User talk:Old Death

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lphant on the Comparison of eDonkey software
Before undoing my edit, please consider the following:


 * the same reasoning applied for the removal of the original edonkey client
 * the original edonkey client is still functional and can be downloaded from many sites
 * even if lphant remained on the comparison page, the current state of the lphant.com website and more importantly the current state of the wikipedia article on lphant would confuse the reader to download the new version

I respect your efforts in the lphant article, but I still think you haven't managed to disambiguate between the original 3.51 version and the fake discordia version.

If however, you insist on reverting back, please add the word "original" before "lphant" as well as a ref tag to make clear that you refer to the original 3.51 and not the client offered at the lphant.com site (without linking to lphant.com)

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.92.150.66 (talk) 07:12, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

File sharing
Hi there. User:Deathmolor has been trying to add a program called 'linker' to the timeline, along with the claim that it, and not napster, was the first real peer to peer file sharing program. He's also been removing sources for the statement that napster was first. I don't think that this is correct, and on the talk page he's stated that he and friends either developed or were discussing this program, so I think this is probably a WP:VANITY edit, and a conflict of interest. Would you mind checking out his refs, so that I could get a second opinion on this? M   22:08, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * i also believe M to only be contributing in one topic and have reason to believe his interest is solely on establishing Napster as the first p2p application which has been established in many many wiki articles that it is not even close to the first nor is it even p2p at all. All sources are factual and the software is called "linker34" specifically as the word linker if searched for would result in many sources obviously M is interested in obscuring the name of the product so to muddy the water in his arguments favor. M's only contributions to wiki are in the area of p2p file sharing and followups on rules to support his standing in that area. He has interest in no other area and obviously has some hidden motive to continue to pursue this in the face of overwhelming numbers of sources including USENET sources going back over a decade from the original authors. Now he wants to do an end run by coming here. Deathmolor (talk) 02:31, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Well, I'll check this, but since I've also read in many articles and also in one printed book that Napster was the first one, I really doubt this linker34 story. Also, Deathmolor if you are really developping (or your friends are developping) this application, you should not add it to the wiki, as this would be against the rules. As for your statement about M, consider that everything you said against him is also true for me: most of my contirbutions are to topics about or linked to P2P. All my other contributions are normally only spelling fixes etc.
 * Anyway, I'll check your sources and report back if they are conform to the wiki standards...
 * Old Death (talk) 15:48, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Also, please keep in mind that most of what Deathmolor is saying about me here and on those pages in an attempt to 'discredit' me is simply not true.     M   16:24, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Gnutella to gnutella
Why did you make all of these changes? Bpringlemeir (talk) 20:23, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
 * See the gnutella article talk page
 * mfg, OldDeath - 13:02, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Kiwi Alpha
You can ask an admin, or look here. I guess that doesn't have wiki formatting. Bpringlemeir (talk) 20:48, 20 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Thx for the advice, I already wrote on the talk page of the admin who deleted the article...
 * mfg, OldDeath - 21:39, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: Xtreme Mod
I'm not a C++ programmer, and I haven't contribute for the main code of any eD2k client project so far. But I'm a Chinese translator of some eMule Mods and an editor of a Chinese eMule/eD2k/P2P blog emulefans.com. Sometimes I also contribute some little stuff, like MorphXT's new country flags, a wordpress plugin, etc.--Tomchen1989 (talk) 17:28, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Linking of dates
I notice that you relinked a date fragment here. Kindly note that the practice of linking these is no longer encouraged unless there is good reason that the target will enhance the understanding of the article itself. I would refer you to WP:Linking for further information. Happy editing, and thanks for your attention. -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 02:27, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I know, but good old habits aren't given up easily... I myself was one of those opposing that change, BTW :)
 * PLZ note that it was not "intentional" that I linked that date :P
 * mfg, OldDeath - 16:38, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

OpenFT
You say "Soft redirects may be used internally within the Wiki. See the guideline + common sense in this case". Ummm. What guideline says that? The only one I know of on the subject of soft redirects is Soft redirect. The only internal use mentioned there that I see is as an invite to create a new article. That does not at all fit the situation of the given case. So, since there's nothing at Soft redirect that supports the internal use in this case, I'm not really sure what guideline you could be referring to.

