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October 2022 note: archive 5 is dedicated to the old iOS task force's discussions

I merged the talk pages on October 7, 2022, in order to centralize discussion around the main WikiProject talk page. DFlhb (talk) 18:44, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Fantastic Contraption

I'm not sure if this is an acceptable app to make a page about, but I could make a very detailed page as I created a wiki article about it here. I can grab more references if need be.Tes753 (talk) 20:10, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Looks good to me. Few more references and it'll be great. ISmashed TALK! 13:15, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. I will gather the appropriate resources and references and will make the page. I suppose I should add "(iPhone App)" after "Fantastic Contraption" since there is a online version of the game.--Tes753 (talk) 17:50, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Well if its the same game just on different platforms i'd make 1 page with a section for each platform. Use {{Infobox VG}} as an info box as it is suitable for apps. Cheers ISmashed TALK! 18:23, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
I do not think that the PC version adheres to Wikipedia's guidelines for PC games. I will ask around the game's forums where there was a discussion on whether the game should be on Wikipedia. Thanks for the help!--Tes753 (talk) 22:30, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Pac-Man on this WikiProject?

Just out of curiosity, what's the current reasoning for adding Pac-Man to WikiProject iPhone OS? Is it just that the game was released on this platform? Or is there something more significant about its presence there that makes it particularly notable to this project? — KieferSkunk (talk) — 17:56, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Hello? Bueller? — KieferSkunk (talk) — 02:01, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Nothing really notable about it on the iPhone. It's got a pretty average rating (3.5/5) for such a notable game, primarily because it's a game that's not that well suited for the iPhone. Gary King (talk) 07:04, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
Yeah there is the classic pac mman game which is a port. Then there is the pac-man remix game which is unique to the platform. ISmashed TALK! 18:59, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
I'm a little late getting back to this discussion, but ports and unique versions of Pac-Man exist for virtually every hardware platform imaginable. I purport that the only Wikiproject to which the main Pac-Man article really applies would be the Video Games project. If there is a Wikiproject about Namco or Namco-Bandai, then that would be appropriate as well. But merely having a port and a derivative on iPhone doesn't seem notable enough, IMO, to make it part of a platform-specific project, unless it's such a thing that having a version of Pac-Man is of vital importance to the platform itself. (ie.: Would the average person's decision to buy an iPhone be gauged by whether they could play Pac-Man on it?) — KieferSkunk (talk) — 06:11, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Okay I agree with that. Also just checked namco have 4 pac-man series games on the iPhone. These are PAC-MAN, PAC-MAN Championship Edition, PAC-MAN REMIX which I personally own and is a totally new game and Ms. PAC-MAN which is a spin off of the original PAC-MAN series. ISmashed TALK! 15:32, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Backflip Studios

I appears that Backflip Studios is up for deletion. We could use your help in saving the article from deletion. I have already posted a Speedy Keep. --NerdyScienceDude :) (click here to talk to me) 14:27, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

While I agree with the keep, this goes directly against WP:CANVASS. A reminder that deletion discussions are not a vote. TheWeakWilled (T * G) 23:55, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

WP 1.0 bot announcement

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Importance scale overhaul

I've overhauled the importance scale used for grading quite a bit. If you'd like to discuss this, I've started a discussion here. If there is no contention with this scale, let's make sure we adhere to it when assessing articles. Thanks! Brian Reading (talk) 01:09, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Portal:iPhone OS

Hello, all. I have created Portal:iPhone OS. I would greatly appreciate your help building the portal. Thank you. NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 04:30, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Filled in some of the boxes, and created the box header and footer templates. And since it may be helpful for others even if you've seen it Wikipedia:Portal/Instructions. PaleAqua (talk) 11:24, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Expanding iPhone articles

So is the whole point of this is to Expand iPhone articles? Tj1224 (talk) 19:09, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

New project

Why don't we do a project focusing on this and a wider section of apple and it's products? it would include the topic of the iPhoneOS and the wider range and views of apple. Tj1224 (talk) 16:28, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

There is already a project that focuses on Apple Inc. as a whole. You may want to check out WP:MAC. NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 21:42, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

iPhone OS Wikipedia ad

Hello, all. I was just thinking that our Wikipedia ad should include the project logo in it. What do you all think? NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 03:34, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Collaboration of the month

According to Wikipedia:Collaborations, you have a Collaboration of the Month. If so, you might be interested in the new template {{CotM}}. cheers, Rd232 talk 22:42, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

FPR

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As a task force for WP:MAC

There is an ongoing proposal here to rename WikiProject Macintosh to WikiProject Apple. The idea to make WP:IPHONEOS as task force has also been thrown around. Please join the discussion :). Thanks, Airplaneman ✈ 22:45, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure how much it particularly matters as far as the autonomy of the project (which appears to be more concerned with third party apps than Apple hardware and software), but please be aware of it. The current consensus is strongly in favor. HereToHelp (talk to me) 00:33, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Extreme slowness/stalling using Safari recently

Sorry if this isn't the right place to make this comment, but I couldn't find another more appropriate place.

