Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/Hot/Suggestions for non-inclusion

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As we finish pages in the hotlist, there will be some items that people are suggesting we not have articles on. These suggestions are stored on this page for a while, to give others a chance to check them out.

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1. BusinessQuery for Excel This is just a product, why should it be included? Sounds like spam to me. Nczempin 20:32, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Please do not generalise the use of the word "spam" too much - if you know how this list was created, the entries are clearly not spam. And of course we include many many entries on "just products". Insignificant products need not be included. I have no idea whether this particular product is significant or not. Pcb21 Pete 08:09, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

As far as I understand, this list was created by listing entries from other encyclopedias. This particular entry sure didn't come from the EB of 1911, and I couldn't find any encyclopedia where the entry might have come from. I'd be interested to find out where it did come from, if only to check if there are other potential problems with that source. I strongly suggest that this particular product is insignificant: It's merely a non-essential add-on to one of the most widely used proprietary products (which itself is of course very significant). I'd be interested in hearing contrary opinions why this product would be significant. Note also that I didn't say "it is spam", only "it sounds like spam to me". Nczempin 08:54, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Comes from PC Mag's Encyclopedia of Computing Terms. I agree with non-inclusion in this case, and with lots of other entries from the EoCT. However I do have a real dislike of comments that appear to suggest the editor wants things excluded in general merely because they are commercial (talk about encouraging systematic POV!). Apologies if I misunderstood your first comment Pcb21 Pete 12:58, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I will try to be more careful in the future, because I am far from anti-commercial. I will be especially careful regarding the use of the word spam; in this particular case, I should have said "IMHO this is a non-significant commercial product". Thanks for the clarification. Nczempin 13:58, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] From /C

1. Cananaean This is just a plain spelling error... it should be Caananite from Canaan, the Promised Land of Abraham.

[edit] From /E

1. Easy to learn and use (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
2. E-calling (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
3. E-centives (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
4. E-cinema (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
5. E-commerce engineer (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
6. E-commerce service provider (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
7. E-content (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
8. E-filing (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
9. E-forms (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
10. E-hub (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
11. E-mail address search sites (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
12. E-mail forwarding (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
13. E-mail header (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
14. E-mail relay (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
15. E-mail vs. Internet (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
16. E-market maker (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
17. E-nager (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
18. E-name (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
19. E-services (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
20. E-stamp (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
21. E-tailing (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
22. E-time (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
23. ECharge (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
24. Ecological methods (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
25. Education & training (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
26. Electric and magnetic units (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - See Template:SI electromagnetism units
27. E & M (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
28. Ear & mouth (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
29. Earth Mass (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
30. Earth rotation and orbital motion (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - we have both topics separately
31. Electric contact (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - dicdef. What's there to say?
32. Ehrengard Melusina von der (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - truncated version of Ehrengard Melusina von der Schulenburg
33. Electrical units and standards (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
34. Electron motion in vacuum (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
35. Electrophilic and nucleophilic reagents (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have electrophile and nucleophile (both of which are described as reagents)
36. Elementary Particles (table) (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
37. Elements, geochemical distribution of (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
38. Elie, Duke , Duke Af Glucksberg Decazes (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - mangled, unrecognizable
39. Elliptic function and integral (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have elliptic function and elliptic integral
40. Email address search sites (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
41. Embed The Internet (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
42. Embedded command (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
43. Embedded controller (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
44. Embedded database (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
45. Embedded fonts (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
46. Embedded language (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
47. English art and architecture (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have English art and English architecture.
48. Entering special characters (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
49. Executors and administrators (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - Related to wills and probate; we have executor (plus at least two subtypes) and Administration#Administration of an estate .28on_death.29 which refers back to probate for a fuller explanation
50. Euphony and Cacophony (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have euphony and cacophony
51. Eugene and Maria Jolas (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have Eugene Jolas and Maria Jolas
52. Error detection & correction (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have Error detection and Error correction
53. Esher and Molesey (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have Esher and Molesey, both places in the Surrey borough of Elmbridge near the River Mole.
54. Estimating a programming job (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
55. ET3000, ET4000 (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
56. Expand the tree (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
57. Eyeball driven (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
58. Eyeball hang time (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
59. Eunice (Bible) (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - mentioned in 1 verse; non-notable
60. Excel abc's (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
61. Excel tutorial (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
62. Exception error 12 (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)

