Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-16 Thread Michael Richter
The delitionists at Wikipedia will only pause. Note that this is the second attempt to delete the page on notability grounds? This will continue eternally until the deletionists win. I've seen this pattern in a variety of places. AfD fails, but the editor/admin/whatever doesn't take "no" as an

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-14 Thread Kobi Lurie
for what it's worth, I listed factor in my resume, as programming language knowledge. the truth is there are many programming languages, and most of them are good. it's a matter of pluralism of opinions, not a competition. I like that factor can inherently extend and improve in basic language f

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-14 Thread Samuel Tardieu
Anyway, the pression (thanks to Chris, Zed, reddit) from the crowd has been enough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Christopher_Monsanto -- The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoin

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-14 Thread Miles Gould
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 04:25:19PM -0800, Ed Keith wrote: > I think someone is on a crusade to get everything but his or her pet > subject removed from Wikipedia. Half the pages I've visited in the > last moth have been marked for deletion. If they all go there will not > be much left. Not quite:

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-13 Thread Alfredo Beaumont
Astelehena 14 Otsaila 2011(e)an, Jon Harper(e)k idatzi zuen: > One argument is that factor is recognized by github, and has many tasks > implemented on rosettacode.org. Also there's this website which runs code > pastes (cant remember the name though, there was a mail on this list) that > supports

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-13 Thread Ed Keith
--- On Sun, 2/13/11, Jon Harper wrote: > One argument is that factor is recognized by github, and has many tasks > implemented on rosettacode.org. Also there's this website which runs > code pastes (cant remember the name though, there was a mail on this > list) that supports factor. You are

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-13 Thread Balazs Toth
> "Zed Shaw. (2008) (flv). The ACL is Dead, a presentation created with > Factor/lots of mentions and praise of Factor. [CUSEC 2008]. CUSEC." That is how I first heard of the language. > Similarly, I believe that Wikipedia admins look somewhat coolly on > people using (crass/emotive/choose a perj

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-13 Thread Frederick Grose
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Chris Double wrote: > Just a heads up that the Factor wikipedia page has been flagged as > possibly not being notable and may be deleted: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_%28programming_language%29 > > Someone is going on a crusade to delete non-notable lang

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-13 Thread Rupert Swarbrick
Balazs Toth writes: > There is also this Zed Shaw presentation, created in Factor, talking > about/praising Factor several times: http://vimeo.com/2723800 > I'm absolutely in favour of the Factor page surviving, but be careful not to make edits that might be considered spammy in your eagerness t

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-13 Thread Balazs Toth
> >> > From: Chris Double >> > Subject: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible >> > deletion >> > To: factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net >> > Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 7:19 PM >> > Just a heads up that the Factor >

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-13 Thread Jon Harper
t : --- On Sun, 2/13/11, Chris Double wrote: > From: Chris Double > Subject: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion > To: factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 7:19 PM > Just a heads up that the Factor > w

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-13 Thread Balazs Toth
other day with those handsome portraits. My buttocks. Hope no one is offended... Cheers, Balazs On Feb 14, 2011, at 1:25 AM, Ed Keith wrote: > --- On Sun, 2/13/11, Chris Double wrote: > >> From: Chris Double >> Subject: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notab

Re: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-13 Thread Ed Keith
--- On Sun, 2/13/11, Chris Double wrote: > From: Chris Double > Subject: [Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible > deletion > To: factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 7:19 PM > Just a heads up that the Factor > wi

[Factor-talk] Wikipedia page flagged for notability and possible deletion

2011-02-13 Thread Chris Double
Just a heads up that the Factor wikipedia page has been flagged as possibly not being notable and may be deleted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_%28programming_language%29 Someone is going on a crusade to delete non-notable languages with a few pages already deleted or up for deletion. See h