Talk:WinMX/Archive 1

Vanuatu
In the economics section of the Vanuatu page, it is mentioned that WinMX is incorporated in Vanuatu because of their lack of economic regulations and refusal to work with foreign law enforcement, which would be interesting to add to this page if anyone could cite a source on that. If it is found, it should really be added to both pages. Zephyrprince 04:15, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Older discussion
I suggest a { { npov } } tag or an edit, a lot of the competition is also spyware free, wikipedia is probably not the best place for advocacy

I concur; although Kazaa may be worse, that's definately an opinion. (added: this article needs cleanup, too.. that whole bottom section reads a bit harshly.) 206.40.163.222 05:53, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * I took my time to remove the more obvious biased parts, so the article seems a little more neutral now. Don't think it still needs that NPOV tag. – Kaonashi 05:57, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

" By doing this, a hit song can be downloaded in less than 2-3 minutes." on what connection?
 * Certainly not a 56K. There's gotta be a good way to reword that.-LtNOWIS 00:03, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Frontcode
Looks like the Frontcode homepage is dead. 12.June.2005 / 21:07 EST

Anyone knowledgeable should add some info on the legality of the program

Thanks so much for the info on the patch. I couldn't get the damn software work for weeks, but now it works :) Alensha 16:29, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

How to download WinMX
As we know, the makers of WinMX pulled the software from the net. With small modifications however, the program is still usable. But where can we download it? In answer to this, I added back the link to oldversions.com. Unlike oldapps.com, this site is not overloaded with ads, but is clean and functional, and offers WinMX. So I do not consider oldversions.com linkspam. If there is any better site to download WinMX from, please feel free to switch to that. Also, if we shouldn't be linking to it at all for legal reasons, feel free to revert, but please justify it here. Haakon 21:23, 24 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Actually both of them have ads - both links should be removed to be fair. Wikipedia is not a link farm. --PhilipO 20:24, 25 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Oldversions.com does have a google adwords box, but that is all. Wikipedia is not a link farm, but we do have external links sections so that we can link to relevant resources, and I think being able to download WinMX is highly relevant for readers of this article. I have tried to find other sites, but they either do not work, or have more advertising than oldversions.com. If you still think it should be removed, feel free to remove it, but I will not. :-) Haakon 07:13, 26 October 2005 (UTC)


 * Regarding this; we now link directly to an exe hosted by archive.org instead. Haakon 12:13, 28 October 2005 (UTC)


 * If you stop putting oldversion.com, i promise I will stop putting oldapps.com on the wimx page.


 * So, it's extortion, eh. :-) Haakon 07:13, 26 October 2005 (UTC)


 * I won't remove the oldversions.com either, but if we find another site with it, we should replace it (as you said previously). I will remove any links to oldapps.com because it has been linked to from numerous pages on Wikipedia in the past which tells me the addition is part of a link spam campaign. Cheers --PhilipO 16:36, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

An ad free src of winmx release and beta versions is to found at http://archive.winmxworld.com/WinMX/WinMx%20Releases/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.32.54 (talk) 17:30, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Yet another revert war
213.106.98.4, please do not continue to add your non-encyclopedic promotion text. It is not of a neutral point of view, it doesn't say anything that isn't already in the article, it repeats the logo image for some reason, and is ripe with spelling errors. If you want to add useful information to the article, please feel free, but Wikipedia is not the place for promoting WinMX. Haakon 12:12, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Reinstalling WinMX on WinXP
I have already downloaded the hosts file, install it and did the command "ipconfig /flushdns" but I still can't get WinMX online. What can I do? El Chompiras 19:33, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I would suggest reading the info on the links listed within the article. Vladd44 in particular has some very useful information on his site. Weaponofmassinstruction 22:16, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Resurreection of winmx
Winmx wnet off line but is back online. hence it must not be considered 'dead' The best patch is avaiable at winmxgroup.com. Most users use the patch from that site. Hence, people must stop quotin winmx as dead, as it is very much alive and running.


 * It's currently running unofficially so it is basically dead. --Snkcube 05:38, 12 November 2006 (UTC)


 * In essence, once Frontcode abandoned the network, operations were taken over by the users themselves. The fact that there is no controlling "official" hierarchy and that winmx peer network is now run by an anarchic collective of users can't define it as being dead.  Being free of corporate control gives it more life than it had before. Qureus1 05:56, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


 * The community has basically decided (by still using it) that it is still operational, does that not now make winmxgroup the official network operators (as the only network operators), and therefore having an official operator makes it officially operational?
 * either way, the network is not dead, far from it, it is very much alive and operational and to indicate otherwise would be untrue and therefore unencyclopedic


 * Running officially or unofficially, it must not be spoken off as dead. That's all I wanted to say :)

Sirius Wallce 12:32, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

As of today, 06/29/07, WinMX is again offline. There is a commentary on the main webpage.


 * WinMx peer network was NEVER offline. The only thing that happened on June 29 was that the users who thought it wise to ignore warnings and still use the single-source winmxgroup DLL patch created and controlled by "king macro", aka KM, were left without connection ability, as predicted could happen.  Others who used the simple alternative 'hosts file fix' continued to connect without a problem.  Since then, others have modified KM's DLL patch to point to new hostnames for the current peer cache servers so they too can now connect to the winmx network. Qureus1 05:56, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Clarification Needed
The article contains the sentence, "These limitations do not apply on OpenNap servers (see below).".

It is unclear to me exactly which of the aforementioned limitations are being referred to in this sentence. Specifically, I am interested in knowing if the 2 gigabyte file size limit is imposed on OpenNap file transfers. This cannot be readily determined as the article is currently worded. Can someone please re-word the article to clear up my confusion? Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.84.128.213 (talk) 03:52, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Wmxlogo.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 03:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:WinMX screenshot.png
Image:WinMX screenshot.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 03:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

spyware/adware claims
limewire contains spyware? there are no facts to support this claim —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.21.92.49 (talk) 23:33, 9 April 2009 (UTC)