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*'''''Comment''''': the google test mechanism employed to discredit the languages described in the articles seems fatally flawed. Almost invariably the test has been to search for "''name'' programming language". I wonder if this is likely to discount perfectly good hits simply on the grounds that this exact phrase does not occur. I might support replacing the '''''List''''' with a longer article containing more detailed descriptions of each language, but I suspect that the product would be less helpful than what we have now. I'm definitely inclining towards ''Keep'' unless I can be convinced otherwise. --[[User:Phil Boswell|Phil]] | [[User talk:Phil Boswell|Talk]] 12:05, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)
*'''Keep All''' ''esoteric'' does not mean ''unknown''. There is a great deal of interest in these languages among CS people. The Google results are flawed and so meaningless. Too much attention is paid to them anyway. Also, the nominator voted Keep for some entries, undercutting his own argument [[User:Thesteve|<font color=#FFFFFF>The Steve</font>]] 13:07, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)
*'''Keep All''' The esoteric programming languages have relevance in terms of experimental computer science -- for one thing, most are simple Turing Machines. While they might not be generally useful, they do have their uses, and they're interesting to read about. Considering the number of votes in support of the esoteric languages, I'm suprised the boilerplates are still up....
*Comment: a lot of people are casting blanket "keep" votes despite the fact that some of these "languages" have, by their articles' own admission, never existed outside of one humorous USENET post. I suggest that, after the five-day voting period for this mass nomination ends, any articles that have received a simple majority of non-"keep" votes cast specifically for them be re-nominated, so that we can reach a genuine consensus on whether they deserve inclusion. [[User:Triskaideka|<nowiki></nowiki>]]—[[User:Triskaideka|Triskaideka]] 15:56, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
*'''Comment''': Oooh, what a great idea! It's always so fun to pick on minorities! How about we delete all [[chess variant]]s, [[:Category:Homestar Runner]], [[:Template:HitchhikerMiscellanea]] and, here comes the best part, all but the five biggest religions from [[:Category:Religion]]! Personally I think most of religions are rubbish and nothing more than a (lame) joke so ''obviously'' they should be deleted. --[[User:ZeroOne|ZeroOne]] 18:03, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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