Talk:Java (disambiguation): Difference between revisions

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I've reverted the recent (16 June '06) change which involved replacing the text of the [[Java {island)]] article with a redirect to [[Java]], and the replacement there of its former disambig page format with text taken from that on the island. While I don't necessarily disagree about the intent to have the island's article at [[Java]], with other meanings at [[Java (disambiguation)]], a copy and paste exercise is not the way to go about it. If it ''is'' to be retitled, then it should be done by [[Wikipedia:How to move a page|moving the page]]s, to preserve the respective edit histories and associated talk pages. It should also probably be nominated for moving first (or again) via the [[WP:RM]] process, to see if there is consensus for such an arrangement. It will have to go through the WP:RM process in any case since it will require administrator action to move the pages (if that is the outcome), as both have non-trivial edit histories.--[[User:CJLL Wright|cjllw]]<font color="#DAA520"> | </font>[[User talk:CJLL Wright|<small>''TALK''</small>]] 00:27, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

===For the whole world===

We're writing an encyclopedia for the whole world, not just for IT workers. If we slant it so that it's more useful for IT workers and less useful for everyone else, we may gain some usability in the short-term, but at the expense of our long term goals. We have poor coverage of Java as it is, so the last thing we want is to risk putting off Javanese contributors. -- [[User:Danny Yee|Danny Yee]] 07:15, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

===Some numbers===

At some point this year, the population of Java will probably exceed that of Japan... There are probably more people '''living''' in Java than have ever even heard of the programming language Java. -- [[User:Danny Yee|Danny Yee]] 01:54, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

== Requested move (2)==