On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Don Stewart
marlowsd:
As noted before, the Wikipedia article for Haskell is a disorganised mess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_%28programming_language%29
earlier this year, dons suggested reorganising it and posted a template on the Haskell wiki:
http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/WikipediaArticleDesign
I've made a start on a new version of the page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Simonmar/Haskell_%28programming_language%2...
I've kept most of the existing information, but reorganised it more or less according to Don's template, and I filled out the overview section. Also I fixed numerous things, but the page still has a long way to go
Does anyone mind if I spam the existing Haskell article with this new one, or do people think we should continue editing the sandbox version until it's in better shape?
Maybe we should make the switch, and move the old page into some historical section. That's more likely to ensure the page gets filled out...
Gwern, other wikipedians, thoughts?
-- Don
The changes look fine to me, although I'm a little surprised at all the {{fact}} tags. (Some of them look very easy to fix, like why typeclasses were introduced in the first place.) There's no need to do any page moving or anything; the new version can just be pasted in. The main concern is maintaining a complete & correct copyright history, and if Simon made all the edits modifying the original text, and he also makes the big update, then there's no issue: the holder of the copyright will appear aright in the history with all his changes. -- gwern