Greetings primitives, and welcome to the '''new user guide''' for this wonderful WiredWiki. We're going to give you a crash course on all the dos and don'ts about contributing to a wiki, tailored for Encyclosphere-nodding independent MediaWiki instances like ours. Buckle your chuckles and get ready to get blasted with some absolutely radical knowledge that you need in order to not be a massive pa..." current
• 01:2601:26, 15 February 2023 diff hist +32‎ N File:You must be new.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 00:3600:36, 15 February 2023 diff hist +4‎ m XionKB:Getting an account ‎ update meiru
• 00:3400:34, 15 February 2023 diff hist −22‎ m XionKB:Governance ‎ sysops no banhammer
• 00:3200:32, 15 February 2023 diff hist +19‎ m XionKB:Missions directory ‎ add open access to the software sociology mission
• 00:3000:30, 15 February 2023 diff hist +1,695‎ N XionKB:Community portal ‎ Created page with "<div align="center"><big><big><big><big><big><strong>Welcome to the community portal.</strong></big></big></big></big></big><br/> <big><big><em>We think you're gonna like it here.</em></big></big></div> {{notice|<strong>Please sign all of your comments</strong> on talk pages with four tildes <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>!}} {{notice|Please use a colon <code>:</code> to indent replies on talk pages.}} <div align="center"> {| class="wikitable" width="600em" |- ! col..."
• 00:2900:29, 15 February 2023 diff hist +1,031‎ N XionKB:Getting an account ‎ Created page with "Due to the prevalence of {{expl|SPAM|Stupid Pointless Annoying Messages}} on the Worldwide Web and the advent of {{wp|deep learning}} technologies to thwart conventional anti-SPAM protection mechanisms, the Webmaster has made the decision to disable open registration of accounts. However, we do not want to eschew the wiki culture of {{wp|open access}} — on the contrary, it has never been more critical to the continuation of a healthy and useful Web. The WiredWiki..."
• 00:2900:29, 15 February 2023 diff hist +22,888‎ N XionKB:Copyrights ‎ Created page with "__NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ {{policy}} <hr/> <div align="center"> {| class="roundy" style="border:0.2em solid rgba(88,88,88,0.6);border-bottom:none;background-color:rgba(88,88,88,0.05)" width="600em" |- | style="padding:0.5em" | 80px | style="padding:0.5em" | <center><big><big><big><strong>Creative Commons Deed</strong></big></big></big><br/> This is a human-readable summary of the full license below.</center> You are free: * to '''Share'''—to copy,..."
• 00:2800:28, 15 February 2023 diff hist +3,884‎ N XionKB:Governance ‎ Created page with "{{policy}} This page outlines the '''staff governance structure''' for prompt and effective administration of this WiredWiki. It is loosely modelled after the staff structure of [//bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bulbapedia:Editorial_Board Bulbapedia's ''Editorial Board''] and associated administrative constructs. As this wiki is fairly new, much of the hierarchy is unimplemented and will remain so until there is enough activity to warrant it. ==Staff structure== There..."
• 00:2800:28, 15 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ N Category:Policies ‎ Created blank page current
• 00:2700:27, 15 February 2023 diff hist +1,830‎ N XionKB:Missions directory ‎ Created page with "This is a directory of all of the missions considered on-topic for editing in the mainspace of the WiredWiki. The lists below should be rendered prosaically as "(the) mission on (the) <nowiki>[X]</nowiki>", where <nowiki>[X]</nowiki> is the content of the list item, with grammar articles included as necessary. This list is dictated by {{meta|Governance#Editorial board|the Editor-in-Chief}} and may not be modified by anyone else without their prior authorisation. <div a..."
• 00:2700:27, 15 February 2023 diff hist 0‎ N Category:Editor resources ‎ Created blank page current