Talk:Pattern Languages of Programming

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[edit] Speedy deletion request

Hi to who put the speed deletion request onto this page. Please give me two days or so to read up on WP criteria of how I have to write it such that it is obvious that these conferences are notable. In the meantime please consider that this is the birthplace or at least midwife of the Design Patterns movement which has had a major impact on the software industry. Dirk Riehle (talk) 19:36, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Links to write-ups in respected trade press would help.--agr (talk) 20:15, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
I added one link, basically the first one ever, but there were many later ones, which I hope to add or will be added later. Dirk Riehle (talk) 22:46, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Consolidation/Disambiguation Discussion

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The discussion result was to merge PLOP into Pattern Languages of Programming.

  • Pattern Languages of Programming is a page on well, pattern languages, history, Alexander, etc.
  • Pattern Languages of Programming Conference is a page on what's currently on this page, i.e. it is about the conference
  • PLoP conference links to Pattern Languages of Programming Conference
  • PLoP links to PLoP conference
  • There is no PLOP page, only PLoP
  • There is no Pattern Languages of Programs page, only PL of Programming

Opinions? Dirk Riehle (talk) 17:03, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I believe:

  • The PLOP page should be merged into the Pattern Languages of Programming page.
  • Then PLOP should redirect to Pattern Languages of Programming.
  • The Pattern Languages of Programming page should be renamed to "Pattern Languages of Programs" since that's the actual name of the conference.

-- Bobby Woolf 21:41, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

I checked a couple of examples: IRS redirects to Internal_Revenue_Service, DMV disambiguates to Department_of_Motor_Vehicles (among other things). So it seems clear that PLoP should disambiguate to a page that has the full name.
Next question for me is: Should the redirected-to page be "Pattern_Languages_of_Programming" or should it be "Pattern_Languages_of_Programming_Conference"?
As to PL of Programs vs. PL of Programming. I asked the board and Linda came back with the Hillside trademark PLoP stands for Pattern Languages of Programming. If you look at the Hillside webpage for PLoPs, you'll see both is used. Dirk Riehle (talk) 04:53, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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