Talk:Text messaging

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This article was formed from parts of the Short message service article, as per the consensus at Talk:Short message service#Split suggestion. There is still some commonality between the 2 articles, but all the social aspects have been (or are about to be) removed from that article. Carre 13:46, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] Mobile Campus

I am a UF student and our campus got this service 2 years ago. Basically, the company makes a profit through opt-in advertising while also texting campus alerts (canceled classes, campus emergencies, etc.). I could not find a date but I think it deserves a bullet on the "Academic" impact list. Press releases here: http://www.mobilecampus.com/FAQs/tabid/Press/tabid/59/Default.aspx, main website here: http://www.mobilecampus.com/Default.aspx?base The press releases start in 2005 but the service existed at other campuses before then, however I can't trace down an exact date. Thanks, 66.253.134.235 06:02, 28 September 2007 (UTC)


if u deleted ur mobile messages .. is there a way for people to read them .. for example the police? plz respond —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.149.187 (talk) 17:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

With a court order (warrant) it is possible for law enforcement to get a copy of messages sent and received as this is all passed through phone companies communication systems. --ČσъяạβҜ †Talk† 22:24, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Loose sentencing

At the bottom of the introduction it says:

"Canadian Cellular Carriers (Bell, Rogers, Telus, Fido, Solo Mobile, Virgin Mobile, SaskTel, MTS, Aliant)"

There is no period, and no reference to anything else. Are these names services that do not charge for received messages, as discussed above? Or are they something else? Someone please fix this, as I have no idea what these companies have in common with the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazy coyote (talk • contribs) 04:31, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 143

I've never seen 143. But isn't it "one for free", instead of "I love you"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.161.4.111 (talk) 14:31, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't know about 'one for free', but I can understand that 143 is the number of letters in each word for the phrase 'I love you'. Does this help your concern at all?Heytaytay99 (talk) 10:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Language

I was just wondering if there is any way to warn readers that there is explicit language in an article. Children often surf Wikipedia and this really isn't the sort of language we want them to repeat. I know there are worse articles but is this language really nescessary in this case? Please post comments/ideas/answers etc.Heytaytay99 (talk) 10:32, 27 April 2008 (UTC)