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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 31-May-2018 15:38:15
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I'll let cgutjahr or senex respond to "weak". heh.


Webpage of two men with some editorial oversight (they correct mistakes and check sources) catering for small niche "market". This is rightly comparable to a small town newspaper. Such source can be used to support facts in the article (it is a RS), but such article needs other sources to prove notability of the article subject (some more "mainstream" sources).

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 31-May-2018 15:50:15
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Me:
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The links to the lawsuits and to the removal of Hyperion from the Belgian registry are as reliable as you can get.

You:
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Not in Wikipedia sense of reliable source.

Ben Hermans:
Take a look at the official Belgian (g)overnment website

Forgive me, but if the government claims their official site and the lawyer involved makes an admittance in public that is IS the official site....and you state that for wiki it is NOT a reliable source, then I give up on trying to supply factual information here. Heh.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 31-May-2018 16:01:17
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Forgive me, but if the government claims their official site and the lawyer involved ...


Since when do you trust governments and lawyers ?

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 31-May-2018 16:17:09
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Remaining open minded about things is indeed an effort.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 31-May-2018 16:17:17
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then I give up on trying to supply factual information here.


As you see, it is not that easy to edit Wikipedia.

Wikipedia has its own definition of "reliable source". However, government registry could be useable in sense only strict wording of that registry is used and attributed (it is considered primary source). Still, news source reporting about that event would be preferable (secondary source).

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 31-May-2018 16:26:55
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https://docs.google.com/file/d/11a3OIwJ7PuNAQ5-n4tHekAINf57uF5fx/edit

I'm not sure you get more of a secondary source than the publishing in the journal.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 31-May-2018 16:51:22
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Still primary (this is government public notice, not news reporting).

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 1-Jun-2018 13:48:28
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Noted: Addition to the wiki for what we have been discussing.

Again, I do not suggest adding more, since I understand the desire to be brief and to the point.
But also, in the interest of fairness, you could consider adding:

"this has been partially addressed" or something similar. That's about as short as it gets.

Official Source
enter business #: 0466.380.552

and again a link which would suffice as a company statement regarding and supporting same:
Source

Please note that Tim's reference to me refers back to the prior page of that thread where I have pointed to the same link (Official Source).

If you feel this is not worthy of addition, just keep the link in your pocket for future use. Heh.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 3-Jun-2018 14:51:42
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I don´t know, how to cite such source (it may change with time and there is no direct link), so I will rather wait for some news reporting.

Note I started "white-washing" of the Hyperion-Entertainment article, first sections concerning games. Rewrite of the "AmigaOS 4" section will follow later (this one is full of POV content sourced by low-quality or no references…). I hope the other side will not burn me on the stake for this.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 3-Jun-2018 14:58:56
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Understood. I've offered many links over the years that require entering data (like the business # above) in order to retrieve information. However you handle non-direct links is fine. But thanks for telling me policy again, since it helps me understand what you currently require and therefore what to offer.

Noted: all the June 3 entries. Good luck.

Prolly not of interest to you, but Shogo?
Hyperion Legal Consulting

Technically that's Ben and not Hyperion, unless that is how Hyperion was referring to themselves at that time.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 9-Aug-2018 23:40:13
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@pavlor

Update to wikipedia noted.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 11-Aug-2018 19:43:05
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During work on Hyperion Entertainment Wikipedia article, I found two areas severely lacking in sources:

Corporate informations are too hard to verify (who was in charge when). Even archived Hyperion´s webpage is not ideal source (they list multiple dates for their own founding...). So far I browsed through classic secondary/news sources, but I hope at least some public registry has full historical informations about management (at least it is so here in the Czech Republic).

Other problem is article balance. Now, there are various "controversies" based on public statements of Hyperion´s managers ("change some flags and recompile", MorphOS illegal, Bill Buck con-artist, AROS probably illegal). These are of utmost importance in the Amiga bubble, but with no imprint in the outside world (not even mainstream media, even useable Amiga sources probably don´t care). Wikipedia content that may be challenged must be based on much better sources than forum posts. Using strict Wikipedia "rules", I should remove any such information, if no better sources are found. I´m not willing to "whitewash" that article this way, but I really can´t object anyone, who removes these on grounds of weak sourcing.


If anyone suggests useable sources for these two areas, that would be of great help for me.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 11-Aug-2018 20:00:13
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May we start with an easy one?

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However, the "Amiga" trademark remained with Amiga, Inc. and was then also sold to other parties, including Commodore USA and iContain.


I think you meant "licensed".

Even your reference (bottom of page #32) recognizes this with "trademark of Amiga Inc.".

Perhaps some people think sold=licensed. I don't think it conveys the same meaning.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 11-Aug-2018 20:10:58
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Corrected. However, that paragraph is not my text., I only added a footnote.

Such issues are prevalent in the article. My primary objective right now is to provide basic sources for all statements. If you (or anyone other) spots anything like this, feel free to correct it.

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AROS probably illegal


Is it your merlancia source that bothers you or are you questioning who actually said this originally?
I'm not clear on what is of concern here. I must be tired.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 11-Aug-2018 20:35:26
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Is it your merlancia source that bothers you or are you questioning who actually said this originally?


This is old problem with Wikipedia concept of "reliable sources" combined with "due weight". To put it simply, if there is no "reliable source" supporting some claim, then this information is too trivial for Wikipedia. Anybody may remove such claim.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 11-Aug-2018 21:21:12
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All I can say is that I can not substantiate the prior example. Do as you see fit.
There are forum references only, which, for the most part you would have to call conjecture.

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 7-Feb-2019 16:38:49
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Since there exists both the legal documents filed plus the newstory you seem to require in tandem as justification for you making a wiki update...

Isn't it time to make an entry for 2019 regarding the property transferred?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga,_Inc.

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Done.


I don´t have Amiga.Inc article on my watchlist, now I see what mess it is (horrible structure)! Rewrite in progress...

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Re: AmigaOne articles on Wikipedia vandalised
Posted on 11-Apr-2019 12:40:17
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@pavlor

I don't envy you trying to keep up with the wikis. There seems to be a lot of changes in both Commodore and Amiga related wikis in both March and April.

Avoid the Commodore International one like the plague. Talk about a need for reorg and corrections....sheesh.

Specificallly, what do you require to meet the conditions of citation here?
Quote:
Amiga Inc. is in dispute with Hyperion due to the release of Workbench 3.1.4 by Hyperion.


Personally, I think that is incorrect anyway.

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