I am now persuaded that wikisource is not an
appropriate repository for
source code.
Theo
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:44:01 +0200 (MEST), thomasV1(a)gmx.de said:
>ok, let me see if the ML helps...
>
>what shall we do with computer code?
>http://wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Source_code
>There is still a deletion request on
ws.org,
>it has been there for a long time, and I am not
>sure what to do...
>
>As a programmer, my opinion is that source code on
>wikisource is useless. Wikisourceis not a repository
>for source code, despite its confusing name.
>
>I therefore support deletion.
>
>the only exception would for programs whose interest
>goes beyond programming (eg quines, or pieces of
>code that have a historical value)
>
Although I haven't been active there lately, this is certainly the sort
of thing that I would have been happy to be rid of even then. There was
enough of a battle to get rid of the Postal/ZIP codes. It really all
comes down to the vision that people want to apply to Wikisource. I
would hve bee satisfied with having only published works and historical
documents, but had to concede that others may have other visions. Since
I am not a programmer I had no idea about how to follow what these are
about, and my own ignorance alone would not be an adequate criterion for
deletion. Cleaning or deleting these is a project which should be led
by someone who understands them.
Many of the articles have been there a long time with no further edits
other than incidental ones like adding category tags. Toi keep the
peace it may be necessary to go through the deletion process one article
at a time.
Ec