Talk:Ross Video

This article has been tagged as COI since 2019 in https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross_Video&diff=914438432&oldid=910980988&diffmode=source . The tag mentions "may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments", "contains content that is written like an advertisement", and "discuss these issues on the talk page", but there is no discussion here. I could not find any detailed explanation (only accusations) in the article's history or this talk page's history, and I don't see why it's COI. What are the specific paragraphs and edits that are problematic?

I am not associated with Ross Video. I saw many of their job postings but did not apply to any of them. I came to Wikipedia to find information about this company, only to be greeted with that orange box and a lack of information in the article body. I only gained some understanding after reading https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ross_Video&oldid=769761919 . Most of the removals come from IP editors that don't discuss things on this talk page. Without any explanation or discussion, we can't tell if those IP editors are competitors removing content for their own COI. Daniel.z.tg (talk) 03:00, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

If you click on the WHOIS link for the IP address that edited the page between October and December of last year, you'll see that it's in a block of Rogers Communications IP addresses that are assigned to Ross Video itself. Assuming that's correct, things are probably the exact opposite of what they seem.

As for the COI tag, I would note that User:Timetrials was blocked a few weeks after editing the page on grounds of COI editing, along with User:Emma060401, as well as both being said to be sockpuppets of each other. It seems like the main focus of their COI edits was another company, though Timetrials said on their talk page that they had worked for Ross Video in the past. There's something at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard/Archive 149 that refers to them. As a checkuser elsewhere I have no access that you don't have to anything here, but I'm acutely aware that there are strict rules governing how much can be said about the information that led to the blocks. Suffice it to say that it normally takes a checkuser investigation to uncover sockpuppetry, and disclosure of information obtained by checkusers is tightly regulated by the privacy policy.

As you mentioned, there are edit summaries from a couple of years before that noting that the article read like the product of COI, but the actual tagging was at the same time as the blocks referred to above. Chuck Entz (talk) 03:54, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

Conflict of interest disclosure: I am the CEO and owner of Ross Video and therefore have a conflict of interest with respect to this article. In accordance with Wikipedia’s COI guidelines, I am not editing the article directly and am requesting that independent editors review the following proposed factual updates. Editors are welcome to reword, trim, or decline any portion as appropriate.

Purpose of request: The Ross Video article contains multiple maintenance warnings related to outdated information, promotional tone, and neutrality. The proposed changes below are intended as a Phase-1 factual cleanup only, focusing on accuracy, currency, and neutral tone rather than expansion. The wording provided is illustrative only; the intent is to describe the factual end state rather than require specific phrasing.

1. Lead section – company scope and locations

Issue: The lead does not reflect the company’s current scope (software and services) and contains outdated location wording.

Proposed replacement text (lead paragraphs): “Ross Video Ltd. is a privately held Canadian company that designs and manufactures equipment for live event and video production. Founded in 1974, the company initially focused on broadcast hardware and has since expanded to offer software and services for live and recorded video production.

Ross Video’s headquarters and manufacturing operations are located in Iroquois, Ontario, Canada, while its main corporate office and largest research and development facilities are in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The company operates internationally, with major sales and support offices in locations including Reading, England; Singapore; and Beijing.”

2. History section – cleanup and modernization

Issues addressed: • History ends prematurely • Outdated or time-bound claims • Promotional customer and event listings

Proposed revisions: – Remove outdated or time-sensitive claims – Remove promotional customer and event name-dropping – Retain founding and early technical history – Add a neutral paragraph noting expansion beyond hardware into software and services

Proposed concluding paragraph addition: “While Ross Video was initially focused on the design and manufacture of broadcast hardware, the company has since expanded to include software- and services-based offerings. Its operations include Ross Production Services, a full-service video production company specializing in live sports production; Ross Spidercam, which designs and operates cable-suspended camera systems for large venues worldwide; and Rocket Surgery, which provides creative services focused on broadcast graphics and visual content.”

3. Acquisitions section – correction and extension

Issues addressed: • Internal inconsistency in acquisition counts • Timeline ending in 2021 • Missing recent acquisitions

Proposed changes: – Update the acquisition date range to 2009–2025 – Remove explicit acquisition counts to reduce future inaccuracies – Add recent acquisitions using the existing parenthetical format

Proposed revised section opening: “From 2009 to 2025, Ross Video has acquired a number of companies, including:”

Additions to the existing list: • Bannister Lake (HTML5 Graphics Platform) • EagleEye (Cable Camera System) • LAMA – Lean and Mean Audio (Software-based Audio Mixing) • ioversal (Experiential AV Production Systems)

These proposed changes are intended to improve accuracy, reduce promotional tone, and bring the article up to date. Thank you for considering this request. DavidRoss65 (talk) 01:02, 9 January 2026 (UTC)

With no sources to support any changes, and no requests in the form "Please change A to B" I doubt any outcome will come of this request. Walter Ego 08:50, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

The user below has a request that an edit be made to Ross Video. That user has an actual or apparent conflict of interest. The requested edits backlog is very high. Please be extremely patient. There are currently 404 requests waiting for review. Please read the instructions for the parameters used by this template for accepting and declining them, and review the request below and make the edit if it is well sourced, neutral, and follows other Wikipedia guidelines and policies.

(retrying with a different type of tag) I am the CEO of Ross Video and have a conflict of interest regarding this page. I am requesting a factual update to the "Acquisitions" section to include four missing entries from 2024 and 2025. These are simple historical records with independent industry citations.

Please change the existing list of aquistions to append the following: • Bannister Lake Software (2024) HTML5 graphics. • EagleEye (2025) – Cable camera systems from SEC.Swiss. • LAMA (2025) – Live audio mixing software. • ioversal (2025) – Experiential AV and Vertex platform.

I have provided these third-party trade news citations to comply with WP:V and WP:RS. Thank you, David Ross DavidRoss65 (talk) 00:23, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: The {{edit semi-protected}} template is for requesting changes to semi-protected pages. For conflict of interest requests, please use {{Edit COI}} instead. 🍅 fx (talk) 01:27, 15 February 2026 (UTC)