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Company Name

Company Contact

Page Type

This page is about a company.

Please try to read the FAQ before posting here. Many questions are answered there.

We like constructive comments and respect Netiquette (no all caps etc). Thank you.

[http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=ConcernsPage&action=edit&section=new >> please state your concern here

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Common Concerns are addressed here.

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How to change additional contact info

Hi, I just updated the business phone number which was an old one on your site, and see that the contact email is also wrong, but I can't find the way to change that- when I go to edit, the email address doesn't show up there.

Hi, the email is protected with tags, the old ones say "graphic" and the new ones say "email". Let me know if that makes sense. Best, MarkDilley

Remove my domains please! :(

Hello. I found my domains indexed in this wiki.. but I don't wish to have my contact information listed (my home address, email and etc -- I was really shocked to see this) could you please remove this info? If possible, I would not like my domains here at all though.

My domains that I found here are seiyausagi.net and himeko.org

Thanks in advance..

I've scrubbed the contact information from those two names. Let me know if they're ok now - RayKing

Publish removal

request e-mail address; remove permamnently w/o opt-out page

Isn't this amazing?! You have an easy way to add/change pages, but not remove? As someone already pointed out elsewhere, you are scrapers, who impose their Creative Commons license on content created by someone else. How about checking the site's copyright, license and terms of use? Mine says "...no portion can be included without written permission."

The text snippet and thumbnail are used under fair use and intended to help identify the site.
Wrong! Taking 98% of the page to include in the page you are "creating" has nothing to do with fair use. It has to do with business model aka YouTube, let us just "take it and claim as our own" and they will come--with lawsuits or otherwise.
Your interpretation of fair use is laughable. One the points is that you do not harm the site. How about diverting traffic to your site based on the site keyword search so that you can build your own traffic in order to sell advertising? See example below.
Not to be argumentative, but we don't take anywhere near 98% of website content, and text snippets used to describe a site and thumbnails are clearly fair use. Our intention is to create a stub which people can then edit to make a much more complete article. There are many examples of this being done in a very positive manner -- just look at some of the features sites. To your second point, blogs (with advertising) routinely write about other websites and search engines find those articles just as well. Why shouldn't search engines show third party information?

And no, you are not Google, because you include much more than meta-tags, the purpose of which is description of published content for public use. An no, you are no search engine, because you do not obey robots.txt instructions. If you had, no content for most sites, including mine, would ever have appeared on your site to begin with. Please publish e-mail address to submit permanent removal requests and for someone to serve you with a DMCA notice, instead of requests for the _lame_ opted-out page, which still includes the name of the site.

AboutUs does respect robots.txt and never claimed to be Google.
Wrong again! Your supposed "bot" apparently took the page at:
"... This page was last modified 19:15, 19 June 2006."
We had a bot that worked on this issue. User:WikiPruneBot. I was a little surprised that it was only functioning for a short time. Discussions with our development team suggest that it will be easy to get back up and running. So while you are correct that our initial scrape didn't follow robots.txt, we saw our mistake and fixed it and are working on fixing it retroactively. MarkDilley
"All content is available under the terms of the GFDL and/or the CC By-SA License. (See Copyrights for details.)"
My robots.txt file had 'user-agent: *' banned long before then. I wrote bot in quotes, because it makes me wonder why it managed to exclude the footer with my copyright information. So, to rehash, AboutUs included my page in their site and relicensed it under their own terms while totally ignoring mine. Peculiar!
If you have a page which you would like us to clean of any content from your site, please just let us know which one it is and we would be happy to clean it of information, fair use or not. June 19th was very early on for us and it is possible that was our mistake. If so, my apologies.
The DMCA information requested is here. -- RayKing
Thank you! Now how about adding it as a permanent link on your footer?
I think it's pretty easy to find from the links that are already on the bottom of the page, but we'll consider it when we next modify that section.
I placed the navigation box at the top, instead of the bottom, of the pages. MarkDilley
Also, for all of you who wonder why AboutUs information about _your_ site has to compete with _your version about your site_ in Google's searches for your site, here is a Google's removal page _where it may involve DMCA_ Google's DMCA page. If AboutUs doubt their page will compete with your own, guess how it will appear in Google? "YourWebSiteName About Us".
AboutUs is our name, but that said, if you have an alternate suggestion, we're open to hearing it. I doubt this discussion will turn your thinking around, but hopefully it provides you with a clearer understanding of our site and our thinking -- RayKing

Piracy sites

I'm wondering how to react to the piracy sites that turn up here as elsewhere. I'm specifically talking about sites that sell MP3s illegally (not hard to spot as they claim to sell "legal MP3s" as albums for about $3). Knowing that they are patently illegal, what is the policy on Aboutus.org?

