Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Brands/Archive 1

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Photo, and a tangential comment.

I like the photo. It looks rather Gursky!

However, I do sometimes worry that - like the photo - en.wikipedia focusses on brands of retail goods; service brands, and brands which aren't bought by the typical reader (ie. B2B rather than B2C), often get overlooked. Hopefully this project won't get stuck in that rut! bobrayner (talk) 12:00, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. I always tell people "consumers and tech pros write Wikipedia, not CEOs"

The other big gap is feminine products/brands. CorporateM (Talk) 13:47, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Brand article consolidation

A while back I went to improve the article on brand management, but realized I needed to consolidate about 20 some-odd articles before I proceed. It fell off my radar, because I felt I needed more input and collaboration from others, but below is the rough plan I had for consolidation if anyone cares to comment or help out. CorporateM (Talk) 13:32, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Brand article consolidation plan

Remaining articles after merge Brand: Definitions of components of brands can be consolidated here, except where they exceed WP:LENGTH Brand management: The act or profession of managing a brand and various methodologies/tactics can be consolidated here, except where they exceed WP:LENGTH Brand loyalty: Broken out to a separate article from Brand per WP:LENGTH using summary style on Brand Green brands: Broken out to a separate article from Brand per WP:LENGTH with some information in the brand management article Employer branding: Broken out to a separate article from Brand per WP:LENGTH using summary style on Brand Merged articles Visual brand language - > Brand#Visual_brand_identity Brand evangelism -> Merge already suggested to Evangelism marketing Brand equity -> Methodologies to Brand management; definition to Brand with trimming Brand architecture -> Brand#brand architecture Brand tribalism -> Brand community#Concepts Brand engagement -> Brand management#Brand engagement Family branding -> Brand management#Methodologies Umbrella brand -> Brand management#Methodologies (merged with family branding) Corporate branding -> First half that is definition oriented -> Branding; second half to Brand management Brand language -> Brand management#Language. Most of this can be trimmed and has little to do with language specifically. Brand aversion -> Brand loyalty Individual branding -> Personal branding -> Brand#Personal brand Aspirational brand - left alone Brand community -> Brand loyalty? or Brand management? Brand implementation -> Brand management Brand orientation -> Brand management or Brand? Co-branding -> Brand management#Concepts or #Strategies

• There are some very logical suggestions here, and some WP:BOLD editing can better-organize much of this content. Regarding the Brand community article being merged to either Brand loyalty or Brand management, this is a close call regarding which merge target to choose because they're all closely related. I'm leaning toward Brand loyalty as the merge target because it seems to be a slightly better fit. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:15, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

How does this wikiproject plan to deal with missing brand categories?

Forgive me if I am posting something that does not make sense – I am new to this.

I was looking at Category:Brands by product type but could not find ammunition there. However Category:Ammunition manufacturers does exist. So I am wondering why this type of brand does not exist? Ottawahitech (talk) 01:03, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

There's a lot of big stuff missing from that category, not just ammunition. I'll look at expanding the category tree a bit, although some branches would be redundant if we don't have much article-space coverage as yet... bobrayner (talk) 12:32, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

• I have started building a new category Category:Firearm brands‎ in Category:Brands by product type. However, it will take some work because it needs populating and not all the articles in it are about the brand but rather the company or one of its products, so if anyone can help it would be much appreciated. I will try to add some articles to Category:Financial services brands next. Ottawahitech (talk) 02:04, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Logo Quiz: a useful to-do list of missing brands

I previously posted the following at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Companies, and did not get a response. Maybe this WikiProject is a better venue?

Logo Quiz is one of the most popular games nowadays for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. In total there are 9 levels and in each level you have to discover the name of the brand / company. A partial logo is shown and you have to guess it correctly

— logo-quizanswers.net home page

Though this is hardly a reliable criterion for notability; I am suggesting this as a sort of to-do list for article creation:

All the logos in this game (by "Bubble Quiz Games"?) are purported to be "famous", especially those in the game's lower levels, but many of the companies mentioned by the above website as solutions to the quiz have no Wikipedia article. As I am especially ignorant of brands, can someone acquainted with better-known brands check the list provided there and see which famous brands are missing from Wikipedia?

הסרפד (Hasirpad) [formerly Ratz...bo] 18:24, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

• Hello User:הסרפד (Hasirpad). Thanks for the suggestion. I've added your request to the project's Article to-do list as an article request. Northamerica1000^(talk) 16:58, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

I think you've misunderstood my suggestion.

I'm not requesting an article on Logo Quiz; it probably isn't a very notable game. However, the website I linked lists all the logos used in the game, which are supposed to be relatively well known logos (or the game wouldn't be fair, would it?); Wikipedia is missing many of the brands whose logos are included there (in the higher levels of the game), and many of them probably should have articles. הסרפד (Hasirpad) [formerly Ratz...bo] 19:19, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

I see. I removed the article request for Logo Quiz from the Article to-do page. Perhaps you can list the names of potential articles at the Article to-do list (under article requests) that you feel should be included in the encyclopedia. Northamerica1000^(talk) 06:04, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Article statistics error message

Am I the only editor who gets Total results: Error when clicking on a number in Wikipedia:WikiProject_Brands#Article_statistics? Ottawahitech (talk) 20:53, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

I get the same. Don't some of the bots/tools for this run daily? It's a new project; perhaps it will bed down in the next day or two... bobrayner (talk) 21:15, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

• This matter is in the process of being corrected. I notified an operator of the User:WP 1.0 bot on their talk page (User:Theopolisme) a couple of days ago, and they are in the process of helping to correct the matter. I was advised there that it is going to take a bit of time. For further information, please see: User talk:Theopolisme#Question regarding WP 1.0 bot. Northamerica1000^(talk) 09:52, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

• Everything is working now; let me know if I can do anything else! —Theopolisme 16:19, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

It looks great, and thanks so much for your assistance regarding this matter. It is much appreciated! Happy holidays! Northamerica1000^(talk) 16:33, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

BRANDS or Brands?

When I search wikipedia for wp:Brands I find myself in Wikipedia:Notability (breweries)

If I search wp:BRANDS I get to this wikiproject.

