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

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::But Wikipedia does have guidelines that editors follow to develop [[WP:Consensus]] in making decisions. You'll find help on how an AfD works at [[WP:AFDFORMAT]]. In deciding whether to keep an article, the question is always, are there reliable independent secondary sources to establish notability? On Wikipedia, all of these terms have slightly more technical meanings than you might expect, so it's worth reading the material at [[WP:GNG]]. Here, it's not enough that something ''seems'' notable, i.e., that people not connected to the subject ''should'' take note (because it ''seems'' notable), they have to actually ''do it'' and they have to do it in reliable independent secondary sources. [[WP:RS]] As a practical matter, for a typical software product, that usually means citing a couple magazine articles or mentions in a couple books. Currently, the article doesn't have that and when I Googled, I couldn't find any. Hope this helps (and explains the suggestion you got about moving the article to a page in your user space and continuing working on it as you look for sources.) [[User:Msnicki|Msnicki]] ([[User talk:Msnicki|talk]]) 15:55, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

:<small class="delsort-notice">Note: This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Computing|list of Computing-related deletion discussions]]. <!--Template:Deletion sorting--></small> <small>— [[User:Gene93k|• Gene93k]] ([[User talk:Gene93k|talk]]) 17:13, 10 July 2011 (UTC)</small>

:'''Delete''' or restore the redirect. Despite the comments on [[User talk:Drquim]], I still hope that [[User:Drquim|Drquim]] is willing to engage in a civil discussion. Just in case: developing an article in user space is a technique I have used until enough reliable sources can be found to justify inclusion. For example, this language could certainly be notable in the future, for example, if a trade press or academic writes an article on it. At that point it would be welcome; I am generally inclusionist, but also prefer quality articles over quantity. [[User:W Nowicki|W Nowicki]] ([[User talk:W Nowicki|talk]]) 17:26, 10 July 2011 (UTC)