M

People should feel free to add their thoughts about a site so long as it's true and done in a constructive manner. So in the example above it would be fine to add something like: "This site sells albums in MP3 format for $3, leading me to believe that they are pirating music illegally". Or if it is documented at a credible source, then add an external link. -- RayKing
Also, I think it would be good to do it in the section Community Reviews MarkDilley

Thanks gents.

Proper Listing

I am the webmaster for Forest View Hospital, a 62-bed psychiatric hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. We are not a Cheap Guide as your website states and second you have our business address listed under Cheap Guide. Please adjust this immediately.

ForestView.com is a cheap guide.

ForestViewHospital.com is our website with our address located in Grand Rapids.

Please double check this information before you post it and possibly harm a company's reputation.

Thank you.

Glad that you edited the information that was not correct. Was your site originally ForestView.com before it became a ParkingLot?

Delete any info about our web site

Please delete any mention of our web site Alterama.com. We are the victims of a libel campaign from a disgruntled former employee. You are responsible for the information that you dissaminate and we reserve all our legal rights.

I made your page not contain any information that was computer generated. I added the other information to a "Community Review" section. Let us know if you have any quesitons. MarkDilley

What you call information is inaccurate, libelous and if you provide this information to the you are liable. I guess that you should have some appropriate legal advice. Meanwhile we don't want our site to appear in your "community Review" or anywhere related to your web site.

Merging Two Domains?

Is there a way to merge two pages together? I noticed our old website (.org) domain has the majority of our information, but AboutUs also has our (.com) domain as well.

Is there a way to merge the two or remove the .org domain page completely? (or can it be done simply with a reference to the .com page?) We're now known under our .com address.

Thanks! http://FrogBlogger.info

An easy way to do that is to place a Redirect on the old page, assuming that you still own the domain. If you don't then placeing a link to the new domian would be more appropriate in the "Additional Information" section. Let me know if you have any thoughts on that. Best, MarkDilley

delete our entry and use the bot to populate

I can not seem to find how to do this on the site. I would like the bot to index our site... OhioInjuryLaw.com

I tried to fill in the information but I think the bot would do a better job .. .then i can change the settings if i think it needs it. i dont know what to do so if you could help, that would be GREEEAT.

Done


Need help with advanced wiki language

I cant find any clear instruction on how to program in wiki. i have pieced together some stuff but now I need someones help for BatteriesInAFlash.com. You will be able to see what i need help with when you check out my page. I want the section Battery Categories to look just like it does but just not covering up another section. Please help me.

Thanks,

Batteryman

Hi, please visit us at our LiveChat and ask any questions you may still have. Also, please start a page with questions you may have and we will either redirect or answer the questions. Best, MarkDilley

Re: BadAttitudes.com

You have our site on your site, which is all to the good, I guess. But instead of a description of the site, some spammer (I guess, again) has filled it up with laudatory stuff about James Inhofe, the embarrassment that Oklahoma has sent to the U.S. Senate. I am reluctant to concede that Inhofe is even a member of my own species, let alone that he has any connection to my site. I don't know anything about Wiki, or about your enterprise, and so I don't quite know what to do. Can you remove this Inhofe crap or remove my domain name? If I furnish you with an actual description of my actual site, will you put it up in place of this spew from Inhofe? Or what?

Hi, this is an open edit wiki. So that means you can edit yourself. Certainly if you would like to email me the text, I can edit for you. Best, MarkDilley

Wrong Information!

After checking my stats for our web site The-Wedding-Planners.com, I came across a link to your web site. The information you have posted concerning our web site it wrong. I don't know where you got your information concerning who to contact for our business but it's completely wrong, nor do I like the fact you are publishing our sites information pertaing to our domain name and when it expires and offering others to place a bid on it when it does. Remove our WHOIS info promptly.

Carolyn Hornickel

The-Wedding-Planners.com
Hello Carolyn, this is an open edit wiki - which means you can edit that information to make it correct. I will go ahead and remove it. Also, that wiki page was created today 15-Apr-2007. Let me know if you have questions. Best, MarkDilley

MEDIAPERU.COM ganged by russian fed

There are some russians that are changing the real adresses, maybe with scam purpouses, please check this out. I have changed my website adress to the right one but in the upper part still appears the RUSSIANS FEDERATION SPAM.

Done - MarkDilley

Take it off, please!

I really don't mind having my old entries and whatnot listed here from rancid-petals.net even though I don't own it anymore - what I'm not happy with is having my address and phone number displayed. That's personal information that was only available for a 30 day period as I transferred a domain that was bought for me to a registrar that would hide that info - all in vain evidently because here it is! Please please take this information off. I can understand having info like this for business websites but that's so far from the kind of site I run - a personal blog. I don't want my info floating around out there =\

Done, MarkDilley

I want off your site

How can we contact you without having the message viewed by everyone? Please take my website info off this site. I don't even feel comfortable leaving which address to take off since it may or may not be viewed by anyone who visits this page.

