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Requested move 18 January 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: WikiProject moved. As 2A02:3030:1:1158:D7EB:87:158D:43E5 notes, the naming convention can seem strange; but it is the present standard. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 16:59, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer Security → Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer security – To match all related WikiProjects & taskforces:

Support: Seems like an uncontroversial change to me D1551D3N7 (talk) 13:59, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose: this isn't how proper nouns work in English. Change 'WikiProject Computer science' to 'WikiProject Computer Science' instead. 2A02:3030:1:1158:D7EB:87:158D:43E5 (talk) 17:14, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Computer science" and "Computer security" are not proper nouns. D1551D3N7 (talk) 17:27, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But WikiProject Whatever is. 2A02:3032:367:24F4:C42C:5AC9:FDC9:5674 (talk) 19:29, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're free to try to RM all 5 WikiProjects & taskforces above to match your personal preference, but that would be going against the established broader consensus, and clearly the path of greatest resistance. Note that WP:WikiProject Computer science already matches the highest transcluded WikiProjects {{WikiProject Military history}}, {{WikiProject Articles for creation}}}, {{WikiProject College football}}, {{WikiProject Women's sport}}. ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf) 12:38, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Move discussion of interest

Cyberwarfare by China is part of this WikiProject and there is a move discussion on that article that may be of interest to those here. - Amigao (talk) 23:50, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

When should CVEs warrant their own article?

I've been editing Wikipedia long enough to have noticed a distinct lack of CVE related articles until they are given a proper name, e.g. CVE-2014-0160, better known as HeartBleed. Would we need anything different from the standard WP:GNG? Could we try writing a WP:SNG? guninvalid (talk) 17:35, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The internal compass that I typically use is that the vast majority of individual CVEs are not-notable unless they have spurred extensive coverage in non-technical/technical mainstream sources. (Think heartbleed, zenbleed etc) If you do want to write about vulnerabilities, find a few (i.e > 1) research papers about it and write about a exploit class instead of a singular exploit/CVE. Sohom (talk) 19:59, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request for feedback on Draft Article: Rob T Lee

Hi, I’m working on a draft article about Rob T. Lee, a cybersecurity expert specializing in digital forensics and incident response. I would greatly appreciate any feedback on how to improve the article, especially in terms of technical accuracy or notability. Here's the draft: Draft:Rob T. Lee. Thank you! BmwPersonaMedia (talk) 17:19, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request for help with Suricata (software)

Suricata (software) looks like it would never have passed WP:AfC or WP:AfD. It would be greatly appreciated if interested editors would help to improve the article. guninvalid (talk) 16:19, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]