Talk:E-gold/Archives/2013

Rewrite
I rewrote everything from the top of the article down to "Analysis". The remaining sections are factual and well sourced but they do not fit into any kind of sensible flow of the article. I suggest that they be deleted or integrated into the new article above. Cadwallader (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:20, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Anonymity
I removed: "(That perception was erroneous, as is the similar belief that Bitcoin is anonymous.)"

The comment on Bitcoin is unsourced, and controversial. (I've seen the claim, and the opposite, but it's complex and as a non expert I can't evaluate it.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.38.122.108 (talk) 16:47, 25 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Just because you, the anonymous editor, are ignorant of the difference between anonymous and pseudonymous accounts, does not mean the article author is not competent on the subject. If you don't understand it, don't delete it.  Source it. Cadwallader (talk) 17:13, 4 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Or put a citation needed tag. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed Cadwallader (talk) 17:22, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

Talk Before You Delete
As per Wikipedia policies, any deletions on this article by anonymous editors will be reverted if you do not first give your reasons for the deletion in this talk page. Cadwallader (talk) 18:53, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

Original research etc.
I've tried to clean this a bit to read less like a magazine article, but there are still some sections to be fixed. There is a lot of original research and opinion, such as: I don't want to rush in to delete the opinionated parts wholesale, as there appears to have been a history of undiscussed deletion on this article. Ruby Murray (talk) 15:00, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * "e-gold's failure was ultimately due to the inability of their business model to provide a system of reliable user identification and the failure to provide a workable dispute resolution system to identify and cut off illegal and abusive activity in their user community"
 * "However, in its actions from 2006-2008 the U.S. Treasury Department in conjunction with the United States Department of Justice stretched the definition of money transmitter in the USA Patriot Act to include any system that allows transfer of any kind of value from one person to another, not merely national currency or cash."
 * "Though this action failed in court, Turk had successfully positioned himself in the market as the "inventor of digital gold" even though Jackson was the one who had taught himself how to program and written the first version of e-gold himself."