Talk:Finite-difference time-___domain method: Difference between revisions

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== External links to vendors ==

I have removed the very long list of external links to vendors (for the second time). This is probably the worst violation of [[WP:ELNO#EL14]] I have ever seen. It might be useful to somebody, but it has no place in an encyclopaedia. Specifically, it is a breach of the [[WP:NOTDIR]] policy. If there is discussion somewhere in reliable sources of the pros and cons of various packages then that can be in the article. But we cannot tolerate a spammy list that is completely open-ended with no clear criteria for inclusion. The link to the [[Open Directory Project]] was a reasonable compromise. If a vendor cannot get on that list there may well be a good reason. In any case, it is a list that is filtered by independent editors at ODP. '''[[User:Spinningspark|<font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning</font>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<font style="color:#4840a0">Spark'''</font>]]''' 20:28, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

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:::::I am not saying that EL should be reliably sourced, I am saying that EL should not be used as a substitute for a properly sourced list. '''[[User:Spinningspark|<font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning</font>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<font style="color:#4840a0">Spark'''</font>]]''' 23:04, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

:'''Comment''' I am not inclined to suggest that I am much bothered. Both sides have merit, and my sympathies are mainly with MV, but I must say that if anyone raised formal objections to the list, it would be hard to sustain support for retaining it. Possibly pruning it to a list of "notable" packages or something?... Dunno. [[User:JonRichfield|JonRichfield]] ([[User talk:JonRichfield|talk]]) 21:03, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

'''Split''' I would start by splitting the list off to [[List of FDTD software]]. That seems to have worked well for [[List of numerical analysis software]] and [[List of PTP implementations]], for instance. If that's not a fully acceptable solution you can then nominate the new article for deletion and debate it there. -—[[user talk:Kvng|Kvng]] 15:18, 18 December 2012 (UTC)