Can someone please tell me what the official name of this wikiproject is and how to best find it at wikipedia? Ottawahitech (talk) 15:34, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I have changed the redirect to point here. bobrayner (talk) 15:59, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

• @bobrayner, thanks works great. Now if only I could type in wp brands into the wiki-search box (without the ":")...  :-) Ottawahitech (talk) 17:00, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

• Y Done deal. Click on this new redirect link: wp brands. Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:37, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

• I followed your example and created wpt brands - hope it is OK? Ottawahitech (talk) 13:36, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Automatically updating talk pages with the project banner – DodoBot AnomieBOT

User:DodoBot can automatically tag articles with this project's banner working from the categories of this project's focus. The bot also has some abilities to perform various auto-assessments (e.g. based on stub tags in articles, article length, and other factors). It would take some work and time to accomplish, particularly to create the pages for the bot to work from. Here's an example page from WikiProject Toronto regarding how the list would need to be formatted (with this project's categories, of course), which the bot reads from. Here is the relevant information:

• User:DodoBot/Process
• User talk:DodoBot/Requests

— Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:57, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

That will probably work. TBrandley 16:00, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

• Note: The editor that manages DodoBot hasn't contributed to Wikipedia since around late-November, 2012, so here are some options below. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:25, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Additional automated tagging options

• User:AnomieBOT

• A discussion is occurring at User talk:Anomie#WikiProject Brands and AnomieBOT regarding utilizing AnomieBOT. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:45, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

• User:TinucherianBot

—Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:18, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Update

I'm currently working on a master list for AnomieBOT to read from. It will take some time, as I want it to be accurate and focused upon topics that are very specific to this project's scope. When it is completed, I will post it on this talk page for people's perusal and to obtain input. Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:29, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

• The list has been completed and posted on this talk page, see below at Proceeding with automatic project banner tagging using AnomieBOT. Northamerica1000^(talk) 17:41, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

Brand piracy

Maybe this article should be merged with Counterfeit consumer goods. NordhornerII (talk) _The man from Nordhorn 01:27, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

• Yes, there seems to be a connection between brands and trademarks. But what exactly is the connection? Ottawahitech (talk) 22:52, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Trademarks are a subset of brands. All trademarks are "brands", but not all brands are trademarks. Trademarking is just a way to legally protect a brand and insure exclusive use of the brand name, for the purpose of preventing confusing and dilution in the marketplace. To a degree, it is even consumer protection. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 16:56, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Trademarks are filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). According to USPTO, there are four types of trademarks: Trademarks, service marks, collective marks and certification marks. They are specific symbols, phrases or imagery used to identify a product or service and distinguish it from others.

Our article on Brand currently uses the definition set by the American Marketing Association's term dictionary[1], which sounds identical to the definition of trademarks. Different sources define brand differently and it's a very ambiguous word. I would advocate for a more sophisticated definition tied to brand qualities, reputation, etc. I am a fan of the KitchenAid brand, because I have gotten good products from them, not because of their trademark. Their brand has a reputation with me. CorporateM (Talk) 18:33, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

TAFI

Hello, Please note that Brand management, which is within this project's scope, has been selected to become a Today's Article for Improvement. The article is currently in the TAFI Holding Area, where comments are welcome about ideas to improve it. After the article is moved from the holding area to the TAFI schedule, it will appear on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Today's Article for Improvement" section for one week. Everyone is invited to participate in the discussion and encouraged to collaborate to improve the article. Thank you, TheOriginalSoni (talk) 07:38, 27 January 2013 (UTC) (From the TAFI team)

FYI - it's scheduled for March 2nd. CorporateM (Talk) 18:20, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Motor vehicle models

Since we have the category Category:Vehicles by brand, it appears that motor vehicle, automobile and motorcycle model talk pages should be tagged with {{WikiProject Brands}}, the project banner template (e.g. such as on the Ford Model T talk page). In conventional usage, the make typically refers to the manufacturer, while the model refers to the specific product, so articles about the motor vehicle companies should not be tagged, except perhaps in cases when the model is the same as the company name and the information is all in one article. Per a new discussion on my talk page regarding this matter, I'm posting this here for people's input. It appears that motor vehicle models are within the scope of this project. Northamerica1000^(talk) 12:55, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

I think something like a car model or motorcycle model can only become a brand when it becomes better known than its manufacturer, or can be identified separately from the manufacturer. On that basis, The Model T Ford isn't a brand, but the Mini is because it moved through several British owners before landing with BMW - and it is know ubiquitously as the Mini, not the BMW Mini. I can't think of many cars that would qualify - perhaps the Corvette is one. Similarly with motorcycles, nearly all of the models go hand-in-hand with the manufacturer's name so the brand is the manufacturer. --Biker Biker (talk) 16:09, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the Ford Model T: It was a specific model (sometimes referred to as a marque) that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. In this respect, the article is worthy of the project's banner tag, because it was a specific model distributed by the company, whereas the Ford Motor Company article's talk page should not be tagged, because that topic is about the company itself. Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:38, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

I am chiming in too late, but my conceptual framework of this would be Company -> Brand -> Product

For example

• Company: Microsoft, Brand: Windows, Product: Windows 98
• Company: Kawasaki, Brand: Ninja, Product: Ninja 500 (my first bike)

So articles on a series or suite of products would fall under a Brand, while articles about specific models would be products. CorporateM (Talk) 18:40, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm also too late, but my understanding coincides with CorporateM's. In addition, I disagree with Northamerica1000's interpretation of "marque" as a synonym for "model"; indeed Brand says: "Marque or make are often used to denote a brand of motor vehicle, which may be distinguished from a car model." (the italics are from the article; the bolding is mine). For what it's worth, I'm not in favour of motor vehicle model articles (e.g. Ford Model T) being tagged with {{WikiProject Brands}}. DH85868993 (talk) 23:58, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Proceeding with automatic project banner tagging using AnomieBOT

The following below are the relevant lists of categories and subcategories for AnomieBOT to read from to perform automatic talk page tagging with this project's banner. A great deal of time, cross-checking, double-checking, etc. went into compiling this list, to maintain very high accuracy and precision, so that only relevant categories are present. Everything has been double-checked to eliminate duplicate entries. I have manually checked all the way through all of the category trees that are part of the project's scope, to ensure that none were missed. Many categories that are not based upon brands (e.g. companies) are not included.

