Talk:Shacknews

message: The whole thing need to be NPOV'd, badly. A lot of it is copy pasted in the tounge and cheek style of Shacknews, which is great, but not for wikipedia.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.254.82.201 (talk) 02:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: Anyone care to help cleanup this section? I'm of the opinion we could probably completely remove it. It's obvious the site posts news, and I think it just really clutters up the page and doesn't really do anything besides list what is posted to the site, and the types of posts that were previously used. Maybe we could clean it up to be less list like and maybe more of a history type read like I cleaned the Comment System History section to be? --Mancide (talk) 19:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: News section

message: *Gaming news that covers the gaming community as a whole, as well as occasional industry rumors.
*Feature content including interviews, previews, and editorials.
*Late Night Consoling, a large news item posted around 10:00 CST each evening that covers console news and rumors. This was initially the responsibility of Jason "loonyboi" Bergman who moved from Blues News where he updated a similar section; Alec Matias maintained LNC after Bergman's departure.  The column was taken over by Chris Remo, formerly of IdleThumbs.net, in mid-2005 and is now occasionally handled by other Shacknews writers as well.  However, as of June 6, 2007, LNC has been retiredLate Night Consoling of June 5, 2007, as console news items are now included on the main front page as separate entries alongside PC gaming news articles.
*Boxed Up Briefs replaces Late Night Consoling as a summary of short newsworthy items though includes both short news bits on PC and console gaming.  This feature was introduced on June 6, 2007.
*Category-specific news, such as RPG- or FPS-specific news items.
*Hardware and software review lists, which contain links to other sites' reviews PC products that have been reviewed around the web.
*Sunday Afternoon New Releases & ShackReviews highlights the week's upcoming game releases, which are added to the site's ShackReview database.  (This column is currently on hiatus.)
*Evening Reading is a "chatty post" that contains various technological and humorous news items from the day, as well as a small sounding board for Steve Gibson.
*First Post is a "chatty post" that contains all the files that have been added to FileShack that did not warrant their own news post the previous day.  This may include videos, maps, small utilities, and more.  It also serves as a sounding board of Maarten Goldstein and may include a movie quote at the end, to be identified by Shackers in a spirit of friendly competition.
--Mancide (talk) 20:04, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Old crap I may add back in other sections

message: I think we should probably make it more non-POV by adding some information about squabble, etc, and some info about the controversial modding policies, etc. I don't know enough about them to bang out something worthwhile.We should probably aim to turn it into something more than just a "OMG, teh shack is teh best!1!1!" page. Maybe with a seperate section on shackbattles, and about the steam beta, and other shack specials.
--Gregb 20:57, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Good stuff Gregb! I agree about making it less POV and in addition to squabble we should talk about official shack related sites (like Hard-OCP)-- kinda like how you've broken up the external links into official/non-official. As far as "controversial modding policies" I think a brief discussion on the evolution of the comments community would be really worthwhile. Perhaps also a note about shackers in real life and the whole semi-official lamp? sand lime greeting. Hopefully I'll get inspired soon and do some writing!Celerityfm 03:18, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: I took us off of the VFD page. I think its time to move on and become a permanent part of the Wikipedia! Congratulations Shacknews wikipedia editing crew!
I'm archiving the discussion to delete the page here for posterity. What follows is the archive of the debate:
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Celerityfm 20:44, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Votes for deletion - Archive 

message: Please be aware than further addition of your personal point of view in the 'Comments' section will result in an IP Block. Your additions has been removed six times now by two different people. Sadly all requests for discussion have been ignored. Please see Weasel words and NPOV. In any case, any futher addition of the same sentence that you've been repeatedly adding to the article will result in an IP block. sikander 19:53, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  User 68.57.158.115  

message: It is in poor taste to link to a leaked archive of a private messageboard, not to mention the possible copyright ramifications that can arise from doing so. Since Wikiepedia explicitly states that "Content that violates any copyright will be deleted", that portion should be removed (especially since it was most certainly not intended to be public, and presumably illegaly obtained). Trypsin24 00:48, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Instead of having the same passage be added/deleted/added/deleted forever and ever (amen) I edited a more NPOV version of the offending paragraph. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.251.90.34 (talk) 20:25, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Leaked message board links  

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Mancide 17:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken Greasemonkey scripts 

message: I'm afraid that comments like "Steve Gibson - Shacknews founder and majority owner Steve Gibson has somehow managed to keep this whole thing operational and independent for over a decade. Originally the sole voice of the Shack, Steve now sits at the top of the vast Shack empire, managing its business affairs and thumbing through large rolls of bills while stopping in on the front page on a daily basis." read like adverts for the site and not as something independent. I don't know enough about ShackNews (ShugaShack forever, baby!) to alter the descriptions, but something clearly objective would be preferred. ArekExcelsior (talk) 19:39, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV and Unencyclopedic Tone 

message: Steve Gibson and Maarten Goldstein are listed on the Shacknews Team page as Founders, not Creators.  I have updated the article to reflect this.http://www.shacknews.com/extras/team.xXin Jing (talk) 20:49, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like the Creator tag is specific to the Infobox; I have added (founder) after their names. Xin Jing (talk) 20:57, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Founder vs creator 

message: Steve doesn't own the website anymore, so quit spamming Wikipedia for advertising a corporate site (Gamefly owns the domain now). Hence, I removed the funky, jazz, and whatever other troll forum pics because...well, Wikipedia isn't an advertising tool. This article needs vast cleanup(especially it's POV and non-cited information) and quite frankly, if the Shack fanbase was so concerned about maintaining all their fanboy integrity in keeping this article the same for the last four years, they'd at least admit they're feeding into turning Wikipedia into a corporate advertisement. Seriously. I'd recommend the article for deletion for spam alone, but the shack fanboy population aren't dying out fast enough.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by XTStarmaster (talk • contribs) 09:37, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:   Yeah, quit advertising 

message: What it says. The article is mostly un-sourced, hasn't changed much in the last four years (beyond being a corporate advertisement), and the citation tags are from April, 2010. This is plenty of time for cleanup...and apparently even the most fervent Shack members can't even be bothered to maintain the Wiki. It's not a reliable article on Wikipedia and since the lack of maintenance in keeping the citation standards has obviously not been done, I recommend this article be deleted.
Vote? Discuss? All that typical democratic crap?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by XTStarmaster (talk • contribs) 09:43, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recommend article for deletion 

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