[edit] From /I

1. IP over SONET (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
2. IP port number (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
3. IP services switch (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
4. IP space (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
5. IPlanet Application Server (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
6. IPlanet Web Server (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
7. IP/MPLS core (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
8. IPod compatible (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
9. IQ/Objects (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
10. IQ/SmartServer (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
11. IRQ steering (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
12. ISDN router (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
13. ISP-based payment service (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
14. IUPAC name for formaldehyde methanol (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)

[edit] From /M

MaCarthy Island is a misspelling of MacCarthy Island --Gil Gamesh 20:54, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

The following (MSW) are functions of Microsoft Word, which should be explained in the main article or left out. Their usage can be explained in a Wikibook.

1. MSW abc's (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
2. MSW Alignment (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
3. MSW Arrows and other shapes (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
4. MSW AutoShapes (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
5. MSW Bold-italics-underline (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
6. MSW Centering (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
7. MSW Copy (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
8. MSW Create document (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
9. MSW Cut-copy-paste (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
10. MSW Find & replace (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
11. MSW Fonts (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
12. MSW Headers and footers (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
13. MSW Inserting Graphics (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
14. MSW Italics (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
15. MSW Justification (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
16. MSW Margins (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
17. MSW Open document (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
18. MSW Page breaks (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
19. MSW Page numbers (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
20. MSW Paste (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
21. MSW Print preview (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
22. MSW Reverse action (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
23. MSW Ruler (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
24. MSW Save-close-exit (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
25. MSW Search & replace (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
26. MSW Shapes (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
27. MSW Spell checking (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
28. MSW Tab stops (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
29. MSW Tables (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
30. MSW Templates (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
31. MSW Thesaurus (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
32. MSW Underline (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
33. MSW Undo (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)

[edit] From /P

1. Pseudonym of Countess Russell Elizabeth (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - useless redirect

[edit] From /Q

1. Qmodem Pro (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw). ECT cruft. Pcb21 Pete 12:15, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
2. Query program (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw). ECT cruft. Pcb21 Pete 12:15, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
3. Query decomposition (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw). ECT cruft. Pcb21 Pete 12:15, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] From /R

1. Read notification (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
2. Real Mode code (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
3. Real Mode driver (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)

[edit] From /S

1. Scott-test one new term (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
2. Scott-test Q switch (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
3. Scott-test Q&A (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
4. Scott-test Q-bus (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
5. Scott-test Q-server (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
6. Scott-test Q.7xx (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
7. Scott-test QA analyst (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
8. Scott-test QA (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
9. Scott-test QAM (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
10. Scott-test two new term (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
11. Seamount and guyot (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have seamount and guyot
12. Selenium Cell (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - appears to be just a type of Solar cell. Not sure it needs it's own article.
13. Sleep and dreaming (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have sleep and dreaming
14. Soft font (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
15. Soft launch (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
16. Soft macro (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
17. Soft patch (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
18. Software conflict (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
19. Software entropy (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
20. Software RIP (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
21. Software stack (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
22. Software validation (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
23. Sopranino (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - the highest of any group of instruments--Encarta has dicdef.
24. Sort field (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
25. Sources of energy (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
26. Space Perception (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - EB has 4555 words on this as a general topic. We have a number of articles like Depth perception and Visual perception, but seemingly no general one.
27. Spam rage (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - neologism
28. Spice and flavoring (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have spice and flavoring
29. Spice and herb (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have spice and herb
30. Spreadsheet tutorial (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
31. SQLWindows (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
32. SQL engine (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
33. SQL precompiler (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
34. SQL Windows (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
35. Stokes Flow--Cylinder (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
36. Stokes Flow--Sphere (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
37. Stredni Slovensko (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - Central Slovakia in Czech, informal name of region corresponding to Îilina Region and Banská Bystrica Region, probably doesn't warrant an article
38. Sumerian and Babylonian art (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - should be separate
39. Sun-Netscape Alliance (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
40. Super floppy (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
41. Swamp, marsh, and bog (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have swamp, marsh and bog; maybe just redirect to landform?
42. Swiss cheese application (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
43. Swiss cheese security (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
44. Synthesis Imaging Aliasing (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
45. Synthesis Imaging Array (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
46. Synthesis Imaging Errors (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
47. Synthesis Imaging Gridding (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
48. Synthesis Imaging Mapping (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
49. Synthesis Imaging Noise (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
50. Syrian and Palestinian Religion (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - should be separate
51. System time/date (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)

