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change source 166 to this up-to-date link. Archived link can be kept. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2016/01/17/internet-activist-aaron-swartz-died-3-years-ago-but-his-open-access-push-thrives/ PhoenixIsOk (talk) 23:50, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: Source numbers can change if another reference is added before it in the article, please reopen the request while mentioning the specific source that needs to be changed. Shadow311 (talk) 18:54, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Debianize has disputed the description of Swartz as a "prodigy". So I am opening a discussion so they can explain their reasoning for disputing the description.

Sources that describe Swartz as a prodigy

• teen tech prodigy at PBS
• complicated prodigy at The New York Times
• Swartz was a prodigy at The Guardian
• computer prodigy at PBS
• Swartz was a prodigy at CNN
• influential computer prodigy at Los Angeles Times
• a prodigy programmer at NBC News
• a programming prodigy at Boston (magazine)
• a computer prodigy at Time Magazine
• an Internet prodigy at Chicago Tribune
• Internet prodigy at Bloomberg News

Sources found at The Wikipedia Library

• a brilliant computer prodigy at Library Journal (2/15/2015, Vol. 140, Issue 3, p. 63)
• Aaron Swartz was a prodigy at Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property ( Fall 2013, Vol. 16, pp. 231-248)
• Internet prodigy at The Nation (2/11/2013, Vol. 296 Issue 6, pp. 4-6)
• his early life as a young prodigy at New York Magazine (2/18/2013, Vol. 46 Issue 5, pp. 42-48)
• an internet prodigy at The Daily Telegraph (1/14/2013, p. 13)
• Swartz was a prodigy who as a young teenager helped create RSS at The Washington Post (1/13/2013)
• a child tech prodigy at International Journal of Communication ( 2021, Vol. 15, pp. 3698-3718)
• young prodigy at Sight and Sound (Sep 2014, Vol. 24 Issue 9, p. 94)
• Reddit co-founder, programming prodigy, and information activist Aaron Swartz at USA Today (vol. 150, no. 2914, July 2021, p. 6)
• Aaron Swartz, a computer-programming prodigy at The New Yorker (vol. 90, no. 31, 13 Oct. 2014, p. 52)
• the late Aaron Swartz a progressive-libertarian computer prodigy at Society (journal) (vol. 51, no. 3, June 2014, pp. 288+)
• the prosecution of computer programming prodigy Aaron Swartz at Washington Law Review (vol. 91, no. 4, Dec. 2016, pp. 1813+)
• Internet prodigy, activist Aaron Swartz at Notre Dame Law Review (vol. 92, no. 1, Nov. 2016, pp. 83+)
• Aaron Swartz, a programming prodigy at The Globe and Mail (27 June 2014, p. R5)
• Aaron Swartz: internet prodigy at The Guardian (28 Feb. 2015, p. 44)
• computer prodigy and Internet activist Aaron Swartz at Voice of America (Jan 13, 2013)
• computer prodigy Aaron Swartz at The Orlando Sentinel (13 Jan 2013: p. A14)
• Aaron Swartz was the archetype of the programmer-prodigy at Financial Times (Jan 14, 2013)
• 26-year-old tech prodigy Aaron Swartz at The New York Times (Jan 18, 2013)
• Computer prodigy, Internet wunderkind and hacker-activist, Mr. Swartz at Wall Street Journal (Jun 27, 2014)
• digital prodigy Aaron Swartz at Sydney Morning Herald (14 Jan 2013: p. 1)

When you have multiple sources from a diverse set of reliable sources that describe Swartz as a prodigy, it is WP:DUE for inclusion in this article. Isaidnoway (talk) 15:19, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At the end of the "Legacy" section, Aaron Swartz day should be November 8th, not November 11th. His birthday was November 8th. Michaeljosh87 (talk) 01:05, 23 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Changed, thanks. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 01:29, 24 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]