User talk:Amlz

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Welcome aboard. Maximilianklein (talk) 06:45, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Hey aaron, thanks for taking the time to respond to the discussion sections. In the future, choose a single question and try and post about a good paragraph of analysis and thought instead of quick answers to each of the questions. But we appreciate the enthusiasm! See you soon. PatBerger (talk) 21:48, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Yo, here's the graffiti we talked about. http://imgur.com/jYblv 169.229.86.233 (talk) 05:33, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Preface
I have been unable to attend class for the past two weeks, so I am a bit out of touch with my group (although judging from their pages, they can't have gone far), so I will be writing this response regarding the article that I wish to edit, and the sources I will use to do so.

Response
The page that I wish to improve is the article on the Android Market, and particularly to add more information about the recent batch of malware that has cropped up in it. To sum up, there have been several apps recently that look like pirated versions of other popular apps, and are, but also contain malware that installs a root hack on the phone in order to install backdoors and other malware. I picked this page in particular because it is relatively under-developed, and has related current events associated with it. While this is not directly related to USPP, all of the other more recent legislation regarding hacking falls more readily into the other class teams, and many have already been spoken for.

In addition to updating the article regarding the malware apps, I also plan to update it with emerging legal issues with the store, such as rooting and tethering apps and Android/Google's stance on them (versus the service providers and their wishes).

The sources that I plan to use for this article include [this article from Ars Technica], its corresponding [article on Android Police], and their respective sources. For continuing developments re: legal issues with the Android Market, I will look for sources as I make my preliminary edits, and solidify them when I am ready to update the article.

I have not had the opportunity to speak with a Campus Ambassador about my article, and will do so in the coming weeks.

--Amlz (talk) 00:22, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Grade
Check (as opposed to check plus or check minus) basically for lack of ambassador transcript. However, your plans seem perfect - you have a very clear idea of what to change and it looks like you're good to go. PatBerger (talk) 08:49, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

USPP Final Reflection
Although I have edited Wikipedia articles in the past, it has only been to correct random errors that I come across when looking up information. Never before did I log on to Wikipedia with the primary intent of editing an article. After taking this class however, I will probably be doing so more often. Although my work with the Android Market article was largely composed of copy editing (due to other editors beating me to the content), I feel that I was still able to improve the quality of the article. One of our campus ambassadors, Joni Spigler, was able to assist me in my work to improve the article by making sure that I had filled out the fields correctly for an image that I added, which was a huge help.

Being a part of the crowdsourcing that is Wikipedia is an interesting experience, although I know I got a significantly lower dose of it than some of my fellow classmates who were working on far more active articles. However, my work on the Android Market article let me get a feel for editing articles, and I think was a better choice for a first article than some of the more popular ones. Although I may not be active in the USPP WikiProject in the future (sorry, but public policy was never really my thing), I will try to stay somewhat active on Wikipedia, perhaps helping out the Google WikiProject.

As for my fellow group members, our group split up into our own individual projects near the beginning of the semester, so I don’t have a grade to give them.

--Amlz (talk) 22:09, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

How did you get a screenshot of your Android?
I was on the Android Market wiki & I saw your screenshot from your Android. I only know 2 ways of capturing a screenshot, 1 requires to be plugged in to a PC (Android SDK) but the notification bar didn't have the USB icon. The other way is through an app on a rooted Android. Is/was your Samsung rooted? If not, I would like to know how you did it. I have a HTC Wildfire. Esebi95 (talk) 15:59, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:AndroidMarketPermissions.png
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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 08:50, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Claimed Vandalism
Your removal of the following text seems to indicate you might be involved with Wikiwand.com, which is described by Wikipedia as a "Conflict-of-interest" and is frowned upon;

Controversy; As of 2019 Wikiwand includes copious amounts of advertising on their site. The site essentially hijacks Wikipedia content and pollutes it with advertisements.