Brands, Products by brand and Brand management categories

3M brands Abercrombie & Fitch brands ACCO Brands brands Accor brands Acer mobile phones Adidas brands Affinity Gaming Ajegroup brands Alcatel mobile phones Alliance Boots brands Altadis brands Alticor brands Altria Group brands Alza brands American beer brands American brands American Licorice Company brands Ameristar casinos Amoi mobile phones Amstrad Amstrad CPC Amway brands Anheuser-Busch beer brands Annabelle Candy Company brands Apex Tool Group brands Appellations Apple Inc. mobile phones Argentine brands Art materials brands Associated British Foods brands Asus mobile phones Athletic shoe brands Audio branding August Storck brands Australian alcoholic beverages Australian beer brands Australian beverages Australian brands Australian vodkas Austrian brands Automatic transmission tradenames Automotive fuel brands Automotive technology tradenames Backus and Johnston brands Bada (operating system) Bakelite Bandai brands Barbadian brands Bata Shoes Bayer brands Beer brands Beer brands of Germany Beer brands of Italy Beer brands of Italy Beer brands of the United Kingdom Beiersdorf brands Belgian brands Benelli Benelli semi-automatic pistols BenQ mobile phones Beretta firearms Beretta pistols Beretta submachine guns BlackBerry mobile phones Bottled water brands Brand management Brand name alcohol products Brand name beverage products Brand name biscuits (British style) Brand name breads Brand name chocolate Brand name condiments Brand name confectionery Brand name cookies Brand name crackers Brand name dairy products Brand name desserts Brand name diet products Brand name food products Brand name food products stubs Brand name frozen desserts Brand name hot dogs Brand name materials Brand name meats Brand name pies Brand name potato chips and crisps Brand name poultry Brand name products stubs Brand name snack foods Brand name soups Brand name yogurts Brand valuation Branding companies Branding consultants Branding organizations Branding terminology Branding terminology Brands Brands by company Brands by country Brands by product type Brands of toothpaste Brazilian brands Breakfast cereal companies Breakfast cereals Breakfast cereals by company Breath mints British American Tobacco brands British beverage brands British brands British pie brands British Rail brands Brown-Forman brands Bus transport brands Cadbury Adams brands Cadbury brands Cadbury UK products Cadbury-Schweppes brands Cameras by brand Campbell Soup Company brands Canadian beer brands Canadian brands Candy bars Canon cameras Canon ELPH cameras Canon EOS 35 mm cameras Canon EOS accessories Canon EOS APS cameras Canon EOS cameras Canon EOS DSLR cameras Canon EOS film cameras Canon FD cameras Canon FL cameras Canon flashes Canon PowerShot cameras Canon R cameras Carter-Wallace Casio brands Casio cameras Casio mobile phones Casio watches Cat food brands Cendant brands Cereal advertising characters Cereal bars Cereal box covers Certification marks Certification marks in India Chevron Corporation brands Chewing gum Chewing tobacco brands ChexKellogg Company brands Chilean brands Chinese brands Chinese cigarette brands Choice Hotels brands Church & Dwight brands Cigar brands Cigarette brands Cigarette lighter brands Cigarette rolling papers Clock brands Clorox brands Clothing brands Clothing brands by country Clothing brands by type Clothing brands of Australia Clothing brands of China Clothing brands of France Clothing brands of Germany Clothing brands of Hong Kong Clothing brands of India Clothing brands of Italy Clothing brands of Japan Clothing brands of Pakistan Clothing brands of Portugal Clothing brands of Romania Clothing brands of Serbia Clothing brands of South Korea Clothing brands of Spain Clothing brands of the Netherlands Clothing brands of the Philippines Clothing brands of the United Kingdom Clothing brands of the United States Coca-Cola brands Coffee brands Cola brands Colgate-Palmolive brands Combe Incorporated brands ConAgra Foods brands Condoms Consumer electronics brands Consumer symbols Contax cameras Cooking appliance brands Cooper Tools brands Cooper Tools brands Cosmetics brands Crayola Custom Coaches Cyber-shot cameras Czech brands Dad's Root Beer brands Dairy products companies Dairy-free frozen dessert brands Danaher Corporation brands Danish brands Darden Restaurants brands Dean Foods brands Defunct brands Defunct motor vehicle brands of Japan Defunct regional airline brands Del Monte Foods brands Dell mobile phones Diageo beer brands Diageo brands Dial Corporation brands Diaper brands Die-cast toys DiMAGE cameras Dog food brands Doll brands Don Jorge brands Dr Pepper Snapple Group brands Drug brand names Dutch brands Dyson products Ecolabelling Electrolux brands English beer brands English brands English ciders Environmental certification marks Estonian brands ExxonMobil brands Eyewear brands Falstaff Brewing Corporation brands Farley's & Sathers Candy Company brands Fashion accessory brands Fashion company stubs FAW Group brands Feminine hygiene brands Ferrara Pan Candy Company brands Ferrero brands Fictional brands Financial services brands Finnish brands Firearm brands First International Computer mobile phones Fish food brands Fonterra brands Food brands of the United Kingdom Former Procter & Gamble brands Fortune Brands brands Fosters Group Four-wheel-drive system tradenames Franchised formats Franchised radio formats Franchised television formats Franchises French brands Frito-Lay brands Frozen food brands Frozen pizza brands Fujifilm cameras Fujifilm DSLR cameras Fujifilm FinePix cameras Gallaher Group brands Gap brands Garmin mobile phones General Mills brands General Mills cereals Geopolitical production certification marks George Weston Limited brands German brands Glass trademarks and brands GlaxoSmithKline brands Goodman Fielder brands Greek brands Group Sense PDA mobile phones Groupe Danone brands Gucci brands H. J. Heinz Company brands Habanos S.A. brands Haier mobile phones Handspring mobile phones Hasbro brands Hasbro products Health care brands Heineken brands Henkel brands Herbs and spices logos High fashion brands