Talk:Orkut

History

If orkut was launched 22 jan 2004, why only 30 jan 2007 (not 22) it has a doodle-like logo celebrating it's 3rd anniversary? 201.72.160.176 19:03, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Popularity in brazil

1. Taking third party(alexa) information is always better than first party(orkut) or second party(myspace). 2. major problem with orkut data is: default country selected while registering is US. many users dont bother to cahnge, hence US users will be exaggerated 3. orkut wants to gain popularity in US, hence it has further link in their US data. 4. alexa says current visits against registered users stated by orkut. hence alexa is better. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vinay412 (talk • contribs) 06:08, 26 February 2007 (UTC). Vinay412 06:09, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

What I'm trying to say is that it should be left to the person to identify himself with any country he wants. For example the person might be a Canadian doing social work in Zaire for all we know. All tracking websites do is collect data based on the IP logs which obviously show the country of origin of traffic not the persons home town address. These are a few points to counter what you are saying: 1) We are not here to decide which sites tracking data is better. We just want to provide a general demographic data which orkut is already providing. 2) I don't think any user will forget mentioning a detail as crucial as his country while registering for a social networking site. And nothing is selected by default, you have a chance to mention everything. 3) As for your third point, don't you think what you are doing is a bit like trying to popularize Alexa? ;) 4) Orkut A.K.A Google, through a series of agreements, controls more network fiber than any other organization in the world. Do you seriously think Alexa has more accurate data than orkut given the phenomenal tracking capabilities of google? — Huntscorpio (talk · contribs · count) 12:40, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

look im adding additional data. im not replacing alexa over orkut. let there be both, any objection?

alexa data is mentioned all the places in wiki. plz go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/myspace page youtube section. as for your point 3, im a third pary, first party always boast its capabilities. hence orkut first party data should be removed. US is default country while registering. it is. most ppl dont change. hence no. of US users will be more. i agree your point let user register any place. your zaire case is one in a million. google may be authentic, but its not monitoring traffic, its just quoting registered users. if google gives countries of ppl visiting we post even that. all i say is let there be both data, which are different datas: 1. registered country, 2. visiting ppl's origin.

Never remove the {{content}} while the issue is still under discussion. Take extensive care while you are reverting to see that you don't do this. See wikipedia's policy on Edit Wars and Resolving Disputes. Any further reverts without any reason whatsoever will result in your ban for 24 hours. And learn to sign your talk posts while you are here. Never leave unsigned comments. — Huntscorpio (talk · contribs · count) 15:55, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

plz talk to the point. justify your move, than teaching me about wiki. your reply contains no justification than talking abt philosophy and ban. plz talk to point and justify your revert, unless which consensus cant be reached.Vinay412 03:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

this many in wikipedia articles linked to alexa website.
http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Special:Whatlinkshere/Alexa_Internet&limit=500&from=0
Vinay412 09:58, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

You've added the content again. May god help you. I have shown relevant justification through wikipedia's policy(Yes its policy not philosophy as you thought) on Dispute resolution and have even posted a few links so that you might go through them and get yourself acquainted with. You have comfortably deleted those links from your talk page. So I have no interest in re-justifying myself to a n00b like you in particular. And I can't even understand half of what you are saying because of your sentence formation. It does not matter if a thousand articles link to Alexa. As I have been saying its just a matter of relevance. What I'm saying is that we do not need a whole new set of demographic data while Orkut is providing a brief overview already. — Huntscorpio (talk · contribs · count) 17:12, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

thanks. orkut says registered users, and alexa says visitors. let there be both, atleast untill some others objection looms. fyki all policies will be according to common sense, hence you need not go through policies if you have enough sense. Vinay412 03:49, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

user huntscorpio manipulating

user:huntscorpio seem to be manipulating page since long as seen in history.

1. a data on % of users is of least significance for a new visitor to this page and he is updating that daily, which is completely unnecessary. and it should be stopped immediately. i think last digit of percentage of users is completely unnecessary for an encyclopedia user.

2. i have added extra data (from alexa, see popularity in brazil discussion). and did not delete any existing data. he is not allowing to do even that, though im not deleting any of his data.

Keep the articles talk page for relevant topics. Not for launching personal attacks. Just refine your English bro while you are here. Its difficult to understand what you are saying as it is. As for your 'manipulating' its called updating. The last digit of the percentage is not important? who says? Try multiplying 1000000 users with 0.01 percent. It would be around 10000 users difference. Understand why it is relevant? It is not point of what you are adding or deleting. Its just a point of relevance and making sure that the article doesn't sound like an advertising banner. And again leave all your comment signed using the ~~~~. And if you want to talk about history and contributions just look at your contributions. All you ever did after joining Wikipedia was to add the alexa part and kept on reverting others edits. — Huntscorpio (talk · contribs · count) 16:39, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

its % that matters, not absolute figures(very common sense that you lack). so 0.01% is nothing but 0. if i say something about you its confined to this perticular article, hence i posted it here.03:51, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

your comment "And if you want to talk about history and contributions just look at your contributions" is personal attack which is not at all related to orkut. kindly take it back(delete it) Vinay412 04:18, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Just see yourself talking :P you quarrel like kid(which is what you are). Common sense is not so common you see. If what you are doing is common sense then I'm better off without it. I'm not reverting your edit because atleast one of us should show some maturity. When I first added the demographic data to orkut I rounded-off the percentage to one decimal place. Some wise soul decided that we need more precision and updated it to two decimal places. I did not revert nor changed that format because thats the format in which it was available on orkut. So I think that it is more accurate rather than we rounding it off. Since then I have been simply updating. And regarding your 'personal attacks' - What goes around, comes around bro. Nobody's gonna remove anything. — Huntscorpio (talk · contribs · count) 18:14, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

i striked out personal comments. and this topic has not yet reached consensus as you are continuing updating everyday. if you continue "unnecessary updating" - donno if its in policies, but its common sense, i will have to revert your changes. thanks. Vinay412 03:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Sup kid? :D you are using talk pages for experimenting now? There is always the sandbox to try out the strikeout option. Wikipedia does not run on common sense. It runs on the basic wheels called policies that a have a general agreement of the Admins, Sysops and editors. Any reversion you do, I'll consider them vandalism from now on and report. — Huntscorpio (talk · contribs · count) 16:36, 1 March 2007 (UTC)