Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Programming languages/Archive 3

Sys-Con edit

The reliability of Sys-Con as a source is being discussed at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Sys-Con. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 04:49, 28 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

AfD input requested edit

Anyone's input on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of ABAP and Java would be much appreciated. --Cybercobra (talk) 17:15, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Just found a lost sheep... edit

I just stumbled upon this: Wikipedia:WikiProject Ruby. Looks like a one-man action that (for whatever reason) didn't work out. Should it be merged with the main Ruby article, deleted, or extended into a proper wikiproject? --DanielPharos (talk) 15:52, 26 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Java WikiProject edit

I don't want to put a mumbo jumbo into the bongo, I don't want to do too much glitz in the blitz, damzels and sirs, but I wonder if it would be a good thing to create (like now or yesterday) a Java WikiProject along the classy Programming languages WikiProject (like there is for C++) under the Computing and Computer science WikiProjects. If I'm cor-rec-to, there are about 900 articles or more on Java technology in Wikipedia, which may be more than ALL other programming languages articles combined... Proof is in the pudding my good friends so let's join the bandwagon of free coffee from the east... Please go to this sexy page --Alainr345 (talk) 07:14, 24 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

No project templates? edit

I came here looking for a WikiProject template to put on Talk:SETL, which I'd just amended and noticed it hadn't a WP attached; but I don't see a template anywhere; {{WikiProject Programming languages}} doesn't come to Wikipedia:WikiProject Programming languages....you guys only just starting up??Skookum1 (talk) 03:35, 5 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

Realistically, we're more like a task force of the CS WikiProject in practice. --Cybercobra (talk) 03:50, 5 October 2009 (UTC)Reply

Request for comments: cleaning up Timeline of programming languages edit

In case anyone follows this talk page but not the parent project's one, see the topic there. Piet Delport (talk) 2009-10-23 00:19

Category:FORTRAN programming language family edit

Category:FORTRAN programming language family has been nominated for renaming. 70.29.210.242 (talk) 06:52, 23 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

Proposed changes edit

Does anybody object to:

  1. adding proper templates (like {{WikiProject:Programming Languages}}) to the project
  2. cleaning up participants list, moving everybody without any contributions to Wikipedia to separate Inactive Participants section?

Ipsign (talk) 07:02, 9 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

in #2 I've meant "everybody without any contributions to Wikipedia within a year". Ipsign (talk) 17:38, 26 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

Is EOS notable enough? edit

I've run into the following programming language named EOS: http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~eos/ . Are there opinions if it is notable enough for inclusion? Some background: it is aspect-oriented extension to C# and is somewhat similar to AspectJ; EOS has been developed from 2003 to 2007, had only one implementation and now is not supported anymore; there are a few articles on it, but not too much (I've found a dozen or so, most are by its authors). Ipsign (talk) 17:35, 26 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

Several prog lang article deletion discussions in progress edit

There are currently several active deletion discussions regarding programming language articles (apparently all nominated by User:Christopher Monsanto), including:

Members of this WikiProject may be particularly qualified/interested in weighing in on these AfDs. --Cybercobra (talk) 00:51, 13 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

RfC on the use of terminology like “GiB” (gibibyte) on Wikipedia edit

Notice: An RFC is being conducted here at Talk:Hard diskdrive#RFC on the use of the IEC prefixes. The debate under consideration is the use in this table of the “Hard disk drive” article of nomenclature such as “KiB”, “MiB”, and “GiB” to describe capacities. The governing guideline on MOSNUM is Quantities of bytes and bits. The quality of the discussion can be improved by broadening participation of the discussion. This will hopefully more fully achieve a consensus. Greg L (talk) 17:56, 10 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

BASIC Family Language Stub Merger edit

I noticed that there are quite a few stubs on BASIC-family languages, such as BASIC-11 and BasicX. What does everyone think about merging them into an article along the lines of "BASIC Variations"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.10.124.205 (talk) 19:05, 8 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

New categories edit

I have made two new categories for high level and low level programming language. I need some people to help organize the articles on programming language,s thanks. Ryuku (talk) 20:14, 12 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

I could see some problems with these categories: 1. How is "low-level languages" defined? 2. You added C to "low-level languages", but C is frequently referred to as a high-level language (despite its low-level nature). --Frederico1234 (talk) 20:26, 12 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject restructuring edit

Compared to some other WikiProjects, the WikiProjects related to computing in a broad sense have been split into a large number of small projects:

Project Watchers Page views (2010) Revisions / Contributors (talk)
Wikipedia:WikiProject C++ 59 3680 / 464 few
Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing 223 23488 / 8738 1429 / 480
Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer networking 54 6593 / 569 164 / 68
Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer Security 30 3693 / 1230 173 / 53
Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science 341 23739 / 2848 649 / 154
Wikipedia:WikiProject Cryptography 102 8957 / 903 402 / 83
Wikipedia:WikiProject Databases 36 1885 / 456 53 / 24
Wikipedia:WikiProject Java 31 5588 / 819 75 / 26
Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics (for comparison) 661 19534 / 27375 22711 / 1185
Wikipedia:WikiProject Programming languages 80 2507 / 357 130 / 56
Wikipedia:WikiProject Software 82 6773 / 1443 540 / 143
Not (yet) included: Wikipedia:WikiProject Cyberlaw, Wikipedia:WikiProject Free Software, Wikipedia:WikiProject Internet, Wikipedia:WikiProject Linux, Wikipedia:WikiProject Apple Inc., Wikipedia:WikiProject Malware, Wikipedia:WikiProject Microsoft Windows

I believe this fragmentation of the community is not productive. In essence a WikiProject is just a shared talk page where people with similar interests can meet each other. This project is fairly small and inactive. Would anyone object to it being merged into Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science? —Ruud 10:34, 22 September 2011 (UTC)Reply