[Vala] Genie in Wikipedia
- From: Hugo Florentino <hugux cu gmail com>
- To: Vala compiler development and discussion <vala-list gnome org>
- Subject: [Vala] Genie in Wikipedia
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:54:26 -0500
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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