Wikipedia:WikiProject Plan 9

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This Wikiproject aims to work on Plan 9 from Bell Labs and Inferno-related articles. A directory of participants can be found here. Participants are advised to add [[Category:WikiProject Plan 9 participants]] to their userpages.

Contents 1 To do 1.1 Project name 1.2 Missing pages 1.3 Articles that need work 1.4 Missing content in other pages 1.5 Missing on wikiquote.org 1.6 Missing screenshots 1.7 Stubs 1.8 Other stuff 1.9 Articles that need help 2 Templates 3 Discussion

[edit] To do

[edit] Project name

This project should be renamed to "Bell Labs Operating Systems" or "Bell Labs Software and Hardware"

[edit] Missing pages

• factotum (software) / secstore
• kfs
• kencc
• ndb
• draw (file server)
• gnot
• Dis virtual machine
• Acid (debugger)
• 9grid
• Inferno grid
• Dave Presotto
• Russ Cox
• Ron Minnich
• rfork
• libthread
• Newsqueak

[edit] Articles that need work

• Alef programming language
• Limbo (programming language): Add links to various papers and tutorials
• Ken Thompson: Mention and link his Plan 9 compilers suite
• Rob Pike: Mention Newsqueak 8 1/2 and CWS papers and links
• List of Plan 9 applications (started 2006-07-01) needs a lot of work still.
• Abaco (web browser) (started 2006-07-01)
• Mothra (web browser) (started 2006-07-02)
• List of Inferno applications (started 2006-07-03)

[edit] Missing content in other pages

• Comparison of DNS server software: missing ndb
• Comparison of open source operating systems: many missing entries for Inferno
• Comparison of web browsers: missing abaco, mothra and charon
• Distributed Computing Environment: No metion of Plan 9 or Inferno
• Bourne shell: Expand reference to rc, it's due successor
• troff: Add documentation and links to the current Troff implementation (BWK tutorials, etc)
• Comparison of text editors: Add Sam
• History of the graphical user interface: Add Blit/Jerq and 8½
• Comparison of wiki software add wikifs
• History of operating systems: doesn't even mention Plan 9 or Inferno!
• Thin client: does not mention Plan 9
• Coroutine: Mention libthread and expand on Limbo
• Snapshot (computer storage): Mention ken's file server and expand on fossil

[edit] Missing on wikiquote.org

• q:Ken Thompson (q:Kenneth Thompson should probably be moved)
• q:Rob Pike
• q:Dennis Ritchie
• q:Brian Kernighan

(Also need a q:Category:Plan 9 from Bell Labs category, and an q:Unix page too)

[edit] Missing screenshots

• Sam (text editor)
• Plan 9 from Bell Labs (Please, replace the ancient 2nd ed shot)
• Plan 9 from User Space
• Inferno (operating system)
• Rio window manager
• Glenda - Missing space glenda and small glenda icon (also should be used in Template:User OS:Plan 9)

[edit] Stubs

See Category:Plan 9 from Bell Labs stubs for Plan 9 related stubs.

[edit] Other stuff

• Make Template:inferno-stub for Inferno-related articles
• Make Template:plan 9 to place on all Plan 9 from Bell Labs-related articles' talk pages

[edit] Articles that need help

• Plan 9 from Bell Labs
• Inferno (operating system)

[edit] Templates

{{plan9-stub}} for Plan 9 related article stubs

[edit] Discussion

Discussion takes place either on the articles talk page, this project's talk page, or #Plan9.