Talk:World-Check

Total Lack of Information

This article seems more like a promotional blurb, though the creator appears to be unrelated to the company. Far more information in terms of depth and breadth may be garnered from the official overview of the company website. http://www.world-check.com/overview/ 210.176.70.2 (talk) 02:05, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The creator and editor is a copywriter in the company's Marketing Department, removing any critical edits which are widely available in other sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Swordsoftruth (talk • contribs) 16:40, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Open source?

How can the World-Check repository be defined open? From their overview page (http://www.world-check.com/overview/):

World-Check can be accessed through two annual subscription models

The only link between them and open source is this (from the same page):

World-Check compiles public information from open sources via the internet.

Shouldn't that be changed? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalotus (talk • contribs) 13:04, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

re: "Malicious" edits to World-Check article on Wikipedia

Amendments made by the swordsoftruth user (Swordsoftruth (talk • contribs) ) can hardly be considered impartial. We suspect they may have been made with malicious intent by one of our competitors. This person has made no disclosure as to his own position or relation to World-Check either, making his motives for the incendiary edits questionable to say the least.

The recent round of changes implemented by myself were intended to make this overview more compliant with Wikipedia's neutrality requirements. The repeated vandalising edits have been brought to Wikipedia's attention, and we have requested that appropriate action be taken. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andreb2 (talk • contribs) 08:05, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Andreb2 (talk) 08:07, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Changes made by swordsoftruth pertain to the company's location- registered in London but managed from Wisconsin and South Africa, not malicious but a statement of fact the company appears to wish to hide. A widely published story regarding the subject's exaggeration of its capabilities has been removed by World-Check. Removing these established facts compromise the neutrality of the article.

swordsoftruth (talk) 04:18, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Open Source Intelligence

OK it surely means Open Source Intelligence, not Open Source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalotus (talk • contribs) 13:08, 4 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

request for speedy deletion

Editors have had two years to correct this page, which still reads like an advertisement and does not meet notability standards. No other pages like to this one and it contains no citations. Wiki33139 (talk) 18:47, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Revelations in 'HSBC, Muslims & Me' (broadcast on BBC Radio 4, July 2015)

This BBC radio programme has some interesting revelations about how World Check works, its policies, secrecy and questionable sources.

Its investigation found that the high profile summary closure of bank accounts by HSBC in the UK in July 2014, and inability of those affected to open new accounts elsewhere, was the result of their World Check files labeling them as terrorists. Those concerned were not considered terrorists by the police, and in one case had taken over a the running Finsbury Park Mosque with the approval & encouragement of the Metropolitan police Special Branch.

I regret that poor health prevents me from writing a contribution to this article myself at this time.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0639w47

79.76.82.94 (talk) 18:58, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]