Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intentional programming (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 01:12, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Intentional programming

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This article doesn't appear to refer to an actual programming paradigm that was ever used by anyone. It seems to be a concept that was promoted by Charles Simonyi through his company Intentional Software, but that company is now defunct and I can't find any evidence that Simonyi ever gained any traction in moving this from an idea to an actual implementation that was adopted by anyone. Google reveals a couple of people criticising the idea back in the day, and marketing materials from the now-defunct company. Unless someone knows something about this that I don't, I think the best course of action would be merging relevant content from this article into Charles Simonyi and/or Intentional Software and deleting this page. -- LWG ^talk 20:01, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Companies, Computing, and Software. -- LWG ^talk 20:01, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Not opposed to a merge or a redirect here, but most of the sourcing I can find is closely tied to Simonyi. Don't think we have enough coverage to establish notability of this particular subject. HyperAccelerated (talk) 04:39, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting, already had a visit to AFD so not eligible for a Soft deletion closure.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:00, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment since the previous AFD, Simonyi's company that promoted this idea has been bought out by Microsoft and shuttered. The company website now 404s. As far as I can tell there is no longer anyone actively using or promoting this idea. Thus it is extremely unlikely that any new sources will be forthcoming that could be used to improve the article. -- LWG ^talk 22:15, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I would suggest adding a definition to the company article, but it's already there. Francisco288 (talk) 13:16, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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