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by JoeDaDude 2507 days ago
Great! Will follow and subscribe. I miss magazines like this, in particular Algorithm Magazine, edited in the 1990s by A. K. Dewdney.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dewdney Note: Dewdney's role in the Algorithms Magazine is not mentioned in the Wikipedia article.

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> Note: Dewdney's role in the Algorithms Magazine is not mentioned in the Wikipedia article.

Not yet, but it could be if someone edited the article. That's what's so great about Wikipedia!

I've seen this reasoning tossed around a lot, lately.

But usually people forget to prefix that with "if you have third party sources about this...".

If you just put assertions in the article without backing then, it's likely that someone will come and dispute (or even just delete) them.

So make everyone (including yourself) a favor and always source what you add to Wikipedia.

Could you point out information on the zine itself? I can't find a lot on google. Thanks
The only on-line mention of Algorithm magazine are several articles listed in Mr. Dewdney's curriculum vitae which were published in the magazine. Would this be a good enough source for Wikipedia? The magazine was dedicated to "recreational programming" (but not games) and had a lot of articles about fractals, neural nets, etc. The magazine content was similar to the Scientific American articles written by Dewdney.

I have a few (damaged) issues myself. I'll scan them and put the online if I can get Dewdney's permission.

[1] http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/akd/PERSONAL/hp.html