Talk:Geek Code

not in breach of copyright
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Bear Code predates Geek Code
The bear code existed in 1989:

http://www.resourcesforbears.com/nbcs/

...and is extraordinarily similar to the Geek Code.

Searching early Usenet archives (i.e. Google Groups) will reveal uses of the Bear Code going back to 1990 and earlier.

66.127.105.218 01:22, 21 December 2005 (UTC)Anthony Berno (aberno@rakko.org)

According to the Jargon File, the Geek Code originated in 1993, and the inventor of the Geek Code was indeed inspired by codes such as the Bear Code. B7T (talk) 04:11, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

This, and the Bear Code's inspiration from the Yerkes star code, have been added. I also added a bit explaining the difference in orthogonality in the codes. Josephholsten (talk) 22:43, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Lol?
"While the original way to read or write Geek Code is by hand, some people feel they have more important things in their life, like changing that r--- to a happier state, so Joe Reiss wrote an Ungeeker for them to use." Shouldn't it be stated in a less... ironic fashion? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.227.67.181 (talk • contribs)


 * I liked it the way it was. 154.121.251.247 (talk) 19:09, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Outdated?
>> Nowadays, personal websites are the most common breeding ground, particularly any "about me" sections.


 * IMHO, that's so Web 1.0, personal websites are a pain to deal with and most likely no one will ever visit one. Blogs are used much more nowadays. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.181.12.52 (talk) 12:45, 11 February 2010 (UTC)


 * That's so Web 2.0! Now we only use corporate identikit crap like Facebook. Equinox ◑ 01:19, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

Horrible article
This article leaves the user with more questions than answers. Does this code have a syntax or it's just simply made to exclude people. It uses lots of jargon. Please make this article more clear. --Camilo Sanchez (talk) 20:07, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Indeed! After reading this article, my #1 question is, "This thing is notable because...?" There appear to be some okay-ish references, so I assume it is notable, but the article certain doesn't explain so. The topic comes across as being some random thing some random guy made up and put on a random website and now it has vague relevance to something random somewhere. lol. I think the article comes across as attempting to make the topic seem more important than it is. Whether or not that is the intent, I think the excessive use of passive voice throughout the article is partly the reason it comes across that way. --50.99.8.69 (talk) 00:47, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

USECODE as predecesor?
I found a USENET article from 1984 suggesting USECODE as a compact way to describe one's "identification". Should it be mentioned in the article? —grawity 10:39, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Interesting link. Thanks for the flash back. It does seem to be an early proposal for something similar to Geek Code.  But making that connection and saying so in the article would be WP:OR original research.  Marteau (talk) 10:46, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

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Parody of PGP signature blocks
The fact that Geek Code is a parody of PGP signature blocks is somehow absent from the history section. Somebody please remedy this? 2605:A601:46D:B01:CABC:C8FF:FEA5:82F4 (talk) 05:21, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

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Topics in various versions of the Geek Code & a list of 83 spin off codes
I made a comparison table of the various topics in different Geek Code versions, but as I'm a new Wikipedia contibutor, I don't know how to make tables. I have also listed every Geek Code and NBCS inspired code I could find mentioned between 1989 and 2005. Maybe I'll come back one day and add these to this Wikipedia article - if someone doesn't do that before me. I have all the references, I'll add them here (to this talk page).

Juhani Anttila (talk) 10:53, 10 March 2019 (UTC)