Hitachi mobile phones Home appliance brands Hormel brands Hosiery brands Hospitality industry brands Hostess Brands brands Hotel chains Household brands HTC Corporation mobile phones Hyundai mobile phones IBM mobile phones Ice cream brands Ice hockey brands Iced tea brands IDEN mobile phones Imperial Tobacco brands InBev brands Indian beverage brands Indian brands Inditex brands Inditex brands Indonesian brands INQ mobile phones Insecticide brands Instant noodle brands Intel Corporation mobile phones Intercontinental Hotels Group brands IPhone Iranian brands Isle of Capri casinos Israeli brands Italian brands J & J Snack Foods Corporation brands Janssen Pharmaceutica Japan Tobacco brands Japanese brand foods Japanese brands Japanese cigarette brands Jel Sert brands Jingles Johnson & Johnson brands Juice drink brands Just Born brands JVC products JW Marriott Hotels Kazakhstani brands Kellogg Company brands Kellogg Company cereals Kimberly-Clark brands Kitchen knife brands Kitchenware brands Kodak cameras Kodak DC cameras Kodak DSLR cameras Kodak EasyShare cameras Konica cameras Konica Minolta cameras Kraft Foods brands Kyocera mobile phones L'Oréal brands Lance Inc. brands Latvian brands Leica cameras LG Electronics mobile phones Liggett Group brands Lighting brands Limited Brands brands Lingerie brands Lists of brands Lists of trademarks Lorillard brands Luggage brands Luxottica Luxury brands LVMH brands Malaysian brands Mamiya cameras Margarine brands Marriott International brands Mars brands Mars confectionery brands Marvel Comics action figure lines Marvel Comics games Massimo Zanetti brands Maytag brands McDonald's foods McKee Foods brands Merchandise MGA Entertainment brands Michelin brands Minolta cameras Minolta lenses Mizkan brands Mobile phones by company Molson Coors brands MOM Brands brands Motorola mobile phones N-Gage (service) compatible devices Nabisco brands NEC mobile phones Necco brands Nestlé brands Nestlé cereals New Zealand brands Newell Rubbermaid brands Nigerian brands Nike brands Nikon cameras Nikon Coolpix cameras Nikon DSLR cameras Nikon SLR cameras Nokia internet tablets Nokia mobile phones Nokia phones 1000 series Nokia phones by series Nokia software products Northwest Airlink Norway Bussekspress Norwegian brands Novartis brands Olympus cameras Olympus digital cameras Olympus DSLR cameras Olympus mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras Omega watches Orange mobile phones Orbitz brands Outdoor clothing brands Pakistani brands Palm mobile phones Palm OS devices Panasonic cameras Panasonic Corporation brands Panasonic lenses Panasonic Lumix cameras Panasonic products Parmalat units Pascall (company) brands Peanut butter brands Pearson's Candy Company brands Pentax cameras Pentax DSLR cameras PepsiCo brands PepsiCo soft drinks Perfetti Van Melle brands Pernod Ricard brands Perry Ellis International brands Personal care brands Personal lubricants Peruvian brands Pet food brands Pfizer brands Philip Morris brands Philips people Philips products Pinnacle Entertainment Pinnacle Foods brands Pipe tobacco brands Plastic brands PlayStation (console) PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 PlayStation Portable PlayStation Vita Polaroid cameras Popcorn brands Portuguese brands Post Foods brands PPR (company) brands Premier Foods brands Premixed alcoholic beverages President's Choice Prestige Brands brands Procter & Gamble brands Product management Products by brand Products with protected designation of origin Puma SE PureView Quaker Oats Company brands Quaker Oats Company cereals Quixtar brands R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company brands Rail transport brands Ralston cereals RCA brands Realogy brands Reckitt Benckiser brands Reebok brands Regional airline brands Religious consumer symbols Research In Motion mobile phones Revlon brands Richemont brands Ricoh cameras Ricoh digital cameras Robotics at Sony Rolex watches Rollei cameras Romanian brands Rowntree's brands Russian brands S. C. Johnson & Son brands Safran mobile phones SAIC Motor brands Samsung cameras Samsung computers Samsung DSLR cameras Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics products Samsung mobile phones Samsung phone stubs Sanyo mobile phones Sanyo products Sara Lee Corporation brands Schering-Plough brands Scottish beer brands Scottish blended whisky Scottish brands Sears Holdings Corporation brands Sendo mobile phones Serbian brands Sewing machine brands Shampoos Sharp Corporation mobile phones Shaving cream brands Shoe brands Siemens mobile phones Siemens products Siemens software products Sierra Wireless mobile phones Sigma cameras Sigma DSLR cameras Singaporean brands Slot car brands Slovenian brands Smithfield Foods brands Snack Brands Australia brands SNCF brands Soap brands Somerset ciders Sony Alpha DSLR cameras Sony cameras Sony CLIÉ Sony consoles Sony Ericsson mobile phones Sony hardware Sony lenses Sony products Sony software Sound trademarks South Korean brands Soviet brands Soviet cameras Soviet photographic lenses Spanish brands Sporting goods brands Sportswear brands Stanley Black & Decker brands Starwood Hotels & Resorts brands Station Casinos Store brands Surfwear brands Swedish brands Swimwear brands Swiss brands Swizzels Matlow brands Taiwan brands Tea brands Television news music packages Television presentation in the United Kingdom The Hershey Company brands The J.M. Smucker Co. brands The Smith's Snackfood Company brands The Willy Wonka Candy Company brands Timex watches Tobacco brands Tonka brands Tool brands Tootsie Roll Industries brands Topps confectionery products Toshiba brands Toshiba mobile phones Tourism campaigns Toy brands Trademarks Turkish brands Types of branding Ukrainian brands Underwear brands Unilever brands United Biscuits brands Vaio desktops Vaio laptops Valve timing tradenames Vegan pet food brands Vicks brands Victorinox Vietnamese brands Walkers (snack foods) brands Walkman Walmart brands Watch brands Weetabix cereals Wham-O brands Whirlpool Corporation brands Wrigley Company brands Wyeth brands Wyndham brands Yves Saint Laurent (brand) ZTE mobile phones Zuiko Digital lenses

