Talk:National Do Not Call List/Archives/2012

Page name

I have made some additions to this page. I hope they are ok. One thing I am not sure how to do (amongst many!) is that the page really ought to be renamed. The United_States_National_Do_Not_Call_Registry, after which this page has been patterned, has created the name of this page. But in Canada, it is not a Registry. The Legislation creates a Do Not Call List instead. Is there a way to change the page name? If it is made, will someone who looks for the old name still find it? kgw 07:41, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi kgw! The way to change the name is to move it (using the move button, to the right of the history button at the top of the page). You can be bold and move it yourself, or follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Requested moves to have a discussion about the move.--Commander Keane 07:48, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

References

Hi, I have heard that the canadian do not call list has lead to an increase in telemarketer calls, due to the fact that it is not enforcable by law in countries outside canada (thus, telemarketers from places such as, say, the US call people on the list (in part due to Canadian telemarketers(?) handing out the numbers). I have had this experience, personally, but I am wondering where additional information on this, online (or offline) might be found.68.146.14.97 (talk) 03:08, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Did you see the 3 references linked in the article in the Canadian Do Not Call List#Criticism section already? If you want more specific information, you could try asking at the Reference desk. Hope that helps. -- Quiddity (talk) 04:11, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Bias

This article appears to be very biased. It ignores surveys that find the list to be effective by the vast majority of Canadians, and makes claims about the way other national do not call lists work without references (ie: hashing of phone numbers) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.114.145.115 (talk • contribs) 17:05, 23 March 2009

Tag needed refs like so. Hope that helps. -- Quiddity (talk) 17:24, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

I tagged some more needed refs. Are the remarks on hashing and honey pots original research? The hashing idea is particularly dumb: since there are at most 10 billion phone numbers, anyone with a laptop can compute the hashes for all of them in at most a few hours. Distributing a list of hashes is no better than distributing the phone numbers in plain text. 142.68.88.26 (talk) 03:09, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Recent changes

Article needs to be updated. Since the start of 2011 those lodging complaints about telemarketer calls under the DNCL must provide full contact information (previously this was optional) and this information may be provided to the telemarketer during the investigation. In other words, the CRTC quietly eliminated the ability for one to make anonymous reports. Ironically, this occurred just as the number of telemarketing calls actually coming from Canadian area codes is increasing. 68.146.64.9 (talk) 18:34, 11 January 2011 (UTC)