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Hi Yae4, and thanks again for starting this draft. Regarding the publication of this draft, there are a couple of options we can make use of, and I was wondering if you're interested in them.
First, the Articles for creation process is actually optional. It's strongly recommended for editors with a conflict of interest, but I don't have a COI with respect to this article. If you also don't have a COI, then we can bypass the AfC process, since it currently takes a couple of months on average for a draft to be reviewed. However, I don't think the draft is quite ready yet since the sourcing and phrasing could be improved a bit more. When the draft is ready, either of us can move Draft:MicroG to MicroG. A new page patroller will review the new article after it's published, but the article will be live immediately.
Second, this article is a great opportunity to participate in Wikipedia's Did you know section. Newly published articles that meet certain quality and length standards can be featured on the main page of Wikipedia under "Did you know..." with a trivia hook. Articles featured on the main page typically receive a burst of readers. These readers would become more informed on MicroG, and if you're lucky, they might contribute to the article. You can read the rules at WP:DYKRULES. The 7-day clock begins as soon as this draft is published, so I would wait until we're sure that the article is up to standards before moving it from draft to article space.
Are these options something you would be interested in? — Newslinger talk 06:58, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
User:Newslinger, MicroG is not really a "replacement for Google Play Services." This is original research, but microg.org describes it as a "free software clone of Google’s proprietary core libraries and applications". The point is, it lets users USE Google Play Services, but the software on their phone is FOSS replacements. Of course in context of eOS, you see the irony - a deGoogled phone using Google services? How much of the "Components" ( https://microg.org/) should we describe here (secondary sources preferred)? -- Yae4 ( talk) 12:39, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
"MicroG is a free and open-source implementation of proprietary Google libraries that serves as a replacement for Google Play Services on Android", which is supported by the cited sources. Several of the sources (including Vice and The Register) explicitly refer to MicroG as a replacement for Google Play Services. The goal of Wikipedia articles is to inform readers, and not to convey "irony". Attributed opinions from reliable secondary sources are acceptable, but should generally be placed in a "Reception" section. — Newslinger talk 13:21, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
I would like to report that Yae4 is non-neutral. As already reported to the /e/ operating system discussion page at /info/en/?search=Talk:/e/_(operating_system), this user has something against /e/, and is probably working for one of the /e/ competing project. Interesting case here in this microG draft is that he doesn't mention /e/ in the ROMs that are using microG, while /e/ probably makes the biggest number of microG users at the moment. 1984brave new world ( talk) 07:37, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
The issue with the Reception section is that none of it is actual Reception, except maybe the last line. It reads more of a description/history section. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 16:27, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
Having not had much success with installing MicroG, and this being Wikipedia, would Opengapps https://opengapps.org/ be worth a mention on this page along with F-Droid, Aurora Droid and Aurora Store, as examples of alternative systems - in the spirit of the open source movement.
In all official sources the project is styled to as microG (with a lower case m and upper case G) but this artcle refers to it with an upper case M except when talking about Lineage for microG.
Is this an error or am I missing something?
References
— Preceding unsigned comment added by P4t4t4t4t ( talk • contribs) 06:45, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
"When deciding how to format a trademark, editors should examine styles already in use by independent reliable sources. From among those, choose the style that most closely resembles standard English – regardless of the preference of the trademark owner."Since sources such as Vice and Ars Technica capitalize the "M" in "MicroG", the capitalized form is the preferred spelling in this article. — Newslinger talk 12:42, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
Should the "Reception" section of this article about MicroG contain the statement 'installing /e/ is a monster of a job' ? - Mnair69 ( talk) 03:26, 20 October 2022 (UTC) Mnair69 ( talk) 09:32, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
Extending the duration of the RFC to initiate some decisive voting. To elaborate the topic.. there is a comment in the reception section of this MicroG page ..installing /e/ is a monster of a job. To explain the context, /e/OS is an android Operating system. MicroG is a tool which allows users to install Google applications on the /e/OS and other android operating systems which similarly use MicroG. To assume that due to microg being a part of /e/OS, the installation of /e/OS becomes difficult is wrong. This comment has been cherry picked with the sole intention to painting /e/OS in a negative image. More details and clarifications around microG and it coverage on /e/OS can be read in the posts marked Response below. Mnair69 ( talk) 00:30, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
This article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's
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A fact from MicroG appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the
Did you know column on 5 February 2020 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
|
Hi Yae4, and thanks again for starting this draft. Regarding the publication of this draft, there are a couple of options we can make use of, and I was wondering if you're interested in them.