During the last week or so, all Wikipedia links clicked using Safari (OS3) have either taken a very long time or have stalled out. They used to be redirected to the mobile site, but I no longer see the "m" in the URL.

Is this a known problem, something new, or something only I am experiencing? It has rendered Wikipedia useless for me on my iPhone. 76.126.52.183 (talk) 10:18, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

It's a little off topic for here. I wonder if it's related to the switch to "New features" for Wikipedia that recently happened. See Special:UsabilityInitiativePrefSwitch. PaleAqua (talk) 13:03, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

App Store article still class=B|importance=Top ?

Was at Talk:App Store and replaced {{WikiProject iPhone OS|class=B|importance=Top}}, which was being displayed as "Please replace this template with {{WikiProject Apple Inc.|iphone=yes}}". Top of Talk:App_Store included {{ WikiProject iPhone OS|class=B|importance=Top}} and {{WikiProject Macintosh|class=B|importance=High}}. Both those WikiProject tags replaced by {{WikiProject Apple Inc.}}. Both had class=B so I guessed current rating is B. Wondering which importance rating to use: Top or High? ("Top" from {{ WikiProject iPhone OS ..}} and "High" from {{WikiProject Macintosh...}}.) --EarthFurst (talk) 02:23, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Logo File:WikiProject_iPhone_OS_banner.png

Hey is is possible for somebody to rework File:WikiProject_iPhone_OS_banner.png? i normaly would do it myself but since im in the US i don't have access to my Work computer —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hybirdd (talk • contribs) 19:50, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Done. —Preceding signed comment added by Airhogs777 (talk • contribs • wikia) 05:38, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Feature Requests?

Not sure where the feature requests should go, but here's one: THE ABILITY TO EDIT. No iPhone wikipedia-related apps allow this so far, and editting via Safari is at best very very tedious. Please make this happen in the future! :D Children of the dragon (talk) 04:39, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Justine Ezarik/1

Be advised that there is a reconsideration of a delisting going on at Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Justine Ezarik/1.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 02:04, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

IPhone OS articles have been selected for the Wikipedia 0.8 release

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We would like to ask you to review the IPhone OS articles and revisionIDs we have chosen. Selected articles are marked with a diamond symbol (♦) to the right of each article, and this symbol links to the selected version of each article. If you believe we have included or excluded articles inappropriately, please contact us at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8 with the details. You may wish to look at your WikiProject's articles with cleanup tags and try to improve any that need work; if you do, please give us the new revisionID at Wikipedia talk:Version 0.8. We would like to complete this consultation period by midnight UTC on Sunday, November 14th.

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itunes remote app for ios

I hope this is the right place to ask: The article iTunes Remote is in need of an updated picture, because the current picture is old. I was wondering if anyone has the app and could take a new screenshot or something. --Thekmc (talk) 22:19, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Usage of iTunes Preview App Template

I just created a new template for use under the External Links section of app pages. The template is Template:ITunes Preview App and is used to link iOS Applications to their iTunes Preview pages.

An example is for Infinity Blade:
Infinity Blade on the App Store

Can we start implementing this template on app pages? Thanks.KiasuKiasiMan 11:08, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

I suppose it would make sense, since it's kind of the closest we've got to an official site for some apps. —Preceding signed comment added by Airhogs777 (talk • contribs • wikia) 04:49, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

RfC on the use of terminology like “GiB” (gibibyte) on Wikipedia

Notice: An RFC is being conducted here at Talk:Hard diskdrive#RFC on the use of the IEC prefixes. The debate under consideration is the use in this table of the “Hard disk drive” article of nomenclature such as “KiB”, “MiB”, and “GiB” to describe capacities. The governing guideline on MOSNUM is Quantities of bytes and bits. The quality of the discussion can be improved by broadening participation of the discussion. This will hopefully more fully achieve a consensus. Greg L (talk) 17:57, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

2 ads?

Why does this task force have two WP ads (#177 and #210)? Is that even allowed? I would think that that's cheating, or at least somehow unfair to everyone else. —Preceding signed comment added by Airhogs777 (talk • contribs • wikia) 08:11, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Never mind, we worked it out on the template's talk page. —Preceding signed comment added by Airhogs777 (talk • contribs • wikia) 03:11, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
The following discussion is an archived proposal of the WikiProject below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the project's talk page (if created) or the WikiProject Council). No further edits should be made to this page.

The resulting WikiProject was created at Wikipedia:WikiProject iOS

The WikiProject has recently been created: Wikipedia:WikiProject iOS

The project is currently undergoing construction and expansion.

