[Vala] Genie in Wikipedia



I have created a new entry for Genie <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_%28programming_language%29> in Wikipedia, because I believe this language already has enough notability as a dialect of Vala, which is well-known.

However, the article is still in unreviewed state because it lacks proper citations. See the following conversation regarding the inclusion of the new article:

I have created a new article on Genie, a dialect of the Vala programming language. I am not affiliated with GNOME and tried to write the article as neutral as possible, but some revision (and hopefully enhancement) would be appreciated. [Latinmidget]

    My main concernis Notability
    <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:N>. You have no examples
    of reliable sources <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RS>
    showing that language has been used, discussed, or reviewed by
    others. [SPhilbrick]

        Well, only the first two external links are related to GNOME,
        the others are from independent authors who have certainly
        used and reviewed the language. Reliability is relative, but
        take for example Barry Kauler (creator of Puppy Linux, a
        well-known distro), who has chosen this language as
        development platform. In any case, it should be noted that
        this is actually an *alternative dialect* (I have rephrased
        this in the article) of a well known language (which *already
        has an entry* in Wikipedia and is intended to become one the
        main development platformsfor GNOME 3.0), so IMHO the article
        on Genie has notability. Nevertheless, your concern is valid
        and I will try to look for more independent sources. [Latinmidget]

            I didn't look at the external links; they should be
            interpreted as "reader, you might also find this
            interesting". If they do help establish Notability, that's
            great, but they need to be properly referenced to material
            in the article to "count". [SPhilbrick]


So if you can help to correct, enhance or include proper citations for the article, feel free to contribute in the discusion page <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Genie_%28programming_language%29> or directly in the article <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_%28programming_language%29>.

Regards, Hugo


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