The following below is the list of vehicle brands (models) for automatic talk page tagging with this project's banner. These are posted in this separate list to make the navigation of content within these lists easier for editors here. These are to be combined with the above categories into one master list, which AnomieBOT will read from.

Vehicles by brand

Automobile models Vehicles by brand Abarth vehicles AC vehicles Acura vehicles Adler vehicles AEC buses AEC vehicles AJS motorcycles Alfa Romeo vehicles Allard Motor Company vehicles Alvis vehicles AMC motorcycles AMC vehicles Amilcar vehicles Ansaldo Armored vehicles Ansaldo vehicles Aprilia motorcycles Ariel motorcycles Armstrong Siddeley vehicles ARO vehicles Artega vehicles Ascari vehicles Aston Martin vehicles Asüna vehicles Audi vehicles Austin vehicles Austin-Healey vehicles Autobianchi vehicles Autozam vehicles Bajaj motorcycles Bandini vehicles Bedford buses Bedford vehicles Benelli motorcycles Bentley vehicles Benz vehicles Bertone vehicles Bimota motorcycles Bizzarrini vehicles BMC vehicles BMW model codes BMW motorcycles BMW vehicle series BMW vehicles Bombardier motorcycles Bond vehicles Brennabor Brennabor vehicles Bristol vehicles British Leyland vehicles Brough Superior motorcycles BSA motorcars BSA motorcycles Buell motorcycles Bugatti vehicles Buick vehicles BYD vehicles Cadillac vehicles Cagiva motorcycles Campagna motorcycles Cars of Australia Cars of England Cars of India Cars of Italy Cars of the United States Caterham vehicles Caterpillar Inc. vehicles Chang'an Vehicles Checker vehicles Chery vehicles Chevrolet Camaro Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet vehiclesv Chrysler vehicles Citroën 2CV Citroën vehicles Commer vehicles Condor motorcycles Dacia vehicles Daewoo vehicles DAF Trucks vehicles DAF vehicles Daihatsu vehicles Daimler vehicles Datsun vehicles De Tomaso vehicles Defunct motor vehicle brands of Japan Delahaye vehicles Dennis buses Dennis vehicles Derbi motorcycles DeSoto vehicles DKW motorcycles DKW vehicles Dnepr motorcycles Dodge vehicles Dongfeng vehicles Douglas motorcycles Ducati motorcycles Duesenberg vehicles Eagle vehicles Edsel vehicles Efini vehicles Elfin vehicles Escorts motorcycles Eunos vehicles Excelsior motorcycles Facel Vega vehicles FAW vehicles Ferrari vehicles Ferrero brands Fiat Armored vehicles Fiat vehicles Flyscooters Ford aircraft Ford Falcon Ford Focus Ford of Europe vehicles Ford Rally Sport vehicles Ford vehicles FPV vehicles FSC vehicles FSO vehicles Galloper vehicles GAZ GAZ 24 Volga Geely vehicles General Motors vehicles Gilera motorcycles GM Korea vehicles GME vehicles Great Wall Motors vehicles Grinnall vehicles GTM vehicles Gurgel vehicles Harley-Davidson motorcycles Hero Honda motorcycles Hi-Bird motorcycles HICOM vehicles Hillman vehicles Hino vehicles Holden Caprice Holden Commodore Holden vehicles Holden vehicles by series Holden VL Commodore Honda aircraft Honda ATVs Honda Civic Honda mopeds Honda motorcycles Honda vehicles Hotchkiss vehicles HSV vehicles Humber vehicles Hummer vehicles Hyosung motorcycles Hyundai vehicles Hyundai vehicles in India Ideal Jawa motorcycles IFA vehicles Indian motor scooters Indian motorcycles Indian Motorcycles Infiniti vehicles Innocenti vehicles International Harvester vehicles Iranian brands Irisbus vehicles Iso vehicles Isotta Fraschini vehicles Issigonis vehicles Isuzu vehicles Italian motorcycles Iveco vehicles Jaguar vehicles James motorcycles Jawa motorcycles Jeep vehicles Jensen vehicles John Deere vehicles Jowett vehicles Kamaz Karsan vehicles Kawasaki motorcycles Kia vehicles Koenigsegg vehicles Komatsu bulldozers Komatsu vehicles KTM motorcycles KTM vehicles Kymco motorcycles Lada vehicles Lagonda vehicles Lamborghini vehicles Lanchester Motor Company vehicles Lancia vehicles Land Rover vehicles Laverda motorcycles LDV vehicles Lexus LS Lexus vehicles Leyland buses Leyland Trucks vehicles Leyland vehicles Lincoln Mark series Lincoln vehicles Lion-Peugeot vehicles Lister vehicles Lotus vehicles Luxury vehicles Mahindra vehicles Maico motorcycles MAN vehicles Maple vehicles Marcos vehicles Maruti vehicles Maserati vehicles Massey Ferguson vehicles Massey-Harris vehicles Matchless motorcycles Matra vehicles Maybach vehicles Mazda vehicles Mazdaspeed vehicles McLaren vehicles MCX motorcycles Mercedes-Benz buses Mercedes-Benz racing cars Mercedes-Benz vehicles Mercury vehicles Meteor vehicles MG racing models MG vehicles Military vehicles by brand Mini (BMW) vehicles Mini (marque) Mini vehicles Mitsubishi Fuso vehicles Mitsubishi Motors motorcycles Mitsubishi Motors vehicles Mitsuoka vehicles Modenas motorcycles Mondial (motorcycle) Mondial motorcycles Monteverdi vehicles Morgan vehicles Morris Commercial vehicles Morris vehicles Moskvitch Mosler vehicles Moto Guzzi motorcycles Motorcycles by brand MTT motorcycles MV Agusta motorcycles MZ motorcycles Naza vehicles Nissan Altima Nissan vehicles Noble vehicles Norton motorcycles NSU motorcycles NSU vehicles Oldsmobile vehicles Opel vehicles Oshkosh vehicles Packard vehicles Pagani vehicles Panhard vehicles Panoz vehicles Panther motorcycles Panther vehicles Perodua vehicles Peugeot vehicles Piaggio motorcycles Piaggio Vespa Plymouth vehicles Pontiac vehicles Porsche vehicles Prince vehicles Proton vehicles Puch motorcycles RAF vehicles Rambler vehicles Reliant vehicles Renault Samsung vehicles Renault vehicles Riich vehicles Riley vehicles Rolls-Royce Motor Cars vehicles Rolls-Royce vehicles Rootes vehicles Rover vehicles Royal Enfield motorcycles Ruf vehicles Saab vehicles Sachs motorcycles SAIC Motor vehicles Saleen vehicles Sany Group Saturn vehicles Scammell vehicles Scania buses Scania trucks Scania vehicles Scania-Vabis Trucks Scion vehicles Scott motorcycles Scottish Aviation aircraft Scottish Aviation cars Scottish Aviation vehicles SEAT vehicles Shelby vehicles Simca vehicles Singer vehicles Škoda vehicles Smart vehicles Sokół motorcycles Soviet automobiles Spyker vehicles SsangYong vehicles Standard Motor Company vehicles Steyr-Puch vehicles Studebaker vehicles Stutz vehicles Subaru vehicles Sunbeam motorcycles Sunbeam vehicles Sunbeam-Talbot vehicles Suzuki motorcycles Suzuki vehicles Talbot vehicles Tata vehicles Tatra vehicles Tesla Motors vehicles Thornycroft military vehicles Toyota Camry Toyota Corolla Toyota Land Cruiser Toyota Prius Toyota vehicles TRD vehicles Triumph motorcycles Triumph vehicles Tunturi motorcycles TVR vehicles TVS motorcycles Valiant vehicles Vauxhall vehicles Velocette motorcycles Vincent motorcycles Volvo vehicles Wolseley vehicles Yamaha mopeds Yamaha motorcycles Zastava Automobiles Zero Motorcycles Zongshen motorcycles

The following below are a sampling of categories and subcategories that are being skipped from automatic tagging, because they contained an assortment of topics other than just brand-related topics, or have content that is duplicated in a higher-level category. Examples of categories skipped include companies, comic books and imprints, concept vehicles, manufacturers, platforms, restaurants, airplanes, ships and vehicle manufacturers. Many others were also skipped.

