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 == Dont be a dick == 

  recently expanded on Wheaton's Law, with some great sources.  Note that the information on knowyourmeme is misleading, and the wired article is only good for the term being popularised in one subculture by Wil; it isnt a holistic review of the term, so bold statements cant be extrapolated from it.  'Wikipedia:Don't be a dick' was created in January 2005, by , then copied to meta a few days later by .  So that pre-dates Wil Wheatons keynote speech at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in August 2007.  Maybe those two gents might explain some of the history - was it a new phrase in 2005? - or the archives may contain answers from them.  Also, this slashdot page from 1999 is not asserting that there were bumper stickers - nor would it be a reliable source for that statement.  It wouldnt surprise me that bumper stickers saying that were floating around back in 1999, but it is just as likely (or more likely, if you ask me) that CmdrTaco was being creative to punch home a point.  '''''' "