Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/Programming

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Contents 1 Where did the C++ userboxes go? 2 MySQL 3 QBasic? 4 ASP.NET? 5 Native programmer? 6 Java/Coffee Userbox 7 Template cleanup 8 Is there a place for verilog and VHDL? 9 Brainf___?

[edit] Where did the C++ userboxes go?

Where did the C++ userboxes go? Last Avenue 17:21, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I can't find them anywhere. Can you remebmer what they were called? Are you sure you didn't just seen a generic template like: {{user programming-!1|c++}}

It renders as:

--Commander Keane 18:07, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MySQL

is there a mysql userbox??

There is Template:User mysql. I'll add it to the page.--Commander Keane 03:15, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] QBasic?

Are there Userbox tags for QBasic or is there anyone willing to make one? Yadaman 00:14, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ASP.NET?

There isn't any userbox tags for ASP.NET, only ASP... And they ain't exactly related... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 218.214.14.191 (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Native programmer?

Er, what's a native programmer? Someone who was taught to program before learning to speak? -JohnRDaily 23:15, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

A joke by the programming+UBX crowd... —Last Avenue [talk | contributions] 15:26, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Template:User rexx-N (edit talk links history) started as joke, but it might make sense in a distant future when categories User rexx-0 up to User rexx-4 are created.
Category:User c-N (edit talk links history) is serious as far as I'm concerned, and it has no silly template. For others like User asm-N I've no idea what they mean. Omniplex  07:37, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Java/Coffee Userbox

To minghong: I just reverted your changes because I think that userbox refers more to java, the programming language, than to coffee, although I did't bother to delete it in the food section. The name of the template, java-4, matches the name of other programming languages and some other: The topic (java) followed by a skill value. The design also fits the other programming userboxes. Anyway, it is just suitable for expressing (in a more or less humorous way) the personal level that one has mastered at Java. So it has a right to stay here, I believe. Not that it's of that much importance, btw :o) Oh, I almost forgot to mention that the java-symbol is a steaming coffee-cup, just in case you did't know. (Hm, that somehow sounds derogative, but is by all means not meant that way). JoshuaJD 16:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

After having visited your user page, I might have refrained from the explanation of the Java symbol (ludicrous :o) - should have gone there before posting...) - but am a little surprised now that you - with your knowledge of Java - still do not consider the userbox in question as being suitable for this section. I am curiously awaiting your POV. JoshuaJD 16:42, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Err. Me again. On second or better umptieth thought, I find this box rather odd - template name's not java-4 but something like java coffee. It looks just like the program language icons, but links to an article about coffee?! I really would like to learn about The Creator's motivation for creating it. Anyway, not being as convinced as before, I think that inclusion of this box will definitely not hurt nevertheless, but agree to subject to a 10.000+ editor of Wikipedia, even if that would mean that my only contribution ever would be reverted. My, what a tragedy :o) Your POV nevertheless appreciated... Gone being obsessed with this userbox, JoshuaJD 20:11, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template cleanup

The User language categories for programming skills and corresponding templates are somewhat messy. Some proposals:

1. If category User language-babelcode exists it should obviously be a subcategorty of User language. Therefore any template User language-babelcode should only include the relevant category...
   <includeonly>[[Category:User language-babelcode|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>
   ...but itself belong to the parent category...
   <noinclude>[[Category:User language| ]]</noinclude>
2. Especially templates should never include the grandparent of their relevant category, otherwise we're all directly listed in a huge and useless Category:Wikipedian programmers. Ideally a language category consists only of its subcategories and existing User language templates, e.g. User batch
3. As soon as templates for skill levels -0 up to -4 and maybe -N exist any plain template without skill level is obsolete. Template:User babelcode (edit talk links history) could be used to obsolete the plain template, probably overkill, but the general direction should be clear. For the Userboxes/Programming page I've added a new note ⁰ for cases where ¹ is already obsolete
4. See also {{User asm}}, {{User c}}, {{User cobol}}, and {{User perl}}. For User batch I tried my first move  to User batch-1, but that turned out to be a royal PITA.
5. Skill level -0 is often dubious, it needs some justification like User fy-0 or User perl-0. Generally listing things we don't know is pointless, there's simply too much we don't know... ;-)
6. Skill level -N is also dubious, for User c-N I found a justification, it now implies User asm-4. Both -0 and -N are special if they exist at all.

Omniplex  05:40, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is there a place for verilog and VHDL?

Verilog and VHDL are Hardware description languages. Can they be placed under this category? -- Luenlin 06:48, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brainf___?

Where are the brainf___ userboxes? :) Akral 19:57, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Don't worry; you can call it brainfuck ;-) --Ihope127 01:03, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Really? ^_^ Well, there are the brainfuck userboxes, then? ^_^ --Akral 21:33, 25 September 2006 (UTC)