Talk:IBM Basic assembly language and successors: Difference between revisions

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== Apples and oranges ==

{{ping|‎FishFish|Peter Flass|Gah4|Guy Harris|Mathnerd314159|Rfc1394 }} Recent edits inappropriately renamed the article and conflated several very different assembler. Two edit summaries cited [[WP:PRECISE]], but the moves violated {{tqq|Usually, titles should unambiguously define the topical scope of the article}}.

The edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Basic_Assembly_Language&oldid=1164874838 introduces errors. E.g., the tables shows Basic Assembler Language as having been written in HLASM, which did not exist at the time, and as running on systems other than BPS/360, which it is not able to do. Absent a compelling reason, I plan to restore the status quo. -- [[User:Chatul|Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul]] ([[User talk:Chatul|talk]]) 18:27, 11 July 2023 (UTC)

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[[:Basic Assembly Language]] → {{no redirect|IBM Basic assembly language and successors}} – The article discusses the entire family of assemblers for the IBM S/360 through z mainframes; only on [[BPS/360]] and [[BOS/360]] was the assembler named BAL. [[User:Chatul|Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul]] ([[User talk:Chatul|talk]]) 17:10, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

:For context, I had moved the article ''IBM Basic assembly language'' to ''IBM Basic assembly language and successors'' a decade ago in edit [[Special:Permalink/566727959]]; ‎[[user:Mathnerd314159|Mathnerd314159]] moved it to ''Basic Assembly Language'' on 11 July 2023 in edit [[Special:Permalink/1164870417]]. I initiated a discussion at [[Talk:Basic Assembly Language#Apples and oranges]] and am seeking comments from other editors, as well as suggestions for alternate names. -- [[User:Chatul|Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul]] ([[User talk:Chatul|talk]]) 17:10, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

: '''Support''' The title needs to have IBM in it, and the proposed title better describes the article’s subject. [[User:Peter Flass|Peter Flass]] ([[User talk:Peter Flass|talk]]) 18:21, 3 September 2023 (UTC)