Editing Considered harmful (section)

{{Short description|Phrase used in titles of critical texts}}
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[[File:Achievements considered harmful.jpg|thumb|"Achievements considered harmful?" presentation at the 2010 [[Game Developers Conference]]]]

'''Considered harmful''' is a part of a [[phrasal template]] "something considered harmful". {{as of|2009}}, its [[snowclone]]s have been used in the titles of at least 65 critical essays in [[computer science]] and related disciplines.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://jeff.over.bz/?04_Miscellaneous/03_Considered_Harmful
| title = Miscellaneous - Considered Harmful
| accessdate = August 17, 2009
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090503144621/http://jeff.over.bz/?04_Miscellaneous%2F03_Considered_Harmful
| archivedate = 2009-05-03
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
Its use in this context originated with a 1968 letter by [[Edsger Dijkstra]] published as "Go To Statement Considered Harmful".