User talk:Sperril
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NOTE: I will keep my replies on my talk page unless you specifically ask me to reply on your talk page. -- Sperril
[edit] StarForce
Why did you revert the most recent edit to StarForce without an explanatory message? While there is somewhat of an edit war ongoing, the talk page seems to pretty much support the edit, and I didn't think it deserved a vandalism-type revert. --Fuzzie (talk) 12:16, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
- The reason I reverted was because I thought that the added statement smacked of original research. It was referenced, but the referenced page did not in any way make a statement that supported the sentence that was added. It would appear that the editor used the reference web page to come to his/her own conclusion, and then included his/her conclusion in the article. That's original research and is not proper for an encyclopedia. Even if the referenced page reached the conclusion that "most Starforce protected programs are cracked on their release day," a website that cracks programs is hardly an unbiased source for information about the quality of a specific protection scheme. Looking back on it, I should have included this explanation in the talk page and I appreciate and agree with your criticism of my edit. Sperril 23:16, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bowie Kuhn
I think the POV tag had been put there awhile back due to one writer having overtly accused Kuhn of being a racist (as opposed to being an "idiot", which is more likely, in my own POV). I tried to tone that section down a bit and keep it more factual. We'll see if the original poster of that tag re-tags it. d:) Wahkeenah 12:49, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds good to me. People putting up NPOV tags without any discussion is one of my wiki-peeves. I find the tag useful when I'm going through an article and find tags around a controversial section. It alerts me that I should do my own research before forming an opinion based on the article. Undiscussed tags are absolutely useless to the reader in this regard. Thanks for the work on the article! Sperril 09:36, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
