Talk:BrainPop

Gary changed to gary

That's the way the website displays it! Nousernamesleft 01:34, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Joey and Frank

Who keeps on putting Joey and Frank in the Brainpop Section. It's supposed to be in Brainpop Jr. Section Change this please 141.155.170.124 21:08, 11 May 2007 (UTC) LesWong 5:09 11 May 2007

New shoot needed

We need a new picture of the BrainPOP screen as the Arts and Math section is not on there and it should. •Felix• ^T 13:07, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

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Movie Name

In the Favorite things, least favorite, hobbies, etc. you should tell which movie that was from or provide a reference. LesWong 16:49, 12 July 2007

Bullets or Paragraphs?

Hi everyone. I'm a bit inexperienced as a Wikipedia user, but I just wanted to get your opinions for the format of the Brainpop page. Should we keep the large sections (i.e, Tim, Moby)in the bullet format I made, or should I change them into paragraphs without bullets? Thank you. Mr. Krabby Patty 03:55, 5 August 2007 (UTC)Mr. Krabby Patty 11:52 5 July 2007

It'd definitely be a good idea to standardize the sections one way or the other. I think it's just a matter of taste, but I'd personally be in favor of getting rid of the bullets since they don't really add anything in terms of readability. Bencoland 08:18, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Yahooligans profile

Tim and Moby's "Yahooligans profile" gets cited quite a bit in this article, but I couldn't find it easily online. Maybe someone could add a link to it in the "external links" section? Bencoland 12:05, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't think it is in Yahooligans anymore after the site was changed. I found all the info on www.sparktop.org. LesWong 1:55, 17 August 2007

Nice one, Les! I changed the references to Yahooligans to Sparktop.org and added an external link. Bencoland 19:16, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

"List of BrainPOP episode", "BrainPOP TV Movie", and "DVD Released"

I'm terribly confused. What the heck is this stuff?--76.173.139.63 (talk) 22:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

• Hello?--YgoFan90 (talk) 20:39, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Er, I'm fairly familiar with BrainPOP, and I've never heard of those either. It was probably the right choice to delete them.Bencoland (talk) 17:44, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

• Yeah. The weird thing is is that I did some searches (using Google), and the only material I found that read "BrainPOP Episode", etc. were only on Wikipedia and sites that directly use Wikipedia as a resource. so I was 100% certain that "BrainPOP Episode", etc. were vandalism.--76.173.139.63 (talk) 02:56, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

There's nothing of the sort on BrainPop. It's definitely vandalism. 71.101.115.76 (talk) 20:48, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

Mention the Glitch!

I went to BrainPOP on May 27, and found a new movie on copyrights. However, there was a glitch. It only showed Moby dancing for two seconds. The quiz, activity page, and the FYI act like there was a movie on copyrights, even though there was not. If you don't believe me, see for yourself. Go to BrainPOP, head for the English category, then the Writing category, and you will find the Copyright movie and the glitch. It is free, so you can enter without registering. I'll call technical support in the meantime. Typingwestern015 (talk) 19:41, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Never mind. It works. Sorry for your troubles. Typingwestern015 (talk) 19:43, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Reversion of recent addition

I have reverted a recently-added paragraph because (i) it is unintelligible (what are "interstititals?") and (ii) the references cited do not support the statements attributed to them, e.g. Zander as founder or the role of the Discovery channel. Another objection to the paragraph, imo, is that even if the prose were improved and adequate references found, the content is not notable. Tim riley (talk) 17:12, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

I see that someone tried to reinstate this material today, and I deleted it for the reasons given above. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:58, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: Moved, per WP:MOSTM (non-admin closure). -- Trevj (talk) 09:10, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

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BrainPOP → BrainPop – I glanced through the article, looking for an explanation of what the acronym "POP" stood for, and finding nothing, clicked on the external link to the official website where I was greeted by a sound like a popping balloon. The article has already been twice moved, so it's time for a formal discussion to settle it. – Wbm1058 (talk) 17:52, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

