Talk:List of .NET libraries and frameworks

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This article covers .NET libraries, a topic that is complementary to the .NET Framework and as important as the .NET Framework topic itself. The article requires a lot of additional work, not only to expand the list of included libraries, but also to make the first part (general explanation of the subject) more exhaustive, readable and easy to understand.

In the list of libraries, in addition to expand the list to cover major fields of interest for software development on a given platform (such as security, GUI, 2D and 3D graphics, I/O, networking, data manipulation, numerics, etc.), appropriate amount of work must also be done on individual entries to provide basic information about the scope of the library, its important dependencies, distinguishing characteristics (e.g. Aktiviz is a C# binding for the VTK library, it includes ambient light controls, meshing, reflection control, and user basic interaction to explore the scene) and licensing information (e.g. double licensed under GPL or commercial lcense; or MIT licence; or proprietary redistribution license, free for personal and academic use, requires attribution and forbids reverse engineering). With time, each library entry should also include external references and, when possible, a link to the appropriate Wikipedia article. An independent article is not necessary for all libraries; for some libraries, although notable for its role in the development ecosystem, entry in this list may be enough. Even in such cases, it may still be a good idea to also include a stand-alone article for a library, repeating information from this page and expanding it with some additional information, especially external links (to code documentation and repository when applicable, user manuals, etc.).

Although it is important to provide the basic information mentioned above for each libray on this list, entries on this page are not meant to provide complete information about any library. Information provided here should be surveyable and concise, including inn particular the information important for the development ecosystem as a whole, while detailed information should be provided in the stand-alone article of the particular library. Ajgorhoe (talk) 09:01, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

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Lead
There are two problems with the lead;


 * "This article is not merely a list of other Wikipedia entries, but covers a topic that is important on its own right".  This is peacocking.  Instead of voicing an opinion to the reader about how important the article topic is, the article should demonstrate how important it is through facts.  Instead of telling the reader what the article is not, it should be telling them what it is.
 * "The value of the framework for developers can not be estimated without having an overview of the user library ecosystem, including issues related to platform independence and licensing" - Wikipedia is not a guide or instructional manual about how developers should determine the value of frameworks. This article is a list, Wikipedia shouldn't tell reader how or why they should use it.

Frankly, I think the lead doesn't need a replacement for either of these statements and don't see how they might be replaced without the same problems. -- Escape Orbit (Talk) 20:55, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Mass removal of very badly sourced entries.
I just removed entries that were only sourced to themselves. These were not verified by a reliable, independent source. There might be many more entries to remove; the scope of the list are notable entries, and many entries might not be notable. It would be good if people who watch this page would take a second look at my edits and possibly even remove unsuitable entries themselves.Lurking shadow (talk) 12:12, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Silverlight and Windows Phone
Regarding rev. #915605571, I think you may have confused .NET Standard with PCL. These two are not the same thing. See here for details: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/cross-platform/cross-platform-development-with-the-portable-class-library flowing dreams (talk page) 09:58, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes. However, those entries were from the original table on Microsoft's site. They have since updated it since Windows Phone and Windows 8 are unsupported (current), but it's still at the bottom.  You can see the original table here. Windows 8 supports 1.1 (different from UWP which is Windows 10 only). Windows Phone Silverlight 8 is 1.0 and Windows Phone 8.1 is 1.1. I guess maybe calling them Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 might make more sense?S-1-5-7 (talk) 13:04, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see. Thanks for the source, pal. You never know when some smart kids thought "Oh, let's pull an April Fools prank on everyone by adding bogus entries to some table". I'll check a few things and I'll be re-adding them back to the table, with a note that they have since been unlisted. (Among them is the reason they were unlisted.) flowing dreams (talk page) 03:55, 15 September 2019 (UTC)