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The result was '''keep'''. <small>([[Wikipedia:NACD#Non-administrators_closing_discussions|non-admin closure]])</small> [[User:Spirit of Eagle|Spirit of Eagle]] ([[User talk:Spirit of Eagle|talk]]) 03:25, 28 August 2015 (UTC)

===[[Cowboy coding]]===

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"Cowboy-" anything can mean "reckless and irresponsible." The meaning is no different when applied to code. It is not a Software Development Philosophy any more than doing anything badly is a philosophy. The only other "source" for this term is a circular reference back to this Wikipedia page. This article is entirely original (or a joke) and should be deleted. <small><span class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:GlenPeterson|GlenPeterson]] ([[User talk:GlenPeterson|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/GlenPeterson|contribs]]) 00:15, 24 July 2015‎</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

* '''Keep''' The term is commonly used and there are sources. The article never calls it a software development philosophy. More could be added, but AfD isn't the route to go to get those. I'm not sure why nominator stated that in nomination rational. I checked StickyMinds.com and there are many sources there, unfortunately most are restricted to members (I am one and membership is free). A simple Google search shows sever RSes in the first ten returned. [[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 05:52, 24 July 2015 (UTC)

* '''Comment'''. I have completed this incomplete and malformed nomination and inserted it into today's list of nominations. —[[User:Psychonaut|Psychonaut]] ([[User talk:Psychonaut|talk]]) 15:22, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

* '''Keep''' "Cowboy coding" is not simply a generic "cowboy-" prefix/adjective applied to "coding" as the nominator suggests. It is an established concept in the realm of software development. A Google book search for [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22cowboy+coding%22&tbm=bks "cowboy coding"] returns 275 hits, many of which are reliable sources establishing [[WP:N|notability]]. —<b style="border:1px solid #C5BE83;background-color:#F5DEB3;font-size:0.9em;">&nbsp;[[User:LinguistAtLarge|LinguistAtLarge]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[User talk:LinguistAtLarge|Talk]]&nbsp;</b> 18:05, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

:<small class="delsort-notice">Note: This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Software|list of Software-related deletion discussions]]. &mdash;&thinsp;[[User:JJMC89|JJMC89]]&thinsp;<small>([[User talk:JJMC89|T]]'''·'''[[Special:EmailUser/JJMC89|E]]'''·'''[[Special:Contributions/JJMC89|C]])</small> 01:58, 21 August 2015 (UTC)</small>

:<small class="delsort-notice">Note: This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Computing|list of Computing-related deletion discussions]]. [[User:Gene93k|• Gene93k]] ([[User talk:Gene93k|talk]]) 17:52, 26 August 2015 (UTC)</small>

* ''''Keep''' The fact that it's a bad methodology doesn't mean that it's not a popular methodology. [[User:Andy Dingley|Andy Dingley]] ([[User talk:Andy Dingley|talk]]) 18:24, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

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