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Requested move 18 December 2020[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Not moved per WP:SNOW (closed by non-admin page mover) -- Calidum 12:33, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

Netflix → Netflix Inc. – The page will talk about how the Netflix company fits into Inc. As it is hard to read about the company itself (or the streaming service) only, this article should be only about Netflix Inc. while there should a new article about the streaming service. Also, this article is too long, as it is about both of them. — HoneymoonAve27 (talk) 16:54, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Oppose per WP:NCCORP saying, "Convention: The legal status suffix of a company (such as Inc., plc, LLC, and those in other languages such as GmbH, AG, and S.A.) is not normally included in the article title." If the article is too long, then the extended business or streaming-service content can be WP:SPLIT into a sub-article with a summary section left behind. I do not see a move as a solution here. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 17:03, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
Oppose per above, although EB uses "Netflix-Inc" in the URL it uses plain "Netflix" in the title and notes "Netflix, Inc." as an alternative title. Crouch, Swale (talk) 17:25, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
Oppose per the above. Netflix is also the WP:COMMONNAME. BD2412 T 20:59, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
Oppose per the above. The problem is that much of the news about the company is also news about its streaming service, so it's very difficult to cleanly disentangle them. I see only three sections that wouldn't overlap: the early history of Netflix when it was a DVD-by-mail service, the corporate culture part (which relates solely to the company), and the awards given to the streaming service. Everything else would overlap so we would end up with two overlapping articles which would be impossible to maintain properly. We already have hundreds of such disasters on Wikipedia and no one has the time, energy, or interest to fix them. --Coolcaesar (talk) 23:28, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
Oppose Per WP:COMMONNAME._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 01:31, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
Oppose per all the above. Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 09:13, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

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Kibble[edit]

So... apparently... according to Marc Randolph, he initially called Netflix "Kibble". https://www.quora.com/How-did-anyone-come-up-with-the-name-Netflix

Is this worth adding to the article?

Talk:Netflix

Requested move 18 December 2020[edit]

Kibble[edit]

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