Talk:Xfire
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On 16 Mar 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was keep. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Xfire for a record of the discussion. —Korath (Talk) 00:39, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Other "Xfire" name uses
Google gives me a few more "Xfire" websites than just the IM client and the Web Application Management tool from Xaffire, Inc. mentioned at the top. Is it needed to add more disambiguation links, or even to create a whole disambiguation page? If not, is the Xaffire link needed, as that doesn't seem "fair" to the other Xfire websites/products/whatnot. Retodon8 01:44, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
- Perhaps, if the other mentions are notable, we can make another page and say "for other uses of the name Xfire, see Xfire (disambiguation)" — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 01:46, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
- I agree, this article is probably what people are looking for when they type "Xfire", so your solution sounds right. However, I personally don't know what other "xfire" stuff is notable, including the Xaffire thing. I suppose we could just wait, although I'm still not sure the Xaffire link should remain, especially since the article doesn't even exist (yet). Retodon8 03:08, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
- Another XFire stuff is http://xfire.codehaus.org/ Yurez 22:37, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
- I agree, this article is probably what people are looking for when they type "Xfire", so your solution sounds right. However, I personally don't know what other "xfire" stuff is notable, including the Xaffire thing. I suppose we could just wait, although I'm still not sure the Xaffire link should remain, especially since the article doesn't even exist (yet). Retodon8 03:08, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Delete "Xfire (computer game)" redirect
Why does it have this redirect "Xfire (computer game)", it's not a computer game, that's very far from what xfire is, so this should be changed.--Dp462090 22:29, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
- I agree, the redirect is useless; nobody will ever type "Xfire (computer game)" looking for an instant messenger, and the redirect article only makes searching more difficult. You can submit a deletion request yourself; Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion/Header. Retodon8 15:49, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
- No, X-fire used to be a game, it's has nothing to do with this, it simply has the same name. X-fire should redirect to this article instead though. --Trusader 01:07, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Revenue
How does something like this make money for Viacom?
- Banner advertisements at the top. --Trusader 01:08, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Windows 98 Support
I have herd that Xfire has dropped support for Windows 98? Does anyone know for sure, if so the infobox would need to be updated. Credema 06:09, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mac Support
There is a Mac client called Xblaze. Should Xfire still be in the "Windows-only intstant messengers" category? --Njk 23:03, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] More To Add
You can download files through Xfire.
Xfire has Events and prices.
Xfire has a contest where you should guess from wich game a specific screenshot is from.
Xfire has a newsletter.
Xfire has an in-game chatting support (or was that added?)
Xfire is able to remember visited servers, and can add servers to favorites. Xfire.com stores users favorite servers.
You can send files through Xfire
You can have chatrooms in Xfire.
[edit] PS3 version?
Apparently there are talks of Xfire being used in Untold Legends:Dark kingdom on PS3, should this be mentioned?
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153547 Mr toasty 02:58, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Adding information in wrong places
Please stop adding information to the article that does not belong in certain sections. Particularly, the information stated about XBlaze. XBlaze does not have to do with the technology of how Xfire works. Please file it under the User Extensions catagory. Also, please take note that the article is about Xfire's client and protocol.
[edit] Xfire Distributed With D-Link's Routers
Would the info mentioned in "Xfire Distributed With D-Link's Routers" be relevant enough to mention? Retodon8 13:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