Many of these skipped categories were also manually checked by clicking through to view them, and I have manually added the project's banner to topics within the category trees that are brand-related, while skipping those that are not. Some subcategories existent within some of the main categories have been included on the bot run list, in instances when they meet the scope of the project. Again, this is a sampling of skipped categories, to give editors an idea of what was skipped. An exhaustive list would be much longer.

Skipped category examples

Acura Aermacchi Aeronautica Umbra Aeronautica Umbra aircraft Agriculture companies of the United Kingdom Agusta Agusta aircraft Agusta aircraft engines AgustaWestland AgustaWestland aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of Italy Aircraft manufacturers of the Soviet Union Alenia Aermacchi Alenia Aeronautica Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo aircraft engines Alfa Romeo concept vehicles Alfa Romeo engines Alfa Romeo Formula One cars Alfa Romeo people Alfa Romeo platforms Ansaldo aircraft Ansaldo artillery Ansaldo locomotives AnsaldoBreda AnsaldoBreda AnsaldoBreda high speed trains AnsaldoBreda locomotives AnsaldoBreda multiple units AnsaldoBreda trams Antonov Aprilia Archie Comics imprints Argo Group Aspirin Atlas Comics Atlas Comics titles Australian brewers Australian distilled beverages Australian wine Avex Group Bacardi Bakeries of the United Kingdom Barilla Group Beer and breweries in Australia Beer and breweries in England Beer and breweries in Scotland Beer and breweries in Sheffield Being Inc. Ben & Jerry's Benelli (motorcycles) Beriev Bertone concept vehicles Beverage companies of Scotland Beverage companies of the United Kingdom Bimota Bratz Brewing in London British sausages Cadillac concept vehicles Cagiva Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Car manufacturers of Italy Car manufacturers of Japan Catering and food service companies of the United Kingdom Chevrolet concept vehicles Chrysler concept vehicles Coachbuilders of Italy Coffee houses of Australia Comic book imprints Daihatsu Daihatsu engines Dairy products companies of Australia Dairy products companies of Italy Dairy products companies of the United Kingdom Dark Horse Comics imprints DC Comics imprints De Beers De Tomaso Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Italy Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Italy Distilleries in Islay Distilleries in Scotland Dodge concept vehicles Drinking establishment chains DR Motor Company Ducati Dunlop World Challenge Dupuis English brewers English sausages Eni Ferrari Ferrari concept vehicles Ferrari engines Ferrari Formula One cars Ferrari people Ferrari World Ferrero Fiat Fiat concept vehicles Fictional organizations in Marvel Comics Films based on Marvel comics Fincantieri Finmeccanica Food companies of England Food companies of Italy Food companies of Northern Ireland Food companies of Scotland Food companies of the United Kingdom Food companies of Wales Food manufacturers based in London Food manufacturers of Australia Food manufacturers of England Food manufacturers of Italy Food manufacturers of Scotland Ford concept vehicles Ford platforms Gatorade Gilera Gio. Ansaldo & C. Helicopter manufacturers of the Soviet Union Hiroshima Carp Hiroshima Toyo Carp Hiroshima Toyo Carp seasons Honda concept vehicles Honda engines Honda F.C. Honda F.C. players Honda factories Honda Formula One cars Honda motorcycle designers Honda people Honda transmissions Ilyushin Image Comics imprints Infiniti Iso Rivolta Isotta Fraschini Isuzu Italian racecar constructors Italian record labels Japanese independent record labels Japanese luxury motor vehicle marques Japanese racecar constructors Japanese record labels Jatco transmissions Kamov Kart manufacturers of Italy Key Sounds Label Lamborghini Lamborghini custom and concept cars Lancia Lancia Formula One cars Lantis (company) Laverda Lavochkin Le Lombard Lexus Lexus Cup Light-emitting diode manufacturers Los Comex Macchi aircraft Marvel Comics Marvel Comics animation Marvel Comics characters Marvel Comics images Marvel Comics imprints Marvel Comics locations Marvel Comics novels Marvel Comics objects Marvel Comics storylines Marvel Comics stubs Marvel Comics teams Marvel Comics templates Marvel Comics titles Maserati Maserati Formula One cars Mazda Mazda concept vehicles Mazda engines Mazda factories Mazda platforms Mazda Technologies Mazda transmissions Mikoyan Milan motor companies Ministry of Sound Ministry of Sound albums Mitsubishi Fuso Mitsubishi Motors Mitsubishi Motors concepts Mitsubishi Motors engines Mitsubishi Motors factories Mitsubishi Motors people Mitsubishi Motors platforms Mitsubishi Motors subsidiaries Mitsubishi Motors technologies Mitsubishi Motors templates Moto Guzzi Moto Morini Motor vehicle assembly plants in Italy Motor vehicle assembly plants in Japan Motor vehicle manufacturers of Italy Motor vehicle manufacturers of the Soviet Union Motor vehicle manufacturers of the United Kingdom Motorcycle manufacturers of Italy Motorcycle manufacturers of Japan Motorcycle museums in Italy Mountain Dew MV Agusta Myasishchev N-Gage (service) compatible devices N-Gage service games Nagoya Grampus Nagoya Grampus managers Nagoya Grampus matches Nagoya Grampus players Nagoya Grampus seasons Nagoya Grampus templates New Universe Nissan Nissan concept vehicles Nissan engines Nissan people Nissan platforms Nokia Nokia assets Nokia people Nokia platforms Nokia services Nokia templates Oldsmobile concept vehicles OTO Melara Pagani Parmalat Petronas Piaggio Group Piaggio Vespa Pininfarina people Pizzerias in Australia Plymouth concept vehicles Pontiac concept vehicles Puma SE Randlords Restaurant chains S60 (software platform) Sage Group Salmson Salmson aircraft Salmson aircraft engines SAME Deutz-Fahr Scion Scotch Whisky Scottish malt whisky Scottish malt whisky distillers Scottish sausages Ships built by Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico Ships built by Fincantieri Ships built by Gio. Ansaldo & C. SIAI-Marchetti Società Italiana Ernesto Breda Sony Music Japan Sony Professional Soviet computer systems Spam (food) Spam dishes Star Mazda Championship Star Mazda Championship drivers Subaru Subaru engines Subaru templates Sukhoi Supermarkets of Australia Supermarkets of Italy Suzuki Suzuki engines Suzuki people Swimwear manufacturers Symbian instant messaging clients Symbian software Tecnam Television programs based on Marvel Comics Timely Comics Tokuma Shoten Tokuma Shoten games Toyota Toyota engines Toyota factories Toyota Formula One cars Toyota people Toyota platforms Toyota Racing Development Toyota timeline templates Toyota transmissions Tractor manufacturers of Italy Tupolev Turin motor companies Turkish Airlines Universal Music Japan Universal Music Japan albums Universal Music Japan artists Vaio Versace Victoria's Secret Vulcanair Westland Helicopters Wikipedia categories named after vehicle manufacturing companies of Japan Wine regions of New South Wales Wine regions of South Australia Wine regions of Victoria (Australia) Wine regions of Western Australia Wineries in New South Wales Wineries in South Australia Wineries in Tasmania Wineries in Victoria (Australia) Wineries in Western Australia Wineries of Australia Wineries of England Yakovlev Yokohama F. Marinos Yokohama F. Marinos managers Yokohama F. Marinos players Yokohama F. Marinos seasons Yokohama Flugels

