Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Computer science

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Int main

The redirects Int main, With statement and Iterative for loop, which seem relevant to this project, have been nominated for deletion. Your participation in the discussions linked below would be welcome:

• Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 May 19#Int main
• Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 May 19#With statement
• Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 May 19#Iterative for loop.

Thanks, Thryduulf (talk) 11:15, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

A possible Science/STEM User Group

There's a discussion about a possible User Group for STEM over at Meta:Talk:STEM_Wiki_User_Group. The idea would be to help coordinate, collaborate and network cross-subject, cross-wiki and cross-language to share experience and resources that may be valuable to the relevant wikiprojects. Current discussion includes preferred scope and structure. T.Shafee(Evo&Evo)^talk 02:55, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of List of ACM-W chapters for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of ACM-W chapters is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of ACM-W chapters until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.Cypherquest (talk) 21:02, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of List of ACM-W Celebrations for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article List of ACM-W Celebrations is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of ACM-W Celebrations until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Cypherquest (talk) 21:02, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Nomination of Portal:Computer graphics for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Computer graphics is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Computer graphics until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:06, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

What is a suitable secondary/independent work for the purposes of notability of a language?

Stifle speedy-closed some recently POINTy AFDs. While I agree that they were POINTy, it wasn't obvious to me that the AFDs had no merit. For the particular AFD I noticed, Monkey X, I went and took a moment to see what exists to see what can actually be cited for the purposes of meeting the WP:GNG. I found a small section of a book where the language is used as an example, a how-to program in the language book, an article where the language is used to explore game design, and then trivial mentions elsewhere (nothing of interest in Google, GNews, Gbooks, Gscholar). None of these strike me as rising to the requirements in the WP:GNG.

I am, of course, less interested in the specifics of the case. I'm much more interested in the kinds of works that show a language's notability. --Izno (talk) 21:40, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

It is a good question. From my observations at language AfDs, beyond the requirements of multiple, in-depth, independent RS, the kinds of sources that gain the most traction with other editors are those written "out of universe", that is, sources that write about the language as a separate entity. Such sources might describe the history of the language, what kind of language it is in the pantheon of languages, and what its unique or notable features are. The sources might compare and contrast a language with other languages, or give a history of major applications of a language. They might discuss language standards or standardization efforts. They might discuss the influence of the language on other languages. Sources like this avoid being dismissed as just WP:NOTHOWTO-forbidden manuals. One challenge of the field is that the best sources may be written by the creators. It is sort of absurd that The C Programming Language by K&R, a book with a big impact itself, doesn't technically contribute toward notability of the C language. --{{u|Mark viking}} {Talk} 00:15, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

• I make no comment on the notability of the underlying articles, but to the extent it isn't implied, if you wish to renominate in good faith any of the articles I speedily kept, you are welcome to do so. I did not speedy-close all of the AFDs; where I felt there was justification or other people had weighed in some were left open. Stifle (talk) 10:49, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

  @Stifle: Oh yeah, no worries. As I said, I understand speedy-closing them in this instance. :) --Izno (talk) 13:13, 9 July 2019 (UTC)

Sorry guys, I am new to Wikipedia projects. Who should i contact to get this [1] draft reviewed? It's been months. Cheers --MLvisualizer (talk) 09:37, 30 July 2019 (CET)