Theo Clarke wrote:
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@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 I would hve bee satisfied with having only published works and historical documents, but had to concede that others may have other visions.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