Talk:Comparison of data-serialization formats: Difference between revisions

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:::I didn't claim that Hjson is a "user interface format", I claimed it is a "user interface", period. Just see the title of hjson.org, which states "Hjson, a user interface for JSON". The comparison to YAML is flawed, since YAML is a data-serialization format, while Hjson doesn't even claim to be one. Likening Hjson to the programming language Python isn't helping the case. Shall we include Python in the list as well? I have yet to see anything that makes Hjson noteworthy in either this article or the JSON article. It's great that you have found a UI to JSON that you like, but Wikipedia is not a [[WP:LINKFARM|linkfarm]]. [[Special:Contributions/185.213.154.172|185.213.154.172]] ([[User talk:185.213.154.172|talk]]) 20:43, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

::::I agree that we shouldn’t make Wikipedia a link farm, but I also feel we should not completely ignore useful reliably sourced information. HJSON (and JSON5) are both mentioned in a [[WP:RS|reliable source]], and mentioning them in the [[JSON]] article has [[WP:NNC|a much lower bar of entry than a standalone Wikipedia article]]; as per the [[WP:LINKFARM]] concerns, I did not hotlink to the web pages (I assume our readers are smart enough to perform a Google search), but I think naming them in a single short sentence in [[JSON]] (where we already have an extensive discussion of YAML) is acceptable now that I have a reliable source which names them. 21:12, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

:::::You rewrote and replace your comment, while I was replying to it. So I had to start my reply from scratch. You seem to have understood that the arguments where flawed. My understanding is that including Hjson in this article would be wrong in regards to the article's topic, and to include it in the JSON article is giving it [[WP:WEIGHT|undue weight]]. Discussing YAML in the JSON article is completely different. YAML is a standard, it a [[serialization]] format (not a "configuration" format), it's a JSON superset, et cetera. [[Special:Contributions/185.213.154.172|185.213.154.172]] ([[User talk:185.213.154.172|talk]]) 21:20, 13 August 2019 (UTC)