User talk:Mheaney

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October 2022[edit]

Hello, I'm Meters. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Wikipedia is not the place for your personal memoirs. Meters (talk) 19:35, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Although the preceding message is technically correct, I would like to help you understand what can be done, speaking as a Wikipedian and as a fellow MIT alumnus. Wikipedia has a policy of "No Original Research" (WP:NOR), for reasons explained in the linked article. To get your eyewitness history into Wikipedia, you must first get it published in a third-party publication, either on paper or online. A good place to do this is the MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery ([1]). The Tech might be another possibility for publication. Once your information is published, it can then be used as a reference for Wikipedia content. I hope this helps! Reify-tech (talk) 18:16, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! 99.36.166.149 (talk) 19:18, 8 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, MIT Tech Talk, the institute's official newspaper, ceased publication in September 2009. Mheaney (talk) 03:48, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Tech, MIT's student newspaper founded in 1881, continues to be published in paper and online. It should not be confused with the official MIT Tech Talk, which ceased publication and has been replaced by the MIT News website. I strongly recommend contacting the MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery ([2]), which is specifically interested in both first-person and third party reports and documentation of hacks. Reify-tech (talk) 03:48, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for that info. I will contact The Tech.

I did contact the MIT IHTFP Hack Gallery, they said "The IHTFP Gallery has, to date, been focused on things since J IHTFP.…but it’s good to collect more information before it is lost or forgotten. Maybe, at some point in the future, we will find time for some earlier hacks." Mheaney (talk) 05:43, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your suggestions. I have been trying to email "The Tech" at various addresses for a few months, and the emails always bounce. Any idea why? Mheaney (talk) 00:25, 3 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]