• Previous moves
  • 19:15, 26 May 2012 Malik Shabazz moved page BrainPOP to BrainPop (Correcting capitalization per WP:MOSCAPS)
  • 21:40, 15 September 2012 Dhnlin moved page BrainPop to BrainPOP over redirect
• per Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks, Follow standard English text formatting and capitalization rules, even if the trademark owner considers nonstandard formatting "official":
  • avoid: REALTOR®, TIME, KISS
  • instead, use: Realtor, Time, Kiss – and Pop
• Trademarks in CamelCase are a judgment call. CamelCase may be used where it reflects general usage and makes the trademark more readable. – I'm fine with BrainPop—Wbm1058 (talk) 17:52, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
• BrainPop: I agree that MOSCAPS and the MOS tm guideline would seem to favor "BrainPop". -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:58, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

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Other Resources

There are other resources on BrainPop besides the videos, such as the FYI, Activities, and Quiz sections. There are also sections that used to be on the site, such as Experiment and Timeline. I believe that adding the sections to the page would allow even more information about the site to any users or casual observers. 71.101.115.76 (talk) 20:45, 16 November 2014 (UTC)

This article already discusses quizzes and other materials. You can add encyclopedic information to the article, as long as you cite a published reliable source that discusses the importance of the information that you are adding. See WP:V and WP:RS for more information. All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:19, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 April 2016

Can somebody add the Start date and age template from the current {Start date|1999|12|31} to {start date and age|1999|12|31} to correspond to BrainPop's official launch date? 173.73.242.76 (talk) 12:13, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

Done — JJMC89 (T·C) 18:36, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

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POV

I added a POV banner because the article is too promotional (only positive critics are quoted for instance). Nothing about the prices which is an important information, in a context of public spending cuts. Nothing about if you are allowed to download or later reuse resources in case your school stops paying for the subscription for the resources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.175.141.20 (talk) 15:41, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, I didn't see this discussion. For some reason, it did not come up on my watchlist. I have not found any negative criticism of the company's videos in reliable sources and see nothing promotional in the article. The reviews that are mentioned are school/home-school media that I could find online, but please let me know if you are aware of anything else, and we should certainly cite it. If you can identify anything that is promotional in the article, we should correct it. I don't think that it would make sense to describe the company's pricing here, as prices change from time to time, and their pricing system has to do with how long you use the product, and whether the subscription is for a family, a school, a school system, etc. Plus, the prices for schools and larger groups is, I believe, negotiated with users. I really don't think it could be encyclopedically addressed, except to say that users pay by subscription. Also, some people and institutions get freebies of various kinds, I believe. As for download and reuse, can you find any WP:Reliable sources that we could cite for that information? Is it on the BrainPop cite somewhere? -- Ssilvers (talk) 16:35, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

This article is definitely promotional. It uses promotional language and says nothing negative about the software. Looks like it was written by someone associated with the company. Sam at Megaputer (talk) 08:25, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

I don't agree with your edits. Per WP:BRD, if you want to discuss, let's go paragraph by paragraph, and you can explain what material you feel is violates WP:PROMO. As I stated before, I see nothing promotional in this article, since the material is all cited to reliable sources. If you have sources that disagree, we can discuss them one by one. -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:37, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

@Ssilvers: Alright. So I have also looked over the RS now, and I also found nothing negative. Seems like we have all this positive sentiment because it is actually a good product. However, I still have a problem with the tone. In some places it comes across as an advertisement, for example:

"BrainPop Educators was introduced in 2008.[52] It is an online community of 125,000 teachers,[53] and parents who use BrainPop. This free site offers answer keys to activity pages, graphic organizers, professional development materials, posters, clipart and other resources for educators."

