Talk:Avadis Tevanian

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Contents 1 Criticisms... 2 Vandalism by BeteNoir 3 BeteNoir is upset because of a a legitimate edit made to Avadis Tevanian article by me 4 The Armenian source

[edit] Criticisms...

It would be great if someone could add some of these points about Avie to the article when they have time... [1] [2]. Paul^C/_T+ 03:25, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Please don't. Those two articles come from a webdesigner with dubious expertise in computing. That guy is a dissapointed classic Mac user who want's to keep resource forks and type and creator codes instead of file extensions. That's what those articles are mostly about. And they are rather inflammatory. So, I don't think personal attacks should have room on wikipedia. Regards, Udo (I don't have a wikipedia account, I thought it would show my IP instead of a signature?
Edit on April 28th 06 to add: Hm, not much use to post this I guess, as someone really has put a link to Grubers site under the article. Fair view point my *** ...

Well, the link in the article is different than the above links and much more positive of Avie. Nonetheless, there have been some decisions he has made about OS X that many people have problems with. These criticisms should be part of this article. Paul^C/_T+ 20:22, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Just establishing something questioned by some users: Avie Tevanian is of Armenian descent, even though Tevanian might also be an Iranian name: http://www.xent.com/spring97/0355.html BeteNoir 02:13, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism by BeteNoir

The user BeteNoir has vandalized my user page as well as several related articles on Wikipedia. For the last time, there are no references anywhere on Mr. Tevanian's ethnic background. You will be reported to a moderator if this continues to these articles or to my User Page. Mehrshad123 22:41, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Warnings on your talk page aren't vandalism--SUIT^-n-tie 05:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BeteNoir is upset because of a a legitimate edit made to Avadis Tevanian article by me

I am truly sorry if you are offended and angered by the edit, however you cannot simply declare someone to be Armenian because you feel that their name sounds Armenian. Regarding your false accusation and personal attack on me saying that I "declared Mr. Tevanian as an Iranian American", this accusation is completely bogas and disgusting display of hate. I had simply removed the "Armenian" reference because there is no source in any biography on Mr. Tevanian either rumored or otherwise. Indeed there are absolutely no references to Mr. Tevanian's ethnicity anywhere. Regarding my request for adminship, that is none of your business and it has nothing to do with your issues with me. Again I am sorry that you are so angered and hateful.

BeteNoir: Please stop the personal attacks immediately or you will be blocked. This is your third warning.

Mehrshad123 01:12, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Armenian source

The Armenian source you added was based on this Wikipedia article. Can you not see the problem here?

Also, Mr. Tevanian never lived in "Maine" as that is what the focus of the reference you provided was.

The most likely story is that Mr. Tevanian is of dual ethnicity. Tevanian was my boss for 4 years and in that time he never identified himself to me or anyone else as Armenian. Mehrshad123 20:26, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I haven't seen any evidence that the Armenian Association of Maine article was based on Wikipedia content. It is described on that site as original research by Anthony Mezoian. Of course, we have a No Original Research policy here at Wikipedia, so nothing Avadis Tevanian told you, or failed to tell you, can be used as a foundation for any of your edits. And perhaps he grew up in Maine, yet that fact also failed to arise during your business interactions. Bete Noir 22:39, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

If he's your boss, that would be a conflict of interest, something we wish to avoid here. Wikipedia entries must be verifiable, not original research, such as things your boss told you.⇒ SWATJester ^{On Belay!} 00:55, 8 March 2007 (UTC)