I am a developer with many years experience and any information I edit is based on available referenced facts and opinion from other experts. When developers refer to Wikipedia for information on the next commerical technology being pushed, they need to know both sides of the story, not just what the commercial company is advertising.
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Please stop your
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MrOllie (
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19:23, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, could you be more specific because I don't know where the problem is. It would help to identify the exact area where you think the breach exists so that I can understand the problem.
In addition, I am being blocked from adding that "OWNTV" is my personal registered trademark that I am using for a business, and preference has been give to the illegal use by the Oprah Winfrey Network TV, i.e. O.W.N. T.V.. They are not allowed, as is everyone, to use someone elses trademark, putting "OWNTV" or "OWN TV" on their website is a breach with my registration.
Why am I not permitted to list the correct owner of this trademark? RobinColclough ( talk) 14:34, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Robin
I have seen your reverts in Media Foundation and read your edit summary. Frankly, I do not share your concern nor I do believe that your concerns are truly concerns. Per WP:BLP, allegations of evil misdeed in Wikipedia require reliable secondary sources so ironclad that withstands the most brutal scrutiny in the world. Removal of these allegations fall within the purview of WP:NOT3RR, article 7.
I do not have a habit of threatening anyone, so, for now, I just hope that you see sense and not resort to any attempt to circumvent Wikipedia policies.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
22:24, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Chris, with your experiences in software development, assuming its not just embedded that you´ve worked in, you should be able to follow the information I posted from third-party sources such as technical forums and Microsoft´s own networks, such as social.msdn.Microsoft.com. I posted references to experts complaining that Microsoft had dropped support for a perfectly functional multimedia API, DirectShow, and that it was pushing Media Foundation which was fully functional and still has not even got MPEG2 support. Why are Microsoft pushing Media Foundation? Well Microsoft expert Becky Weiss has stated publicly (I gave the link), that it was because Media Foundation has "strong support for media protection". Mmmmm and who wants media protection? Not the public for sure.
So I strongly refute your unfounded allegations, and I question why you are protecting Microsoft from having the truth about what they are doing in relation to DirectShow and Media Foundation.
Lets not forget that both APIs are COM based, and the other reason for Media Foundation´s existence, that of less "glitchy" playback, is ridiculous given than playback quality can be improved through the implementation of filters, not to mention the DShow relies on the same lower-level APIs as Media Foundation. Re-inventing the wheel at the cost of developers so that big business can lock down the media.
So if you´re going to make claims, you should be able to back them up with hard facts to counteract the information I´ve presented, that you blocked, so far, without any concrete evidence against what I posted.
Have a great day!
Welcome to
Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to Wikipedia. However, please remember that editors
do not own articles and should respect the work of their fellow contributors on
OWN TV. If you create or edit an article, remember that others are free to change its content. Take a look at the
welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. --
Rsrikanth05 (
talk)
11:18, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
That's all well and good, but in this case "OWNTV" is a registered trademark that Oprah Winfrey Network T V has not right to use even if the initials of their business are O.W.N.T.V.
As such, those editing the page to say that "OWNTV" or "OWN TV" is Oprah Winfreys show are infringing the legal use of my trademark. As such, Wikileaks administrators should not allow legal infringements of copyright or trademark rights.
Is there a problem with this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.147.58.43 ( talk) 18:02, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Why am I not allowed to mention that I own the trademark in the USA and Europe to OWNTV?
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article ViewPoint 3D is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ViewPoint 3D until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. SageGreenRider ( talk) 23:05, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
ViewPoint3D is a long-term software development project with many contributors, many of whom haven't received any financial benefit, aimed at creating truly interactive (real-time) 3D content creation and playback tools, which currently either do not exist or are prohibitively expensive.
The software is, currently, unique as it can create and render complex 3D scenes in real-time, scenes of up to 6 million primitives on single-chip computers or tablets, with real shadows and environmental reflections, that very uniquely also allows automated updating based on remote data feeds, such as RSS, multicast datagrams and live video streams, in up to 4K (UHD) resolution.
The project is financed by contributors without a single dollar from any large company, in addition, the software is free for all non-profit users.
