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Meaning

I'd like to know what "gadget" means, but I'd also like to know what "to have multiple issues" means. Wikipedia should set a standard for English usage, and using this catchall bullshit euphemism should be discouraged as a matter of editorial policy. In other words, I have an issue with "issue" and "multiple issues" should be replaced with "multiple problems" or "multiple shortcomings," or else "there are multiple criticisms of this article" or "this article may not be up to Wikipedia standards for multiple reasons," etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.35.192.217 (talk) 05:19, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

External links

Sorry, maybe I've placed the link in the wrong category. I guess I should have placed it under References and not External links. But why do you say the link I placed was commercial? There was another one, which was not placed by me; may it was that link which made you erase both the text and the link. I ask you to reconsider you decision about my contributions, because I do it for everyone, and if you think logically, there is almost no way (at least yet), you can find sourced information on this particular topic.

I'm writing this to User:Ohnoitsjamie. I see that you like communicating with other members of wikipedia through talk pages so I didn't want to trash up your personal talk page with this message. Siliconov 09:37, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rv

I couldn't find any other classification of gadgets anywhere, so I placed my own classification back. The site I linked to the article is my reference source, I hope you will not see it as a commercial again, as it is not. If you still wish to delete everything I contribute to the community, please give me reasons for that, because I do it for everyone and not for me. I don't benefit from this... Siliconov 07:37, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A review site with ads does not meet WP:Reliable sources criteria. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 07:50, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

2 years later and it is still basically a definition page

Perhaps this needs to be revisited. This article, by the nature of its topic, will not progress further than giving a definition of gadget and a few weak examples (which imo violate pov since what you think is a gadget I might not). Fully 1/2 of this entry is a definition/entymology and the other half can be taken care of by a list. KsprayDad 18:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why is iPhone a "gadget"?

The page says gadgets are often thought of as a "novelty". That infers that the iPhone is a novelty. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.17.80.165 (talk) 14:15, 19 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Intuition for Amiga

Not sure if it is notable enough to include in the main article, but if I rembember correctly from my Amiga days, gadgets was a rather central concept in Intuition (Amiga). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.228.208.145 (talk) 06:56, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the "Application gadgets" subsection I think it should be compared and contrasted to "widget". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.230.215.230 (talk) 02:48, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Can gadgets become non-gadgets due to ubiquitous use?

I think when the telephone became available roughly around 1900 depending on the country, it would in today's language have been called a gadget. When mobile phones became available in the 1990s, they were as well. However, both became absolutely standard over time. While an advanced smartphone may probably still be called a gadget today, when will it be absolute standard like a fixed line phone today? I miss this aspect in the article and think it might be included, provided there are sources available. (Later addition: A Leatherman will probably always be called a gadget, hence the differentiation seems subtle.) Pittigrilli (talk) 19:58, 5 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Effects of gadgets among teenagers

Effects of gadgets among teenagers 120.28.217.49 (talk) 22:20, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]