Portal talk:Computer programming

Logo image scrolling backwards

Dear computer programming portal,

Why is your logo scrolling backwards? I suppose it should resemble text or code scrolling on a screen, shouln't it? --88.217.165.166 (talk) 07:31, 14 September 2012 (UTC) [reply ]

@88.217.165.166: I made a reversed version – . Guys, will we use it? --Rezonansowy_akaRezy (talk | contribs) 12:37, 23 March 2016 (UTC) [reply ]

Hi. I don't see how one direction is different than the other, in the same way that I don't see how ascending sort order is better than descending. Of course, changelogs list the latest items first. Let's stick with the original. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 19:13, 24 March 2016 (UTC) [reply ]

@Codename Lisa: But the second one is more accurate. Note that in a Terminal a new line always comes below the previous one. --Rezonansowy_akaRezy (talk | contribs) 00:29, 25 March 2016 (UTC) [reply ]

Since when is a terminal green and has non-scrolling index numbers? —Codename Lisa (talk) 00:35, 25 March 2016 (UTC) [reply ]

@Codename Lisa: Well, it contains line numbering when it runs Vim, which is used very often by the computer programmers. And most of Terminal emulators support colors (see [1]). So everything here is OK. --Rezonansowy_akaRezy (talk | contribs) 12:50, 25 March 2016 (UTC) [reply ]

I see. —Codename Lisa (talk) 08:55, 26 March 2016 (UTC) [reply ]

Since the line numbers aren't moving with the lines, neither really make sense to me. In that case it comes down to aesthetics which are entirely subjective. I personally, see the logic in the argument in favour of scrolling down, but am not sure which I prefer visually. fredgandt 17:14, 26 March 2016 (UTC) [reply ]

@Fred Gandt: They're very similar, but the second one has more logic in its appearance. They're so identical, that most of readers won't notice any significant change. --Rezonansowy_akaRezy (talk | contribs) 18:32, 26 March 2016 (UTC) [reply ]

OK, so we have two support comments from 88.217.165.166 and me, and one neutral from @Fred Gandt:. @Codename Lisa: could you have your say on it, as I provided some arguments? I'd like to have a consensus on it (although this is not a big deal). --Rezonansowy_akaRezy (talk | contribs) 18:49, 29 March 2016 (UTC) [reply ]

If there's no clear opposition in the next two days (and nobody else does it first), I think it's trivial enough, so will switch them over. fredgandt 19:11, 29 March 2016 (UTC) [reply ]

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The result of the proposal was not moved. --BDD (talk) 21:48, 2 October 2013 (UTC) [reply ]

Portal:Computer programming → Portal:Software development – Software development seems to be the more generic term for this kind of activity. The term computer programming is usually more specifically targeted towards dealing with programming implementation aspects alone.

Within software engineering, programming (the implementation) is regarded as one phase in a software development process.

Other options include renaming to Portal:Software engineering. Relisted. BDD (talk) 16:46, 24 September 2013 (UTC) 50.53.15.59 (talk) 21:28, 16 September 2013 (UTC) [reply ]

This strikes me as a change in scope, not a simple rename. It seems like we should require a consensus to expand the scope before taking the technical step of changing the title. Powers ^T 21:10, 17 September 2013 (UTC) [reply ]

This is exactly why I listed it for renaming and did not just move to renaming it via less controversial means. 50.53.15.59 (talk) 12:57, 18 September 2013 (UTC) [reply ]

• Oppose we should just build a new portal for SoftDev, and SoftEng is definitely a different topic altogether, and should not be renamed to that. Computer programming is just coding, SoftDev means addressing what is the focus of a project, why are you making such an application, what are the human-interface concerns. SoftEng is a process, including documentation, and ISO-9001 stuff; also Computer Science needs a separate portal from these three topics. -- 70.24.249.39 (talk) 06:01, 18 September 2013 (UTC) [reply ]

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