Is Web 2.0 a 2000s thing, while the Web3 is 2010s thing?

Could Web 1.0 be also defining period of 1990s? ~2025-37397-24 (talk) 18:07, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

According to the very articles you linked, no. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:35, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Web 2.0 is an interactive web (things like social media and wikipedia are web 2) so while the term was coined in the 2000s, it's a timeless concept. Web3 in its original definition (a semantic web) arguably doesn't exist, and its currently used definition of decentralization and blockchain things hasn't taken off in the 2020s, despite either always existing or getting their start in the 2010s mgjertson (talk) (contribs) 19:42, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have a Dell Inspiron 3910 desktop computer, running the latest version of Windows 11. (That is, I receive and install the updates.) I have a USB optical mouse, but had two problems from time to time with it. The first is that sometimes the USB connector came loose from the back of the computer, so that I had to diddle around with the cable and reseat it. The second was that I would occasionally catch the cable with my foot and bring the mouse onto the floor, and occasionally bring the keyboard onto the floor. (If the cat was asleep on her chair, this had the undesired side effect of scaring her.) So I bought a Bluetooth Insignia BT3.0 mouse. It worked fine for a while, but a few days ago, it would sometimes turn off while I was using it. I would have to turn the power switch on the underside of the mouse off and then turn it on again to restore mouse functionality. For now, I am using the USB mouse, and am asking whether this is a known problem with bottom-of-the-line Bluetooth mice, and whether there is a way to deal with it. If I have to buy a $20 or $30 Bluetooth or wireless USB mouse because the $7 Bluetooth mouse is not worth $7, that is what one gets for buying a bottom-of-the-line peripheral.

Is there a way that I can avoid having the mouse turn itself off, or do I need a slightly better mouse? Robert McClenon (talk) 19:50, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You may need to replace the battery. Ruslik_Zero 20:20, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I bought the mouse about two weeks ago, User:Ruslik0. If I need to replace the battery, would that mean that the battery was weak from the start, or that the mouse is a power hog, or what would it mean? I don't think that I should have to replace an almost new battery, but we shall see. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:30, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Never trust a battery that comes with an item. You have no idea how longs it has been in the manufacturer's stock - possibly since long before that item was actually assembled. A new battery is a quick, comparatively cheap fix. If it makes no difference, reuse the battery elsewhere, and try a different fix.

I use a Logitech (no connection &c.) wireless keyboard+mouse combination with Windows 11 (and Linux), and do not experience any untoward powering off by either item. -- Verbarson  ^talk_edits 16:38, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I second that. A similar thing happened to me when I bought a second-hand car last year that basically died on my driveway the same day. The garage were indignant when I suggested they'd sold me a car with a dud battery, but after they'd spent 24 hours trying and failing to fully recharge it, they replaced it with a new one for nothing. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2025-31359-08 (talk) 07:47, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would bite the bullet and splash out on a decent Logitech wireless USB mouse. Maybe a wireless keyboard as well, saves you knocking out that annoying wiggly cable all the time. It's Christmas, why not grab another 4 or 8 GB RAM while you're at it? MinorProphet (talk) 14:26, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

... or go large and buy a rechargeable Bluetooth mouse. That way, you don't have to worry about batteries at all — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 17:33, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Another option is to stay with cables. Buy a USB hub and glue (fix / tie-wrap) it to the front of the computer. Plug it in at the back and trap any spare cable under the computer so nothing can hang down. Plug the mouse and keyboard into the hub with the wires neatly shortened. That way, you don't have to worry about batteries at all — GhostInTheMachine ^{talk to me} 17:53, 11 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Btname is used to mark biological names, like Vombatus ursinus. It currently begins

<span style="font-style: italic;" lang="la">…

I think this is wrong, because biological names aren't in Latin: they're language-independent. The whole point is that they're the same, whatever language you're writing in. (Besides, they're fairly often drawn from other languages-- see for example Chrysoclista, which is Greek for "gold-washed".)

Now, it seems to me that BCP 47 should have something to say about how to write lang attributes for biological names, but I can't find anything. This must be a solved problem! How would you do it? Marnanel (talk) 08:56, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

According to Binomial nomenclature the names use 'Latin grammatical forms', whatever their linguistic roots. They therefore behave the same as any other words adopted into Latin from other languages. There is an extended dsicussion at Binomial nomenclature § Derivation of binomial names. What seems to be missing from the article (except by implication) is any indication of which alphabets or scripts may or may not be used. I guess that the 'Latin' alphabet (ie 26 English letters) is the only set of letters allowed? -- Verbarson  ^talk_edits 16:47, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature states:^[1]

"11.2. Mandatory use of Latin alphabet
A scientific name must, when first published, have been spelled only in the 26 letters of the Latin alphabet (taken to include the letters j, k, w and y); the presence in a name when first published of diacritic and other marks, apostrophes or ligatures, or a hyphen, or a numeral in a compound species-group name, does not render the name unavailable (for corrections, see Articles 27 and 32.5.2)."

The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants has the same requirement:^[2]

"32.1.  To be validly published, a name of a taxon (autonyms excepted) must:
...
(b)  be composed only of letters of the Latin alphabet, except as provided in Art. 23.3, 60.4, 60.7, and 60.12–15; and ..."

