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Talk:Pink slip (employment)

message: In the 1960's, Detroit Gear and Axle, part of the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corporation, located at 1840 Holbrook Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, handed out "Notices of Employment Discontinuance" on slips of pink paper.John Paul Parks (talk) 04:47, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Pink Slip

message: Might want to remove the C4 link, as it links to a page with no information as to what a C4 is. Could just type out C4 letter paper or something along those lines.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bob7k (talk • contribs) 07:59, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It is included in 'other' on the disambig page, so probably okay to leave in as a link in case anyone ever turns it into a real article at least there is a link from here if that happens. --81.150.229.68 (talk) 15:09, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  C4 

message: The german Wikipedia Admins are wondering why this term is not named here. They say this may not exist. Any hints?
Best regards --Schreibmalwieder (talk) 13:02, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pink Slip Party 

message: I refer to a precursor of the current point-of-sale terminals with two-part NCR paper, that let the customer sign and fill in the tip on the top (white) copy for the credit-card company, and make a carbon copy of sig and tip on second (yellow) copy for the customer to keep, with the color difference preventing the server or cashier from giving away the wrong copy by making the color difference obvious. I'm surprised that nothing is said to knock down the obvious assumption: a multi-part business form,  with one page for the originator, one (pink?) for the employee, and one at least for the personnel or payroll department or both, probably with check-boxes besides termination, and two or more sheets of carbon paper between sheets of paper. I didn't doubt this theory until i saw the 1900s as earliest known use, but it made me check, and carbon paper had been in use 100 years, and a standard business tool for 50.  This sounds like inadequate research: either confirmation is out there waiting to be found -- or no confirmation exists, in which case there still should be sources that mention not just lack of "pink paper" in the context of termination (as the accompanying article does), but of a lack of pink pages in multi-part personnel-action forms.--Jerzy•t 19:32, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Multi-part forms 

message: Is the link to 'Red Tape' under 'see also' simply for comedic effect, or does it help advance the article in some way? Thestarsprism (talk) 06:36, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  A link to red tape?
Talk:Personal knowledge networking

message: Several Improvement Suggestions on this article.
For now, this article only provided quite limited information on personal knowledge networking and no references were attached.
First of all, the KM term mentioned in the brief definition has no external link to Knowledge Management in wiki article which may made users complicated. So, I think a link should be added to Knowledge Management to give more detailed acknowledge of what PKN really means.
Then, I want to add two sections to this article.
One is the deficiency of traditional KM model, because it is the reason that makes the PKN emerge.
Another section to be added is a comparison between KM and PKN. The comparison will be mainly focused on three aspects which are major identical features in them.
1. Content-centric vs user-centric
2. Centralised vs distributed
3. Top-down vs bottom-up
Meanwhile, the relating references basing on the new sections would be added.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zhangji8963 (talk • contribs) 21:26, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
Talk:Patent pool

message: Dr. Jeitschko has reviewed this Wikipedia page, and provided us with the following comments to improve its quality:
We hope Wikipedians on this talk page can take advantage of these comments and improve the quality of the article accordingly.
We believe Dr. Jeitschko has expertise on the topic of this article, since he has published relevant scholarly research:
*Reference : Thomas D. Jeitschko & Nanyun Zhang, 2012. "Adverse Effects of Patent Pooling on Product Development and Commercialization," EAG Discussions Papers 201205, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division.
ExpertIdeasBot (talk) 18:55, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr. Jeitschko's comment on this article 

message: "One of the first patent pools, Sewing Machine Combination, was formed in 1856, by sewing machine manufacturers Grover, Baker, Singer, and Wheeler & Wilson, all accusing the others of patent infringement. They met in Albany, New York to pursue their suits. Orlando B. Potter, a lawyer and president of the Grover and Baker Company, proposed that, rather than sue their profits out of existence, they pool their patents." Should that instead be: "One of the first patent pools, Sewing Machine Combination, was formed in 1856. Each of four sewing machine manufacturers – Grover, Baker, Singer, and Wheeler & Wilson – had accused the other three of patent infringement. They met in Albany, New York to pursue their suits. Orlando B. Potter, a lawyer and president of the Grover and Baker Company, proposed that, rather than sue their profits out of existence, they pool their patents."
Another point of confusion: were Grover and Baker distinct manufacturers? If so, how could Potter be the president of the Grover and Baker Company? 2601:47:4300:5FD0:0:0:0:20C1 (talk) 20:01, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I think "Grover & Baker" was a single company. See for example : "The Grover and Baker Sewing Machine Company was organized in 1851". --Edcolins (talk) 21:17, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing wording?
Talk:Organizational intelligence

message: User Lafleur has restored a "See also" section that he/she had previously edited in 2005, with no links and including a reference to "Organizational Competencies". There is currently no page in Wikipedia with this title, so I have replaced this with Competence (human resources), which appears to be the closest topic.  Cat4567nip (talk) 12:34, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  section: See also
Talk:Dry Mesa Quarry

message: My apologies for not signing this article when I set it up several days ago.  I have contacted Dr. Rod Scheetz, a specialist on Dry Mesa, asking if he would agree to write this article. If not, I will finish the article, but since he's a paleontologist it would be preferable for him to do it. Doctorjrj 15:47, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [Untitled]

message: This article claims it was an hourlong program, but the copy I watched on YouTube isn't half that, yet seems complete. Citation needed! Thmazing (talk) 05:18, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''The Great Dinosaur Discovery''
Talk:Order (business)

