Talk:GPS tracking
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[edit] Personal GPS Trackers
I have sent Ivan a message with regards the deletion of the above, as I do not believe it is spam. I would appreciate discussion on this
212.169.1.41 14:00, 27 March 2007 (UTC)Adam
- The "where is Tim", "where is Adam" and "Badger track" links and article text were written like spam - a bit of text, and then several links. My first reaction in those cases is to delete the links. Having a second look at the links, they seem not to be about advertising, but about some geeks tracking themselves 24/7. Maybe some reqriting, and putting the links in the appropiate section (instead of creating a new "External links" section on bottom) would be fine.
- However, I should take a look at the Wikipedia Style Manual, just in case.
- Ivansanchez 16:18, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
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- On a second though: those links may match rule #11 of "Links to be avoided on wikipedia": "Links to blogs and personal web pages" [1]
- Ivansanchez 16:21, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
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- I appreciate the Style Manual claiming such links should be avoided in normal circumstances however the section was discussing personal pages as this is the cutting edge. In this particular circumstance, I feel that the links are justified as they add to the content in Wikipedia by saving a reader having to Google. However, if you would prefer and as a compromise how about we simply put the text back in the page but leave the links out? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.26.44.39 (talk) 18:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC).
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[edit] not a crystal ball
I removed the paragraph "The advent of GPS tracking devices potentially could shift society's balance of power towards that of a police state. It is now much easier for surveillance abuse to be used for political repression or social control, as envisioned by George Orwell in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four." as WP:NOT a crystal ball. Actual verified abuse that has occured, or verifiable warning of future danger from a legitimate published party (shouldn't be too hard to find) would be OK. Herostratus 08:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] About "potential abuse"
68.251.43.232 posted inside the article:
This above information is inaccurate. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. Garcia (7th Cir., 2007) 2007 WL 286534, held that placing a GPS tracking device on the vehicle owned by the suspect did not amount to a search.
Ivansanchez 01:08, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] advertisements
The following entries in "see also" appear to be ads. do they belong here? (GPS Equipment companies etc) Insight_USA ESITrack Inrix Dingfelder 01:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- They are links to wikipedia articles not to sales sites. GPS Police and OnStar are companies as well. If the articles linked to are bad articles then get those articles deleted. --Dual Freq 04:29, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
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- not quite what I meant. What I was asking is: These links point to wiki pages for companies in the GPS sector. Should those pages exist as wiki articles? or are they themeslves spam? Certainly there are many other major companies in that same sector that are not listed. I don't see any particularly notable info on those pages, that sets these companies apart from their competitors. Should all major companies in this sector have therir own pages and then be listed here as well? Adding only a coupld compaines out of many seems subjective at best. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dingfelder (talk • contribs) 22:37, 18 March 2007 (UTC).
