Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Java version history: Difference between revisions

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:<small class="delsort-notice">Note: This discussion has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Software|list of Software-related deletion discussions]]. [[User:Pi|<span style="color: #00b040; font-family: Segoe script, helvetica"><b>Pi</b></span>]] [[User Talk:Pi|<span style="font-size: 9pt; color: #0040b0; font-family: Segoe script, helvetica"><i>(Talk to me!)</i></span>]] 18:16, 10 June 2020 (UTC)</small>

*'''Delete'''. There may be an article to write on the history of [[Java (programming language)|Java]]; it is a vastly popular and rather old programming language which has seen a lot of change. However, this is not that article. The current article violates [[WP:DIRECTORY|Wikipedia is not a directory]]; listing [[JDK Enhancement Proposal|JEPs]] and syntax changes is the role of a [[changelog]], not an encyclopedia. [[User:BenKuykendall|BenKuykendall]] ([[User talk:BenKuykendall|talk]]) 21:27, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

*'''Keep'''. I agree that having '''all''' JEPS for the article is not useful, but this kind of information is now available nowhere. The fact that there is an overview of main changes for major versions is useful IMO. At the beginning, the article listed major changes, but I think that as times passed, epopleeditors began to include every small changes in the article, which was not the intent. So my advice would be to remove all the minor updates dates (and those changes which only bring , and only keep importantthe key focus changes. However referring the JEP number is important I think because it is often the only way to source the change. By the way, there are much more [[User:Hervegirod|Hervegirod]] ([[User talk:Hervegirod|talk]]) 22:53, 10 June 2020 (UTC)