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"Disobedience Award, run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The award was founded partly to commemorate Aaron Swartz, a former MIT student" [1]
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I'm going to suggest that this is potentially an instance of citogenesis, with the the sources you have added getting their info directly from Wikipedia itself. The wikipedia articles stated for many years that the two were co-creators.
John Gruber has stated on multiple occasions over the last decade that he is the sole creator:
I appreciate your addition of WP:INDEPENDENT sources to verify the claims, however they appear to be incorrect on Swartz's involvement. Citing Gruber's self-published WP:ABOUTSELF statements should be enough to credit him on Wikipedia as the sole creator of markdown.
WP:ABOUTSELF does not allow self-published sources to be used for claims that are "unduly self-serving" (such as the claim that Gruber has sole authorship of a language that reliable sources describe as jointly created by both individuals) or "claims about third parties" (such as Gruber's claims about Swartz). The first source is editor James Hendler's foreword in the posthumous publication of Swartz's manuscript, which I find unlikely to be a case of citogenesis. Citogenesis can be used as an argument to cast doubt on any reliable source cited on Wikipedia that was published after the Wikipedia article was written, so I don't find that to be a compelling reason to ignore these sources. — Newslingertalk 04:49, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Change the year Aaron enrolled at Stanford from 2005 to 2004 in the "Early Life" section, as the cited source states he enrolled in 2004. CosmosStarlightt (talk) 03:58, 8 April 2024 (UTC)Reply
level-5 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
