User talk:DisplayGeek

September 2010
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September 2011
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 * Hi DisplayGeek, I noticed you didn't answer the above accusation that you have a WP:COI, so I thought I'd give you a chance to self-disclose if you do have. I noticed another editor is making such a claim, so I do feel as though it would be constructive to. From my perspective, I have seen you make good quality technical edits and have not noticed a POV issue although your account is almost a WP:SPA, regards, Widefox (talk) 08:17, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

I consider myself a professional... and will answer direct factual issues regarding the factual basis of any edit I make, but that particular individual had made it clear that s/he thought that PenTile technology was a fraud perpetrated on the consumer. He isn't the only individual to have that opinion. I personally added the Controversy section to allow that opinion to be explained. However, that individual, who has never created a UserID for himself, has gone far further than questioning the technology's description in an encyclopedic fashion, but has instead attempted to use the Wiki entry on PenTile to vent his personal spleen regarding the technology. From his own words, "I, like countless other people feel like i have been scammed with the claims over display resolution." (This was posted on the PenTile Talk page and was reverted by Mod.TorrentRealm as inappropriate.) I've tried to keep my edits to factual corrections only. As to not doing much other edits and thus looking like an WP:SPA, I've made edits in other places where I know the facts. Given that I AM an expert in displays and video, I've made more on this topic than others. Does having personal and professional knowledge make one incapable of being objective? Or does it allow one to know the facts? For example, in one entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1981_Summer_Universiade> I made a correction regarding a misidentification of Monte Brown (swimmer born 1960) with Monte Brown (Football player born 1970) because I knew Monte Brown (swimmer) from my childhood, in fact, he is my younger brother. Does that make me have a conflict of interest?  Or one who is simply knowledgeable?  I know a great deal about PenTile displays... and indeed about non-PenTile displays... as I've been in the displays and video business since 1976.  Who but one who is an expert in displays can answer some of the technical questions regarding this entry?

This person's latest edits removed an article entry answer to a question originally posted on the talk section of PenTile entry regarding power savings. This reduced the usefulness of the article... but I'm the one with a conflict of interest for making that kind of data available? DisplayGeek (talk) 01:00, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The answer is yes then? Widefox (talk) 23:53, 11 June 2012 (UTC)