[forum] Help needed for Wikipedia article on X Window System

[David Gerard]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System

I've been working on getting this article to a sufficiently complete
condition for Featured Article status (which gives it a chance of
getting on the front page). I'm after assistance with both the history
and the technical side.

* The history covers the early days (straight out of "X Window System
v 6 & 6.1") and recent events (which I hope are described sufficiently
accurately while staying concise). There's the yawning void in the
middle to cover.

* The technical section is skimpy. It really really needs a decent
explanation of how extensions work, for example.

This would all need to be according to checkable references, not just
me asking here :-)

I'm particularly after photos and screenshots and so on. What did X1
look like? X11R1? A photo of an X terminal? If anyone has photos
they're willing to release under the GFDL, they would do a lot to
brighten up the article.

Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:X_Window_System .

Anyone can edit themselves on Wikipedia, of course, and their writing
will be edited mercilessly ;-)

Thanks for any help anyone can provide.


- d.