Talk:Nielsen Media Research/Archives/2012

AMC MAP

AMC MAP is AMC's (a major international theatre chain) special engagement (Movie Access [Program]) for Movie Watcher members who are members of the media, press, or otherwise related to the industry. I myself am a member. We receive extensive, often pages-long surveys prior to entering the theatre and return the completed surveys prior to discussion groups that typically follow directly after the show. Nielsen's name is often listed in the material offered to us, typically as Nielsen Media in the sponsor directory in the back media guide and at larger premier they typically have a member/employee (what ever they're called) in attendance to explain the forms they give us. Beyond that; I'm not quite sure how to reference the material. User Talk me if you know how to properly fill in a reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lostinlodos (talk • contribs) 23:51, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

"300 articles"

Well, no. Nielsen sent a letter rightly noting that a list which duplicated one of their own lists, violated their copyright. Based on that, the offending section of the list was requested to be deleted. But a number of admins, in discussion, decided that if the complaint was valid (which on the face of it it probably was), then a number of similar collections which duplicated that same information, specifically some templates, would fail the same test. So they were removed, and now people are working to find a way of categorising content which does not infringe Nielsen's rights. I know this was covered in The Register, but that was based entirely on the say-so of Wikipedia users and not on any kind of interview with Nielsen or the Wikimedia Foundation (this is obvious from the omission of certain facts and the statement of certain misconceptions as if they were fact). So, please don't bring that back without good quality reliable independent sources, and in this case that would exclude El Reg since not only is is based on rumour, the author, Cade Metz, has a long-running vendetta against Wikipedia and a history of printing one-sided versions of our teapot tempests as if they were (a) balanced and (b) significant. The important facts are that Nielsen only referenced one part of one article, and Nielsen may not in fact have sent a DMCA notice, they may simply said that a DMCA notice would be forthcoming if the problem was not fixed (a normal and regular occurrence in OTRS). Hence the need for better sources than El Reg. Guy (Help!) 21:18, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

COMMENT

I am far from being an on the Nelson's, but even a quick search on Google reveals that the Nelson's are criticize for undercounting youth and minority viewers. By leaving out the controvercies, this article seems to be too one sided and, thus, lacking in neutrality.

To 75.4.234.24 (talk · contribs): Instead of complaining, why don't you help "balance" the article? momoricks 02:31, 18 December 2010 (UTC)

Some interesting facts

• How the Nielsen TV ratings work — and what could replace them, io9.com, Sep 17, 2010--Max Dax (talk) 21:06, 18 September 2010 (UTC)