Paula Natasha Chavez

May 2014

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Origin of the term patent troll

Hello. First, I suggest using the article's talk page Talk:Patent troll for any further discussion. That will help other editors become aware of it, and make it much easier to come to consensus about your proposed changes. In regard to your specific comments, however, I'll respond with a couple of points.

Wikipedia requires content to be WP:Verifiable. The video you used as a supporting reference is not ideal for that. It's been uploaded by an anonymous account, and the info on the video's page links to a dead site (www.ogandthak.com). Additionally, the video doesn't mention your name, or the name of your firm, so it doesn't actually support much of the content you added to the article. In other words, it's not quite what Wikipedia considers a WP:RS, a reliable source.

As you say, the video does suggest that the term patent troll is older than the article says. This is an important point, and one that's worthy of further discussion. I will start a discussion on the talk page and see what other editors make of it. Grayfell (talk) 09:04, 21 May 2014 (UTC)Paula Natasha Chavez (talk) 00:30, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

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Just a quick note, in order to sign your name properly on Wikipedia, simply type four tildes (~) with no other scharacters or spaces. This generates a time-stamp which makes it much easier to follow a conversation. If you would like to add your name, you can do that before the tildes, not after, and not in the middle. (WP:SIGNATURE has more). Thanks. Grayfell (talk) 00:00, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

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