Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/C++ examples

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 20:42, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

C++ examples

This page is a list of examples of code in the programming language C++. It seems to be the sort of software guide prohibited by WP:NOT#GUIDE, no pages in article space link to it, and the main C++ page already includes embedded examples of code. As such, I think it should be deleted. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 14:58, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please note the (ancient) prior VFD discussion at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/C plus plus examples. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 14:58, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete (after merging any relevant examples into C++. → AA ^(talk) — 15:05, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Completely unreferenced, and there's so little context the examples are entirely useless. -- Mikeblas 15:40, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-encyclopedic, unreferenced and basically useless. --MediaMangler 15:49, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki Would wikisource want this? Corpx 16:30, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Wikipedia is not a manual. The main C++ article should have a few examples, but not an entire article dedicated to them. Useight 17:44, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not necessarily. After !voting here, I almost proposed an AfD for Fortran code examples, but I actually think moving the examples from the Fortran article into a separate page worked out very well. The examples there are more fully developed and demonstrate the historical development of the language. The idea of creating a separate page of C++ examples might not have been that bad originally, if it had been followed through, but it doesn't fit with the current C++ main article. --MediaMangler 18:28, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - There is really nothing there of value, which isn't covered better and more thoroughly in C++ and C. In fact, most of the examples appear to be for what are basically C functionality, only with output through streaming. It is also inconsistent with the usage of '\n' and std::endl. IMHO, an article specifically about C++ examples should cover examples that show how it's substantially different from C, with a link to C code examples. If the C++ article grows to have many good examples, it would make sense to split off the article, but now is not the time yet. I would have said delete and redirect, but there is really nothing that links there in the first place. --Pekaje 19:09, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Transwiki & Delete To wikibooks, if deemed worthy. ~ | twsx | ^talk_cont | 21:21, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - There is nothing useful on it as Pekaje have said. WP is not a guide, whereas Wikibook already have its bit on C++. KTC —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 13:28, August 22, 2007 (UTC).
delete. kate. 15:49, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the nominator, Wikipedia is WP:NOT a technical help manual. Burntsauce 17:50, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete not encyclopedic; but do the actual deletion after moving some useful code examples to relevant articles. -- Taku 13:08, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.