Talk:Hacker culture

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"Jason Sack" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Jason Sack. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 November 23#Jason Sack until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:46, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

The description section seems a bit too informal

Hello,

Before I begin, I do understand that the subject matter is not particularly serious, and that a cornerstone of hacker culture is playfulness and informality. However, because we're writing articles for Wikipedia and not a fandom site, I would like to propose that someone more experienced than myself could make a minor rewrite to this block of text:

"People in hacker culture have a unique desire to practice their skills while simultaneously trying to have fun like children.[6]"

"The term hacker (quotes?) was first coined in the fourteenth century, as a term for someone who did not have a lot of knowledge in something.[7] The Jargon File, an influential but not universally accepted (citation needed) compendium of hacker slang, defines (the term?) hacker (italicize?) as "A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and stretching their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary."[8] The Request for Comments (RFC) 1392, the Internet Users' Glossary, amplifies this meaning as "A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular."[9]

The media (who?) started using the word "hacker" heavily when Google Maps was released to the public in 2005 (citation needed). People would mess with Google's code to add whatever they wanted to the map, which caught wind with the media (again, who?) and hackers began to have a negative connotation.[10]"'

There's a few issues that I see with this section of the article, and I highlighted them. The only rewrites of this article that I'm going to do are adding [citation needed]s to the more egregious claims. I don't want to disrespect anyone, and I'm relatively inexperienced as a Wikipedia editor. I wasn't born in the time period referenced, so I don't really have the right to change things at the drop of a hat.

Ultimately, I'm just asking a more experienced editor to spruce up the article. I'm more than willing to do the actual work myself, I just would feel more comfortable receiving recommendations/blessing from those who actually have knowledge about this before I rewrite the information given.

Have a good day,

Cyergersystem (talk) 16:46, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

The above are valid concerns. I also tagged a sentence which suggested that an "internet" existed in the 1960s. It appears that all of the edits in question were added in November 2020. I think those edits should be quality-checked (or possibly reverted, considering the numerous issues cited here). -- HLachman (talk) 08:07, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

 Done. Since there haven't been any comments for over a week, I went ahead and reverted the edits of 22 Nov 2020 for the reasons discussed above. If there are any issues, please discuss here before re-adding any of those edits (as suggested by WP:BRD). -- HLachman (talk) 12:19, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

I re-applied an edit from the same editor, dated 23 Nov 2020, to remove a sentence about "samurai", which had been added on 30 Apr 2014 and marked as "citation needed" on 31 Mar 2020. The result as of now is that the 22 Nov 2020 edits (only) are reverted, and the "samurai" sentence is removed as well (as it had been on 23 Nov 2020). -- HLachman (talk) 12:49, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Small typo

The act of engaging in activities (such as programming or other media[2]) in a spirit of playfulness and exploration is termed "hacking." The period should go after the quotes. I'd edit it myself but I don't have such privileges yet. Rvanee (talk)

Fixed. Mindmatrix 13:51, 10 November 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 June 2022

185.181.52.87 (talk) 06:03, 3 June 2022 (UTC)