Talk:Jay Maynard

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An individual covered in this article, Jay Maynard, has edited Wikipedia as Jmaynard (talk • contribs).

After reading Wikipedia:Autobiography, I've decided to let this page stand as is and let others add text. I'll make no apologies for adding myself to the Internet phenomenon page, as I feel I certainly qualify, and creating this page as a stub from that was logical, but I'll abide by the general Wikipedia prohibition on autobiography. Jay Maynard 03:02, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

The tronguy.net link is no longer working

Worked for me just now. Jay Maynard 11:18, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Hm. Fashion? I'm not sure this is more appropriate than, say, Internet meme stubs, but there isn't such a category that I could find. Did I miss on in the listing of stub categories? Jay Maynard 10:47, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Hopefully we can find more stuff than just Tronguy! The IBM mainframe work is actually notable itself - David Gerard 13:06, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Autobiography 2 Win a date with Tron Guy 3 We Are the Web 4 Normal pic 5 Usenet and Software 6 A couple of more links from mainstream media 7 I'm a Mac. I'm a PC. I'm Linux. 8 Sources for removed statements

[edit] Autobiography

It's kind of worrying seeing how the subject of this article is also its primary contributor. It doesn't appear to be biased or anything, but there's always bias by selective omission, and that's hard to detect unless you're intimately knowledgeable of the subject in question. --Cyde↔Weys 13:13, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

That's why I've kept my fingers out of it. David Gerard contributed about half of what is there now, and I'll be happy to point people to sources in the press if they want to add more. Jay Maynard 15:31, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Well if you have additional references, please provide them. At first glance I was inclined to nominate this for deletion my self, and I am not positive that it would survive a debate without those additional citations. The best I can come up with on my own is a few thousand blog posts, and the link below. RFerreira 00:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I'll see what I can dig up...there should be some newspaper articles and the like still around on the net. OTOH, if the article is nominated for deletion, I'll accept whatever result is produced. Jay Maynard 14:39, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Some progress has been made with sourcing, if you have any additional cites you can add feel free. RFerreira 01:05, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Win a date with Tron Guy

This link is not dated, but http://abc.go.com/primetime/jimmykimmel/datetronman.html offers a chance to "Enjoy a date with the Tron Guy, compliments of Jimmy Kimmel Live". Is this offer still open, or is this just a lingering cobweb on the site? RFerreira 00:36, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

It's a lingering cobweb, and I'm mildly surprised it's still there. That offer ended in late 2004. Jay Maynard 14:37, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] We Are the Web

Recently, Tron Guy was in a video at http://wearetheweb.org/ supporting net neutrality, along with several other internet "celebrities", including Peter Pan Guy, Kitten-playing-White-Stripes, the thing that likes the moon, the pair of college students who lip synched N'Sync, etc. --64.24.181.98 18:12, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Personally I think that page was created by the Ted Stevens fan club - David Gerard 14:48, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it was commissioned from an Internet ad agency, Space150. I would think it's notable enough to rate discussion here, but I'm not going to write it myself. - Jay Maynard 16:00, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Seeing as we have articles for Randy Constan (Peter Pan) and Tron Guy, I may as well complete the internet celebrity trifecta and create an article for gemsweater queen Leslie Hall. It was nice to see you supporting such a noble cause. RFerreira 22:01, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks...I didn't know who Leslie was before hearing about the video project, but she definitely appears to have her own following, as evidenced by a Google Blog Search for the video. (I've got one for myself feeding my LJ friends list, and the comments there are about evenly split between listing me, Leslie, and Randy as the name they were most familiar with.) Jay Maynard 22:10, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Laugh, no more than 30 minutes in the middle of creating the article for Leslie Hall, another administrator speedy deletes it without warning. That's Wikipedia for you. RFerreira 22:51, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Normal pic

I really think this article needs a picture of Jay Maynard the regular human as well as of TronGuy. Jay, got any work-style photos you wouldn't mind GFDLing? - David Gerard 14:50, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Not yet, but I'll take one when I get back home and upload (and GFDL) it. - Jay Maynard 15:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Usenet and Software

I thought he was mentioned for his Usenet (and other fora) presense over 20 years, or the free software he has written. I never heard of this "tron guy" stuff before visiting this page. I think at least his software should be written, to show that he has contributed something more substantial than a 15-minuttes-of-fame joke to the world.--Per Abrahamsen 11:01, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A couple of more links from mainstream media

1. Forbes.com has a list up of its Web Celeb 25...I wasn't on that list, but did make a sidebar list of the Unintentionally Famous.
2. Web Junk and VH1 have a list of the 40 Greatest Internet Stars. (Vote for me! :-)

-- Jay Maynard 13:23, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I'm a Mac. I'm a PC. I'm Linux.

Latest Tron Guy round from this picture parodying the Apple "I'm a Mac" TV ads. Seems to be making the rounds. Odd, I've gotten two TRON GUY forwards this week, out of the blue. --Allen Huffman 05:09, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sources for removed statements

I am the project lead for the Hercules emulator, as can be seen at my home page and the Hercules project page.

The "I'm a Mac" parody was all over the web, including Digg, Fark, and Wil Wheaton's blog. -- Jay Maynard 14:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC)