Talk:Marcus J. Ranum

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Did you know... that Marcus J. Ranum suggested that the U.S. government register whitehouse.com long before it was registered by an adult entertainment site?

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self-created?

did this guy just decide to make himself a wiki? because it seems a bit autobiographical..."i like photography, and firearms, and PONIES. i have a deviantart account..." how is this encyclopedic? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.167.106.155 (talk) 02:48, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Read the accomplishments bit. Go start your own company, invent a new category of product, and I'll write you up, too. I am not Marcus J. Ranum, nor any relation, or even a member of his fan club. Except for a few non-contested details I obtained in email (he posts his email on his website--ask him yourself), everything else is available via Google. Read the citations, add a few more yourself--I certainly didn't cover EVERYTHING he's done. Jclemens (talk) 02:56, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that this guy wrote up his own Wiki. No one would go through the trouble citing articles to this extent, nor would they be able to find them all so thoroughly and in one location. At a minimum, he provided all the information and asked someone else to do it. I suspect, however, that he used an alias. Pretty pathetic. This guy craves attention. He has a canned audience on deviantART BECAUSE HE PHOTOS NUDE WOMEN. That's the only reason he gets so much attention. Without that, he'd be just another photographer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alextaylor1112 (talk • contribs) 06:57, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

One more point: instead of getting defensive about the whitehouse porn situation (enough to include in this Wiki - give me a break), he should have just taken care of registering the site - demanding it be done and why - rather than come back pointing the finger after the damage had been done. That situation is his fault. Especially given the lack of foresight of the government that he so ridicules. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alextaylor1112 (talk • contribs) 16:15, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

white house?

Why is http://whitehouse.gov listed under See also? I'm going to remove it and see if anyone objects... Justdelegard (talk) 15:15, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that add was the last contribution before you removed it. Ranum was the postmaster for whitehouse.gov 17 years ago, but the Wikipedia entry for that site is already linked from within the article. Jclemens (talk) 15:19, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Probation

On his website ranum.com and apparently posting unregistered elsewhere, he describes having been on probation from 2003-2005. Is there a reliable secondary source for this? The most effectual Bob Cat (talk) 02:47, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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