Talk:Stefan Eriksson

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Copyvio

It seems a lot of text was copied from this webpage and pasted here today. That is a copyright violation and the text will need to be removed as per Wikipedia policy. u p p l a n d 16:52, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am now carrying out a revert job, so will be done within an hour, will let you know when its done. Willirennen 18:06, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Considered it done. Willirennen 18:10, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fine! u p p l a n d 17:22, 5 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

References

I have no doubt that most of this article is correct, as I think I recognize some of the details from what I have seen in the Swedish papers (without ever following the case or previous stories on Eriksson and his partners), but the article really needs better referencing. u p p l a n d 14:11, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I added a whole bunch of cite neededs because some of the allegations are just so inflammatory that they need to be sourced, particularly the one claiming that he threatened a man with murder. Pat Payne 18:20, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

While cleaning up the grammar in the Gizmondo section, I came across a statement about Eriksson's partner being paid for her services by Gizmondo. I can't find anything in the SEC filings to back this up, and suspect whoever wrote it may have been confusing Carl Freer's wife here, as there are statements in the SEC filings that Anneli Freer received a similar amount of money for the same type of work. This is just one of many unreferenced statements in that section, but as Uppland said, most of the other statements do fit in generally with the background of the company and Eriksson as reported elsewhere. --Fugu Alienking (talk) 14:34, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Another good refernce to add to the pot http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/gizmondo.html An article about Eriksson and his life leading up to and after the car crash. Possibly use this as one more source for the speed of the crash. 206.82.20.242 (talk) 18:39, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copied

I think part of the Gizmondo section was directly copied from here. Can anyone think of a good way to rewrite it? I'm going to get rid of the word "conveniently" as it implies a POV (even though I do agree with said POV), but I can't really think of what else to change. -67.163.21.39 03:52, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Updates?

Is he serving time in jail now or is has been deported to Sweden or England? Anyone know? ::Ruth_E

He'll be in jail about year, then he'll be deported. MikeWren 20:17, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Heading job title

As quoting Eriksson is a Swedish businessman from Uppsala who ran the Gizmondo gaming company...

My reply to that quote is, a businessman who runs a company with an intention to embezzle money is a criminal, do anybody think calling him a criminal rather than a businessman would be appropriate even though if that takes the surprise out of the biography. What do you think? Should that be changed. Willirennen 17.53 7 November 2006 (UTC)

That does not conform to Wikipedia's Neutral Point-of-View policy. Do not change it again. — Ocatecir ^T 04:34, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's worth having a look at this article for a lot of info on Stefan, gizmondo and the crash: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/gizmondo.html Copthill 09:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Crash Refrence

http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2006/02/24/news/news1.txt

Jail Time

i read recently in this article http://tech.msn.com/products/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=20910949&imageindex=22 which links to http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/03/former-gizmondo-chief-stefan-eriksson-lands-back-in-jail-in-swe/ that he is back in sweeden. And links to the LA times, is thatenough sourcewise to change the article? http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/03/local/me-ferrari-guy4 i can do a minor edit but i would like some backup on this, ne? Killemall22 (talk) 14:17, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious

199 mph? cnn says its 120

http://news.cnet.com/Ex-Gizmondo-exec-crashes-Ferrari/2100-1043_3-6042278.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.132.139.85 (talk) 22:02, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CNN is wrong. Sgt, Philip Brooks at the Malibu Lost Hills sheriff's station says it was 199 mph. 66.214.92.91 (talk) 17:25, 16 November 2009 (UTC) Hans Laetz, the journalist who took the pictures.[reply]

The correct speed was calculated to be 162 mph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.153.201.233 (talk) 18:41, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not to add more numbers to the article. However, Wired has stated in their article "Gizmondo's Spectacular Crack-Up" that the car was indeed traveling at 194 mph, not 162. Is there any definitive answer to this? Or can we blanket it and say "The car was traveling at speeds in excess of 162 mph." or "Its disputed, however many credible sources report speeds between 162 to 199 mph." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.82.20.242 (talk) 18:34, 6 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BLP Issues

This is sad. Looks like an attack campaign over the game console Gizmundo. This article is filled will peacock terms and weasel words. Statements made in the article are conjectures and not what the references say. There are quite a few Swedish references that I found that could potentially support some of the information, but I am not about to translate them all to find out if the information is correct. For now, I reworded some of the content and removed some of the information that was not sourced. If this guy is notable for being a criminal, there is not way that he passed notability guidelines for WP:CRIME. Sad day for WP:BLP. --JakenBox (talk) 19:25, 17 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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