Template talk:Infobox company

Lets add a slogan

I'm proposing a slogan section where the company slogan can be placed. Fairly OddParents Freak 01:01, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

It used to be part of the template, don't know why it was removed --Zr2d2 (talk) 16:33, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Extensive discussion about the slogan field was held several times and you could find these discussions in the talk page archive (just use search function by typing slogan or slogan field). I personally do not see any need to re-add this field to the infobox. If necessary, you could use for the slogan the caption field. Beagel (talk) 16:52, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Flag icons

The documentation of this infobox says: Do not use flag icons, as this places an unnecessary emphasis on nationality; see MOS:FLAG for a detailed rationale. However, there are still a large number of company articles which still using flag icons in their infoboxes. I propose to use a bot to replace these flag icons with country names. Does anybody know how to request this? Beagel (talk) 13:03, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

I made a request for this task. Before running a bot for these edits, a clear consensus is needed. You are welcome to make your comments. Beagel (talk) 17:58, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

• Support. Replacing mini-flags with the actual names of countries looks like a good move to me. It's inline with policy and, more importantly, it's better for readers. bobrayner (talk) 19:48, 7 August 2011 (UTC)
• Support per WP:MOSICON Gnevin (talk) 15:11, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
• Support per Gnevin. --John (talk) 04:50, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
• Support per the above; this should be an efficient way to resolve the problem of undue visual emphasis on one property (nationality) over many others in such company articles. Regards, HaeB (talk) 08:03, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
• Support per Gnevin. --Mais oui! (talk) 11:25, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
• Support. Obvious. Jpatokal (talk) 08:08, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
• Support. Sensible consistency and removal of undue/redundant attention. —  HELLKNOWZ  ▎TALK 08:01, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Group Companies or Associate Companies

Can we add "Group Companies" or "Associate Companies" in this info box? Please review. Thanks AKS (talk) 08:03, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

I am not sure. For many notable companies this can be a very long list. Currently we have parent, owner, subsidiaries and divisions which covers most interesting cases, when I consider that the infobox is supposed to summarize key information for quick reference. Other kinds of affiliates, such as joint ventures and consortia, are probably best discussed in the body of the article, where they are relevant. Where affiliates are uninteresting or numerous, you can link to a company registration directory such as OpenCorporates, as Wikipedia is not a directory.

See also

• Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Business/Archive_6#OpenCorporates
• Template:OpenCorp
• OpenCorporates groupings

Though I can't guarantee I will change my mind, perhaps you can give an example of how you would see your proposal work in practice.

--Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 11:51, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Obsolete templates and fields

Many pages still use obsolete templates with obsolete fields, which are replaced by new fields ('name', 'logo', 'type' has replaced 'company_name', 'company_logo' and 'company_type') or out of use ('company_slogan', 'slogan'). I propose to use a bot to replace these (in case of 'company_slogan' it should be deleted or as an alternative, replaced by 'caption'). After that, the code of this infobox could be cleaned and simplified which will decrease the amount of information which should be transcluded. Also, bot should be used for replacing redirected templates (e.g. 'Infobox Company', 'Infobox Defunct company', etc) with current 'Infobox company'. Beagel (talk) 18:30, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit request

As mentioned above New field: motto or slogan This field really needs to be added, maybe a RfC to get consensus or some other method to get this done. Comments ? Mlpearc powwow 20:52, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Please get consensus and place your requested (and tested) version on Template:Infobox company/sandbox before making an {{editprotected}} request. Anomie⚔ 23:07, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Appending "(s)" to "Predecessor" and "Successor"

{{edit protected}} Shouldn't the fields "Predecessor" and "Successor" show as "Predecessor(s)" and "Successor(s)" instead? A company may have more than one predecessor and/or successor company, just like it may have more than one founder. Should the fields "Industry" and "Parent" be changed similarly? Thanks. —{|Retro00064|☎talk|✍contribs|} 06:04, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Support for "Predecessor" or "Successor" fields. Beagel (talk) 13:50, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Y Done  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 00:45, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

How does one report quarterly or bi-annual results (eg revenue, profit etc)?

For example I'm trying to update the infobox for 8ta with information from here. Since the company is fairly new it doesn't have a full years revenue, only 6 months of R301m. What can I do? Meepdeedoo (talk) 23:46, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Typically only annual results are reported; however until these become available you can just put half-year numbers into the infobox fields. Just make it clear exactly which period of time the numbers refer to. Gr1st (talk) 10:25, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

traded_as needs revision; Proposed: Component_of

The traded_as field is being used to list not just exchanges and symbols, but also indexes in which the company is a component. For an example see: General Electric where you'll find the following (with <br /> changed to returns for readability):

|traded_as = {{New York Stock Exchange|GE}}{{Nasdaq|GE}}
[[Dow Jones Industrial Average|Dow Jones Component]]
[[S&P 500|S&P 500 Component]]
[[Dow Jones Composite Average|Dow Jones Composite Component]]
[[The Global Dow|The Global Dow Component]]

In the event the GE article no longer contains these references here's the permlink to the current version @ the time of this writing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Electric&oldid=470172512 (how do you make internal permlinks??)

Therefore, I humbly propose the following:

The template Infobox_company should be extended to include a new field: Component_of in which should be enumerated any stock market index(es) of which the company is a component.

If I should make this proposal elsewhere, please let me know where and how I should make this proposal --TMH (talk) 20:02, 17 January 2012 (UTC)