Talk:A&E Networks

message: It would be a useful addition to state what the initials A and E actually stand for. Andrew Oakley 14:00, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I added the meaning of the abbreviation to the article. 98.193.77.218 01:35, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

text: That's also what I came here to ask. Would make sense for it to say that in the article somewhere. In much of the English-speaking world 'A&E' means 'accident and emergency', the part of the hospital you go to for emergencies (called ER maybe in the US)--XANIA - ЗAНИAWikipedia talk |  Wikibooks talk 05:19, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  What do the initials stand for? 

message: How does this work:
::The new ownership ratio became Disney-ABC TV Group and Hearst both with 43% and NBCUniversal 16%
If Disney-ABC and Hearst both had 43% and NBCUniversal had 16% then who has the remaining 41%? If Disney-ABC and Hearst each had 43% and NBCUniversal had 16% then that's 102%. Beck13 (talk) 09:13, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shareholdings 

message: , A+E Networks is not its actual name. [A&E Television Networks, LLC is its actual name and "A&E Television Networks", or "A&E Networks", (short) is its common name (which the wlinke will tell you articles should be titled) as "+" is a stylization for "&" which used to be a letter of the alphabets. The plus is to differentiate the company from the channel, I do believe.--Spshu (talk) 13:38, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Viaf.org, which you added, doesn't recognized it as A+E but "Arts and Entertainment Network". --Spshu (talk) 13:51, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: FYI  They've definitely rebranded the company as A+E Networks. They want to differentiate between A&E the channel and the parent company. Look here and scroll ahead to 2011 on the timeline:  "A&E Television Networks is rebranded as A+E Networks." The specific channel is still A&E, and there are still fragments of "A&E Television Networks" in places, but the name of the overall company has been changed to "A+E Networks" everywhere.  Additionally VIAF is not always consistent with names. Often the same person or company will have 10 different names; that's why the Authority Control NUMERIC system is in place; because names are inconsistent. —МандичкаYO 😜 13:56, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: You are not even speaking to the issue. Official name is the reason you gave for the move (Wikimandia moved page A&E Networks to A+E Networks over redirect: actual name), which is incorrect, as that isn't their official name. Brand is again incorrect as the title of an article.  Again this is against WP:COMMONNAME; branding is not the standard used on Wikipedia nor isn't the official name.  Basic if you don't understand that you should not be moving page what so ever. If is viaf an Authority control than it should be removed as inaccurate. Spshu (talk) 14:13, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common name 

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