So why would anyone want to have the page deleted from Wikipedia? RobinColclough ( talk) 14:41, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.
SageGreenRider (
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00:25, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
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Got it!! (I'm talking to a bot?!) RobinColclough ( talk) 12:35, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, RobinColclough. I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. However, some of these contributions are problematic. You might find that spending some time understanding what wikipedia is and is not will lead to a more satisfactory experience here. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:
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Again, welcome! SageGreenRider ( talk) 12:22, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Thanks, again, learning my way around! RobinColclough ( talk) 12:36, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
If you want to save ViewPoint 3D from deletion, you should search for and cite reliable sources WP:RS that mention the company and/or its products. htht SageGreenRider ( talk)
Thanks for the tip, I've now included press articles from Computer Weekly, a leading industry technology magazine and website with over 40-year history, Digital Signage Today, I guess its probably the leading industry media portal, and others such as ScreenMedia Pro RobinColclough ( talk) 20:41, 25 April 2015 (UTC).
3 of the 5 references are Press news entirely focused on the project. BTW, ViewPoint3D provides unique features for the 3D sector, such as live-data in 3D scenes, direct autostereoscopic output, instant rendering, 24x7 operation, embedded and desktop operation. You seem to imply repeatedly that it is just any other software not worthy of a mention. Are you BTW an expert on 3D software? RobinColclough ( talk) 06:01, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
on the page, plus project website with expert review [1], would signify that this software project has no notable value to be included in Wikipedia, and that you alone can decide that, or do you have independent support? RobinColclough ( talk) 12:38, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
So I', very puzzled as to why you didn't even check those links out rather than coming back with more negative feedback? Clearly, leading publications only print articles on technology of interest to their readers. I would kindly request that other Wiki mediators please give their views at this point. RobinColclough ( talk) 12:50, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
I made a comment below regarding your potential conflict of interest regarding the edits you made on OWN TV. The same goes for this article since it says that "The software is being developed by an independent team of C++ software engineers lead by Robin Colclough", and again you should not be writing about your own company. w.carter -Talk 17:59, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Please stop adding your trademark to the page, as you did here. WP:DISAMBIGUATION says that disambiguation pages (such as OWN TV) should only contain links to other relevant Wikipedia pages. In fact, the section WP:DABREF explicitly says "Don't include external links, either as entries or in descriptions. Disambiguation pages disambiguate Wikipedia articles, not the World Wide Web. To note URLs that might be helpful in the future, include them on the talk page." Joseph2302 ( talk) 17:38, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Of course we care! Editors who understand how the system of writing articles here works are always welcome. And believe it or not I do sympathize with someone who is being trampled by a big company, otherwise I would not be trying to help you out. But the Wikipedia is not the place to fight such battles, and we could really do without such tantrums as you display at the end of your previous post. Please try to keep a contructive tone and things have a much better chance of being resolved to everyone's liking.
You seem to be missing the whole point about "neutral and unbiased sources". The company's own website, facebook, pens, bags etc. are not such sources. If you can provide links to where some newspapers, media websites (other than your own), magazines or journals have written about your company, I will be more than happy to give it a go. I expect that you have a better chance of finding these than I do, since I am quite confident you are keeping tabs on all things written about your company. Best, w.carter -Talk 11:58, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
I tell you what, if you voice the opinion of Wikipedia writers then I want nothing to do with Wikipedia ever again, and from this point you can stop posting more messages. Adios! RobinColclough ( talk) 12:40, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at
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Deli nk (
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12:11, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.
SageGreenRider (
talk)
12:13, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
What's the big problem here? Wikipedia shouldn't allow people to use registered trademarks you know. RobinColclough ( talk) 12:46, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}
.
NeilN
talk to me
19:06, 19 October 2015 (UTC)Do I care, I think not. Wikipedia is being controlled by idiots IMHO. :) RobinColclough ( talk) 23:45, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
I am a developer with many years experience and any information I edit is based on available referenced facts and opinion from other experts. When developers refer to Wikipedia for information on the next commerical technology being pushed, they need to know both sides of the story, not just what the commercial company is advertising.
Hello RobinColclough. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things
you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a
conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's
neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.
For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. MrOllie ( talk) 18:27, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While
objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be
a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you.
