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This article has a section on 'editions' (SE, ME, etc). But nothing on the differences between versions. Java 1.7 (and 1.8, though not yet finalized) is in some ways quite a different languages from 1.0. Does anyone think there ought to be a 'Versions' section with ''brief'' notes on the main changes (or perhaps just the language changes) in each version? These could include links to information on the relevant topic elsewhere on WP.
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== Deletion of version history ==
There was a discussion for the deletion of the [[Java version history]] article (linked in this article) here: [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Java version history]]. I still don't see why the article was deleted as it was not a speedy deletion process and the result of the discussion was not delete (to be fair, there was only one ''Delete'' by the one who asked for deletion, and two ''Keep''). Furthermore, now:
* there is hardly any history at all (for a major programming language)
* there is still absolutely no explanation as what must be put in this kind of version history languages
* '''all'' other major languages have the same articles with the same version history articles (and with the same content, which should be tagged for deletion also if this one was deleted). For example: [[.NET Framework version history]] , [[Qt version history]], the [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] history, the version table for [[History_of_Python|Python]], the [[Google Chrome version history]], the [[Firefox version history]], etc... If we delete this article, we should delete all of them them too (they have exactly the same "problems")
I ask here because it is not possible to ask why it was deleted on the talk page of the admin who deleted the page, nor the talk page of the deleted page (the latter is what is proposed on the deletion review, but the talk page do not exist anymore, of course). The result is that now the only history for this language is here: [[Java_(programming_language)#Versions]], which is bordering ridiculous. This process suck. [[User:Hervegirod|Hervegirod]] ([[User talk:Hervegirod|talk]]) 07:18, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
:It still exists on archive.org. I don't remember any delete request warning being posted. Someone should investigate this mess. • [[User:Sbmeirow|<span style="color:#8D38C9;">Sbmeirow</span>]] • [[User talk:Sbmeirow|<span style="color:#8D38C9;White;">Talk</span>]] • 07:39, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
:* https://web.archive.org/web/20200614061925/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history
:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Java_version_history
:: I added an OR tag to this article [[Java_(programming_language)#Versions|Versions]] section. At least maybe people will try to help. The discussion on the [[Java version history]] article deletion [[Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2020 June 18|here]] seems to go nowhere. [[User:Hervegirod|Hervegirod]] ([[User talk:Hervegirod|talk]]) 10:57, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
== Merger proposal ==
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