Talk:SPARC (disambiguation)

Move?

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The result of the move request was: not moved, primary topic. -- JHunterJ (talk) 13:36, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

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SPARC (disambiguation) → SPARC – on the principle of least surprise. The numerous meanings of the acronym means that a reader should not have to go via a page about an obscure type of software. - Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 23:31, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Moved from speedy

• That name is taken. Dicklyon (talk) 03:59, 18 December 2012 (UTC)
• 'Object' a different article exists at SPARC, so this isn't a candidate for speedy move, as it is usurping a current use -- 70.24.247.127 (talk) 04:45, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

A lengthier rationale is now added. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 18:17, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Survey

• Comment You haven't stated what should be done with the current SPARC. Since this is at the very least a multimove, and nothing about the second move is indicated. So it is also a malformed move request, since it should use the multimove request format. Overwriting the current SPARC without a rename would require a deletion discussion, but I don't think the nominator is proposing that. -- 70.24.247.127 (talk) 22:26, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

It should be moved to something like SPARC (architecture). -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 22:44, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

I'd prefer SPARC achitecture but don't support any move, see vote below. Andrewa (talk) 15:05, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

• This move will break about 500 internal links[1]. They will need to be mended. --Enric Naval (talk) 12:31, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Which would need to be fixed. Certainly a reason to not rush in, but if a case can be made for the move not a reason to avoid it indefinitely. But I'm skeptical any case can be made anyway, and it certainly hasn't been made by the claim above. Vote below. Andrewa (talk) 15:08, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose. SPARC is certainly not an obscure type of software, it is neither obscure nor is it software! The fact that the acronym has numerous meanings is irrelevant, what we need to assess is whether this is its primary meaning. SPARC achitecture has a great deal of historic importance as a pioneering RISC architecture, enough IMO to be primary on that grounds alone. It also has ongoing usage of course. Andrewa (talk) 15:03, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

• Oppose SPARC architecture is definitely primary usage. Rich Farmbrough, 03:53, 2 January 2013 (UTC).
  

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SPARC

There is a growing usage of the term SPARC in finance. Special Purpose Acquisition Right Company

To have a software as first meaning it is misleading and not very encyclopedic.

I do not know the rules on Disambiguation pages on the way to list meanings either alphabetically or in any other fashion.

I know that this is a poor quality Disambiguation Cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shantaram1 (talk • contribs) 09:37, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

I've reorganized this into sections, which should help with clarity.

A disambiguation page isn't a list of meanings; it's a navigation page to articles that could have the same name. The reason that the computer instruction set is listed first is that it is the one article on Wikipedia currently named "SPARC", and by convention such an article is listed first on the disambiguation page. (It's the "primary topic" for this name, in Wikipedia jargon. See the linked help page for the reasons why this is so.)

Because dab pages are not lists of meanings, terms do not get added to them unless there is existing mention of them on Wikipedia that can be linked to. Currently, the term "Special Purpose Acquisition Right[s] Company" does not appear anywhere in Wikipedia. (There is a page for Special-purpose acquisition company, but it doesn't mention "SPARC", so it isn't appropriate to add it here -- at least, not yet. You might want to add material about SPARCs there, at which point it should be linked to here.)

What I did do is add a link to the SPAC disambiguation page, which may be helpful for people trying to find similarly-named terms.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any additional questions/suggestions.--NapoliRoma (talk) 18:54, 19 November 2021 (UTC)