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Reviewer: TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 18:34, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to comment on this as I read through. Please respond line by line and I will strike issues as they are resolved.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:17, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am not a computer science or information systems specialist. Netiher am I a law enformcement or legal studies expert. Thus, I am a typical untrained reader of this subject. On initial review the second paragraph of the WP:LEAD is a bit abstract to me. I will reconsider this comment after reading the entire article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:17, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • A: Ok, I rejigged that paragraph. Moved the part you refer to down to the   bottom of the 4th para (now 3rd paragraph) and expanded it slightly. Does it make more sense in that context? --Errant [tmorton166] (chat!) 09:53, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
History
Investigative tools
Thanks for the feedback so far. I'm moving house this week, but will get through this as fast as I can. I gave feedback on your last point - and will make article modifications for the other points later :) --Errant [tmorton166] (chat!) 09:44, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Uses
Digital evidence
Forensic Process

Are there some books you could use to beef up this article. At my local borders (where I am sitting right now) the Computer Forensics for Dummies book is out of stock. I know there are other books you could use though.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:44, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Beef up... the content? or the sourcing? I can dig out some more books, unfortunately most of the books we use are reference manuals for various software so not really reliable - so I'll need to grab a few books from Amazon etc. (not a problem) --Errant [tmorton166] (chat!) 13:30, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was just hoping this would be a meatier article. It just seems a little light compared to some scientific GAs. I was hoping for more content.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:43, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It's a problem knowing how far to go. This is not really a science - it's computing topic more than anything (i.e. a faux science, one of my main gripes with it :)). The other problem is where to go with the content; there are two main aspects to this, the technical aspect of actually digging for information, and the legal aspect of what you can do and where/how it is used. My outstanding plan for this whole field was to use Digital forensics as a starter/overview article (i.e. deal with the history, and then draw the other topics together in summary form) and then focus on the sub-topics individually one by one in their own article. To beef this up I suppose I could merge Digital forensic process, but am somewhat loathe to do that because I can make that a pretty lengthy article when I get the time :). The part that could probably do with expansion is the history, so I will wait and see what I can pick out of the sources I have coming :) (btw, if you want to fail it for being light on content, no worries, it has been useful to get outside input!) --Errant [tmorton166] (chat!) 09:40, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Let me think about this a while. I will be at Borders again this afternoon. I want to poke around there and then comment on use of sources. I will comment further this afternoon. Don't buy any books from Amazon to get a GA. WP is a free collaboration and you should not invest any more in it than you are paid for contributing to it.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 13:37, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, any excuse to buy some more books.... ;) --Errant [tmorton166] (chat!) 14:15, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry. I got caught up in something yesterday and did not get a chance to snoop around at Borders. I'll get back to you in a few days.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:07, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Don't worry, I won't be around for a few days either. Look forward to your comments :) --Errant [tmorton166] (chat!) 16:35, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have stepped back and looked at this fresh and feel it passes.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:16, 22 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]