User talk:Mergatroid99

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Are you Bell Labs? Are you their minister of propaganda, determining what and what cannot be published on Wikipedia? Last I checked, this like all other Wikipedia entries is editable. This Bell Labs film was produced for and by Bell Labs in the early 1960's to promote their future technologies which have mostly come to fruition today. By the way who is the "we" you mention? Are you a person or a public relations hack? You really have no right to be the final say in this open-source dictionary. I see that as being absolutely and historically relevant to Bell Labs, their history, and the way they have depicted themselves to the public over the years. Simply because, in your opinion, you do not think the film has relevance, the fact that this is part of Bell Lab's own historical record and commissioned by them, makes your judgment about it moot. Wikipedia is not your own personal website, so just because you do not find it relevant does not mean that others do find it important.

I am happy to discuss this in further detail, however, I must and will challenge you on this entry, and would be happy to take it up to the editors of Wikipedia to resolve this.

Are you Bell Labs? Are you their minister of propaganda, determining what and what cannot be published on Wikipedia?

Last I checked, this like all other Wikipedia entries is editable. I didn't realize that films from YouTube were spam either, but evidently you have a very peculiar perspective on mass communications.

This Bell Labs film was produced for and by Bell Labs in the early 1960's to promote their future technologies which have mostly come to fruition today. I see that as being absolutely and historically relevant to Bell Labs and the way they have represented themselves to the public over the years.

By the way who is the "we" you mention? Are you a person or a public relations team?

Wikipedia is not your own personal website, so just because you do not find it relevant does not mean that others don't either. Ultimately, you really have no right to be the final say in this open-source encyclopedia.

Simply because, in your opinion, you do not think the film has relevance, the fact that this is part of Bell Lab's own historical record and commissioned by them, trumps your feelings about it.

I am happy to discuss this in further detail, however, I must and will challenge you on this entry, and would be happy to take it up to the editors of Wikipedia to resolve this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mergatroid99 (talk • contribs) 20:09, April 15, 2008
 * You sound a bit paranoid. That is a standard welcome message, though catered to people who have posted external links like you that other editors have deemed not relevant. This isn't my encyclopedia and it isn't your encyclopedia, and I'm not taking the final word. What I am doing it using my experienced judgement to remove items that I believe are irrelevant, or redundant. Wikipedia is not a mere collection of links, regardless of the source! We already have extensive information on what Bell Labs really invented and really developed, and have links on the article page that lead to even more exhaustive lists and information. A 40-year-old video that was commissioned by the company to sell itself to the public is not at all relevant to the page. Feel free to bring this to the Bell Labs talk page, as that is the purpose for such places, but do not add the link again until more editors express their viewpoints. I think a much more appropriate thing to do is to continue building on the detailed history of accomplishments that currently exist and integrate, if pertinent, the things described in the video, for instace the 1ESS switch.  I should also point out that the video, as an educational tool, is far too vague.  You would never know from the video that the switchboard computer they show is the 1ESS switch.  I found that information out from the timeline link that is at the bottom of the Bell Labs Wikipedia article.  NcSchu ( Talk ) 00:42, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

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Please stop posting that link. It's a 40-year-old video on somebody's blog. I watched the video and it doesn't provide any information about Bell Labs except what their 'dreams' were in 1962. External links are meant to provide unique, additional information to an article, and in this case the link does not do that. We've already documented and described the research landmarks made by Bell Labs and there are existing links that provide a better source of Bell Labs' achievements, discoveries and inventions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by NcSchu (talk • contribs) 18:37, April 15, 2008