English Wikipedia @ Freddythechick:Articles for deletion/Custom Class Loader

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The result was redirect to Java Classloader#User-defined class loaders. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:15, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Custom Class Loader

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Cliff Smith 18:18, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a howto. No need to create a page for every function in a computer language. noq (talk) 15:57, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Comment' - I assume you mean WP:NOTHOWTO. :) Michaelzeng7 (talk) 16:15, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Whoops - yes, changed now thanks. noq (talk) 17:05, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Keep but trim. The large number of nontrivial hits in Google books [1] for this subject convinces me that it is notable and can be covered encyclopedically. However the code dump in the present article needs to be removed. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:26, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
- Delete and redirect to Java Classloader#User-defined class loaders, where this subject is already covered more encyclopedically. I don't think there is anything worth saving from the present article and merging into the redirect target. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:01, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Redirect to Java Classloader#User-defined class loaders per David Eppstein. The concept is already covered in another article, and really nothing worth saving to warrant it as its own article besides some trivial how to. Michaelzeng7 (talk) 23:54, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Delete: this topic is excluded under WP:NOTTEXTBOOK. I oppose redirect, as the name is generic and nothing indicates that it only applies to Java: at least the Scholar search link gives hits on C++ and PHP topics on the first page. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 11:41, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Redirect to Java Classloader#User-defined class loaders. I've never seen the terminology "custom class loader" used outside of Java, but if it is, someone can create a disambiguation page. —Ruud 14:08, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
Merge to Java Classloader#User-defined class loaders. Custom Class Loader term is used same as Java Class Loader but the difference is to loading the Class by developers need only, so it would be better to create section in Java Classloader#User-defined class loaders as Create Custom Class Loader or use existing User Defined Class Loader and merge this article.--125.19.34.81 (talk) 05:43, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
Merge and Redirect to Java Classloader#User-defined class loaders. Custom Class Loader means same as stated in Java Classloader#User-defined class loaders but rather than deleting redirect with merging the material to Java Classloader#User-defined class loaders would be good option.--Bhanu.pratap1418 (talk) 05:48, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

redir to Java Classloader. This article is too HOWTO, and too low on encyclopedic explanation as to why one might wish to write a custom class loader. I don't even see much worth merging - certainly not the code examples. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:56, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.