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Eh? Vint is KNOWN AS "the father of the Internet", and that's what TFA's title says.

https://web.archive.org/web/20131104212006/http://deafness.a...

> He is routinely referred to as "the father of the internet,"

There is no one else who is referred to that way. If you google "father of the Internet", Vint pops up.

https://www.inmesol.com/blog/fathers-internet/

> Vinton Cerf (Connecticut, 1943) Considered to be the founding father of the Internet.

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The title of your second link is "The Fathers of the Internet" and Robert Kahn as co-inventor of TCP/IP protocol is also considered a father of the internet.

BTW if I google father of the internet I get Cerf and Kahn or it says "a father"

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I know what the title says, of course ... but the title is descriptive, not a label, and only Cerf is referred to as the father, as quoted. And yes of course Kahn co-invented TCP/IP but no one ever calls him father of the Internet. And I already said what happens if you google "father of the Internet" -- what I said is actually true.

And none of this is really relevant because it's TFA that should determine HN titles. But for better or worse the mod has made his decision, so this is moot -- I won't comment on it further.

And man, for someone who calls something "nitpicking" to dig so deep into it ...

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> and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf

> Widely known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet,

https://www.internethalloffame.org/vint-cerf/

> Together with Vint Cerf, Kahn is known as "the father of the Internet." https://computerhistory.org/profile/robert-kahn/

So much for "but no one ever calls him father of the Internet."

It’s widely recognized that the internet has multiple fathers.

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I'm reading "where the wizards stay up late", and I was thinking the same thing. It's difficult to keep track of who is who but I'm pretty certain Cerf has appeared yet. I'm not that far through.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Where-Wizards-Stay-Up-Late/dp/06848...

(Well actually I'm listening to it not reading, maybe that's why I can't keep track of the protagonists!)

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