Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Executive Systems Problem Oriented Language

ESPOL should NOT be deleted

Although replaced by NEWP, ESPOL is of historical significance in the Burroughs B5000 world. As I wrote for NEWP:

I don't know who this Mr HyperAccelerated (MR HA) is, it seems they have nothing to there name on WP apart from this deletion notification. Thus MR HA is posting this under the guise of anonymity, which gives it less credence.

I thus suspect industry shenanigans. While the reason given (WP:GNG) is there is little findable online material apart from at Unisys (a full manual available), that is only a weak test, and certainly DOES NOT apply here.

Let's use this test: "On Wikipedia, the general inclusion threshold is whether the subject is notable enough for at least two people to have written something substantive (more than just a mention) about that subject that has been published in a reliable source."

Yes, NEWP has a reliable source at Unisys. Secondly this article has been worked on by multiple people for nearly 20 years. This article is also referenced from other WP articles, so is one of a related collection of articles. While NEWP is a specialist area, it is significant in the context of those other articles for which there are plenty of external material since the B5000 and descendants are very significant machines in this industry.

It may be that Mr HA has no familiarity with this subject so it might seem irrelevant to him, or that Mr HA has some industry axe to grind or works for some competitive concern. I find the whole 'flag for deletion' suggestion here nonsense in one way or another. Ian.joyner (talk) 02:34, 13 February 2025 (UTC)