Please send an e-mail to -- RayKing

Fixing a Capilization Error in the domain.

On the page http://www.aboutus.org/TunenAmi.com - The A should be lowercase I have searched but can not find a way to fix it. The name Tunenami is derived from Tune (in this case song) and Nami (Japaneses for wave) but looks close to Tsunami so we left it as one word.

If you could fix or teach me how to fix that would be mighty friendly.

Thanks.

Hi, directions are at FixName - let me know if that works. Best, MarkDilley

google-analytics

Why is there a Google Analytics Script on all sites of AboutUs? --User:mucbarney 10:41, 17 April 2007 (PDT)

Hi Barney, we run that system on AboutUs to help use analyse our traffic. There is a graph on the DailyBuzz [1]. Can I ask what your thoughts are on this? Best, MarkDilley

Stolen content + Copyright and Trademark infringements

Hello,

Our company, Tingo Tanca, has existed since 1980 and has had a running website since 1998, at http://www.tanca.com/

As can readily be see in the Source of our front page, there are a number of index keywords in use, including our company name and the company name "Swarovski". A check at the Way Back Machine (http://www.archive.org/web/web.php) will show that all these keywords have been in use at least since January 1999.

By accident, we have come across the following Google Search results:

http://www.google.dk/search?num=50&hl=da&q=blykrystal+swarovski&btnG=S%C3%B8g&meta=

whereby it appears very clearly that a company by the name of Stenbutikken.dk (located in Bagsværd, Denmark, under the ownership of a Mads P. S. Trans) has taken our keywords in order to attract traffic to their site through Aboutus.org (http://www.aboutus.org/Stenbutikken.dk).

We would like to state that:

1. We have had no dealings with that company other than that they received a temporary password to access our price-list on February 14th, 2005. We were until now not aware of their presence in the Internet.

2. Tingo Tanca has very specific policies regarding the copyright and use of our photographic and text material. As stated on our site: all our photographic and text material is exclusively reserved for the use of our active customers.

3. The list of keywords on Aboutus.org's Stenbutikken.dk entry include our company name, the name Swarovski, and such words as "blykrystal" (normally spelt in two words, but used by us as one-word aggregate) which are not public domain words.

4. It should be noted that Stenbutikken.dk does not deal with Swarovski items nor with "blykrystal" as we do. Neither do they deal with items made of leather, a keyword which appears among ours in all four languages. This can be verified using either Stenbutikken.dk's own onsite search function, or any search engine such as AllTheWeb or Google in conjunction with that particular domain.

5. It is rather evident that bad intent was involved, as the array of our keywords (in four different languages, only three of which are in use on the Stenbutikken.dk site) has been shuffled before being uploaded to Aboutus.org's site.

Our normal procedure would be to have our lawyers address the issue of this infringement, as well as inform Swarovski of the infringement of their rights.

However, we are concerned that this may cause undue trouble for Aboutus.org, an endeavour which, as the rest of the Wikimedia project, we support wholeheartedly (as a matter of fact, our company has recently made a donation to Wikimedia).

We hope that you will be able to resolve this issue without unnecessary delay.

Regards,

Michel Tavir (owner) TINGO TANCA Denmark

  • Hello, let me first say that we have nothing to do with Stenbutikken.dk or wikimedia. We meerly list Stenbutikken.dk). on our Wiki; keywords as far as I know cannot be copyrighted in the United States; but, they may be in your country , since the servers that host AboutUs are in the United States we follow the United States laws on copyright. Since we display none of the pictures they have supposedly stole from you we are also not liable for any of that. If you have specific problems about what is displayed on that page feel free tocontact us; but, please contact them about anything displayed on their page. !Simon | talk 15:08, 19 April 2007 (PDT)
  • I'm sorry, I did see a couple of keywords that were your company's name and have removed those. --Simon | talk 15:08, 19 April 2007 (PDT)

Can't figure out how to change URL

Hi there,

I notice you have a link to our old website (thank you) - are you able to update it to the new one? Or how would I?

The old address is www.maclennanperformance.com and now it is www.mapc.co.nz

Thanks

Eileen

Done. MaclennanPerformance.com now goes to Mapc.co.nz TedErnst | talk

Surprised

I was surprised to have come across about.org and to find my personal email address publicly listed for anyone to copy and spam. I am still trying fully understand what this service is wanting to achieve and at what expense. Not intended as a complain, but simply a concern over content appearing that I did not choose to put up into the site. Seems a WebCrawler is pulling starter information into the site. Am I correct and how can remove my personal email address from such public view?

Hope to receive a reply soon.

Thank You

J Ram April 19 2007

Discussion at User talk:Jram

Fair Use

Concern comments left on ErBeck-Ancestry.com regarding copyright, fair use, etc.

