Talk:MXR

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there is no mention of the phase 45

[edit] Dating pedals, pot code dating, etc.

I've been removing this material because:

  • It is unsourced (see WP:V and WP:RS)
  • It reads like original research (see WP:OR)
  • It is "how-to" advice (see WP:NOT#HOWTO)
  • Some of it is already covered in the existing sections
  • Most of it (e.g. the inane details about the history of the serial numbers of one of the components) is way out-of-place for an encyclopaedia article. It doesn't impart any useful info to the casual reader, nor even a fairly-involved reader.

I'll be removing the material again in the next couple of days if these concerns cannot be addressed. Oli Filth(talk) 20:27, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I don't see where this is less unsourced than this?:

Hello. I'm an electronic engineer based in Cambridge, UK, primarily involved in wireless DSP. I graduated from the University of York in 2006 with a starred first MEng, but that by no means implies that I know what I'm talking about! To any York-goers, I was a member of Vanbrugh College. I've been a guitarist for about 9 years; my main guitar is a cherry Gibson SG Standard

Instead of destroying people's time and research you should try to do something more usefull with your time (like sourcing your own info ?)

I'll be undoing again in the next couple of days after you delete if these concerns cannot be addressed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Raoul123 (talk • contribs) 18:19, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, well done, you've posted a complete irrelevance. Please read and consider the Wiki policies WP:Verifiability, WP:Reliable sources and WP:Original research, just for starters. (Oh, and WP:User page.)
After that, why not try addressing the issues I've raised above, rather than shouting your mouth off? Oli Filth(talk) 23:51, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Please also note that verbatim copy-and-paste from another site is a copyright violation (see WP:COPYRIGHT). Posting links to an Ebay review (even if the link was not a 404) would not count as a WP:reliable source.

Also note that even if added correctly, this info is still non-notable/indiscriminate specialist info; it doesn't inform the reader at all about the company MXR, nor its products. See also Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DOD Pedals Pot Codes – Dates, an AfD that's currently occurring. Oli Filth(talk) 18:10, 30 January 2008 (UTC) Oli Filth(talk) 18:07, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

One possibly acceptable way of having such info on Wikipedia would be to create an article (suitably sourced and without copyright violation, of course) about component date codes, seeing as the info you're trying to add is actually about the date codes on components, rather than MXR, or even MXR pedals specifically. Oli Filth(talk) 18:16, 30 January 2008 (UTC)