User talk:Mr Pollo

HP: Systemic DRM and Firmware Lockouts

I’m still working on this, so is there a way to publish a page as a draft before fully publishing or saving something I’m not too familiar with MediaWiki. I’ve made some more tweaks and I’m still writing a bit more, so it’s not AI. It’s just a collection of different URLs and things I saw around HP mostly because I used to have an HP printer… but there’s a systemic issue outside of Brothers, which I think Brothers have changed from some things I’ve researched. They’ve all started doing ridiculous things like DRM lockouts or subscription services for a stupid printer. Hirov.xyz (talk) 13:57, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

I appreciate you reaching out to me regarding your article! I apologize for falsely flagging your article as AI. If you need more time to get a future article up to wiki standards, you can move the page to your sandbox ( just be sure to select the "User" option from the drop-down bar; and type "Hirov.xyz/sandbox" in the box to the right of it).

What I would recommend are two things:

• Use the Cite web template for your references
  • You would insert the <ref>{{Cite web|}}</ref> in source editor after a sentence or word that relates to the contents of the reference
• Follow the Incident article format
  • Use this form page to create the Cargo template

I have put an "under development" template on the article for now, so you do not need to move it to your sandbox. In the meantime, I would suggest focusing on formatting the article and references with the resources I linked above. If you need more resources on wiki editing, this index is a good start! Mr Pollo (talk) 23:38, 29 August 2025 (UTC)

Awesome thanks for replying back here. I just jumped right into it. I’ll read through all those articles and ping you to see once I feel like this is in good shape. Based on all the information you gave me have a good Labor Day Weekend. Hirov.xyz (talk) 01:31, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, you as well! Mr Pollo (talk) 15:38, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

As I read further, I came across “HP, Inc.” It reminded me of some thoughts I already have that I can expand upon. Instead of creating a separate page, I thought it might be better to add these ideas to the existing page. I noticed that the page mentions printers but doesn’t have a link to the tag for printers. Maybe that’s why I missed it. I’ll probably review more of the wiki and look for other similar topics. I think this might help me organize the information better than just adding more pages. Some things might already exist and just need to be expanded upon. Hirov.xyz (talk) 02:44, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

If what you have currently can all fit on the HP company article rather than for a full incident, then I would suggest editing the company article first. If you find more credibly sourced info about the HP printer DRM that can fill out all the required sections in the IncidentPreload, then an incident article will be good. Mr Pollo (talk) 12:26, 2 September 2025 (UTC)