Thanks for the edits.
Was publishing the source and details really unusual at the time? My impression was that this was pretty much the ethic of the time, and undisclosed proprietary software only became the norm later (in particular after Gates's screed against the sharing of his BASIC interpreter). My original Apple ][ manuals contained ROM source and object code and a complete schematic of the motherboard, for instance.
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 08:02, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure the mention of Reversi belongs in the article. I'm talking about this sentence from the "Sequels" section: "In 1980, the Spracklens' Reversi game finished in first place at a computer tournament at Northwestern University, and in 1981 it finished in third place at the Santa Cruz Open Othello Tournament." It's tangentially related and possibly interesting, but is it sufficiently relevant to be here? Ntsimp ( talk) 13:17, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
I propose that the content of this game be split into a separate page called Sargon III. The content of the current page seems off-topic and these sections are large enough to make their own page. As seen on this version of the page, I believe I have ample reviews and content to have a worthy separate page; in addition, I found one more review here: [1]. Having all of that information on the main Sargon page would unnecessarily bloat one small section with too many details about a single spin-off, while there are clearly enough sources for Sargon III to meet the WP:GNG and develop into a sizeable article. 2601:243:1C80:6740:DC2B:6DF7:CF88:4464 ( talk) 16:04, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
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Thanks for the edits.
Was publishing the source and details really unusual at the time? My impression was that this was pretty much the ethic of the time, and undisclosed proprietary software only became the norm later (in particular after Gates's screed against the sharing of his BASIC interpreter). My original Apple ][ manuals contained ROM source and object code and a complete schematic of the motherboard, for instance.
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 08:02, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm not sure the mention of Reversi belongs in the article. I'm talking about this sentence from the "Sequels" section: "In 1980, the Spracklens' Reversi game finished in first place at a computer tournament at Northwestern University, and in 1981 it finished in third place at the Santa Cruz Open Othello Tournament." It's tangentially related and possibly interesting, but is it sufficiently relevant to be here? Ntsimp ( talk) 13:17, 27 August 2016 (UTC)
I propose that the content of this game be split into a separate page called Sargon III. The content of the current page seems off-topic and these sections are large enough to make their own page. As seen on this version of the page, I believe I have ample reviews and content to have a worthy separate page; in addition, I found one more review here: [1]. Having all of that information on the main Sargon page would unnecessarily bloat one small section with too many details about a single spin-off, while there are clearly enough sources for Sargon III to meet the WP:GNG and develop into a sizeable article. 2601:243:1C80:6740:DC2B:6DF7:CF88:4464 ( talk) 16:04, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
@ Polluks, Dgpop, Stan Shebs, Johnlogic, IanOsgood, Bubba73, Sun Creator, GregorB, Mika1h, Thibbs, Wizardman, Ntsimp, VIGNERON, Rich Farmbrough, Bumm13, Nabokov, GregorB, Huwmanbeing, Asav, Wtshymanski, Ost316, Ylee, Faizhaider, Scatterkeir, Emurphy42, Swpb, NapoliRoma, Phediuk, Amakuha, Dongord, Nealbo, and MarnetteD: