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Contents 1 Item "Vision" 2 Production output 3 Owner 4 Flag icons 5 Coords

[edit] Item "Vision"

The Template:Infobox Company needs an item to write a company's vision. The vision explains shortly the idea about founding a company. Fanoftheworld (talk) 22:53, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Whether independently added or not, there is almost always going to be an inherent pro-company bias in stating its "vision". In any case, such a item would in my view act as a magnet for corp-speak spam from companies' PR departments. Gr1st (talk) 07:11, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

If a company's PR department adds some advertisement to the item "Vision", then we can always remove this advertisement, like we can in the whole article.

I don't see it could act as a magnet for corp-speak spam, because the companies can always write about themself on Wikipedia, for example can everybody create a section in an article. Fanoftheworld (talk) 08:28, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

A company's "vision" is a nebulous mission statement. Infobox templates are there to provide at-a-glance comparative information. The proposed attribute doesn't fit with that functionality. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 09:08, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

I think it would be a mistake too. It would be placing an inherently biased statement in a prominent position within the article. Jll (talk) 10:00, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

Exactly, mission statements are pure PR fluff and inappropriate for an ibox. I'm not sure why we even allow them in the bodies of articles. – ukexpat (talk) 21:50, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Production output

What is "Production output" at the end of the infobox? Fanoftheworld (talk) 08:23, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

No one knows? Fanoftheworld (talk) 12:55, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

It is how many widgets the company makes per year. There is an example here. Jll (talk) 07:21, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you.

There is a mistake regarding the layout. When writing the "Production output" it is placed between "Products" and "Services", which I by the way think is a correct placement. But when you have saved the page, "Production output" is at the end of the infobox. Fanoftheworld (talk) 21:25, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Where is the discussion about adding this parameter? It seems a meaningless concept to me unless the company makes just one product. How is it supposed to apply to multi-product companies like Dow, Bayer, BASF or DuPont? – ukexpat (talk) 21:48, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

I see that the problem is solved today. Fanoftheworld (talk) 13:18, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Owner

The link in the template to [[Owner]] needs to be changed to [[Ownership|Owner]]. TJ Spyke 01:16, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Y Done — Huntster (t • @ • c) 01:23, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Flag icons

What is the guidance on flag icons in the infobox? I detest the things, but some company articles seem to use them. --Biker Biker (talk) 21:55, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Manual of Style (icons)#Flags is Wikipedia's guidance on Flags. Basically, if they have very strong relevance, then it might be okay, otherwise, avoid at all cost. Really though, I see no reason why they should be used in this infobox. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 22:58, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Coords

Can we add an optional field for coordinates to display directly below the location fields? Aboutmovies (talk) 06:48, 2 July 2009 (UTC)