Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2009/September/1

PL-stub / Prog-lang-stub

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The result of the debate was Rename to Prog-lang-stub, delete PL-stub --Mairi (talk) 20:26, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Unproposed stub which defies the naming conventions for stub templates. PL could stand for any of dozens of things, of which Poland would seem the most likely by some distance. It is, however, for computer programming language. The template certainly seems useful enough, and its associated category (which also needs renaming from the plural to the singular as ) is full enough. Rename, but do not keep the current name as a redirect. Grutness...wha?  23:47, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I've renamed it to Prog-lang-stub, which is probably sufficiently explicit give how the other stubs in Category:Computer science stub templates are named. You'll probably need to use a script to fix all uses if you delete the redirect though. No objection to renaming the category. Pcap ping  23:57, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I wish you'd read the note at the top of the page which says "DO NOT rename any stub type that has been nominated here while discussion is still in progress. Any necessary renaming will be done when the discussion is closed." Prog-lang-stub is an equally bad name, since this is a computing-based stub - not a linguistics one, and lang-stub types are all for linguistics stubs (also, prog could be progressive, computer program, television programme, or any of several other things). I've added the new name to the nomination - it should also be deleted and renamed once a rename to a more appropriate name has been discussed, and not before. Grutness...wha?  03:37, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Rename to proglang-stub, and delete redirects. I believe that the claim that "prog" has other meanings is irrelevant, since none of them have anything called "language". However, "lang-stub" isn't a natural component, since a programming language isn't really a language. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 07:43, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Linguists consider programming languages languages, e.g. . Pcap ping  09:19, 2 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Rename to "prog-lang-stub". This name is quite natural to use and I don't find any of the names it could supposedly be confused for to be at all plausible. --Cyber cobra (talk) 12:50, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Rename per Od Mishehu and Cybercobra. Sorry, Grutness, but I don't think those other uses of "prog" could be used plausibly with "lang" or "language." A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 03:18, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
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Category:Computer language stubs

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The result of the debate was Merge to Category:Programming language topic stubs. -Mairi (talk) 20:25, 11 December 2009 (UTC)


 * The following - up to the dividing line - is from the listing at WP:CFD.
 * computer language stubs


 * Nominator's rationale: Since we don't have an article on "computer language" for almost a year now, I propose this category be deleted. The only reason I'm doing this busy work rater than redirecting compu-lang-stub to PL-stub is that an administrator thinks it is necessary and undid my redirect although he has no comment on content of my action, only the form thereof. Pcap ping  10:49, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete the category and Redirect the stub. "Computer language" = "Programming language", the two are synonyms, having parallel stub templates and categories is duplicative and unnecessary. --Cyber cobra (talk) 11:13, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Looks like uncontroversial maintenance to me. — Miym (talk) 11:20, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment I think the stub and category where originally named "computer language" so they could include languages which where not specifically designed for use as programming languages (e.g. PostScript, XML and friends). It might still be useful to use a somewhat more generic name for this reason, but may also be over-generification, as I suspect a vast majority of these stubs are indeed only related to programming concepts. —Ruud 11:45, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Close - and relist at WP:SFD. Otto4711 (talk) 12:32, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Apparently Twinkle cannot automatically file the stub category deletion discussion in the right place. Someone care to move this discussion over there? Pcap ping  00:30, 2 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge into the listed immediately above. Grutness...wha?  00:59, 5 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge per Grutness. "Computer language" and "programming language" are one and the same. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 03:21, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
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