Talk:Jargon File

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Why not make the jargon file a wiki? --Anon.

I recently started such a project not knowing about this discussion (great minds think alike, eh?). Anyrate, it's over on Ursine. --BalooUrsidae 07:08, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I saw a link to a jargon file wiki on one of the websites listed at the bottom, i'm not sure if it had the contents of the actual file on it or not, but it certainly exists MichaelBillington 05:36, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Charles Spurgeon?

A paragraph in the article:

In Spring 1981, a hacker named Charles Spurgeon got a large chunk of the File published in Stewart Brand's CoEvolution Quarterly (issue 29, pages 26-35) with illustrations by Phil Wadler and Guy Steele (including a couple of the Crunchly cartoons). This appears to have been the File's first paper publication.

From some reason I highly doubt that Charles Spurgeon (died 89 years before that date) managed to somehow hack and get a portion of the File as stated in that paragraph. Is it the hacker's true name, or a nickname? Or maybe it's just wrongly-spelled? In any case, maybe the link shouldn't lead to Charles Spurgeon's (who was more of a Baptist preacher than a hacker) page? --85.65.13.27 01:12, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

I've changed the link now to Charles Spurgeon (hacker). —Pengo 04:25, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Item with bad source

"Particular instances that attracted much attention were the addition of tendentious pro-Iraq War and pro-gun ownership entries"

This links to a Slashdot article. The entire text of the article is "As reported by NTK, ESR appears to have embarked apon the process of recasting the Jargon File in his own image, adding terms like "Aunt Tillie" and "GhandiCon" that he dreamt up and seemingly no-one else uses, and various terms from (of all places) the warblogging community, where he is active. He's also updated the "Hacker Politics" page to be more closely aligned with his own views."

This contains no mention of Iraq or gun entries. Eric himself already objected on the Eric Raymond page to that and claimed it was false and there were no such entries.

I'm going to rewrite this as an allegation unless someone can come up with an Iraq or gun entry he added. Ken Arromdee 19:01, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

hereafter

Overdone. Kashami 23:42, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

1950s as start date

User:68.36.192.168 changed the start date of the Jargon File from the 1960s to the 1950s at 09:18, 11 August 2006, citing Steven Levy's Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution. I don't have access to the book, so I can't confirm it. Can anyone confirm it? Phelan 13:49, 11 August 2006 (UTC)