Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Programming Language Design and Implementation

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) GothicGolem29 (Talk) 22:19, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Programming Language Design and Implementation

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Declined prod. Based on primary sources and fails WP:EVENT. LibStar (talk) 22:18, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Events and Computing. LibStar (talk) 22:18, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Comment quite a prestigious conference. I put a weak source on the talk page, a proper search is needed. Widefox; talk 22:43, 27 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This is a top venue in programming languages. It easily meets WP:JOURNALCRIT. Note that secondary sources are not a criteria for keeping journal/conference articles, any of the metrics on that page will qualify (e.g., citation score, impact factor for C1). As to improving the article itself, well that's another question. Caleb Stanford (talk) 07:25, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: could you please indicate how this meets WP:NJournals? --Randykitty (talk) 09:33, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Randykitty: For C1, see for example SJR 1, SJR 2 (published as part of PACMPL since 2023), ICORE, conferenceranks. CiteSeer apparently placed it #3 of all computer science conferences in 2003. Caleb Stanford (talk) 18:32, 28 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Are you sure you nominated the right article? WP: EVENT does not apply here -- that is a guideline more commonly used for events that might appear on the news, such as natural disasters, crimes, etc. WP: NJOURNALS is the correct guideline to apply here, and PLDI plainly meets that criteria per Caleb's remarks. HyperAccelerated (talk) 23:12, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep (by dePRODder) yes, I second User:HyperAccelerated re EVENT. User:LibStar I see you've PRODed a few journals - please can you review your multiple prods with this in mind, or say and as a precaution I suggest they are mass deproded? Widefox; talk 14:26, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would strongly advise against a mass dePROD. I do think this nomination is pretty terrible, but reverting every PROD that they've made recently would probably border on WP: HOUNDING. HyperAccelerated (talk) 21:05, 30 November 2025 (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.