Talk:Comparison of content-control software and providers

SafEyes

Is SafEyes really supposed to link to XXXChurch? Possible longstanding vandalism? --Thomas B♘talk 23:31, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

hardware section

This section seems somewhat problematic because there are so many NAT/firewall devices, and most are not bought and/or used for the purpose of web filtering. Yet they have that capability. Your run-of-the-mill WiFi gateway/router has the capability to block IP nos and URLs. The distinction I suppose is if the device has the capability to subscribe to an ongoing human maintained list, and/or has some sort of heuristics to do filtering. But even if the device has that capability, are those devices bought and deployed for that purpose? If they're not already notable for being bought and deployed for that purpose, then their inclusion in this page would serve only as promotion, a violation of WP:NPOV. To decide what should be included will require a bit of research and not just relying on the idea that it's been cut and pasted into this list. Some citations in here would also be useful, to establish a particular hardware device's notability in content-control. I tried to eliminate ones that were obvious to me. I need some help though, in any direction (re-adding or removal).Retran (talk) 09:22, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Why is a hardware section even included on a "software" list page? (araffals 16:28, 22 July 2010 (UTC)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Araffals (talk • contribs)

removal of gateway/firewall/nat software that is not notable for the purpose of content-contol

I am removing hardware and software titles that have been placed in here without having notability as to their content-control features. If you are adding a new one, you should probably cite the reason why its being listed HERE (other than it being promoted as such). If you cite it, it will be easier for me to understand the rationale.Retran (talk) 19:07, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip, Retran. Tried to cite the most recent addition correctly with the product that directly fits into content control, but new to this so I am not sure if there is some additional citing that is needed. Appreciate your comments. LindseyEKerr (talk) 11:50, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi and thanks for contributing. What entry did you add in?, and what was the citation you wanted to use? Maybe you had trouble so you can paste the links in here and let me have a look? Retran (talk) 21:22, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello Retran, this article earlier listed SafeSquid, but was removed, most probably because it was tagged with notability concerns. The tag was later removed, after a number of references were added to the page. So I am adding SafeSquid to 'Windows applications' and 'Other'. Sachinpurohit (talk) 11:28, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

What a horribly written/arranged article

I do not know anything about Wikipedia formatting, therefore I'm not of much help, but I just wanted to point out the obvious and say that this article needs better info and structure. Whoever can do it, please do so as soon as possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DJ FireWire (talk • contribs) 04:25, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

interesting comment but this article's purpose seems to be just to list the notable content-control software titles. The article about content-control is separate. There's not really much else to be done with a list that is obvious to me. Does anyone know of best-of examples for this kind of list which differ from this? Retran (talk) 13:03, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured lists is probably where you want to start if you want examples of what lists should look like to become the list equivalent of Featured Articles. Dreaded Walrus ^{t c} 16:39, 4 May 2010 (UTC)