Talk:Acorn System BASIC

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen (talk) 23:34, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hermann Hauser uses Atom BASIC at the BBC Micro 30th anniversary.

• ... that the Acorn System BASIC programming language was so non-standard that one programmer commenter suggested using it on the BBC Micro "would be a disaster"? Source: New Scientist
  • Reviewed: Liu Zhaohua ‎

Created by Maury Markowitz (talk). Self-nominated at 15:36, 11 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

• I do like the hook fact here but it seems to have maybe one too many links? I'd probably suggest that the hook be reworded to focus mainly on the "non-standard = disaster" mention as I feel the other mentions are a bit distracting. Also, the hook is speaking in Wikivoice when in fact it was a quote from a third-party, so the quote needs to have some kind of attribution or clarification. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 00:53, 16 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Narutolovehinata5: Disagree with the issue of too many links (three, really?) but in the interest of moving this one on, the changes to the hook have been made. Maury Markowitz (talk) 16:06, 20 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There were recent discussions at

WT:DYK discouraging too many links in a hook as they could lead traffic away to the article subject. One additional thing: I've read the hook, and while I understand that the hook does say "programmer", I would suggest rewording the hook to note that Acorn System BASIC is a programming language, for the benefit of our less techy readers. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:22, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply

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@Narutolovehinata5: Done and done. Of course, it would seem we should link programming language... Maury Markowitz (talk) 18:51, 24 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you. I have to admit that the article is quite technical and I may not be the best person to review the text and sourcing, so I'd like to ask for help from another editor here. For what it's worth, the article does meet DYK requirements and a QPQ has been provided, although the article and/or hook may need adjusting as the article merely gives the quote but doesn't explicitly attribute it to a programmer. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 07:37, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• I took a look at this. My one comment was going to be that Bill Tagg is described only as "head of Hertfordshire County Council's advisory unit on computer eduction" not specifically that he is/was a programmer, but I see that User:Narutolovehinata5 beat me to that! Other than that one issue, I don't see any problems. Just come up with a new hook which toes closer to what the source actually says and this will be fine. -- RoySmith (talk) 22:13, 11 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • @RoySmith: Please tell me this is enough of a change, it's been here for 2.5 MONTHS now. Maury Markowitz (talk)
    • Maury Markowitz just as a procedural nit, we generally don't edit proposed hooks in-line. It's better to do a new one with an ALT tag, like:
      • ALT1 ... that the Acorn System BASIC programming language was so non-standard that one commenter suggested using it on the BBC Micro "would be a disaster"?

And for the record ALT1 is good to go. -- RoySmith (talk) 20:48, 18 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]