I think that the site is only free if you already payed for the software? Comes across as a little misleading. Sam at Megaputer (talk) 18:13, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

No, it is 100% free for all teachers and homeschoolers, regardless of whether you subscribe to or use the main BrainPoP site. This is simply a factual description of what the Educators website is and contains. I do not see anything promotional in this language. What other language do you find promotional? -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:00, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

We also have an ® symbol in the article. This is a pretty good sign that a company insider has been here. Sam at Megaputer (talk) 18:16, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

I agree that this symbol should be removed (and I just did so), but I imagine it was simply a careless cut and paste from a website, not something sinister. I have been editing this page for years, and I do not know of any company insider who has edited the page. -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:00, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Vandalism

Someone protect this page as it is getting vandalized. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seco86484 (talk • contribs) 01:21, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

New logo

Please change the BrainPop logo in the article into the new logo, since the article is still using the old one.--24.44.76.88 (talk) 23:56, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

OK. Please give me a link here to the new logo image, and I'll do it. -- Ssilvers (talk) 09:10, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Here is a link where you can find the new logo for you: [[1]] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isthmus55 (talk • contribs) 18:33, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

 Done Saucy^{[talk – contribs]} 23:48, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! Isthmus55 (talk) 13:40, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

I don't think absent-minded is correct word for Cassie's Description.

What the title says. SoyokoAnis 20:34, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Fine. It's unreferenced anyhow, so I've simplifed the paragraph and removed some unreferenced description. -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:22, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

New entries to this history section

In 2014, BrainPOP launched a innovative concept mapping tool called make a map. 2601:246:5600:193:E1F1:6B7F:FCDD:890B (talk) 23:10, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

In 2017, BrainPOP launched make a movie to empower teachers and students to make their own BrainPOP style movie. 2601:246:5600:193:E1F1:6B7F:FCDD:890B (talk) 23:12, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

In 2018, BrainPOP relaunched BrainPOP ESL to BrainPOP ELL to help students practice their language and proficiency. 2601:246:5600:193:E1F1:6B7F:FCDD:890B (talk) 23:14, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

My edit

Forgot to describe it but I clarified Lego didn't purchase the company, but rather those who own Lego bought it Lamarr Otems (talk) 04:16, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

Math

Math 50.109.22.183 (talk) 01:31, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

"Math is the common, shortened form of mathematics. ... Math is one of the basic subjects that are covered in nearly every school". -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:44, 1 November 2022 (UTC)

Conflict of interest by User:Kadmonchanan

User:Kadmonchanan has disclosed a WP:Conflict of Interest with respect to this article here. User:Kadmonchanan, please make any editing suggestions here, citing your sources so that other editors can consider them. The changes you recently made do not clearly explain a significant change in the way the material was made available to schools or users, so it simply appeared to be redundant. Also, such changes, whatever they were, happened in the early days of the company, and the company's growth and success depended on the later operations, so any early differences do not seem very significant. If you believe that anything should be added in the article about early operations, you will need to cite WP:Reliable sources that clearly describe these operational or strategy differences and why they are important to readers today and in the future. If an independent historian, for example, has written a book about the company that focuses on this, you could cite it. Note that technical/legal differences between the corporate vs. llc form of formation would not be encyclopedic information. See WP:V and WP:OR. -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:23, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

Moving this here from my talk page -- Ssilvers (talk) 07:40, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Dear Ssilvers, I am not interested in an editorial war, recently due to a legal battle that lasted for years, the company reached a settlement in which, among other things, the company's name was changed in the past from brainpop.com llc to brainpop, the company must state this in publications, including on Wikipedia,

This is not about technical changes, it is about essential facts important to the owners of the company. I ask you to leave things in the way that the company wishes to present them Kadmonchanan (talk) 07:24, 12 November 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for coming to the Talk page. This is the right place to discuss what you are seeking. I'll see if I can help you. If you want the article to mention something about the settlement of the lawsuit, then link us to a published news article that discusses the settlement, and I'll read it. Also, you wrote: "the company must state this in publications, including on Wikipedia". Wikipedia is not a publication of "the company". It is an encyclopedia. We must make editorial judgements here based on WP:Reliable sources. So, again, if you can explain what the changes you seek mean in an intelligible fashion, and if you can link us to sources that verify the information that you wish us to include, we can consider it. We are not bound by what is "important to the owners" or how "the company wishes to present" facts. Our task is to summarize the subject, including only the information that would be important to general encyclopedia reader. If you have published sources that discuss the information you wish to summarize in the article, then please link it here. -- Ssilvers (talk) 07:40, 12 November 2024 (UTC)