I have come across my websites info page here and it has been copied in its entirety. Not a segment, or excerpt. Whover edited it has blatantly copied my entire page apparently from what i read in popular webmaster forums , possibly putting me in danger of a duplicate content filter. Of course you have a right to list any site, but cease publishing this copyrighted material or reduce it to a level i would consider fair use.

Thanks
Jim
AtomAgeMedia.com
It seem that there is now nothing on the ErBeck-Ancestry.com page other than our discussion -- or am I missing something? -- RayKing


It has nothing to do with ErBeck-Ancestry.com I do not know where that comes from or why it appears in the comment i made, thought i opened a new post. Anyways, i am again requesting to make the necessary changes regarding fair use. Jim Atom Age Media (TM)

Jim, you left your messages about fair use on the WikiPage ErBeck-Ancestry.com. That appears to not be the WikiPage that you wanted fixed. I think you may have wanted AtomAgeMedia.com fixed. I went ahead and did that. Please let me know if it is still not what you meant. Also please see our Common Concerns page for a possible explaination. Also, if you could clarify that ErBeck-Ancestry.com is or isn't a domain that you hold. Best, MarkDilley

I can confirm i have nothing to do with erbeck, i must have been rushing and not realized i had done that. Thanks for your response.

Capitalization

Hi, I'm the owner of Wintallo.com. I am just asking you to change the spelling of my website on AboutUs.org. It's spelled "WinTallo.com" and the "T" shouldn't be capitalized. Thanks!

Looks like you figured out how to do it, which is great!

FullHouseSale.com

I'm removing my post since I don't even want it listed here.

I've gone ahead and removed the description on that page. -- Chris

Please remove contact information

Please remove every contact information about domain vbsimple.net, you could contact me at vbsimple[at]vbsimple.net thanks

sure, how's this: Vbsimple.net -- RayKing

Change my username

Please change it to alihessami or remove it, thank you

the way to do this is to just create a new login with alihessami and forget your old login. Let me know if that works. MarkDilley

Update Screenshots

Please consider updating screenshots at regular intervals. Some site screenshots are many years old and no longer reflect the look of the sites.

Thanks

We do have a manual process currently, UpdateThumbnail for folks interested in doing that. Will add this to our list. Best, MarkDilley

error when trying to edit MakeItAnIssue.org.uk

Error in fetchObject(): Duplicate entry '0-MakeItAnIssue.org.uk' for key 2 

Backtrace:
GlobalFunctions.php line 602 calls wfBacktrace()
Database.php line 596 calls wfDebugDieBacktrace()
Database.php line 1788 calls Database::fetchObject()
LinkBatch.php line 76 calls ResultWrapper::fetchObject()
LinkBatch.php line 55 calls LinkBatch::executeInto()
Skin.php line 192 calls LinkBatch::execute()
Skin.php line 171 calls Skin::preloadExistence()
SkinTemplate.php line 108 calls Skin::initPage()
aboutus.php line 28 calls SkinTemplate::initPage()
SkinTemplate.php line 151 calls Skinaboutus::initPage()
OutputPage.php line 577 calls SkinTemplate::outputPage()
OutputPage.php line 794 calls OutputPage::output()
Database.php line 476 calls OutputPage::databaseError()
Database.php line 419 calls Database::reportQueryError()
Database.php line 1023 calls Database::query()
Article.php line 1083 calls Database::insert()
Article.php line 1201 calls Article::insertOn()
EditPage.php line 564 calls Article::insertNewArticle()
EditPage.php line 294 calls EditPage::attemptSave()
EditPage.php line 147 calls EditPage::edit()
Wiki.php line 381 calls EditPage::submit()
Wiki.php line 50 calls MediaWiki::performAction()
index.php line 123 calls MediaWiki::initialize()
rewrite.php line 332 calls include()
Thanks the alert! Best, MarkDilley

Please remove my domain!

I was horrified to discover my domain, BeverlyFisher.com, on your site. You listed my name and personal address, and I'm not even sure how you got it -- my domain is privately registered. To my even greater horror, I saw this information has been on the site for almost a year. I aquired a stalker last November, and I wonder if this site is how he found me.

I went in and deleted the information, but it is still there in the history.

If you cannot remove my domain, please, please remove all contact information from the page as soon as humanly possible.

Beverly, I will go ahead and remove the history for you. I wonder if you always had your domian privately registered? If not then we may have gotten it through organizations that have all public info. If you have always had it privately registered, please contact me. Best, MarkDilley

Please remove this one too : Mtpo.org. Publishing personal datas without authorisation is forbidden in Europe. Thanks.

