Talk:Musician's Friend

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Another case of a company using Wikipedia to advertise. Makes me sick.

Chroniss\ I wanted information on it, and this gave it...so I dont see what the issue is, fulfilling Wiki's purpose is it not?

No I agree with the first poster; this article was either written by someone affiliated with the company or was ripped from a press release. I'm rewording the POV content now. Hesperides 20:30, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

And in addition to that, the article didn't follow Wiki guidelines (e.g. Musician's Friend was bold in every paragraph...further evidence someone's been using this page as a marketing ploy). Hesperides 20:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I have removed all external links for each subsidiary of the company, and have left only the official site, which, of course, is commercial. -- Alucard (Dr.) | Talk 17:37, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conflict of Interest

Does it pique anyone's interest that one of the largest sites on the internet for independent gear reviews (Harmony Central) is actually essentially "owned" by Gibson Guitars? Guitar Center owns Harmony Central and Gibson "owns" Guitar Center, in the sense that they (with proper economic incentive, I'm sure) recently refused to allow their guitars to be sold anywhere else. Might be worth mentioning. Bullzeye^{Complaint Dept./Contribs)} 17:32, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Actually, that's incorrect. Gibson does not own Guitar Center, and Gibson guitars are sold many places other than Guitar Center and it's sister companies (check out zzounds, for example). 146.82.13.124 23:39, 16 September 2007 (UTC)Henry

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Mf logo top best2.gif

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[edit] WikiProject Oregon

Adding WikiProject Oregon to the page. Zab (talk) 22:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)