Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black magic (programming)


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The result was delete.  An as  talk? 20:46, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Black magic (programming)

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Various reasons here. Biggest one I see is that this entry pretty much constitutes a dictionary definition. We can likely go on a copyvio as this is an almost exact duplicate of the term's entry on the Jargon File, but I'd rather someone else make that call. Finally, there's a lack of citations for this rather sparse entry to Wikipedia's repertoire. As such, I move for deletion.  Dennis The Tiger  (Rawr and stuff) 00:03, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. The Jargon File is public domain (see http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/online-preface.html). However, this is only a dictionary definition. I am a programmer and can't think of anything more interesting about this topic than is already written in the article. I think it's as good as it's going to get. Sancho 05:06, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, not encyclopedic. More of a general observation than slang, even. We're not the Jargon File and don't need to duplicate its content except when necessary. --Dhartung | Talk 05:55, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Pavel Vozenilek 15:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 15:58, 29 June 2007 (UTC)


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