# tednelsonfan.com: local roadmap

_Cluster: **fan-tribute-site** (computing history). Generated 2026-09-14. noindex._

## Current state (real signals, 2026-09-14)

- New domain (registered 2026-09-14), new build. Every fact is from his own pages (xanadu.com, hyperland.com, xanadu.com.au), Wikipedia, the OII, the Internet Archive, CERN 1992, Wired 1995 and the ACM; see /sources/ and AGENTS.md.
- 15 indexable pages: home, biography (40-entry timeline), 6 idea explainers (incl. the 17 Xanadu rules), works (7 books, papers, patent, films), videos (19 verified as him + 6 context), quotes (15 sourced + 6 about him), links, FAQ, sources. JSON-LD: Person, WebSite, Article, ItemList of Book / VideoObject / Quotation, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList. Markdown twin of every page, llms.txt, AGENTS.md, api/person.json.
- Not verifiable yet, so not on the site: Forbes 1997 line, the 1978 IBM meeting, the Computer Lib cover (copyright), his contact details (by choice).
- AME: to be analyzed + activated as a workspace (propose-only; nothing auto-ships).

## Upgrade checklist

- ✅ Designed font system, four themes incl. Burnt Orange dark + day, mobile-first
- ✅ Fan-site disclaimer + cross-link row on every page; his official sites linked prominently
- ✅ /videos/ with verified-vs-context labeling, /quotes/ with a source per line, /sources/ with photo credits
- ✅ Markdown content negotiation in the vhost (Accept: text/markdown -> index.md)
- ⬜ A note to Ted Nelson (via the contact on his own site) offering corrections and asking whether he would like anything added or removed
- ⬜ Wayback snapshots of his pages requested (save-page-now)

## Staged, additive upgrades (nothing here changes the live site without a snapshot + approval)

### Stage 1: owner contact and corrections
1. Send Mr. Nelson the link with the disclaimer up front; apply any corrections he sends the same day.
   Prompt: "Read AGENTS.md and _night/tednelson/tn_content.py. Apply the owner's corrections, regenerate with gen-tn.py, deploy, verify every page 200."

### Stage 2: depth
2. One page per Computers for Cynics episode: a short reading guide with the video and his own summary, question-shaped titles.
3. A page per project: Xanadu (history in detail), Udanax, XanaduSpace, OpenXanadu, ZigZag, CosmicBook, each from his own pages.
4. A page on the 1965 paper: what it proposed (zippered lists, ELF), from the ACM record and secondary literature.
5. A page on Intertwingled 2014 (Chapman) and the Springer volume, from the publisher's table of contents.

### Stage 3: reach
6. Submit to the Internet Archive and computing-history link lists; ping IndexNow on each new page.
7. Core Web Vitals pass from a Windows box (never a scanner on the droplet).

_Roadmap = the map. Nothing above is applied automatically; AWE is propose-only for this site._