[edit] From /U

Scanning over this list, I recommend we should be at least creating redirects for some of these... what do you think? Pcb21| Pete 20:09, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

1. U-NNI (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) Note: this actually referes to U-NII, the Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure radio band regulated by the FCC. (See NII.) The acroynm is an error in the Computer Desktop Encyclopedia which list is based on akaDruid 11:38, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
2. UltraCard (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
3. UltraJava (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
4. Unimodem (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) — Legitimate topic. Some Microsoft standard. —R. Koot 19:49, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
5. UniSQL (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
6. Universal client (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
7. Unix box (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
8. Unix server (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
9. Unix/DOS command comparison (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
10. Unix/X (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
11. Upgrading this software (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
12. Uplink port (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
13. URL mapping (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
14. URL switch (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
15. USB modem (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
16. USB port replicator (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
17. USB printer (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
18. USB-to-SCSI adapter (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
19. Used computers (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
20. User default profile (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
21. User defined (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
22. User management and provisioning (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
23. User profile (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
24. User provisioning (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
25. User session (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
26. User sessions (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
27. User support (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
28. Unbundle (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) This and the following are computing dictdefs
29. Uncached speed (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
30. Unchecked buffer (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
31. Underwater television (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
32. Unload (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
33. Unloader (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
34. Unmark (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
35. Unpack (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
36. Unqualified address (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
37. Unresolved (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
38. Untethered (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
39. Upconvert (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
40. Unchannelized (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
41. Urban enterprise zone (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
42. Unified communications (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) -dictdef
43. Unified storage (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - dictdef
44. Ultra-Cirrus Cloud (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) same as striation (other context) or ash cloud, according to [this] - Further note: The wolfram entry seems to standalone in saying this exists. Yes let's have ash cloud, but this shouldn't redirect there.

[edit] From /X

1. XML-Data (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
2. XML-Data Reduced (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
3. XML processor (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
4. XML repository (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
5. XML schema library (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
6. XML schema repository (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)
7. XML Web site (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw)

All of the above are XML-related articles, which, although could be created just as redirects to the main XML article, they are merely components I believe would be better explained in an XML Wikibook, if one exists. If we include these as "articles", we would also have to include C parser, Python parser, ADA parser, C processor, Python processor, ADA processor, etc, for all programming languages, which is clearly not correct. Marcos Juárez 09:35, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree. They'd just be nominated for deletion if we created them. – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 13:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

1. X Architecture (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) Too broad, and after searching, nothing is known specifically as "X Architecture"
2. X standard (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) Same as above.
3. Xbridge (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Xbridge Systems. Not relevant?
4. Xe file (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) Nothing found on this topic, except for misspellings.
5. Xfr (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) No relevant meaning found.

The above articles are proposed for non-inclusion due to various reasons, shown on each line. Marcos Juárez 12:15, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree with each of these. – Quadell ^{(talk) (bounties)} 13:53, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] From /Y

1. Yi Sang-Cha (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) One of those "unique to Britannica" Korean painters. It might be the same person as Yang P’aeng-son. Their biographies are somewhat similar and both feature the name "Hakp'o". Though EB references 1546, and the other guy appears to have died in 1545.... so am going to put this as a SNFI for now, unless can find some more info from non-Internet sources. Pcb21 Pete 10:42, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
2. Y-Factor (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - no clear meaning Pcb21 Pete 21:01, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
3. Y. Rapoport (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - maybe Janis Rapoport? - not clear who. Pcb21 Pete 21:01, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
4. Youth-and-old-age (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - We have youth and old age
5. Youth grinder (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - appears to be an unused neologism.

[edit] From /Z

1. Zero administration (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) 07:37, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

   Including ZAW,ZAK, Zero configuration Pcb21| Pete 21:00, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

2. Zankoff (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw) - one spelling of a common Russian surname - no article - artifact of scripting process. Pcb21| Pete 11:05, 30 September 2005 (UTC)Pete 11:29, 30 September 2005 (UTC)
3. Zebra strip (wp gwp g | eb 1911 co en gct sw). Pcb21| Pete 21:27, 30 September 2005 (UTC)