Please don't merge these articles -- see Talk:Kiosk. <KF> 23:47, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

I have done it the other way round, i e put the final part of the Kiosk article here. This article still has to be wikified, hopefully by someone who won't create too many (double) redirects. <KF> 12:00, August 24, 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Unverified information 2 promotional links 3 kiosk history 4 related links 5 related links are duplicates

[edit] Unverified information

Is there a reliable source for the information that says Japan has as many vending machines and internet kiosks as it has people? If it is true, it still sounds like a fairly outlandish claim that could damage the article's credibility; a source to quote on statistics is nice. 11:48, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

(moved) "They are particularly common in Japan, where the number of vending machines and Internet-connected kiosks is probably greater than the human population." Vending machines states that Japan has approximately 23 vending machines per capita; I very much doubt that this statement can be verified. Insomnius 18:27, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] promotional links

There are several manufacturers of Vending kiosks and the Redbox link and Solection link (no longer exists) should be removed? The self-order kiosk from Acrelec should be removed.

Personally the Internet Kiosk page is really no place for any of these other sectors such as Vending or Movie Ticket/etc. We've defaulted to just included all verticals on this one vertical page.

7/2008 -- Suggestions for kiosk in general

Good to see information about archaic kiosks (buildings where news distributed). Question is what is best: talking about kiosks (electronic) that are relevant and used primarily and subjugating the archaic?

Archaic buildings like that (and POP fixtures in malls for that matter) are relevant but focusing on them tends to communicate that they are predominant, and they are not.

Also -- the subpages like Internet Kiosk should be about internet kiosks. The internet kiosk page for the last 4 years has mutated into a everything you need to know about kiosks in general and relatively nothing about internet kiosks (ie pay for use cybercafes of which there are 10s of thousands in China. Maybe we don't want to talk about those?

[edit] kiosk history

I recommend adding back in the Kiosk History off craig keefner's site. Craig began in kiosks 15 years ago as moderator for newsgroup CIK and founded the current kiosk association at selfservice.org and his history has milestones/events in the "Electronic Kiosk" industry that are found nowhere else.

[edit] related links

You still have promotional links from people on this page that are not mainstream players in the interactive kiosk market. they are using this page for promo purpose (acrelac for example). They don't even register on published research radar. Ckeefner (talk) 03:23, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] related links are duplicates

There is a page for self-service kiosks? How is that different from interactive kiosks? Or is it just a new page created so that someone else can promote that phrase since they have websites for paid content for that phrase? Ckeefner (talk) 03:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)