Template talk:Infobox company

message: :Since we're already here: The documentation asks to use one of four values for this field, yet we allow free text. Should we maybe change it to a fixed-value field that always links and renders to the type correctly? IceWelder [✉] 23:18, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that would be a good idea. Another issue I've found is that some pages aren't up to date. Take Princess Pictures for example. It says "type" and not "company type". I think those infoboxes just need updating. Or, maybe you already covered that. WiinterU (talk) 23:30, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Check out WP:PURGE for more the slow-to-update template issue. :-) Ed [talk] [OMT] 07:57, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: There are more than 50 different values for type in use. The sandbox is available for editing by anyone. As for articles not being updated, that takes time. You can refresh them by clicking Edit and then Publish if you really need to. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:51, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: This might be off topic but I've been struggling. One of the hardest things to do is finding out if a company is a subsidiary or a division when editing a page where it is not specifically stated and the company type section is not used. If it is wholly owned by a person or entity it will usually be private. Another hard thing to find out is what a company traded as before it went defunct. I had to use old SEC documents from the 1990s and early 2000s to find many and add them to their respective pages. Unfortunately, some companies went defunct before the SEC started to document this online. Any solutions to either issue? WiinterU (talk) 05:44, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Fixed-value for type?

message: Some company have dead links for website, that does not exists anymore. One way to handle this on Wikidata is to put an end date to the dead link and put a "no value" statement with preferred rank, we do that on Bitstream inc.
This is currently broken, the infobox displays a "none" with a link to nothing. TomT0m (talk) 12:53, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not this infobox that is broken, it is . On Bitstream Inc., I removed that from the infobox (before, after) and the infobox returns to what I would consider a "normal" function. Primefac (talk) 13:12, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: A list of articles that would concern if they got the template : https://w.wiki/8tov TomT0m (talk) 15:07, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "No value" handling, for website 

message: The template calls  to populate .
This should be changed to instead populate  to match the ~50 other categories — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 18:53, 15 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, why not. Primefac (talk) 15:50, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

text: WP:CFD/S — JJMC89 (T·C) 17:46, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Good for future reference, but when all it involves is two edits I don't really see why I shouldn't just handle it myself. Primefac (talk) 18:57, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Rename tracking category

message: change Real Property to Property
it feels as if Real Property is still part North American i.e. real estate 86.30.69.219 (talk) 08:32, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: That's just a fictitious example to demonstrate the template's functionality. There's no point in fretting over semantics here. Liu1126 (talk) 13:18, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 20 April 2024