Talk:Pattern (architecture)

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This page seems over wikified, if anything. Even non-critical words like "critical response" are wikilinks. Anyone agree? Adam Conover 08:09, Apr 1, 2004 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. - dcljr 02:32, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)

"Patterns are not invented, but discovered." -- Really? I assume this sentence should start something like "According to Alexander, ..."? - dcljr 03:44, 17 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Consolidation 2 Instead of consolidation... 3 Removed paragraph 4 Is he an American Architect or a British Architect? 5 Rename to Pattern (architecture)? 6 The external link

[edit] Consolidation

This page should be consolidated with the architecture part of the pattern language page. --E. Rauch 28 Aug 2004, 5:31 (UTC)

[edit] Instead of consolidation...

Actually I think it would make sense to simply broaden this page to be about patterns in general -- independent of any field. It doesn't really reference architecture at the moment anyway. I've been working on the pattern language page... it's such an abstract and tricky thing to describe. Trying to explain how patterns fit together into a language is hard enough without trying to explain what a pattern is too. At the moment there's some material in the pattern language article that's actually about patterns... maybe it could be moved here? wordie 17:35, 8 September 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Removed paragraph

Removed since more relevant to software:

Patterns are not invented, but discovered. (Taken to its logical conclusion, this would imply in the field of software that automated analysis tools must theoretically be able to be designed to "dig for" and "discover" patterns in large bodies of existing source code.)

[edit] Is he an American Architect or a British Architect?

This page says that he is an American Architect but in his Biography page says that he grew up in England.

[edit] Rename to Pattern (architecture)?

I'm pretty sure that Christopher Alexander never used the phrase "Design Pattern" and just used "Pattern".

[edit] The external link

The link, however related to the (design) patterns in general, is irrelevant to this article. In my opinion it should be removed or moved to the article about design patterns in software. (GD) 07:29, 30 May 2007 (UTC)