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[edit] The Forums

In 2004 a sub-forum was added to General Discussion called Chatter, for less serious topics. Chatter was once full of gaming threads such as 'word association' and such posts were banned because they took up precious server space. However, this restriction was lifted on the 16th of March 2006 after server upgrades.

On the 9th of April 2006, a few changes were made. 'Print Media' and 'Books' forums were added. Posts in General Discussion now contribute to a user's post count. Also, on the 30 April 2006, a World Cup 2006 forum was added. On the 10 June, this was changed to a Sports forum, with a dedicated Football sub-forum



I say this should be removed because

  • 1. DS has gone through many forum changes over the years - yet only these ones are listed
  • 2. They are only regarding General Discussion forums, and not even the main digital ones
  • 3. 'Tis unencyclopediaic

Anon Dude

Removed. Matthew Fenton (contribs) 18:27, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] References Question

Anyone know what the a b c links are in Reference 1, they don't seem to do anything.

Were they links to a section that is no longer part of the article?

pjb007 15:29, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

They are links to the three instances of that reference. See the little superscript [1] that appears throughout the article. The a,b,c jumps the page to those sections but on such a short article they all appear in screen at the same time so it's not as obvious that they are jumping to those sections Ydam 15:34, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

  • Could someone please provide some reliable independent sources regarding this forum? Wickethewok 20:50, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
A Google search brings up no hits [1], the only thing I can find are stats on the forums from Big Boards [2]. There is actually quite a bit there that could be added to the article. --tgheretford (talk) 21:10, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
If there are no proper independent sources for this website then why does it have an entry? Free advertising perhaps? 82.25.244.171 18:11, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Not exactly difficult to provide sources - it is one of (if not the) largest TV/media sites in the UK. A simply search on BBC's website provides numerous mentions SFC9394 18:33, 18 November 2006 (UTC):

[3] Included alongside traditional media reviews of a TV show

[4] attributed source for a quote from a music story from September this year.

[5] 80 mentions on BBC News website, mostly as Related Internet Links.

[edit] POV?

In relation to this quote:

“ The site has come under criticism from its users for being sometimes heavy handed, and refusing to discuss bans of members on the boards. ”

Without a reliable source to back this criticism up, I think it is a violation of WP:NPOV and should be removed. --tgheretford (talk) 21:29, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I would also say the same for the additions made to the article on January 20 2006. If the criticisms cannot be backed up with a reliable source (not from a forum, as per WP:RS), they should be removed. --tgheretford (talk) 01:52, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

I understand your point about citations being needed. However, I would take issue with you over citations not being allowed from forums as per WP:RS. This only recomends that forums are not used as citations. Since this section of the article is concerned with the feeling of Digital Spy members and about how moderation decisions are made, the use of forum content is the best and only available source of a citation. On this basis, I will attempt update the section with reference to the forum content Munta 02:09, 21 January 2007 (UTC)Munta

The fact that the links I included to cite this this paragraph have now been removed on the Digital Spy site only goes to highlight that Digital Spy do not wish to have any critism levelled at their moderation style. This ultimately goes against the ethos of wiki in that the owners of Digital Spy have complete control over censorship of the Digital Spy entry. I have replaced the text deleted by 81.111.63.224 with extra information about the deleted content. Any sugestion about methods of citing this content would be appreciated Munta 18:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

The only thing I could find was from a blog (could violate WP:RS?): http://if.futurescape.co.uk/2005/07/big_brother_for.html which features a small bit about the concerns you placed in the article. --tgheretford (talk) 19:03, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
I'd just like to say, a lot of banned people on the site have a track record of re-registering. For all we know, all the members in the cached versions of the threads could be the same person with a grudge. Marks87 11:59, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright violation

I removed some text as per WP:COPYVIO from the DS:BB section (diff) which was directly copied from a copyright page: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/about/a41859/digital-spys-best-ever-figures.html. --tgheretford (talk) 01:47, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Digital Spy Big Brother 2007 thread section

I removed the Digital Spy Big Brother 2007 section from the article (diff) because for the following reasons:

  1. The thread is nowhere near notable enough to have its own section, let alone article within Wikipedia.
  2. The people involved in the thread do not meet the notability guidelines.
  3. There is no verifiable third party sources to establish the threads importance, i.e. news reports by third party sources like the BBC or The Times for example (note: the thread itself is NOT a reliable source).
  4. The section violates WP:NOT#PUBLISHER, most of the section reassembles a news report for the aforementioned thread.

If it keeps being added back, I will have no qualms to ask for the article to be semi-protected unless anyone can provide an answer to my concerns outlined above. --tgheretford (talk) 18:43, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I removed a similar entry as Wikipedia is not the place to include information about transient threads on a forum and for the reasons you gave above. If it were an "offical" DS competion then there may be some basis for its inclusion but even then I would have some doubt about its suitability. I would support any protection placed on this entry if required. Munta 19:58, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Stormfront

Was this an "official" campaign endorsed by the site, or was it simply a couple of posters deciding to try and defend (what is in my opinion) the indefensible? Either way, is it really worthy of a mention in the article? Marks87 18:31, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I just removed it - it is unsourced and speculative - not what an encyclopaedic article is supposed to be. The amount of racist trolling on the forums certainly increased during big brother but I don't know (and I imagine it wouldn't be easy to prove) exactly where they all came from or if they were part of an organised campaign. If we can get some sources for it then it could be included (because if it did happen as an organised concerted action then it is worthy of mention), but that proof and sources is a different issue - speculation on a forum is miles away from something being a fact. SFC9394 20:10, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
I have to agree with what SFC9394 has to say and the removal of the unsourced section. I suspect, that considering that there won't be an news or major article for Digital Spy that could be used as a reliable source (remember, WP:RS states that threads on forums are not reliable sources) that it couldn't be included in the article. --tgheretford (talk) 21:08, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
I can confirm that Stormfront forums did have posts requesting that people registered on DS to stir up touble and some did gloat about how they were banned and re-registered. However, I have no wish to revisit the Stormfront website for evidence of this. Ultimately though I would not be for this inclusion (although not due to forums being unreliable sources), I just don't think this has any relivance to the DS website since all forums are going to have "undesirable members". Munta 18:36, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hey should it not be noted how poorly run the forums are and the fact they ban people for no reason? Like overclockers.Jimmy93211 16:14, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Its already mentioned in the Introduction Munta 18:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
At least it was til earlier today when that section was removed. Munta 14:06, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
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