Wikipedia:WikiProject Telecommunications/Guidelines

Example of articles
with good structure

• OFDM. Good article candidate.
• Telecommunication. Listed as Good article.
• Optical fibre. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
• History of the Internet. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
• AT&T. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
• Alexander Graham Bell. Was listed (or only nominated?) as Good article.
• Nikola Tesla. Was listed as Good article but has been removed.
• Data Encryption Standard. Listed as Featured article in August 2004.
• Cryptography. Listed as Featured article.
• Digital terrestrial television in Australia. Listed as Good article in August 2007.
• Digital radio in the United Kingdom. Listed as Good article in July 2007.
• 300-page iPhone bill. Listed as Good article in October 2007.
• Touchwave. Listed as Good article in January 2009.

Recommended article structure

Technical telecommunication articles should include the following:

• Definition, scope, synonyms, autonym
• Popular scientific introduction to the concept and its practical application for those unfamiliar with the subject matter
• Historical background, including date of origin and originator if known
• Key features, for example the advantages and disadvantages
• Schematic description and principles of operation, perhaps with numerical examples and illustrations
• Mathematical formulas and pseudo code are presented as late as possible
• Technical details on special cases and instances of the concept, for example versions and implementations, perhaps presented in a comparison table
• See also
• References
• External links

Recommended terminology

• ITU Terms and Definitions An online database providing access to all the abbreviations, acronyms, terms and definitions contained in the International Telecommunication Union publications (multiple languages)
• Electropedia 20,000 electrical and electronic terms defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (multiple languages)
• Federal Standard 1037C: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms 1996 Online access to the terms defined in United States Federal Standard 1037C, maintained by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
• Eriterm - a five-language telecommunications glossary: English, Swedish, French, Spanish, German. Ericsson, Stockholm, Sweden, 1992, 683 pages, ISBN 91-630-0494-1
• Textbooks at Google books
• Research articles at Google scholar