Talk:Demo (computer programming)

I'm thinking about creating additional demo-related entries (BBStros, 4k/64k intros, etc...) to be able to expand on the content and give specific examples. Adding a simple overview of some of the techniques used for size-restricted productions might be a good idea as well. However, wether they all deserve their own entries is left to be seen. Comments? Nezbie 23:46, 10 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, Viznut beat me to the Demo Types merge.. I have a complete rewrite of this article coming soon (this weekend?), so don't spend too much effort changing things until then. :) --Vossanova 19:29, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

References

It seems that someone has marked this article with an "unreferred" tag. So, should we simply copy the literature section and the "scene explained" linklist from the demoscene article to every demoscene-related article, or is there a better alternative? --Viznut 07:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You don't have to add references to every demoscene-related article, but it's a good idea to have a References section for the major ones, i.e. Demoscene, Demo (this one), and Demoparty. And Demoscene already has references, doesn't it? --Vossanova ^o< 13:48, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Article name

Is it just me or "computer programming" feels a) not quite fitting and b) tedious to write all the time when i wanna link? How about "Demo (demoscene)", "Demo (artform)" or "Demo (realtime)"? (Ok, these arent much better, but...) // Gargaj 00:57, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've had similar thoughts - the current name is somewhat misleading. This article seems to have been originally split apart from the demo article by someone who isn't necessarily very familiar with the subject, and the name has remained the same ever since. I'd suggest either "Demo (digital art)" or "Demo (computer art)". The demoscene article has been categorized in Category:Computer art (which is a subcategory of Category:Digital art), so perhaps this would be quite a fitting context for the name as well. --Viznut 06:19, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Demo (computer art)" might be better, although they weren't really considered to be an artform in the early days. Since it's in the computer graphics category, how about "Demo (computer graphics)"? No, it's not much shorter than it is now, but it's fitting. Even more fitting would be "Demo (underground software)", but that will probably make many people cringe. :) No matter how we look at it, we're pretty much screwed with a long title, to discern scene demos from computer game demos, both of which are realtime, software, and contain programming. Oh yes, and we can't use "scene" either, because nearly every underground hobby (including music with demo albums) has a "scene". --Vossanova ^o< 14:06, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Demo (demoscene)" is probably the best option, even if it is a bit pleonastic. Not all computer art belongs to the demoscene and not all demos are programming only, so yeah. I put my vote on "Demo (demoscene)", at least until someone think of a better name. // Tobias Lind 15:29, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I strongly oppose "demo (demoscene)". If you don't know what the demoscene is, how will it help? It's a bit vain to assume the majority of readers know about it. Plus it's a bit.. recursive.. like looking up "excellence" in the dictionary and finding "the state of being excellent". (yes, that's from a Simpsons episode..) The best solution usually seems to be putting the category in parenthesis (e.g. Doomsday (demo group) is in Category:Demo groups). So, that would make "Demo (computer graphics)" my choice. --Vossanova ^o< 16:03, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see your point, but as with "computer programming" demos are not exclusively about "computer graphics", it's a combined effort between programmers, musicians and graphic artists. Nor are demos exclusively about computers (see Cellulose by Tapir, that printer demo). It's unfortunate that you sometimes have to dig deeper in an encyclopedia to get the context, but I really think that "demo (demoscene" is the best option right now, I am, however, open for suggestions. // Tobias Lind 16:20, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]