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*'''Keep''' - interesting and noteable exactly because it is esoteric. Nobody codes in it, I think, but it is a kind of "look what's possible" item that should remain precisely due to the curiosity value. --[[Special:Contributions/213.191.86.14|213.191.86.14]] ([[User talk:213.191.86.14|talk]]) 17:33, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

** I'm sorry, but [[WP:INTERESTING]] is not a valid reason for keep. Wikipedia policy ([[WP:N]]) need to see non-trivial coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources. [[User:Snthdiueoa|Snthdiueoa]] ([[User talk:Snthdiueoa|talk]]) 18:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

*Note: I too am having a hard time finding a good source of information. Interestingly, this article has equivalent articles on [[:de:Whitespace (Programmiersprache)|German Wikipedia]], [[:fr:Whitespace|French Wikipedia]] (which is weird, because we don't create a lot of articles "just 'cause" in French) and a few more languages. But again, these Wikis don't have any sources either. Makes me wonder how notable this programming language is. • [[User:Supasaru|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#1100ff;">Supā</fontspan><fontspan colorstyle="color:#ff0011;">saru</fontspan>]] 21:21, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

*For prior discussion, see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Esoteric programming language related/Detail]]. [[User:Uncle G|Uncle G]] ([[User talk:Uncle G|talk]]) 01:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

:* Hmmm, I wasn't aware of the previous discussion: there was nothing about it on the article's talk page. However, none of the arguments in it address the issue at stake: there is no coverage in [[WP:RS|reliable]] secondary sources. [[User:Snthdiueoa|Snthdiueoa]] ([[User talk:Snthdiueoa|talk]]) 09:38, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

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*I don't know if it has any formal coverage, most of these estoric languages don't, but it does have a description at http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/ and there does seem to be an article at http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/31/1048962694949.html covering the topic. It is an interesting twist on the conventional idea of a programming language, as most languages ''ignore'' whitespace. Again there is not much formal academic references to the topic, but it is covered by multiple 3rd party sources including newsgroups etc, whether or not this widespread discussion of a concept is enough for wikipedia I don't know. Cheers! [[User:LinEagle|LinEagle]] ([[User talk:LinEagle|talk]]) 16:53, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

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