First, the Articles for creation process is actually optional. It's strongly recommended for editors with a conflict of interest, but I don't have a COI with respect to this article. If you also don't have a COI, then we can bypass the AfC process, since it currently takes a couple of months on average for a draft to be reviewed. However, I don't think the draft is quite ready yet since the sourcing and phrasing could be improved a bit more. When the draft is ready, either of us can move Draft:MicroG to MicroG. A new page patroller will review the new article after it's published, but the article will be live immediately.
Second, this article is a great opportunity to participate in Wikipedia's Did you know section. Newly published articles that meet certain quality and length standards can be featured on the main page of Wikipedia under "Did you know..." with a trivia hook. Articles featured on the main page typically receive a burst of readers. These readers would become more informed on MicroG, and if you're lucky, they might contribute to the article. You can read the rules at WP:DYKRULES. The 7-day clock begins as soon as this draft is published, so I would wait until we're sure that the article is up to standards before moving it from draft to article space.
Are these options something you would be interested in? — Newslinger talk 06:58, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
User:Newslinger, MicroG is not really a "replacement for Google Play Services." This is original research, but microg.org describes it as a "free software clone of Google’s proprietary core libraries and applications". The point is, it lets users USE Google Play Services, but the software on their phone is FOSS replacements. Of course in context of eOS, you see the irony - a deGoogled phone using Google services? How much of the "Components" ( https://microg.org/) should we describe here (secondary sources preferred)? -- Yae4 ( talk) 12:39, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
"MicroG is a free and open-source implementation of proprietary Google libraries that serves as a replacement for Google Play Services on Android", which is supported by the cited sources. Several of the sources (including Vice and The Register) explicitly refer to MicroG as a replacement for Google Play Services. The goal of Wikipedia articles is to inform readers, and not to convey "irony". Attributed opinions from reliable secondary sources are acceptable, but should generally be placed in a "Reception" section. — Newslinger talk 13:21, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
I would like to report that Yae4 is non-neutral. As already reported to the /e/ operating system discussion page at /info/en/?search=Talk:/e/_(operating_system), this user has something against /e/, and is probably working for one of the /e/ competing project. Interesting case here in this microG draft is that he doesn't mention /e/ in the ROMs that are using microG, while /e/ probably makes the biggest number of microG users at the moment. 1984brave new world ( talk) 07:37, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
The issue with the Reception section is that none of it is actual Reception, except maybe the last line. It reads more of a description/history section. - Bryn (talk) (contributions) 16:27, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
Having not had much success with installing MicroG, and this being Wikipedia, would Opengapps https://opengapps.org/ be worth a mention on this page along with F-Droid, Aurora Droid and Aurora Store, as examples of alternative systems - in the spirit of the open source movement.
In all official sources the project is styled to as microG (with a lower case m and upper case G) but this artcle refers to it with an upper case M except when talking about Lineage for microG.
Is this an error or am I missing something?
References
— Preceding unsigned comment added by P4t4t4t4t ( talk • contribs) 06:45, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
"When deciding how to format a trademark, editors should examine styles already in use by independent reliable sources. From among those, choose the style that most closely resembles standard English – regardless of the preference of the trademark owner."Since sources such as Vice and Ars Technica capitalize the "M" in "MicroG", the capitalized form is the preferred spelling in this article. — Newslinger talk 12:42, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
Should the "Reception" section of this article about MicroG contain the statement 'installing /e/ is a monster of a job' ? - Mnair69 ( talk) 03:26, 20 October 2022 (UTC) Mnair69 ( talk) 09:32, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
Extending the duration of the RFC to initiate some decisive voting. To elaborate the topic.. there is a comment in the reception section of this MicroG page ..installing /e/ is a monster of a job. To explain the context, /e/OS is an android Operating system. MicroG is a tool which allows users to install Google applications on the /e/OS and other android operating systems which similarly use MicroG. To assume that due to microg being a part of /e/OS, the installation of /e/OS becomes difficult is wrong. This comment has been cherry picked with the sole intention to painting /e/OS in a negative image. More details and clarifications around microG and it coverage on /e/OS can be read in the posts marked Response below. Mnair69 ( talk) 00:30, 23 October 2022 (UTC)