Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scalar programming

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 Redirect per discussion. – S. Rich (talk) 18:19, 8 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Scalar programming

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Tagged for no references x 4+ years & disputed accuracy x 5+ years. Talk page comments reflect marked doubt about authenticity. Recommend deletion as unsourced and failing WP:GNG. – S. Rich (talk) 05:52, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:07, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete—The term of art is far more common in optimization theory (e.g., Invex Functions and Generalized Convexity in Multiobjective Programming), but that's a completely different topic than this one. Restricting my gscholar search to "scalar programming languages", I get all of five hits. While one of these is an IEEE Computer article, the phrase just never caught on. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 21:57, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:36, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:32, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect too Array programming#Scalar languages. As Lesser Cartographies says, this term never really caught on. I could not find in-depth RS to support notability. The sources I have seen always seem to use it only in contrast to vector or array programming. It is a term in the literature, however, so we could create a redirect. Array programming#Scalar languages seems the best target. --Mark viking (talk) 22:22, 2 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Array programming#Scalar languages per Mark viking. James500 (talk) 08:45, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment by OP – Can I assume that you folks know about the subject matter? (My knowledge is nil and I AFD's based on the lack of references.) If so, I'll take your comments to heart and do a WP:BLAR on the article. Thanks. – S. Rich (talk) 18:44, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm ok with WP:BLAR. The topic is in my field, but it is not my area of expertise. That said, I am confident that I would be able to find cites for scalar programming if it was an actual term of art. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 22:34, 7 September 2014 (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.