Editing Slashdot (section)

===Team===
[[File:Rob 'CmdrTaco' Malda crop.jpeg|thumb|right|alt=Rob Malda, co-founder of Slashdot|Rob Malda, co-founder of Slashdot]]
It was run by its founder, [[Rob Malda|Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda]], from 1998 until 2011.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Watercutter |first=Angela |date=2011-08-25 |title=Slashdot Founder Rob 'Cmdr Taco' Malda Resigns |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/08/slashdot-founder-resigns/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> He shared editorial responsibilities with several other editors including Timothy Lord, Patrick "Scuttlemonkey" McGarry, Jeff "Soulskill" Boehm, Rob "Samzenpus" Rozeboom, and Keith Dawson.<ref name="slashdotFAQ_who">{{cite web|url=http://slashdot.org/faq/slashmeta.shtml#sm100|title=Slashdot FAQ: About Slashdot: Who does this?|last=Malda|first=Rob|date=February 7, 2002|publisher=Slashdot|access-date=January 12, 2010|archive-date=September 24, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924100115/http://slashdot.org/faq/slashmeta.shtml#sm100|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="emergence">{{cite book | last = Johnson | first = Steven | author-link = Steven Johnson (author) | title = Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software | publisher = Scribner | year = 2001 | page = [https://archive.org/details/emergenceconnect00john/page/46 46] | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-684-86875-2 | title-link = Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software }}</ref> Jonathan "cowboyneal" Pater is another popular editor of Slashdot, who came to work for Slashdot as a programmer and systems administrator. His online nickname (handle), CowboyNeal, is inspired by a [[Grateful Dead]] tribute to [[Neal Cassady]] in their song, "That's It for the Other One". He is best known as the target of the usual comic poll option,<ref name="spoke">{{cite web|url=http://www.spoke.com/info/p7ZQR2G/JonathanPater|title=Jonathan Pater, Programmer, freshmeat.net |date=2009-04-06|access-date=2009-04-06|publisher=Spoke Software}}</ref> a tradition started by [[Chris DiBona]].<ref>{{cite web|last=samzenpus|title=Making a Slashdot Omelet|date=19 October 2012 |url=http://meta.slashdot.org/story/12/10/09/1650205/making-a-slashdot-omelet|access-date=19 October 2012|archive-date=17 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517132726/http://meta.slashdot.org/story/12/10/09/1650205/making-a-slashdot-omelet|url-status=live}}</ref>