MrOllie (
talk)
18:38, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Please stop your
disruptive editing. If you continue to
add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, you may be
blocked from editing.
[1]
MrOllie (
talk)
19:23, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi, could you be more specific because I don't know where the problem is. It would help to identify the exact area where you think the breach exists so that I can understand the problem.
In addition, I am being blocked from adding that "OWNTV" is my personal registered trademark that I am using for a business, and preference has been give to the illegal use by the Oprah Winfrey Network TV, i.e. O.W.N. T.V.. They are not allowed, as is everyone, to use someone elses trademark, putting "OWNTV" or "OWN TV" on their website is a breach with my registration.
Why am I not permitted to list the correct owner of this trademark? RobinColclough ( talk) 14:34, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello, Robin
I have seen your reverts in Media Foundation and read your edit summary. Frankly, I do not share your concern nor I do believe that your concerns are truly concerns. Per WP:BLP, allegations of evil misdeed in Wikipedia require reliable secondary sources so ironclad that withstands the most brutal scrutiny in the world. Removal of these allegations fall within the purview of WP:NOT3RR, article 7.
I do not have a habit of threatening anyone, so, for now, I just hope that you see sense and not resort to any attempt to circumvent Wikipedia policies.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (
talk)
22:24, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
Chris, with your experiences in software development, assuming its not just embedded that you´ve worked in, you should be able to follow the information I posted from third-party sources such as technical forums and Microsoft´s own networks, such as social.msdn.Microsoft.com. I posted references to experts complaining that Microsoft had dropped support for a perfectly functional multimedia API, DirectShow, and that it was pushing Media Foundation which was fully functional and still has not even got MPEG2 support. Why are Microsoft pushing Media Foundation? Well Microsoft expert Becky Weiss has stated publicly (I gave the link), that it was because Media Foundation has "strong support for media protection". Mmmmm and who wants media protection? Not the public for sure.
So I strongly refute your unfounded allegations, and I question why you are protecting Microsoft from having the truth about what they are doing in relation to DirectShow and Media Foundation.
Lets not forget that both APIs are COM based, and the other reason for Media Foundation´s existence, that of less "glitchy" playback, is ridiculous given than playback quality can be improved through the implementation of filters, not to mention the DShow relies on the same lower-level APIs as Media Foundation. Re-inventing the wheel at the cost of developers so that big business can lock down the media.
So if you´re going to make claims, you should be able to back them up with hard facts to counteract the information I´ve presented, that you blocked, so far, without any concrete evidence against what I posted.
Have a great day!
Welcome to
Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to Wikipedia. However, please remember that editors
do not own articles and should respect the work of their fellow contributors on
OWN TV. If you create or edit an article, remember that others are free to change its content. Take a look at the
welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. --
Rsrikanth05 (
talk)
11:18, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
That's all well and good, but in this case "OWNTV" is a registered trademark that Oprah Winfrey Network T V has not right to use even if the initials of their business are O.W.N.T.V.
As such, those editing the page to say that "OWNTV" or "OWN TV" is Oprah Winfreys show are infringing the legal use of my trademark. As such, Wikileaks administrators should not allow legal infringements of copyright or trademark rights.
Is there a problem with this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.147.58.43 ( talk) 18:02, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
Why am I not allowed to mention that I own the trademark in the USA and Europe to OWNTV?
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article ViewPoint 3D is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ViewPoint 3D until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. SageGreenRider ( talk) 23:05, 21 April 2015 (UTC)
ViewPoint3D is a long-term software development project with many contributors, many of whom haven't received any financial benefit, aimed at creating truly interactive (real-time) 3D content creation and playback tools, which currently either do not exist or are prohibitively expensive.
The software is, currently, unique as it can create and render complex 3D scenes in real-time, scenes of up to 6 million primitives on single-chip computers or tablets, with real shadows and environmental reflections, that very uniquely also allows automated updating based on remote data feeds, such as RSS, multicast datagrams and live video streams, in up to 4K (UHD) resolution.
The project is financed by contributors without a single dollar from any large company, in addition, the software is free for all non-profit users.
So why would anyone want to have the page deleted from Wikipedia? RobinColclough ( talk) 14:41, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.
