Wikipedia talk:As of version

Hi, I'm the creator of the As of version page. I thought this was a good idea so went ahead and implemented it. Hopefully now that I've got the ball rolling, someone else can dig in and get started. I understand some people hate "as of", but it's pretty logical, and hopefully it won't be deleted. Here's my rationale for the idea, as stated from the original "As of" talk page:

I was thinking we could add a second "as of" section for version numbers of software. New features are currently being added, and release dates are rarely annual events. What prompted me to suggest this is the GNU Compiler Collection has a section that begins with "GCC target processors (as of version 3.2) include:". Version 4.0 was released recently, and is similar in enormosity to the jump from windows 95 to windows XP SP2.

Keeping a software version "as of" list would help rein in the vastly out of date software entries and keep this rapidly changing information relatively up to date. I went ahead and created a prototype page at As of version.

Anyways, let me know what you think. Hadlock

As of version sounds like a good idea in theory; however, this could quickly get out of hand. Consider:

Each program has its own version numbering system. One version 4.0 could be completely different from another. However, a year 2005 is generally regarded as being the same everywhere (that uses the Gregorian calendar).
We don't have articles on individual versions of most programs, while we have articles on almost every year we'd care for.

æle ✆ 02:54, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If this goes on, the only page that links to As of version 3.2 is As_of_version so maybe it should be removed from the list in the project page -ReiVaX 22:06, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A further problem: Wikipedia articles are not permitted to link to pages in the Wikipedia: namespace, even through redirects. I don't remember which policy covers this, offhand, but the idea is to separate and isolate the encyclopedia content from the "mechanics" of writing the encyclopedia. The as of version pages should not redirect to Wikipedia:As of version.--12.30.114.20 14:51, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"As of"? Is it a good name?

According to the most prestigious dictionaries e.g. 1, 2 "as of" means "starting from a particular time or date and continuing". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.193.236.169 (talk) 04:14, 26 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]