Talk:Network service

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Some initial thoughts and mods[edit]

Let me start by saying I did not create this article, I'm apparently just the first to critique and try to improve it.

Following up on a discussion we've been having on the Category talk:Network service page, I added a hatnote from here to that category, which seems a better approach than adding this article to that category because it clarifies the relationship vis-a-vis any other categories we might add this article to; puts the link to that category at the top of this article, just like the return link is at the top of that category page; and doesn't add a redundant return link to that category's page list.

I also took several stabs at revising the lede, trying to adequately convey the relationships between clients and servers, hardware and software, architecture and implementation. I also tried to get in an appropriate set of links without over-linking.

IMHO, the rest of the article needs help:

The examples section is mostly a list of links that seems redundant to the category list. Maybe all that is needed is a paragraph within the lede mentioning two or three examples. Otherwise, more prose is needed, perhaps differentiating different types of services (core-networking services like DHCP and DNS, versus web applications such as email, etc). In that case, the section head should be something like "Types of services", rather than Examples.

I have no idea why this article includes a brief discussion of TCP/IP port numbers. It seems out of place to me. If it belongs here, it really really needs work.

The See also section links to four articles on various types of businesses that provide network services over the Internet for a fee, rather than the types of network services, which it's probably appropriate to reference there. I just hope that list doesn't get too long. It also included a link to the SNMP article, which I moved into the Examples section because it seems to me that it does fit in this category. Joeldbenson (talk) 16:53, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about services provided by and to networked computers. For information about Internet connections, see Network service provider. For a hierarchical list of network services, see Category:Network service.[edit]

This article is about services provided by and to networked computers. For information about Internet connections, see Network service provider. For a hierarchical list of network services, see Category:Network service. 102.120.89.149 (talk) 15:36, 25 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]