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The link I saw was removed by the poster pretty quickly, out of respect for his privacy.

I'm sure you could find it, but... why?

http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1507505

Though I'm not entirely certain the authors didn't just make up a name to fit the citation style. I don't see any reason why they would have any information the internet at large doens't.

Doing a search for "ruby Malsky" brings up _why stuff. I think Malsky is a character in some of _why's works.

Do you think maybe his mom or someone might know his real name? There are people in the community that know his real name, but out of respect for his desired privacy, to let the art itself be famous instead of the artist simply refer to him as _why.

I'm not going to spoil things, but it is findable.