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Some related discussion is at Commons:Undeletion_requests/Current_requests#File:Alexandra_Elbakyan_-_2010.jpg. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:44, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
I can see comparing Elbakyan to a whistleblower. You could even say she and Snowden both leak information. Whether she resides in Russia seems to be unknown, though, and I find the "avoid American law by residing in Russia" especially egregious. In Snowden's case, you have an actual American who fled the country to "avoid law", whereas Elbakyan has never been an American citizen. She lived in Russia before Sci-Hub was even an idea, so it's not unreasonable to think she might be there even without "American law" looming. And again, she might not actually even be there.
For now, I hesitate to remove this sourced statement (and its source) from such an undeveloped article, but it's something I may address in the future if no one else does. -- BDD ( talk) 21:31, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
There is next to nothing in this piece as to the nature of what she has done - pirating and making otherwise costly academic journal articles freely available on the net for researchers, students, the public - which makes her notable for inclusion in Wiki. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/meet-the-woman-who-put-50-million-stolen-articles-online-so-you-can-read-them-for-free-a6964176.html Irish Melkite ( talk) 15:29, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
The word 'pirate' is a derogatory term coined by the copyright lobby to deter infringement. While 'pirate' as a title is celebrated in the free culture and copy left circles, it definitely has a negative connotation to the general public. This directly violates Wikipedia's guidelines on biographies w.r.t. neutral portrayal of personalities. /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biography#Opening_paragraph The article you have referenced is a robinhood romanticisation of her work which also mentions that she is not hiding from responsibility but from unfair trial. She is a hacktivist, 'pirate in hiding' should be removed. demonshreder ( talk) Sat Oct 27 18:06:54 2018 UTC
This is the link. Ishiai ( talk) 23:50, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Isn't it time to do an article on Project S??? Or maybe I missed it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.184.178.216 ( talk) 08:02, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Recently she's added a link advertising her skills on every SciHub-opened paper. I cannot share it because Wikipedia blocks it, but if you use SciHub (as I'm sure you must if you edit here), you'll find it.
Do we include this? It includes a biography and a list of her works. It might be useful. puggo ( talk) 19:46, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
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Some related discussion is at Commons:Undeletion_requests/Current_requests#File:Alexandra_Elbakyan_-_2010.jpg. -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:44, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
I can see comparing Elbakyan to a whistleblower. You could even say she and Snowden both leak information. Whether she resides in Russia seems to be unknown, though, and I find the "avoid American law by residing in Russia" especially egregious. In Snowden's case, you have an actual American who fled the country to "avoid law", whereas Elbakyan has never been an American citizen. She lived in Russia before Sci-Hub was even an idea, so it's not unreasonable to think she might be there even without "American law" looming. And again, she might not actually even be there.
For now, I hesitate to remove this sourced statement (and its source) from such an undeveloped article, but it's something I may address in the future if no one else does. -- BDD ( talk) 21:31, 6 May 2016 (UTC)
There is next to nothing in this piece as to the nature of what she has done - pirating and making otherwise costly academic journal articles freely available on the net for researchers, students, the public - which makes her notable for inclusion in Wiki. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/meet-the-woman-who-put-50-million-stolen-articles-online-so-you-can-read-them-for-free-a6964176.html Irish Melkite ( talk) 15:29, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
The word 'pirate' is a derogatory term coined by the copyright lobby to deter infringement. While 'pirate' as a title is celebrated in the free culture and copy left circles, it definitely has a negative connotation to the general public. This directly violates Wikipedia's guidelines on biographies w.r.t. neutral portrayal of personalities. /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biography#Opening_paragraph The article you have referenced is a robinhood romanticisation of her work which also mentions that she is not hiding from responsibility but from unfair trial. She is a hacktivist, 'pirate in hiding' should be removed. demonshreder ( talk) Sat Oct 27 18:06:54 2018 UTC
This is the link. Ishiai ( talk) 23:50, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
Isn't it time to do an article on Project S??? Or maybe I missed it... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.184.178.216 ( talk) 08:02, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Recently she's added a link advertising her skills on every SciHub-opened paper. I cannot share it because Wikipedia blocks it, but if you use SciHub (as I'm sure you must if you edit here), you'll find it.
Do we include this? It includes a biography and a list of her works. It might be useful. puggo ( talk) 19:46, 25 May 2020 (UTC)