I removed the history on that one as well. Are you familiar with whois data [2] - it is public. Let me know what your thoughts are. Best, MarkDilley
The data itself may be public accessible through whois, but it is illegal to re-publish the data in the way aboutus does (at least concerning german .DE-domains. Please contact the Denic about the specific rules).

Compatability of Wikia and AboutUs.org

I have submitted the following to the Wikia Help Desk.


WWW Does Not Work for Wikias

http://electoralreform.wikia.com (this works) http://www.electoralreform.wikia.com (this does not work)

I would not normally worry about this but I want to add this Wikia to AboutUs.org a Wiki for websites and subdomans. I have created the page here and the page name is corect but the large link at the top does not work because AboutUs places a "WWW" in the address automatically.

As Wikia and AboutUs.org are both Wiki projects it would be good to get compatibility. John Cross 14:20, 29 April 2007 (UTC) please reply on my talk page (User:John Cross)


John Cross 07:28, 29 April 2007 (PDT)

Website Update

Dear Sir/Madam,

I wish to update my website address from 'DkotabluragDolls.com' to 'Dkotablu.com'. Unfortunately I've no idea what my correct login is. Also my email address has changed from to .

Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

---

Regards,
John and Jennifer Sterling
(619) 265-8656
San Diego, Ca.
http://www.dkotablu.com
Called, nice to talk to you John! Let me know if you have any more questions. Best, MarkDilley

please remove our domain

whld1270.com and whldam1270.com The individual redirecting the domain to his own does not own it.

If those domains are yours, you need to e-mail us (at ) from the registered contact e-mail address in your WHOIS. — Nathan (talk)/ 21:56, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

redirect

the Peled.biz redirect to Humor.co.il, and it creates a duplicate page for the same site.

Done. Peled.biz now redirects to Humor.co.il. — Nathan (talk)/ 21:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

not exist

check this site Yordimgavoha.com.

It's a ParkingLot and I have marked it as such. — Nathan (talk)/ 21:49, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

abusive comments

People are using this website to make abusive comments about me and the domain I own. I can't mention it here as they are no doubt watching this.

Can I lock the domain from this said abuse? And do you have an email for me to email you?

You can e-mail us at . — Nathan (talk)/ 21:54, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Could you remove my personnal info from my website

I have found my personal information linked to my domain

Could you remove my personal info please (name, adress and phone)

Domain is kelsex.com

Regards

This was done by Isabel at 11:54, 11 May 2007 (UTC). — Nathan (talk) / 19:44, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

ECOSSE.NET NOT WORKING...

HI ...my Ecosse.net webmail has not been working for a couple of days now.....why? please lmk regards Steve

AboutUs is an informational resource; please contact Ecosse.net directly for technical support on their webmail service - Ray | talk (Click "talk" to leave me a message) 11:29, 12 May 2007 (PDT)

abilicom.com

Please correct the heading for our website rom upper/lowercase to either all uppercase (preferred) or all lower case. We do not capitalize our name as shown ("AbiliCom.com"). We would prefer "ABILICOM.COM" as the heading. Please note that ABILICOM is a registered Trademark, United States Registration no. 77031292 and that ABILICOM.COM is a Service Mark. This also applies to ABILICOM.CO.UK and ABILICOM.CA. Thank you! Brian Brown, President WUITAS, Inc. d/b/a ABILICOM

done - Ray King

Strange pick-up of "related domains"

The listing for: bellusci.co.uk had the following as the address of the business: Fareham Enterprise Centre, Newgate Ln, Fareham Hampshire PO14 1TH UNITED KINGDOM - but this is not the address of the business, which is actually in a different part of the country. The correct address appears on the site's contact page. The following domains were included in your listing as being "related". They are not related and, so far as I know, are not referred to on the site. Do you have any idea where they might have been picked up from? Here they are:

Related Domains: Arpey.co.uk BuffaloSystems.co.uk CastingCollective.co.uk CityHotDesk.co.uk EightSquared.co.uk FrontLine.org.uk Gsinc.co.uk HifiCorner.co.uk HorseDeals.co.uk InstantMemories.co.uk JamesAndTaylor.co.uk LondonTicketShop.co.uk OakHall.co.uk Pop-Up-Stands.co.uk RedMagnet.co.uk RedStation.co.uk RedundancyHelp.co.uk Search-Line.co.uk SouthAfrican.co.uk SpiritMusic.co.uk Table-Tennis-Tables.co.uk Webdezign.co.uk

As this is a wiki, you are able to edit your domain page yourself and remove anything that doesn't look right - or if you're uncomfortable with that for some reason, we can do it for you. Nathan (talk) / 18:54, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

re: thetruthaboutgrandma.com

(moved from User talk:Nathan)

We are the owners of this content and website, and we need it immediately removed from your website, AboutUS.org. Please note that we have taken the page entirely down. When we delete content, please do not restore it because we have the copyright and it is urgent that you remove all content from our site, thetruthaboutgrandma.com. Urgent. Template:unsigned

I've answered this on the user's talk page, telling the user that an administrator will attend to their request when they have the time, regardless of how many times they say "urgent". Nathan (talk) / 23:32, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

(additional info moved from my talk page) We have emailed requests to multiple email addresses at aboutus.org this afternoon that the content be removed immediately. It is very urgent that you remove all content -- very urgent, and if you need an explanation, email us privately at the email address associated with this account. Not only is it urgent, but it is also copyrighted and the site is permanently down.