 ​‑‑Lambiam 21:39, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My issue here is that just as it's called "the common wombat" in English, it's called simply "vombatus" in Late Latin. If you were actually writing in Latin, you would only use the phrase "Vombatus ursinus" in exactly the same contexts you would use it in English. So I don't see that *Vombatus ursinus* is in Latin. Marnanel (talk) 16:13, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since there is no ISO 639 language code for binomial nomenclaturese, the only permitted alternative, within the HTML standard, is to omit the lang attribute altogether. I don't see much value in having it – or for that matter the template, used in only 23 articles – but I also do not see the harm.  ​‑‑Lambiam 23:42, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's colloquially called a 'Latin name' for ease of reference: that doesn't mean it's what any classical (or vernacular) Latin speaker/writer would have called the entity in question (I'm pretty sure they never saw a wombat), but Neo-Latin remained the international language of scientists until relatively recently (I've read of one mathematician who still insists on submitting his new papers using it) and its specialised use in Taxonomy has persisted, because it works.

(I studied classical Latin at school and failed the exam, but it's still one of the more valuable subjects I took because of its prevalence underlying so much scientific vocabulary, as well as its relevance in linguistics.) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} ~2025-31359-08 (talk) 08:06, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) § no sound on windows 10

 – — DVRTed (Talk) 05:39, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Have our Lords and Master at Microsoft decreed that we can no longer audio?

My windows 10 machine suddenly has no sound. When I try to turn up the volume, a window opens that says "We're here to help."

Does any rational person not suspect fraud? Are they trying to take me captive to sell me on an auction block to a plantation owner? Is it possible to run the Windows operating system without assenting to that? ~2025-37205-52 (talk) 05:24, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@~2025-37205-52 This is nothing to do with Microsoft. The sound on Wikipedia works fine for me. I suggest you check your connections and then try restarting your computer. Have you tried plugging in an external speaker? Failing that, take it to a repair shop. Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:42, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ask yourself, what changed? I normally don't bother with the Google seach assistant, but if you stick this query in the search box: Windows 10 no volume, a window opens that says "We're here to help." a number of apparently helpful suggestions appear. Rather than to-ing and fro-ing trying to work out just what your system/device is and exactly what the symptoms are, why not try those and come back with some more information? My favourite trick is to try Windows Restore to a time before the problem occurred. Best of luck, MinorProphet (talk) 10:05, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've been trying to ask the following question on the Microsoft Q&A site [3]:

I'm updating a WPF application that's written in C#. My development environment is Visual Studio 2023. The application currently uses .NET Framework 4.6.1, but I'm hoping to upgrade to a more modern version of .NET as part of the update.

The application uses a 32-bit COM dll, which I've called "DataTest" in the code below. This has been registered with regsvr32 and appears on the list of available COM objects in my project. When added to the "References" section, a DLL named "Interop.DataTest.dll" is created in my \obj directory, as expected.

The DLL exposes a single object, "CDataTest", with various properties and methods. I instantiate it as follows:

   using System;
   using DataTest;
   namespace MyNameSpace.DataTest
   {
       /// <summary>
       /// Wrapper for DataTest CDataTest object
       /// </summary>
       public class DataTest
       {
           private readonly CDataTest _dataTest;
           public DataTest()
           {
               _DataTest = new CDataTest();
           }
       }
   }

This works correctly when I build the application in "x86" or "All CPUs" mode. However, I now need to access a new 64-bit DLL, so I need to build the application in "x64" mode. When I do so, I get the following exception when instantiating CDataTest:

   System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040154): Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {[GUID]} failed due to the following error: 80040154 Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG)).

"GUID" is the GUID of the CDataTest object. Following the advice in another question on this site, I've added the following keys to my registry:

   HKLM\Software\Classes\CLSID\{GUID}
   HKLM\Software\Classes\AppID\{GUID}

The first key contains only a REG_SZ value "AppID" which is set to the GUID, the second key contains only an empty REG_SZ value "DllSurrogate". However, this hasn't fixed the issue. A 64-bit version of "DataTest" or a 32-bit version of the new DLL are not available.

However, when I try and post it, I get a message "This question has been deleted due to a violation of our Code of Conduct". I have two questions for Wikipedia:

1. Does anyone have any idea why the question above violates Microsoft's Code of Conduct? I don't see any obvious Scunthorpe problem.
2. Can anyone help with the underlying DLL issue?

Thanks. ~2025-37950-70 (talk) 18:13, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To answer the second part of my question:

1. Create a new GUID using your favourite text editor (I used the one in Visual Studio). APP_GUID in the code below.
2. In Regedit, find HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{GUID}.
3. Add a value "AppID" to this key, and set it to {APP_GUID}.
4. Create the key HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Classes\AppID\{APP_GUID}.
5. Set the (Default) value of this key to the DLL name (in my case, "DataTest.dll").
6. Create a new REG_SZ value "DllSurrogate" for this key, leaving the value empty.
7. Create the key HKLM\Software\WOW6432Node\Classes\AppID\DataTest.dll (or whatever your DLL name is).
8. In this key, create the REG_SZ value "AppID", and set it to {APP_GUID}.

~2025-37950-70 (talk) 13:38, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]