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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)

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* '''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)

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:<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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