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Comments

• Support – as compiler and proposer. Northamerica1000^(talk) 17:07, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
• Support TBrandley ^{(what's up)} 17:22, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
• Support #whynot (Heroeswithmetaphors) talk 18:18, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
• Support: Good work. --Tito Dutta (talk) 23:53, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
• Support:Sudhirkbhargava (talk) 03:20, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
• Support - Splendid. NordhornerII (talk)_The man from Nordhorn 21:48, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
• Support Sounds like a plan. Coretheapple (talk) 16:07, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
• Question: Why is Category:BMW Sauber Formula One cars in the "Vehicles by brand" list when similar categories (Category:Alfa Romeo Formula One cars, Category:Ferrari Formula One cars, Category:Maserati Formula One cars) are in the "Skipped category examples" list? DH85868993 (talk) 23:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

I've removed BMW Sauber Formula One cars entry, which was missed, and thanks for pointing this out. Northamerica1000^(talk) 05:22, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

No worries. I have removed the tags from the articles in that category. DH85868993 (talk) 01:25, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

• Support Fantastic job. I saw "Bond Vehicles" in the list and wondered about it, until I learned that it really is a category for vehicles made by a company called Bond. rouenpucelle (talk) 05:47, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Completed

• Y Done. AnomieBot has completed its run. As of this post, there are now 18,826 article talk pages tagged with the project banner. Many of these still require further assessment. Many thanks to User:Anomie for doing the work to configure the bot to do the run. Northamerica1000^(talk) 03:38, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Articles on products

Editors may wish to see User talk:Jimbo Wales#Articles on products (version of 20:02, 12 March 2013).
—Wavelength (talk) 20:06, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Including company names in Backend as a Service article

Hello. Recently, I worked to update the Backend as a service (BaaS) article at the behest of Kinvey, a BaaS provider. The first version of the article that was posted, with help from volunteer editors, included a sentence that detailed some of major BaaS providers. However, this portion of the article turned into something of a spam magnet, and a volunteer editor removed the sentence entirely (see background here).

I still think there's good reason to include the discussion of major providers, however, and provided my reasoning here. We've had a lot of discussion, but as of yet, there's not been a consensus about how we should deal with including company names in the article.

Given WP:Brands' potential interest in the issue of including providers in articles, I'm hoping an editor or two from here might be willing to take a look and provide some input about what they think a good solution to the issue would be. Thanks! ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 20:43, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Done. ChrisPond (Talk · COI) 13:40, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

WikiProject Media franchises

The entertainment industry has established its own brands and franchises. Sheer media franchises demonstrate already perfectly how a franchise as such works. Moreover some media franchises are also well-known for merchandising and/or product placement. So there are plenty of interferences with our usual subjects. I like to ask all of you to support the WikiProject Media franchises. In case you seem not to have given much thought to media franchises yet just ask yourself whether you ever enjoyed Star Wars, James Bond, Tarzan or Harry Potter. Maybe you've even once bought toys, miniature cars, novels or electronic games because they were branded accordingly.NordhornerII (Talk) _The man from Nordhorn 12:16, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

• I've added a link to the Related WikiProjects section on this project's main page to WikiProject Media franchises, and vice-versa with a link to this project at WikiProject Media franchises. Northamerica1000^(talk) 09:00, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
  • Hello Northamerica, thank you. NordhornerII (Talk)_The man from Nordhorn 22:47, 15 March 2013 (UTC)

Proposed merger of Snus and Naswār

Contributors to this project may be interested in proposed merge of Snus and Naswar at Talk:Snus/Archives/2013#Merge discussion. Cnilep (talk) 03:19, 14 March 2013 (UTC)

The result of the discussion was to not merge. Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:42, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

I use snus, they are not the same thing, so glad to see the consensus realized that. Sounds interesting, wouldn't mind trying some Naswar. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 00:22, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Retrovelo

What about Retrovelo? I came across this brand when I was reading Spiegel Online. There was an article about this company. Well, I spend most of my time in Münster, also known as "the bicycle capital of Germany". I got under the impession that Retrovelo is for bicyclists what a Morgan Plus V 8 is for car enthusiasts. Looking for links this was what looked best to me:

• http://www.copenhagenize.com/2008/02/retrovelo-balloon-racer-bikes-we-like.html
• http://www.retrothing.com/2011/01/retrovelo-classic-bikes-from-germany.html
• http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/groovy-retro-bikes-still-have-it-retrovelo-is-rolling-fun
• http://bicycledesign.net/2011/02/1931/
• http://www.astreetbikenameddesire.com/retrovelo.html
• http://www.geek.com/news/retrovelos-awesome-laptop-bag-is-made-for-bikers-1253191/
• http://www.thechopperdome.com/retrovelo/classic-european-citybike/made-in-germany