Also, the site has a domainsbyproxy email address for privacy reasons. Please respect our requests that you remove the content since as you should be able to see, we have taken the site entirely down. Template:unsigned

Remove my Domain Please

Please remove my domain, www.madison-hayes.com, from your site. You have reported private information which I understood was supposed to be protected in my service agreement with yahoo. I DO NOT WANT ANYONE to have access to my private information. I don't know how you got hold of it; it was supposed to be protected.

Please remove my domain entirely.

thank you

WHOIS information is not protected unless you choose the 'WHOIS cloaking' option. The AboutUs Bot grabs every piece of information about a domain which is visible. If your contact information was visible, then you need to talk to Melbourne IT (which is your domain registrar, not Yahoo) about cloaking it completely. Looking at your WHOIS information now, most of it is in fact cloaked, except the Organisation Name/Address/Phone which is the info that AboutUs grabbed.
Feel free to familiarise yourself with who we are and what we do, in case you're misunderstanding.
We will be happy to fulfill your request but you need please e-mail us (). After doing so, the information will be removed as quickly as possible. Thanks. Nathan (talk) / 02:08, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you, Nathan. I deleted the my private information. I appreciate the information you provided. I still wish to have my site removed so that your bot doesn't keep slapping it up there every time it makes its rounds. I will send the required email, requesting my website be deleted from About Us.
Yes, that's correct, you still have to e-mail. Only the administrators can remove that kind of information from a page. Actually the bot only visits sites once to gather the information it does unless we request what's called a "repopulate" of a page (that is if/when the bot makes a mistake). Thanks and have a good night. Nathan (talk) / 03:03, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Information has been removed @ 23:10 EDT. Nathan (talk) / 03:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

RenewableEnergyInfo.org

[15:17:09] I'm trying to get AboutUs to create a page for [[RenewableEnergyInfo.org, but it's complaiing that it can't do it. It's a legit domain (url="http://renewableenergyinfo.org/") What am I doing wrong?

Adding more info: Bot can't create page. Nathan (talk) / 19:21, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Fake Domains on your site which are Ads

Please search your Domain sites for references to the website http://Genuine-Pharmacy.com

These web pages are the subject of vicious widespread Email spam!

This is a wiki which you can edit yourself. You're more than welcome to edit the DomainPages of every spammed domain and add a bit about how the domain has been used in spam. This would be very helpful to other users. Please see CommunityReviewsFormatting if this is something you'd like to undertake. Thanks. (Note: I had to remove one word of your subject heading in order to reply) Nathan (talk) / 01:05, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I would be very much more impressed by your service if you actually took the trouble to find and revoke such domains. As it is, your site ends up being a de facto spamhaus with no effective controls, and as such will become known as a good idea gone bad for lack of caring...

We are not a domain registrar. We have no access to "revoke" domains. Please see what we are about as you may have us confused with a domain registrar. Just because we show up on WHOIS'es doesn't mean we have access to remove/revoke every domain on the Internet. We are an information resource about websites and as such, we do have such controls (to remove spam). We mark sites as ParkingLots and delete spam when we find it. We are not the chaotic out of control site that you may think. As an information resource/directory about websites, we do check every single edit which is made and we revert anything that looks like spam. If you think we've missed something, please let us know. Nathan (talk) / 04:31, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Capitalization

Hi. I was surfing around randomly and noticed that WeKnowsNow.com is capitalized wrong. The domain name should be parsed as "WeKnowSnow" - it's about skiing. I don't know how to correct that, or I'd do it myself. -GTBacchus 22:59, 15 May 2007 (PDT)

...and I just figured it out. Never mind. -GTBacchus 23:00, 15 May 2007 (PDT)
The AboutUs:Bot can be pretty wacky sometimes... Nathan (talk) / 21:07, 15 May 2007 (PDT)

Please remove our domain :)

www.AustrianFilm-Designers.Com


does not exist any longer. It has now been replaced by http://www.FilmDesigners.at


thank you:)

In order to fulfill your request, please e-mail us at from the registered contact e-mail (on your WHOIS) for your domain. Thank you. Nathan (talk) / 20:14, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


Hello Nathan. I hereby contact you guys with the same question via email. Maybe i worded it wrong

