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[edit] Vanuatu

In the economics section of the Vanuatu page, it is mentioned that WinMX is incorporated in Vanuatu because of their lack of economic regulations and refusal to work with foreign law enforcement, which would be interesting to add to this page if anyone could cite a source on that. If it is found, it should really be added to both pages. Zephyrprince 04:15, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Older discussion

I suggest a { { npov } } tag or an edit, a lot of the competition is also spyware free, wikipedia is probably not the best place for advocacy

I concur; although Kazaa may be worse, that's definately an opinion. (added: this article needs cleanup, too.. that whole bottom section reads a bit harshly.) 206.40.163.222 05:53, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I took my time to remove the more obvious biased parts, so the article seems a little more neutral now. Don't think it still needs that NPOV tag. – Kaonashi 05:57, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

" By doing this, a hit song can be downloaded in less than 2-3 minutes." on what connection?

  • Certainly not a 56K. There's gotta be a good way to reword that.-LtNOWIS 00:03, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Frontcode

Looks like the Frontcode homepage is dead. 12.June.2005 / 21:07 EST


Anyone knowledgeable should add some info on the legality of the program

Thanks so much for the info on the patch. I couldn't get the damn software work for weeks, but now it works :) Alensha 16:29, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Not a Spam!

This link is not a spam! Its original old versions!

It might not be spam, but linking from numerous pages to this single site is against Wikipedia policy. I am afraid your edits will continue to be reverted. Wikipedia is not a link farm. --PhilipO 16:39, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
Agree completely. Also see my reply on my talk page. Haakon 21:58, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How to download WinMX

As we know, the makers of WinMX pulled the software from the net. With small modifications however, the program is still usable. But where can we download it? In answer to this, I added back the link to oldversions.com. Unlike oldapps.com, this site is not overloaded with ads, but is clean and functional, and offers WinMX. So I do not consider oldversions.com linkspam. If there is any better site to download WinMX from, please feel free to switch to that. Also, if we shouldn't be linking to it at all for legal reasons, feel free to revert, but please justify it here. Haakon 21:23, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Actually both of them have ads - both links should be removed to be fair. Wikipedia is not a link farm. --PhilipO 20:24, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
Oldversions.com does have a google adwords box, but that is all. Wikipedia is not a link farm, but we do have external links sections so that we can link to relevant resources, and I think being able to download WinMX is highly relevant for readers of this article. I have tried to find other sites, but they either do not work, or have more advertising than oldversions.com. If you still think it should be removed, feel free to remove it, but I will not. :-) Haakon 07:13, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
Regarding this; we now link directly to an exe hosted by archive.org instead. Haakon 12:13, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
If you stop putting oldversion.com, i promise I will stop putting oldapps.com on the wimx page.
So, it's extortion, eh. :-) Haakon 07:13, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
I won't remove the oldversions.com either, but if we find another site with it, we should replace it (as you said previously). I will remove any links to oldapps.com because it has been linked to from numerous pages on Wikipedia in the past which tells me the addition is part of a link spam campaign. Cheers --PhilipO 16:36, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Yet another revert war

213.106.98.4, please do not continue to add your non-encyclopedic promotion text. It is not of a neutral point of view, it doesn't say anything that isn't already in the article, it repeats the logo image for some reason, and is ripe with spelling errors. If you want to add useful information to the article, please feel free, but Wikipedia is not the place for promoting WinMX. Haakon 12:12, 28 October 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Reinstalling WinMX on WinXP

I have already downloaded the hosts file, install it and did the command "ipconfig /flushdns" but I still can't get WinMX online. What can I do? El Chompiras 19:33, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I would suggest reading the info on the links listed within the article. Vladd44 in particular has some very useful information on his site. Weaponofmassinstruction 22:16, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Resurreection of winmx

Winmx wnet off line but is back online. hence it must not be considered 'dead' The best patch is avaiable at winmxgroup.com. Most users use the patch from that site. Hence, people must stop quotin winmx as dead, as it is very much alive and running.

It's currently running unofficially so it is basically dead. --Snkcube 05:38, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
The community has basically decided (by still using it) that it is still operational, does that not now make winmxgroup the official network operators (as the only network operators), and therefore having an official operator makes it officially operational?
either way, the network is not dead, far from it, it is very much alive and operational and to indicate otherwise would be untrue and therefore unencyclopedic
Running officially or unofficially, it must not be spoken off as dead. That's all I wanted to say :)
Sirius Wallce 12:32, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
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