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September 2016

Hello, I'm ViperSnake151. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Windows 10 seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Your text sounded like griping and put too much weight on certain aspects of the subject. ViperSnake151  Talk  13:00, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Please stop. There is a clear objection to your edits, and I'm sure other editors would agree. Your statement "but I merely stated what they did, why they said they did it, and what users can do to take back control of their computer." implies an intent to add instructional content to Wikipedia, which we do not allow. MakeUseOf is a blog, which is not normally considered a valid source. ViperSnake151  Talk  22:59, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Your objection seems to be the only one, and I object to your objection. It seems pretty clear to me that you are a pro-Microsoft troll that is attempting to bias the article in favor of them, so you disguise your vandalism as constructive editing. The only way to view Microsoft's removal of user control over what browser opens with Cortana is a malicious attack on the user and a not-so-subtle attempt to undermine other web browsers on the Windows platform. "It doesn't matter what you want to use. Here's Edge anyway!". Disgusting.Daemonfc (talk) 23:31, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

The issue is neutrality. We cannot take sides. All viewpoints must be fairly presented. I am here to write an encyclopedia. Not be classified as a "pro-Microsoft troll". Additionally, I am still not sure if we consider MakeUseOf a reliable source; it is a self-published blog, which are demonetized in comparison to works published with editorial oversight. ViperSnake151  Talk  23:59, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

If you're not sure, then why don't you find out? I'm not sure if this helps, but in 1974, in Gertz v. Robert Welch Inc., the United States Supreme Court ruled that freedom of the press belonged to everyone and in 2011, the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Obsidian Finance Group v. Crystal Cox, that bloggers, while not members of the "institutional press", are journalists with the right to press freedom. If it's good enough for the highest court in the United States, then I'm not sure why it wouldn't be good enough for Wikipedia. Aside from being a howto article, MakeUseOf is also a source of news (which you can clearly and quickly gather from reading the rest of the site) that talks about the problem at hand, which was the removal of user control over what Cortana does when the user searches with it, and a way for the user to reverse this obnoxious change. Microsoft has been sued for doing similar things, and was under the supervision of the Department of Justice until recently. I don't see how it could be a coincidence that Microsoft's malicious attacks against user choice and other software running on Windows returned as soon as the Consent Decree expired. Daemonfc (talk) 00:21, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

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