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Factual Inconsistancies

As it stands, the name of the company is still Research in Motion. Thus, the RIM logo should still be in the infobox. Therefor, I propose moving the page back to Research in Motion until the name change is official. However, I think the BlackBerry logo should appear somewhere in the article. Carl Quintinilla, who's at the BlackBerry 10 launch event, just said the name won't change until February 4.

Would a mod please watch the article for vandalism regarding the name and ticker symbols or block edits to that info until February 4? Michealin (talk) 18:01, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Honest well intended changes are not and have been vandalism. --Cameron Scott (talk) 07:11, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I got into an edit war with someone and tired of making the same changes over and over. Michealin (talk) 14:17, 31 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the company is still called Research in Motion Ltd, and should not have been renamed. Danrok (talk) 21:30, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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– The company that owns the brand should be primary especially considering the company is now the brand. Fortunately there is no phone called the BlackBerry BlackBerry Z10. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 10:15, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment this nomination doesn't make sense, you can't move two articles to the same location, so there's something wrong with the second move in the multimove. "BlackBerry" -> "BlackBerry" changes nothing on that count. And merger requests don't use WP:RM. -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 15:18, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, sorry about that. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 20:57, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Oppose the line of devices is the primary topic. Especially since the company was until a few days ago, Research in Motion, so hardly qualifies as being the thing known as "BlackBerry". And even if it weren't the case, it's still the line of products and not the company that is known as crackberries/BlackBerries. -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 15:18, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Strongest Oppose: The company and brand have two distinct histories, and (until a few days ago) had distinct identities too. And also, well, this isn't a valid "move" either. ViperSnake151 Talk 16:16, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, for reasons listed above. 75.130.102.69 (talk) 19:13, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(break to denote comments before correction. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 00:34, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This may be workable in the future but the company has only been know as BlackBerry for less than a week while the product line has been known as such for over a decade. Thre is no way that the company is better known under this term due to this time frame.--174.93.160.57 (talk) 21:59, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Revision as of 00:34, 3 February 2013 edit Schierbecker (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, File movers, New page reviewers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 57,122 edits m →Proposed move: line break ← Previous edit		Revision as of 01:45, 3 February 2013 edit undo 174.93.160.57 (talk) →Proposed move Next edit →
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	(break to denote comments before [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ABlackBerry_%28company%29&diff=536246414&oldid=536231018 correction]. [[User:Marcus Qwertyus\|Marcus Qwertyus]] ([[User talk:Marcus Qwertyus\|talk]]) 00:34, 3 February 2013 (UTC)		(break to denote comments before [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3ABlackBerry_%28company%29&diff=536246414&oldid=536231018 correction]. [[User:Marcus Qwertyus\|Marcus Qwertyus]] ([[User talk:Marcus Qwertyus\|talk]]) 00:34, 3 February 2013 (UTC)
	*'''Oppose''' This may ~~make~~ ~~sense~~ in the future but the company has only been know as BlackBerry for less than a week while the product line has been known as such for over a decade. Thre is no way that the company is better known under this term due to this time frame.--[[Special:Contributions/174.93.160.57\|174.93.160.57]] ([[User talk:174.93.160.57\|talk]]) 21:59, 2 February 2013 (UTC)		*'''Oppose''' This may be workable in the future but the company has only been know as BlackBerry for less than a week while the product line has been known as such for over a decade. Thre is no way that the company is better known under this term due to this time frame.--[[Special:Contributions/174.93.160.57\|174.93.160.57]] ([[User talk:174.93.160.57\|talk]]) 21:59, 2 February 2013 (UTC)