User talk:Vanquish Labs

''The template used below is used in response to the creation of autobiographical articles. Your insertion of Philip Raymond into the List of Cornell University people article constituted roughly the same sort of issue, as your username clearly indicates either that you yourself are Philip Raymond or else work closely with him. Additionally, I realize you attempted to create an article for a corporation of the same name as your account. In both cases, there is a conflict of interest which makes it necessary for the principles of neutral point of view and verifiability to be aggressively maintained, erring on the side of the exclusion of such material unless it is meticulously corroborated by third-party sources. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.''

Hello, Vanquish Labs, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you created appears to be an article about yourself. This is a common mistake made by new Wikipedians—as this is an encyclopedia, we wouldn't expect to have an article about every contributor. Your user page, however, is a great place to write about yourself, making sure to stay within user page guidelines. Just click your user name at the top of the screen when you are logged in, and edit it normally.

The page you created about yourself has been or will shortly be speedily deleted from Wikipedia, but if you want to use the content from it, don't hesitate to ask anyone from this list and they will copy it to your user page.

If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type   on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Where to ask a question or ask me on. Again, welcome! &mdash;Notyourbroom ( talk ) 21:39, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
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November 2015
Welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, "Vanquish Labs", may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it implies shared use. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username by completing this form, or you may simply create a new account for editing. Thank you. Dodi 8238 (talk) 19:33, 18 November 2015 (UTC)


 * You said: "Please leave a note here", but you gave no instructions on HOW to leave a note.
 * Do you want me to EDIT your own note to me? Is that how I respond?


 * In response to your inquiry: "Vanquish Labs" is the username for my individual, personal Wikipedia account -- and it has been for several years. The account It is used only by me. The name was adopted (with permission) from a company that I started and sold years ago. That company no longer exists, and Vanquish Labs was not the real name of the company, only an informal "dba".


 * Posting to Wikipedia is complex and often frustrating. The community guidelines discourage those who are most expert with a field or subject to contribute. Please feel free to contact me. Phone: (USA+1) 5O8 / 485 ..6950 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanquish Labs (talk • contribs) 21:57, 18 November 2015 (UTC)‎


 * If you would like to know how talk pages work, see Help:Using talk pages. For talk page etiquette, see Talk page guidelines. Please remember to sign your name by adding four tildes ( ~ ) at the end of each comment that you leave on talk pages. Thank you for clarifying that your username is not used by more than one person. I notified you because usernames that are simply names of companies or groups are not permitted (see WP:ISU). Note that usernames are acceptable if they contain a company or group name but are clearly intended to denote an individual person, such as "Mark at WidgetsUSA", "Jack Smith at the XY Foundation", "WidgetFan87", etc. --Dodi 8238 (talk) 18:34, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

?!! Confusion !!?
Now, I am really confused...

On Nov 18, You removed Surespot from the list of companies that have verifiably killed their warrant canary. The list now shows only Apple

I added Surespot in response to press coverage. It is HIGHLY relevant to the article (In fact, it is effectively the KEY reason that readers come to read the article). You offered the reason that Surespot does not appear on the list of warrant canaries. This doesn't matter! Clearly they had posted a canary, even if Canary Watch was not aware -- or did not log it on their page.

I am close to giving up on trying to be informative and helpful.

P.Raymond (Username: Vanquish Labs) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanquish Labs (talk • contribs) 06:03, 19 November 2015 (UTC)‎


 * In the Warrant canary article, there is a list of companies and organizations who no longer have warrant canaries. On 17 November, you added Surespot to the list and cited the Surespot Wikipedia article. I removed the Wikipedia reference because there is a Wikipedia policy against using Wikipedia as a reference (see WP:CIRC), and added a citation needed template while I looked for a reliable source that could have been used to keep Surespot on the list. I couldn't find a source (in the Wikipedia article about Surespot or elsewhere online) that said that Surespot had ever published a warrant canary, so I removed it from the list because it was not a verifiable member of that list. If you find a reliable source that says that Surespot ever had a warrant canary, feel free to re-add Surespot to the list of companies and organizations who no longer have warrant canaries. --Dodi 8238 (talk) 18:34, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Whoops! I was mistaken...
Indeed, I was wrong. I see now, that SureSpot did not post a warrant canary on the web. Instead, George Maschke of Antipolygraph.org acted as the "canary" by regularly writing to the support staff and asking a series of questions about government demands for data. I was mistaken in adding SureSpot to the short list of companies that withdrew a published warrant canary.

I am glad that you caught the error. I don't know if it is worthwhile describing Mr. Maschke's work and the revealing cessation to a stream of replies by SureSpot. In either case, I am puzzled as to why the article implies that the service may be compromised. As mentioned, the company does not keep identifying data about the messages.

Vanquish Labs (talk) 20:35, 19 November 2015 (UTC)Vanquish Labs