Is that sufficient to plead for notability? If so, I'd like to write the article. (Unless somebody else wants it more.) So, what about the notability of this internationally recognised brand? NordhornerII(talk) _The man from Nordhorn 23:06, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

Lawry's Seasoned Salt‎

Just started this one, a pretty ubiquitous brand name, with claims more people buy this than regular salt. Only a stub at this stage. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 19:44, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Request for comments concerning the year Lufthansa was founded in

There is an ongoing dispute over the founding date of Lufthansa. See RFC-section at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Germany#Request_for_comments_concerning_the_year_Lufthansa_was_founded_in to add your comments. GermanJoe (talk) 08:27, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

مشارکت

من رضا خلیقی با توجه به شرایطی که دارم میخواستم ببینم چطوری میتوانم محصولات شما را در ایران با نام تجاری شما به فروش برسانم و در زمینه فروش محصولات شما، با شما همکاری کنم خواهشمندم شرایط خود را به ادرس ایمل کنید seven.farvahar@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.177.29.71 (talk) 14:33, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

• Just to save someone the trouble - this is what I got at Google translate: "Due to circumstances that I wanted to see my Khalighi R. How to sell your products in your brand and product sales you want, I'll work with you to address your requirements please email your"  ;-) Ottawahitech (talk) 22:52, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Value of brand promotion on Facebook

Brand promotion on Facebook has been evaluated monetarily.

• Value of Facebook Friend | Social Media Marketing | BusinessNewsDaily.com

—Wavelength (talk) 22:38, 28 April 2013 (UTC)

Brooks Sports

I believe Brooks is relocating this year, from Bothell, WA to the Fremont district in Seattle.

62.162.196.55 (talk) 10:07, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Hiding the real producer

Hello!

Legal question. Are there laws prohibiting one company from producing a brand that it sells as being completely separate from itself?

Example: "Company A" is well-known for producing "Brand A". All of a sudden it begins also producing "Brand B" but nowhere in its advertising, not even in the small print, is it mentioned that "Brand B" is linked in any way to "Company A". Only once you sign a contract for using "Brand B" do you find out that you are actually signing the contract with "Company A".

Is this some reverse type of passing off, or false advertising, or some other concept altogether? Is it legal, illegal, or a grey area?

Thanks in advance! BigSteve (talk) 07:23, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. I am glad to see that you are discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages are for discussion related to improving the article, not general discussion about the topic. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. TJRC (talk) 19:02, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Nokia

Might like to participate at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals/Nokia! jcc (tea and biscuits) 19:29, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

• @jcc, Thanks for posting. XOttawahitech (talk) 19:38, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

Atlantic City 'Do AC' logo.svg

file:Atlantic City 'Do AC' logo.svg has been nominated for deletion -- 70.24.244.158 (talk) 07:21, 12 September 2013 (UTC)

Request for new Wikipedia page: Philips subsidiary company - Woox Innovations

Hello! In 2013, Philips Lifestyle Entertainment business group was going to be sold to a Japanese firm Funai. Unfortunately the deal fell apart but the business group anyway became a stand-alone subsidiary company within Philips, under a new name: WOOX Innovations.

I actually work in WOOX Innovations and want to create a Wikipedia page for our company. However to avoid biased content, and the fact that this is my first time using Wikipedia - I thought it'd be better if i ask the help of the experts :). I will gladly supply any information needed to make the page as informative as it can be, but I definitely need guidance / help on actually creating the new page. Is this something that interest you? Thank you everybody.

Azulkarnain (talk) 02:07, 14 January 2014 (UTC)

Food & drink brands- sources

Hi! Where can I look online for sources of brands, especially for food & drink? Thanks, --Bananasoldier (talk) 17:55, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

Do you have any specific brands in mind? bobrayner (talk) 14:28, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Honest Tea, a beverage company. Thanks, --Bananasoldier (talk) 16:43, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Oh! Unfortunately, proper tea is theft. bobrayner (talk) 17:09, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

I was about to suggest some book sources, but that is going to be very unlikely with a smaller brand founded recently. It's all going to be online. Hmm... bobrayner (talk) 17:39, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Have you tried this Forbes article? They do seem to be very good at managing media... bobrayner (talk) 23:40, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you! Bananasoldier (talk) 00:00, 3 February 2014 (UTC)

"Plymouth"

The usage of Plymouth (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) is under discussion, see talk:Plymouth -- 70.50.151.11 (talk) 05:34, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Invitation to User Study

Would you be interested in participating in a user study? We are a team at University of Washington studying methods for finding collaborators within a Wikipedia community. We are looking for volunteers to evaluate a new visualization tool. All you need to do is to prepare for your laptop/desktop, web camera, and speaker for video communication with Google Hangout. We will provide you with a Amazon gift card in appreciation of your time and participation. For more information about this study, please visit our wiki page (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Finding_a_Collaborator). If you would like to participate in our user study, please send me a message at Wkmaster (talk) 08:25, 3 April 2014 (UTC).

Hey, I came across the Astro Pop wikipedia page and noticed that it was gonna be taken down? what can i do to help? im a big fan of Astro Pops and am glad they are back and on the internet. have a good day! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brandon.Hues (talk • contribs) 00:58, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

how to remove liquid paper from clothing - water resistant

--70.186.128.177 (talk) 17:40, 25 April 2014 (UTC)Barbara Nixon can you tell me what will remove wexford correction fluid from denim blue jeans?

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spicy chicken simulated flavor

it's said on the package spicy chicken the hell whit it.I bought 6 packs of them,none of them was spicy,they're like regular chicken noodles Martial labbé (talk) 22:29, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Brands At Wikimania 2014

Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

• Active Wikiprojects: Wikiproject Medicine, WikiProject Video Games, Wikiproject Film

• Tech projects/Tools, which may be looking for either users or developers.

• Less known major projects: Wikinews, Wikidata, Wikivoyage, etc.

• Wiki Loves Parliaments, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves ____

• Wikimedia thematic organisations, Wikiwomen’s Collaborative, The Signpost

For more information or to sign up for one for your project, go to:
Project leaflets
Adikhajuria (talk) 11:28, 13 June 2014 (UTC)