SageGreenRider (
talk)
00:25, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Hello and
welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to
talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), please be sure to
sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:
This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when.
Thank you. -- SineBot ( talk) 06:42, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Got it!! (I'm talking to a bot?!) RobinColclough ( talk) 12:35, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, RobinColclough. I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. However, some of these contributions are problematic. You might find that spending some time understanding what wikipedia is and is not will lead to a more satisfactory experience here. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:
Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post.
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page, consult Wikipedia:Questions, or place {{ helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there.
Again, welcome! SageGreenRider ( talk) 12:22, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
Thanks, again, learning my way around! RobinColclough ( talk) 12:36, 22 April 2015 (UTC)
If you want to save ViewPoint 3D from deletion, you should search for and cite reliable sources WP:RS that mention the company and/or its products. htht SageGreenRider ( talk)
Thanks for the tip, I've now included press articles from Computer Weekly, a leading industry technology magazine and website with over 40-year history, Digital Signage Today, I guess its probably the leading industry media portal, and others such as ScreenMedia Pro RobinColclough ( talk) 20:41, 25 April 2015 (UTC).
3 of the 5 references are Press news entirely focused on the project. BTW, ViewPoint3D provides unique features for the 3D sector, such as live-data in 3D scenes, direct autostereoscopic output, instant rendering, 24x7 operation, embedded and desktop operation. You seem to imply repeatedly that it is just any other software not worthy of a mention. Are you BTW an expert on 3D software? RobinColclough ( talk) 06:01, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
on the page, plus project website with expert review [1], would signify that this software project has no notable value to be included in Wikipedia, and that you alone can decide that, or do you have independent support? RobinColclough ( talk) 12:38, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
So I', very puzzled as to why you didn't even check those links out rather than coming back with more negative feedback? Clearly, leading publications only print articles on technology of interest to their readers. I would kindly request that other Wiki mediators please give their views at this point. RobinColclough ( talk) 12:50, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
I made a comment below regarding your potential conflict of interest regarding the edits you made on OWN TV. The same goes for this article since it says that "The software is being developed by an independent team of C++ software engineers lead by Robin Colclough", and again you should not be writing about your own company. w.carter -Talk 17:59, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Please stop adding your trademark to the page, as you did here. WP:DISAMBIGUATION says that disambiguation pages (such as OWN TV) should only contain links to other relevant Wikipedia pages. In fact, the section WP:DABREF explicitly says "Don't include external links, either as entries or in descriptions. Disambiguation pages disambiguate Wikipedia articles, not the World Wide Web. To note URLs that might be helpful in the future, include them on the talk page." Joseph2302 ( talk) 17:38, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
Of course we care! Editors who understand how the system of writing articles here works are always welcome. And believe it or not I do sympathize with someone who is being trampled by a big company, otherwise I would not be trying to help you out. But the Wikipedia is not the place to fight such battles, and we could really do without such tantrums as you display at the end of your previous post. Please try to keep a contructive tone and things have a much better chance of being resolved to everyone's liking.
You seem to be missing the whole point about "neutral and unbiased sources". The company's own website, facebook, pens, bags etc. are not such sources. If you can provide links to where some newspapers, media websites (other than your own), magazines or journals have written about your company, I will be more than happy to give it a go. I expect that you have a better chance of finding these than I do, since I am quite confident you are keeping tabs on all things written about your company. Best, w.carter -Talk 11:58, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
I tell you what, if you voice the opinion of Wikipedia writers then I want nothing to do with Wikipedia ever again, and from this point you can stop posting more messages. Adios! RobinColclough ( talk) 12:40, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard regarding a possible
conflict of interest incident in which you may be involved. Thank you.
Deli nk (
talk)
12:11, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.
SageGreenRider (
talk)
12:13, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
What's the big problem here? Wikipedia shouldn't allow people to use registered trademarks you know. RobinColclough ( talk) 12:46, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}
.
NeilN
talk to me
19:06, 19 October 2015 (UTC)Do I care, I think not. Wikipedia is being controlled by idiots IMHO. :) RobinColclough ( talk) 23:45, 19 October 2015 (UTC)