Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dancing Links Java Implementation
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result of the debate was DELETE. The transwiki option appears unclear, but the author can discuss at the relevant wikis. -Splashtalk 23:10, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Had a speedy tag on it at first, but due to the author's constant revision of the tag, I want to get some feedback by peers. Are Java messages supposed to be in this form on Wikipedia? If so, keep - if not, which I sincerely believe, delete εγκυκλοπαίδεια* 05:53, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. It might be appropriate however to keep the source code in another wiki. Wikibook? --Edcolins 08:33, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment move to wikibooks? Or wikisource, since it's source code... :) Jamie (talk/contribs) 12:23, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- See Wikisource talk:What Wikisource includes and Wikisource:Proposed deletions, where editors want to delete all source code from Wikisource. Uncle G 18:29, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment from the author I could not find the right place where to place this code.... It closely corresponds to the original paper by Knuth and it might be useful... Feel free to move it to the most appropriate place, but could we preserve the link to it from Dancing Links? Krage 16:14, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Just want to add here.. The source code here is not a software, but rather a document describing the algorithm. Many complained that the page for Dancing Links doesn't explain the algorithm itself thus it is useless. This java code explains the algorithm in the term familiar to every programmer. The original paper by Knuth is somewhat difficult to understand. Krage 21:44, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Can't we include the core of the algorithm in a more abstract way in Dancing Links, without posting the whole Java code? I think there is likely to be a need to explain the algorithm. The complete code will only help Java programmers. --Edcolins 10:06, 24 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Just want to add here.. The source code here is not a software, but rather a document describing the algorithm. Many complained that the page for Dancing Links doesn't explain the algorithm itself thus it is useless. This java code explains the algorithm in the term familiar to every programmer. The original paper by Knuth is somewhat difficult to understand. Krage 21:44, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete, source code listing isn't encyclopedic article. Pavel Vozenilek 23:15, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- I did not expect such animosity here... the people commented here are not really experts ... I am surprised that wikipedia turned out to be such a unpleasant place... I will remove links to this page and cease contributing Krage 04:37, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Transwiki Titoxd(?!? - help us) 04:41, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.