PLEASE CHANGE THE LINK ON ABOUT US WEBSITE from www.AustrianFilm-Designers.com to http://www.FilmDesigners.at

We did a complete renewal of our website including a new - better-rememberabel-link.

thank you :) .................................. ::

VÖF - Verband Östereichischer FilmausstatterInnen - Austrian Filmdesigners Association - http://www.FilmFesigners.at

Redirect is in place. Nathan (talk) / 08:29, 22 May 2007 (UTC)


Could you eventually delete the www.AustrianFilm-Designers.com from your website all together ? it will die in some weeks anyway :)

So you know, DomainPages here don't start with "www". I'll tag it for deletion. Nathan (talk) / 21:50, 22 May 2007 (UTC)


Ohhh... ! sorry for that www-thing :) Thank you for deleting it, there is no point in keeping the old address, as it will simply run out in some weeks, and no longer exist. Thank you very much  !!!

It will be deleted when an administrator gets round to it. Tagging the page alerts the admins that there's a page needing deletion. Nathan (talk) / 09:33, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

What were you thinking?

I cannot believe that you post information that individuals have specifically requested be kept private! I asked for PRIVATE REGISTRATION with Network Solutions & WHOIS, and now they link to your site? With my private details??? Why isn't this illegal?

We do not purposefully include private information of anyone who do not wish to be included. You can very easily request this information to be removed by e-mailing . It is likely that the information was gathered before you requested to have your WHOIS cloaked. Perhaps you require some clarification of who and what we are? Nathan (talk) / 16:58, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

REMOVE ME

I signed up on your site before I realized it wasn't what I really wanted. Please REMOVE ME and all related information upon receipt of this message.

Firstly, typing in all capital letters is generally perceived as shouting by most seasoned Internet users. You don't have to scream at us.
You can request removal of your DomainPage yourself by e-mailing from the registered contact e-mail address (on your WHOIS) of your domain. Once that e-mail is received, the information will be promptly removed. As for your username if you have one, just don't use it. Nathan

Private WHOIS data

Domains that have privacy protected from WHOIS by their domain register are not being protected in AboutUs. --Simon | talk 21:06, 19 May 2007 (PDT)

If that's the case it's probably because when we got the record it wasn't private. But we're happy to get rid of the contact info for any such domain. - Ray | talk
But if the page is created today, and the domain was protected awhile ago, shouldn't it not appear like that? Does AboutUs use a different feed? --Simon | talk 21:22, 19 May 2007 (PDT)
We get data from a few sources and one of them must have been out of date :-( - Ray | talk

Domain WWW.trans-oylnth

Hi Please can you help or point me in the right direction. I have been seriously ripped of by the above company who you detail, they have stolen over £1550 by doing an ESCROW transaction. How can i report this or take it further

LE

Please contact me. Best, MarkDilley

Slow load times when logged in.

I find it very difficult to post edits when I am logged in, but when i'm not logged in it seems to be fine most of the time.

My userid is dave2 202.72.138.185 06:48, 23 May 2007 (PDT)

Hi Dave, this is the first I have heard of this issue, I know about the slowness issue, it is very frustrating! I will let the development team know. Best, MarkDilley

Changing username

Hi. I'm looking for the Changing username special page. Does AboutUs have this feature? Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username

If not, I'd like my username to be "Corey Salzano" instead of "Coreysalzano"

Thanks

We don't have that feature and in fact, most MediaWiki wikis don't either. Just create a new account for now. Nathan (talk) / 20:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Please add some complicated geographical domains

Some Canadian domains are in the format example.cityname.province.ca, such as www.town.truro.ns.ca or www.cfsc.ottawa.on.ca AboutUsBot) doesn't seem to be able to handle such domains. Could you please add those two? You will find their registration information at cira.ca, the Canadian whois database. Similarly, could you add state.nj.us and all the other state domains of the format state.twoletterabbreviation.us (state.ca.us, state.vt.us, etc. for all the two-letter postal abbreviations for US states) These are the original domains used by most U.S. state governments, although many states now prefer to use easier-to-remember domains such as vermont.gov (which is already in your database). --Iapetus 14:28, 23 May 2007 (PDT)

Please see AddSubdomain. Best, MarkDilley

editing the Erich-fromm.de page

I have started editing a (very)few changes on this page (which is NOT my domain by the way...). But there is some additionnal work to be done and I cannot manage it : above the box xith the thumbnail picturing the site on the right of the page, the "direct link to this page" links, in fact, to a picture not to the page. The correct adress there should not bewww.erich-fromm.de but www.erich-fromm.de/e/index.htm

Please remove ALL my sites from this place. Nobody gave you permission to put personal information on this site. Content is copyright. There are laws. I suggest you read them!

Please remove all my sites from this place. Content is copyright and there are privacy laws. I suggest you familarise yourself with the laws.

