Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Whitespace (programming language): Difference between revisions

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Esoteric programming language. I have not been able to find any coverage in reliable sources for it. Most coverage seems to be in blogs, and Google Scholar returns no results at all for "Whitespace Programming language." [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&q=%22whitespace+programming+language%22&btnG=Search] [[User:Snthdiueoa|Snthdiueoa]] ([[User talk:Snthdiueoa|talk]]) 14:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

*'''Keep''' - Yes it's a bizarre language, BUT it is a valid and explicit representation of language definitions, range of programming language, and compilation. It was made as a sort of joke, but it does have meaning within the community. Just because it looks useless doesn't mean that the theory behind it, and its existence, is useless too. It's also Turing complete, IIRC. You wouldn't go deleting the 'Java' page, just because some people deem it an overly basic and clumsy language.[[User:Dancraggs|Dancraggs]] ([[User talk:Dancraggs|talk]]) 11:44, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

*'''Keep''' - interesting and noteable exactly because it is esoteric. Nobody codes in it, I think, but it is a kind of "look what's possible" item that should remain precisely due to the curiosity value. --[[Special:Contributions/213.191.86.14|213.191.86.14]] ([[User talk:213.191.86.14|talk]]) 17:33, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

** I'm sorry, but [[WP:INTERESTING]] is not a valid reason for keep. Wikipedia policy ([[WP:N]]) need to see non-trivial coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources. [[User:Snthdiueoa|Snthdiueoa]] ([[User talk:Snthdiueoa|talk]]) 18:30, 23 January 2008 (UTC)