Description

WikiProject for iOS-related articles – iOS, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, etc. There is currently a task force setup in Wikipedia:WikiProject Apple Inc., but I think that iOS is now important enough to have its own WikiProject. The parent WikiProject would be Wikipedia:WikiProject Apple Inc.. The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 06:38, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

List of important pages and categories for this proposed group
List of WikiProjects currently on the talk pages of those articles
Please invite these and any other similar groups to join the discussion about this proposal. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory to find similar WikiProjects.
Why do you want to start a new group, instead of joining one of these existing groups?
iOS has grown to be a very large and popular topic, and I think it has outgrown its task force mention above. The WikiProject would probably be able to better specialize on iOS than what is currently being done at the existing task force.

Support

Please specify whether or not you would join the project.

  1. I definitely would join (obviously :) ). The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 06:30, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
  2. I would join. Cg2916 (talk) 21:49, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
  3. I support because A. I have used an iPad 2 for a long time, and B. I used to have an iPhone Pikachu Bros. (talk · contribs)

Discussion

In the next few days, I will see if I can possibly get a rough draft of this WikiProject started. The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 16:00, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

 Done Wikipedia:WikiProject iOS The Anonymouse (talk • contribs) 07:33, 5 November 2012 (UTC)
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template:WikiProject iOS Invite

You might want to update {{WikiProject iOS Invite}} -- 70.24.186.245 (talk) 06:10, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

(late response) Since that template seems to be for the iOS task force with WikiProject Apple Inc., I think we should just leave it alone and continue to use our own Wikipedia:WikiProject iOS/Invite (at least for now). The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 05:35, 12 February 2013 (UTC)

WP:KIS label

Your WP:Keep It Simple label, {{User label WikiProject iOS}}, which makes

WP:IOS

, is in danger of being deleted. See (Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 February 6#Template:User_label.) If you still want it, you may wish to move it to a project subpage. Feel free to review my planning page, User:PC-XT/KIS, and talk there if you have questions. PC-XT (talk) 11:00, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Since nobody is using it, it can be deleted if the community decides to delete all of the KIS templates. By the way, thanks for the notification! The Anonymouse (talk | contribs) 05:38, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Ok, you're welcome. ;) PC-XT (talk) 23:03, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was move, so I'm updating the location on the project's main page. ;) PC-XT (talk) 04:33, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Apps Proposal

A proposal for a WikiProject Apps has been made at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Apps. As WikiProject iOS is a related WikiProject, members of this WikiProject are invited to join the discussion. Thank you. XapApp (talk) 02:56, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

iOS 7

Hi! I'd appreciate a little extra input into what is now becoming an edit war on the iOS 7 article regarding the inclusion of a proportionally large criticism section. I have opened a talk discussion there, yet IP editors keep re-adding the section despite a lack of reliable sources, and the fact that it causes extreme bias. I don't know whether semi-protection is warranted, but it'd be good if some people could help back me up; I don't want to fall foul of 3RR, so I can't protect it myself any more. Thanks!  drewmunn  talk  10:23, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

WP:DR could be of advice. But from the history, I think you're right. -- (T) Numbermaniac (C) 12:36, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
Cheers. I tried opening sensible channels of communication, but the editors in question didn't take the opportunity to be civil. I don't like whining for help, but at the same time feel that the content being added isn't in line with our policies and don't want it to get nasty or end up on DRN unnecessarily.  drewmunn  talk  12:49, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
  • Stuff is getting a little silly at the article now, with a massive section unecessarily transcluded from the iOS version history, and the critisism section being reader without the cleanup tag. Could we have some more, constructive input please? If I do anything else there I'm going to fall foul of 3RR and the assembled hoards of IPs will no doubt just carry on as if nothing had happened if I get blocked. I'm seriously considering asking for semi-protection just to give it time to settle and the people trying to useful things to it an oppotunity to get work done.  drewmunn  talk  19:50, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
When things haven't been released, speculatopi and lies tend to follow. I suggest semi protection. -- (T) Numbermaniac (C) 23:57, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Screenshot

Hello again! Following yesterday's Beta 2 release of iOS 7, the screenshot has been updated to show the software running on iPad. This image was taken from an online source (Softpedia), and depicts the home screen. However, unlike the shot previously used, it includes a number of icons for 3rd party software. This would require extra disclosure on the image description, but more importantly, how do people feel about using a such a shot as our sole depiction? Do we risk confusion over why Dropbox etc are shown as part if iOS 7? Thanks!  drewmunn  talk  06:50, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

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Requested move 5 December 2015

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Aervanath (talk) 11:31, 12 February 2016 (UTC)


Wikipedia:WikiProject iOS → WP:WikiProject Apple Inc./iOS task force – To better merge with the Apple inc. project. — 2002:43F4:3ABB:1234:6599:A678:D07E:B60A (talk) 17:20, 5 December 2015 (UTC) Relisted. Jenks24 (talk) 12:57, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

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Old subpages

There are two subpages of the old task force that I renamed to avoid creating issues. They now reside at:

Cheers, --Aervanath (talk) 11:56, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

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