On the large blue banner atop this page, you were pointed toConcernsFAQ. Please go back and read it. Snippits from websites, images/logos, page names, etc all fall under Fair Use (Google does something similar and are they against the law?). If you want to opt out of AboutUs, that is also in the FAQ - however, I strongly suggest you use a more constructive and neutral tone. Screaming COPYRIGHT VIOLATION!!!!!! at us and being hostile is not constructive (typing in all uppercase is shouting). We don't know what "all" your websites are unless you tell us so please send us an e-mail as the FAQ outlines.
However, if you would like some help in editing your domain pages instead, I'm more than happy to work with you - just pop a comment on my talk page (using a constructive and neutral tone) with what you'd like done. Nathan (talk) / 05:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi-on Maiden Link in tribute bands

Hi there, Can you change the link on your website to www.hi-onmaiden.org please?

Cheers, Speed.

You have to give us the specific DomainPage you want the link changed on. I remind you though, this is a wiki so you can change it yourself. You also have the option of creating a username using your real name instead of a pseudonym; usually people like to see real people being involved. Nathan (talk) / 18:48, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Remove my domain

I own the vales.com domain and have for over a decade. Your lame listing of it here is offensive to me and my web sites. Remove all mention of it here please.

KC Vale

Please read the FAQ first before posting on the ConcernsPage as your question has already been answered there. Regards, Nathan (talk) / 20:31, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Backpax Publications

Backpax Publications has moved to:

Unite 21 The Coach House 2 Upper York Street Bristol BS2 8QN

Telephone: 0117 924 1600

Please update your system.

I remind you that since this is a wiki, you're more than welcome to edit the page for BackPaxMag.com and change the address yourself. Nathan (talk) / 16:42, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Why do you ignore specific instructions in the robots.txt file?

Here is your statement "AboutUs does respect robots.txt and never claimed to be Google".

I have a robots.txt file that Google, Yahoo!, and just about everyone else respects. Why should I have to write you to remove my information when I made my intensions clear?

Your Web Page

Dear Sir Today I tried to register. Unfortunately, your web page in which I list my complaint did not permit me to continue. So I didn't. I included a lot of personal information for registration, but I was not permitted to answer all your questions regarding my problem So I didn't HankO

PS: Since I cannot figure out how to send this, I won't/

Coffman Financial Services

We would like our domain page to be locked from editing. Thank you, Coffman Financial Services.

Catagories section update - how do I?

I want to update the Categories section to comply with your no domain rule, but I can't edit this section. How do I change the category my site page falls under?

When do you refresh a page's information?

I had some random text I put on my index page, that came up when I used your domain search. I have since removed the text yet your search continues to keep the old information, is there anything I can do?

Repeated abuse by anonymous user

I visited the AboutUs page for Rebate-Zone.com and noticed ongoing vandalism by IP address 72.148.248.222, despite two warnings on his talk page to conform to community review standards and relegate his opinions to the community review section.

For instance, he changed the contact information on that page to read "Jackass Enterprises," rather than "Helgeson Enterprises," and posted a non-conforming community review multiple times, one after the other. In addition, he also recently vandalized the AboutUs page for a related site, HelgesonENt.com.

Despite multiple rollbacks by several users, he continues to re-vandalize the AboutUs page for Rebate-Zone.com shortly after each correction, and the page still bears many of his vandalizations. Of the 19 edits in this user's history, all have violated AboutUs community standards and all but one have vandalized the page for Rebate-Zone.com.

I realize this user is angry after having been denied a rebate, but that hardly gives him the right to destroy any AboutUs page he chooses in revenge. Is there anything you can do to prevent this user from further vandalization?

Trademarks used without authorisation

You are not checking that you have authorisation to use trademarks in your page titles. More worryingly, you then provide a page which may be easily confused for an official page of the trademark. You must check all domain names and remove all of those which are trademarked.

German Whois-Information

Before i start: I am not a lawyer. I could be totally wrong.

Please go to http://www.denic.de/en/whois/ and type in any existing de-domain.

You will get the following text:

If you want further information about the holder of this domain, its special contacts and its technical data, you will first have to agree to the following Terms and Conditions of Use:

Terms and Conditions of Use

All the domain data that is visible in the whois search is protected by law. It is not permitted to use it for any purpose other than technical or administrative requirements associated with the operation of the Internet or in order to contact the domain holder over legal problems. You are not permitted to save it electronically or in any other way without DENIC's express written permission. It is prohibited, in particular, to use it for advertising or any similar purpose."

By storing german whois-data, aboutus is in direct violation of german laws, european laws (which may or may not apply to aboutus, seeing as it is located in the US) and in direct violation of the Terms of Use set in place by the Denic. These terms are a contract, which can be enforced in the US. I would suggest that aboutus hires a lawyer to look into this problem.


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