Promote D in wikipedia

[Derek Parnell]

On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:16:55 -0500, Raph wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I appreciate a lot this brand new language. Today I have searched for design
> patterns in Wikipedia, I was surprised by the lack of demo code in D. There
> is a lot in Java, C++, Php, C#... but not in D :(
> 
> I started to write demo code for singleton and visitor. It could be a good
> idea to continue and make D famous, isnt it ?

The thing is, Wikipedia is not the platform for promoting specific
'brands'. The purpose is more geared towards promoting ideas, concepts, and
facts. Providing alternate examples of design patterns in D, in articles
about patterns, is not the best use of Wikipedia. 

The places to but D code examples, are in articles about D, or where there
are no existing examples for a concept or technique. I'm pretty sure that
if you enter D examples where similar examples in other languages already
exist, they will be promptly removed. Also, C is still the lingua-franca of
the programming community, so examples in *any* other language are usually
subject to 'special' editoral scrutiny.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
skype: derek.j.parnell