Talk:Eric S. Raymond

Not much about the man
While this article covers some professional info, it lacks pertinent information about the Eric the man. His publicly stated views from 2001 to present day have caused controversy and have been extremely important in defining how he is viewed in the real world. I think to leave out such important details makes the article incomplete and borders on Whitewash_(censorship). --Exohuman (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:17, 10 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Now that he's publicly supporting neofascist Vox Day's so-called SJW list as a blacklist in tech (source: https://plus.google.com/+EricRaymond/posts/Wp1ycW9MZrV ) I think this got a lot more relevant. (Quote from the post: "Name them and shame them. Do not hire them unless you want your organization politically disrupted and its productivity destroyed.") 173.160.243.46 (talk) 18:50, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I dispute and reject your characterization of Vox Day as a "neofascist".  "Fascist" is commonly used as an epithet without definition by anyone that left-wing fanatics want to smear.  Shame on you. 2601:647:4F00:39CA:CDF4:F3E9:8F3F:1A08 (talk) 16:46, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

Why does this page cite Sarah Jeong, who is an anti-white racist? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:14D:5C35:94E6:1D8A:CD19:144E:928C (talk) 20:44, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Eric, you need to seriously stay away from editing this page. It is extremely important that subjects of articles not be involved in the creation and editing of that article. You have shown repeatedly that you cannot sustain a WP:NPOV and that you absolutely will not assume good faith, both cornerstones of Wikipedia. Also, please, for god's sake, sign your talk page posts by adding four tildes at the end of your messages. Just like this ~  M r A urelius R   Talk! 15:14, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Subject of article being cited
The subject of the article authored many of the sources cited here. Some of these sources and the statements backed by them may not be suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia per WP:SELFPUBLISH. Many self-published sources are fine - I did not check these.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  18:57, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
 * If I read the rules correctly, none of these instances clearly violates the letter of WP:SELFPUB. However, I suspect it's a violation of the spirit of the guidelines to have an article of this size where 12 out of 23 sources cited were written and/or are controlled by the subject. Anyone else think we should condense this a bit?
 * I'm not suggesting we need to be drastic; just gently cut some of the blubber. Consider, for example, the sentence about "Linus' Law," a failed self-promotional neologism that has never had any uptake. If we cut just this one sentence, the number of WP:SELFPUB sources would drop from 12/23 to 11/22, i. e. to a mere 50%. Weirvile (talk) 09:26, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Page closed
This wikipedia page is being closed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.202.12.55 (talk) 20:57, 24 November 2016 (UTC)
 * An article's subject is not entitled to control its contents. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 21:16, 24 November 2016 (UTC)

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