Talk:Finite-difference time-___domain method: Difference between revisions

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:How would you propose to reference such an article? References to the packages themselves do not really count as [[WP:RS]]. '''[[User:Spinningspark|<font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning</font>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<font style="color:#4840a0">Spark'''</font>]]''' 13:58, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

:: In the [[List of finite element software packages]], most software packages reference their own Wikipedia articles; at present there is one with just an external reference. [[List of numerical analysis software]] is the same way, with more external references. Wikipedia articles are not necessarily reliable sources, but people seem OK with citing them in these lists. Vendors/projects can generally be relied upon to provide accurate technical specifications about their own software, it is just that they are not neutral. Perhaps they fall under [[WP:SELFSOURCE]] category of reliable sources? I haven't looked at the status of the FDTD packages to see if they have reliable secondary sources available or Wikipedia articles. [[User:Mark viking|Mark viking]] ([[User talk:Mark viking|talk]]) 14:35, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

:::What I object to here is the unqualified inclusion of all and sundry. If there were RS doing comparisons of packages that could be included (whether in the main article or a separate list article is irrelevant) but a list of EL without ''independent'' RS is not really acceptable. Comparisons with other articles does not really cut it either per [[WP:OTHERSTUFF]]. There is a place for article comparison to achieve consistency of style, but for establishing policy it is worthless: there must be millions of pages on Wikipedia that breach policy and guidelines in some way or another. '''[[User:Spinningspark|<font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning</font>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<font style="color:#4840a0">Spark'''</font>]]''' 17:04, 15 December 2012 (UTC)