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Regum (talk) 20:17, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

Regis McKenna topic on Wikipedia. There are many factual errors on this page. The one most often quoted is the reference to "My Biggest Mistake." This story was erroneously reported by the original source and like "fake news" it won't go away. The quote is that I turned down 20% of Apple's stock when they were first beginning. "The letter" which Wikipedia says is my turning down the offer is incorrect. The Letter was a memo from one of my employees to me suggesting that we exchange work for a certain (undetermined) percent of the Apple II revenue. I never had any such discussion with Steve Jobs and the matter went no further. Apple's early investors would never had allowed such a transaction. I did, however purchase Apple original stock directly from Steve Jobs.

How can I correct this?Regum (talk) 20:17, 30 May 2017 (UTC)


 * This is written by yourself and published by The Independent, a publication unlikely to abuse your name. You wrote, "I turned down Apple's offer", and in context it's clear that you mean an offer of 20% of Apple stock. Furthermore: "But I am always reminded of what I turned down, because my letter is on display at Apple's headquarters." Are you saying that you wrote untruths? Or that The Independent published falsehoods that you didn't write under your name? In the first case, you'd be a proven liar, and I'd see no reason to believe you now. In the second case, you should contact the Independent; if it publishes a correction, Wikipedia will of course follow suit. Huon (talk) 22:17, 30 May 2017 (UTC)

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Regum (talk) 03:06, 31 May 2017 (UTC)

Attention Huon. Re: "My biggest mistake." For you own information, when someone is interviewed and a story appears, the person being interviewed has no opportunity to correct errors by the writer. Happens often my friend! This article must have appeared about 25 years ago and occurred in London I assume. I do not recall the interview and did not see the article until some years later. But, the memo that I am supposed to have sent to Apple rejecting 20% never existed. The actual memo written by one of my employees suggesting that we exchange our work for a certain percent of Apple II sales is very much still in existence. I have been interviewed 100's if not 1000's of times over the year and i rarely see the results. While the only source you can reference is the The Independent, I have a copy of the actual "memo" written to me by my employee and referenced that it resides at Apple. No one seems to want to read the original memo.

References do not make an article or statement correct. Should I ignore the referenced statement "McKenna was the mastermind behind Apple's famous 1984 television commercial.[9]" The reference is Michael Kwan. This statement is false as well. That ad was developed and produced by Jay Chiat Agency, BUT, I can see that you have an attitude and really not interested in accuracy but rather the opposite. If you represent Wikipedia in any manner, you are a bad reflection on this enterprise.


 * That piece is not described as an interview; rather, you are credited as the author. That's consistent with its first-person tone throughout. I also rather doubt that interviewees have no opportunity to contact a publication to correct factual errors and words attributed to them that they did not actually say, whether before publication or afterwards. References may sometimes be incorrect, but they do make our articles verifiable. Just imagine what our article on [some politician you don't like] would look like if we allowed people to add or remove sourced content merely based on their say-so. If you want the information on Wikipedia to be changed, contact The Independent and ask them to publish a correction. Huon (talk) 21:07, 31 May 2017 (UTC)