Similarly, to me, common sense says that using a tool in a way that it is not supposed to be used is improper, and should be changed to the proper tool. Hard redirects are the standard way of handling internal links, not soft redirects. So I'm sorry, but IMHO I do not see common sense on your side in this argument either. - TexasAndroid (talk) 21:22, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
 * We're looking at the same thing from such different perspectives I felt it better to get a wider view of the situation. So I am attempting to start up a discussion at the soft redirect talk page.  Please come join in there. - TexasAndroid (talk) 21:38, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

What license is about
Hello, Old Death

To be frank, pricing model is the core and the most significant part of software license, if not all of it. But to be accurate, a software license is about:
 * 1) Price (Free, one-time payment, subscription-based, etc.)
 * 2) Location of use (The number of computers, authorized computers, etc.)
 * 3) Purpose of use (Non-commercial, enterprise, etc.)
 * 4) Rights (Installing, running, disassembling, reverse-engineering, etc.)
 * 5) Period of use (Temporary or indefinite)
 * 6) Other obligations

Not long ago, the freeware article said that freeware does not refer to free software or free and open source software. Now, it is modified to include both. Still, even now in Wikipedia, we don't categorize libre or open-source software into freeware categories or vice versa. See Category:Windows-only freeware. It does not include any Windows-only free (libre) software.

Fleet Command (talk) 19:11, 6 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, if it is included, both (it being proprietary and free) should be included in the infobox, not only one of them...
 * mfg, OldDeath - 22:08, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Internal soft redirects (again)
I've made some edits to the Soft Redirect editing guideline, trying to clarify when it is acceptable to use soft redirects for internal links. Since you were on the opposite side from me when this last erupted, around a year ago, I'm welcoming you to come by and help edit the new section to be as widely acceptable as possible. - TexasAndroid (talk) 15:10, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Peer-to-peer advice
Dear Old Death,

We are working on a group project for our “Online Communities” class at Cornell University, where we are aiming to become active contributors to the Wikipedia community. We have picked the “Peer to Peer” page and saw that you have been a contributor in the past. We would like to propose the following restructuring of the article and would appreciate any feedback/advice you have for us:

1. Historical Development 2. Current Applications a. Communications Other P2P Applications b. Content Delivery c. File Sharing Networks i. Streaming Media

3. Architecture a. Routing and Resource Recovery i. Hybrid Models ii. Structured Networks iii. Unstructured Networks

b. Security and Trust i. Routing Attacks ii. Corrupted Data and Malware c. Creating more resilient and scalable computer networks d. Distributed storage and search

4. Social Implications a. Demographics and Usage stats b. Incentivizing resource sharing and cooperation c. Privacy and Anonymity d. Economic Implications i. Music/Film

5. Political Implications a. Network Politics b. Network neutrality c. Intellectual Property law and illegal sharing

6. Current Research a. Future Trends

Please let us know what you think about this restructuring as a way to improve the article. We will also be looking to add sources and information. We welcome any feedback! Thank you!

AlyssaG92 (talk) 21:16, 28 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Well, what you have collected there seems clearly to be an improvement in the structure of the article. So you have my support there.
 * BTW, using # at the beginning of a line will give you a cleaner look for what you've posted above:


 * 1) line 1
 * 2) line 2
 * 3) line2b
 * 4) line 2b1
 * 5) line 2b2
 * 6) line 3


 * And if you would like to cancel Wiki formatting in a line starting with a space, you can always use a non breaking one:

This line starts with non breaking spaces
 * mfg, OldDeath - 22:32, 28 September 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:CHIP-Computer-Magazine-Logo.svg
 Thanks for uploading File:CHIP-Computer-Magazine-Logo.svg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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. Stefan2 (talk) 21:02, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, you seem to be mistaken. It is currently being used here: Chip (magazine) mfg, OldDeath - 23:14, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Old Death/Sharelin
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ArbCom elections are now open!
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mfg
Dear Old Death, I assume that mfg stands for (our) German greeting "Mit freundlichen Grüßen". I know in this (English) WP there is an ambiguation page for MFG, and there it is mentioned/eplained, but I 'm wondering wether this meaning is known to the majority of English speaking readers. Do you know anything about this? The reason why I 'm asking this is, that I imagine all readers who do not know this meaning, will have to search for it. I know friendliness is a rare good, but in this case it would give readers some additional work to do. Steue (talk) 03:33, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of FileScope


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