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== Edit Request ==
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I am working at JetBrains and I have a conflict of interest with this article. I would like to request for editing regarding incorrect information.
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===Reply 16-DEC-2019===
{{border |[[File:Emojione1_2705.svg|20px]]{{nbsp|2}}'''Edit request implemented'''{{nbsp|2}}|display=table |width=1px |style=solid |style2= |color=black |lh=1}} <span style="font-size:75%;border:2px solid red;border-radius:50px;font-color:#008">[[User:Spintendo|<span style="color:#008;"> <b>Spintendo</b> </span>]]</span> 20:33, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
== Data Class ==
The section on data classes contains false information. A data class can contain a body, properties not defined in the primary constructor, as well as functions. It is not like a struct in C. The data class adds `hashCode`, `equals`, `toString`, `componentx` functions automatically and I believe that is the main purpose. [[User:0xDeadbeef|0xDeadbeef]] ([[User talk:0xDeadbeef|talk]]) 13:31, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
:I didn't mention `componentx` functions, but I did clarify that the key motivation for `data class` is auto-generating `equals`, `hashCode`, and `toString`. [[User:Lolinder|Lolinder]] ([[User talk:Lolinder|talk]]) 22:26, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
== Swift influence?? ==
I don't often edit, so I wanted some feedback on this proposed change:
I'd like to remove the assertion that Kotlin was influenced by Swift - the timelines don't really line up (which is not definitive evidence against), and the site referenced in the original edit (http://nilhcem.com/swift-is-like-kotlin/ from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=939832300) does not provide any evidence nor a statement/assertion that the similarities are a result of one language's influence on the other. Given that Kotlin first appeared before Swift, and both languages have common ancestors in the C family of languages, it doesn't seem like this assertion has much backing (in the same way that if two siblings had similar aesthetic features, you'd likely attribute it to their common parents rather than saying that the younger sibling influenced the appearance of the older sibling).
I've also done some searching trying to find the Kotlin team listing Swift as an influence, and have found influences, but not containing Swift.
Is this sufficient to undo that good-faith edit?
[[User:Ploppity|Ploppity]] ([[User talk:Ploppity|talk]]) 04:40, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
:Not sure. At a surface level, the two languages use similar elements, and they also look similar (of course, under the hood, things work very differently, especially regarding APIs). They definitely ''appear'' to have influenced each other, although in Kotlin's case, [[Scala]] seems to be the more clear/dominant influence. Maybe wait a while so other editors can check this as well... [[User:TucanHolmes|<span style="background-color: #eff6ff; color: #0645ad; padding: 2px 3px;">TucanHolmes</span>]] ([[User talk:TucanHolmes|talk]]) 12:39, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
:I would say that is certainly sufficient to undo the edit. You noted that the listed source for the assertion doesn't actually support the assertion; you then looked for other sources that would validate it and didn't find any. You did the due diligence. If someone finds such a source in the future the claim can then be readded, but it is currently just an unsourced claim and it doesn't need to be there. [[User:Ploppity]]'s noting that "at a surface level, the two languages use similar elements, and they also look similar" etc is, respectfully, in effect "original research" for the purposes of [[WP:NOR]] and such observations are not valid support for an otherwise unsourced claim.
== Edit request - update mascot pictures ==
The new redesigned mascot was announced this year.
https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2023/04/the-kotlin-mascot-returns/ [[Special:Contributions/109.245.202.213|109.245.202.213]] ([[User talk:109.245.202.213|talk]]) 12:00, 1 October 2023 (UTC)
== I'm missing a pro/cons section ==
I'm not a regular Wikipedia editor, so I don't know what the right terminology would be: Reception? Review? Benefits and Drawbacks? [[User:Snorkop|Snorkop]] ([[User talk:Snorkop|talk]]) 08:46, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
:We can't do a pro/con-section on our own, that would be [[WP:OR|original research]]. We need reliable sources, at least several of them, to create something like that. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tech review blog, and unless there are specific and notable criticisms of Kotlin, no such section will be necessary.
:We do have comparison pages, e.g. [[Comparison of C and Pascal]], [[Comparison of C Sharp and Java|Comparison of C# and Java]] or [[Compatibility of C and C++]], but these are plagued with issues, mainly those that I have mentioned above, and we need enough material (a large enough body of reliable sources) to create them. They need to be useful to the reader, and they need to exist for a reason, i.e. the topic, the underlying comparison, needs to be notable enough to warrant its own article. [[User:TucanHolmes|<span style="background-color: #eff6ff; color: #0645ad; padding: 2px 3px;">TucanHolmes</span>]] ([[User talk:TucanHolmes|talk]]) 14:33, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
== On data classes ==
{{ping|MrOllie}} I disagree with the {{Diff2|1218897978|recent removal}} of some information about data classes from the article. Data classes are a core part of Kotlin's feature set, and have been inspired other languages, including Java with its records – so, definitely very notable. While I agree that Wikipedia is [[WP:NOTHOW|not an instruction manual]], I don't think that this justifies a near-complete removal, even with a low-quality source. In my opinion, a better course of action would have been to condense the explanation and tag the source as "[better source needed]" (copy editing, basically). [[User:TucanHolmes|<span style="background-color: #eff6ff; color: #0645ad; padding: 2px 3px;">TucanHolmes</span>]] ([[User talk:TucanHolmes|talk]]) 16:58, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
== Adoption sections ==
Seems like the last section in adoption should mention Android? Most of the sources are about Android. We could also remove these lists and just summarize (companies like X Y Z use it and have noted that ...) [[User:Heartleafphilodendron|heartleafphilodendron]] ([[User talk:Heartleafphilodendron|talk]]) 20:31, 26 March 2025 (UTC)
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