I am willing to reword the addition to the Wikiwand article, but facts are facts and deserve to be made publicly available. The above statement is based on facts and has citations to back it up, not the least of which is the Wikiwand.com website itself. Below is my proposal;

Reword the heading of the section from "Controversy" to "Advertising"

Reword the text of the section as follows: As of 2019 Wikiwand includes copious amounts of advertising on their site for each article. The site copies the Wikipedia content and re-formats the page, which includes a large number of commercial advertisements.

For your convenience I have included the Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of "copious", which is as follows;

copious adjective co·​pi·​ous | \ ˈkō-pē-əs \ Definition of copious

1a : yielding something abundantly a copious harvest copious springs b : plentiful in number copious references to other writers 2a : full of thought, information, or matter … Shakespeare, whose soul was so copious …— Gilbert Highet b : profuse or exuberant in words, expression, or style a copious talker 3 : present in large quantity : taking place on a large scale copious weeping copious food and drink

The amount of advertisements on a Wikiwand page are great example of the word copious.

How about an example? How about the Eckersdorf article? Below are the current advertisements on that single page.

Everquote Hertz CCW Travel Guide Paypal Click to Start Skipping Ads View PDF Map Quest ...plus 31 commercial links provided by Smartfeed

40 advertisements on a single web page falls under the definition of COPIOUS.

Additionally there seems to be no proof available that Wikiwand donated the claimed amount of money to Wikipedia, only a claim. Since Wikipedia allows images to be included with articles, perhaps a picture of the check or bank transaction supporting the donation claim would be a good addition to the Wikiwand article on Wikipedia.

I believe it would also be more reflective of the truth to replace the current image included in the "dot-com company" Infobox with this one, taken directly from the Wikiwand.com website;

[massive image removed]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.212.87.49 (talk) 01:32, 13 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your comments. First, let me assure you that I am intimately familiar with Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, and I conspicuously mark subjects or organizations I am currently or have been previously involved with on my user page.
 * Second, let me assure you that I have never been involved with, let alone used, Wikiwand.com, and therefore do not have a conflict of interest with regard to the edits I have made to its Wikipedia page.
 * Third, and probably most important, I did not make the edits you claim I did. The only edit I have made to that page, to date, is this one.  You can see that the vandalism I was reverting was related to a truncated sentence in the lead.
 * I hope this allays your concerns. --Amlz (talk) 19:57, 13 July 2019 (UTC)


 * My sincere apology to you. Your were not the intended recipient of my message.  I made a mistake and sent it to the wrong person.


 * I had several tabs open, including yours and the intended recipients among others, but pasted the message into the incorrect talk page from an external application I had written the message in. The message should have been pasted into the talk page of a user named Kuru.


 * Again, I'm sorry for sending the message to you instead of the correct recipient.


 * I was really irritated by this website called Wikiwand.com. They take the content of Wikipedia, reformat it into what they describe as a "modern interface" and proceed to mix in a profuse number of advertisements and profit from it.  I realize the content of Wikipedia is open and available to all, but it really makes me upset that a website like Wikiwand.com profits in a manner like that.


 * They claim to donate or have donated 30% of profits to Wikipedia, but there isn't any proof. If I donated the amount of money they're claiming, I'd post images of the canceled checks on my web site, but they don't.  And then there's the 30% of profits statement which means they're still profiting from Wikipedia's content and giving back a minority portion.  Not very noble.  If they donated 100% of their net profits, minus operating expenses, to Wikipedia, that would be noble.


 * Anyway, again, I'm sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.212.87.49 (talk) 01:35, 14 July 2019 (UTC)


 * No worries, mistakes happen.
 * I took a look at the edit summary that Kuru provided when they removed the edit you made. The reason they removed that content was not necessarily because it was factually incorrect, but because the source you cited was a blog post, which is generally not considered to be an acceptable source on Wikipedia.  If you can find a reliable source which documents or reports the information that you want to add to the article, that should be acceptable.
 * I'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to create an account, so you can better track your contributions, as well as edit with a username of your choosing, rather than an IP address. I've also left some helpful links on your IP's talk page, should you choose to use them.
 * Sincerely, Amlz (talk) 07:30, 14 July 2019 (UTC)