message: I have Business Law and the Regulatory Environment: Concepts and Cases on inter-library loan for 2 weeks. If this is an OK reference, please confirm by letting me know. I don't think it covers everything that should be in this article, but it seems to address the basics of business contract negotiation and law in the USA. I don't have info on other countries, but I'm adding what I can for the USA. All cited help on this article is GREATLY appreciated. -- • • • Blue Pixel  00:23, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I am confused about this definition of an order (that imply/mention a bilateral agreement between 1 buyer and 1 seller) that does not seem to align with the practices of -say- Amazon, for which an order can contain purchases made by multiple marketplace sellers. So order = 1 buyer + N sellers. Anyone got insights about this discrepancy?
Gyin~enwiki (talk) 08:42, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order (business) vs order (in Amazon)
Talk:Open business

message: I am thinking about rewriting this page, in light of extensive research of doing in this area, and ongoing new developments. I am concerened in this re-write with:
* Incorporating some simple standards from <-> http://socialsynergyweb.net/cgi-bin/wiki/OpenBusinessModel
* Incorporating real world examples of how these standards are being applied in actual business Samrose 02:05, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page rewrite 

message: Topic seems notable, in particular by the Economist reference. (If you disagree, please add the "notability" template to the article.)
However, the article needs a major cleanup. In particular, sources are not given with in-line citations, making verification difficult. Citing more reliable sources (not blogs an wikies) would be good as well. I am changing the tags accordingly. Sorted as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 15:56, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  notability 

message: A lot of this article appears to be the opinions of one editor, who coincidentally is also credited with coining the term and was prominently externally linked in the lead.  Yet doing a google of the two together produces no hits outside of this article.  The article isn't cited anywhere, and has an inappropriate tone for a factual encyclopaedia.  Wikipedia is not a text book.  The external links, while giving the appearance of being related don't actually use the term "open business", or if they do they do in a manner that may, or may not, be related to the article's subject.  It is not unusual to consider "open source" as a model for businesses, but I'm not convinced from what I see here that "Open Business" is a notable term for this or is anywhere near as cohesive a concept as the article suggests.
That along with the clear conflict of interests that David G.V. Ray has in editing this article leaves its contents very much open to question.  It seriously needs good solid cites from third parties.  --Escape Orbit (Talk) 19:30, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I have reverted the page to the last good version before the David_gv_gray (and anon IP) edits.  I've left the anon IP who was currently editing (suspect this is DGVR) a note to this effect. -- MightyWarrior (talk) 12:26, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems with this article
Talk:Oneok

message: Did they give a reason behind their late 1980 adoption of the name ONEOK? Did they want people to think the company was Korean? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 02:12, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: It does seem very Korean (or Japanese or Indian). :-) —BarrelProof (talk) 23:11, 2 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name origin 

message: The content of this article is well beyond the requirements for Stub classification. I have marked for Start class. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bruin2 (talk • contribs) 04:51, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article reclassification
Talk:Nancy Reagan defense

message: the following was put under "See also" so I had to do something with it.
:It is believed that the "Just Say No" takeover defense term was first coined by Messrs. Anthony Chase Fountain and P.T. Waters with respect to the 1988 hostile takeover of Pillsbury by Grand Met plc. At the time, Messrs. Fountain and Waters worked at the New York law firm representing the bidder.
I'da thunk it was earlier.  Minor trivia - there is a very important insider trading case related to the bidders lawyer - is it the same firm?  Maybe they should have ...
Smallbones 13:36, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs reference
Talk:Motorcraft

message: The tone of this artical doesn't seem to be NPOV. The phrase "high quality" appears too often in such a short artical in my opinion, but this could be much ado about nothing. BioTube (talk) 02:31, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too good an opinion? 

message: Need  a replacement hose for the rerun reservoir.. 2006 Mustang GT 4.6 lt. Help!! 2601:500:8882:71C0:F4C6:1DFB:4AB9:3B88 (talk) 21:48, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Replacement hose
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject West Midlands/Monthly improvement drive

message: If there are any problems with the guidelines to nomination and voting then please make them known here! If the grammar is a bit iffy then you can change it. - Erebus555 15:52, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are some auto-expanding templates for nominations. Snowman 22:45, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I'm a rookie when it comes to this technology with templates so could you care to elaborate please? Thanks. - Erebus555 20:03, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Sounds like complicated stuff. Not sure if it would be worth going to all that trouble. - Erebus555 17:06, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

message: I thought it maybe useful if users can add articles that they want to be created as nominations. They can take them from the WikiProject Article Requests page or they could be their own suggestions. This way we could also keep the backlog of article requests on that page down too. Would do you think? - Erebus555 13:07, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorporating article requests 

message: To avoid problems with nominating and voting, do you think that the first 15 days of the month should be for nominations only, and then after nominations have closed, you are only permitted to vote? This would help when voting so that you do not need to change your vote when a new nomination appears.
Also, I think we should get more people nominating/ voting. I know this is early on in the scheme's existence but it would be good to get this one going quickly. - Erebus555 20:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nominating process 

message: It appears we have a tie break. I don't know what the process is when we get one of these :-S. Anyone got any ideas? I'm favouring the West Bromwich article... - Erebus555 18:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I'll put my vote in in favour of West Bromwich - I'd rather add content than re-organise! Fingerpuppet 19:17, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I'll give it to West Bromwich then. - Erebus555 20:04, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tie break!
Talk:Job fair

message: I have redirected Online job fair to Job fair – it has never been more than a minimal stub, with no more information than the section on online job fairs in this article.
The "online" section in this article, or the standalone article, could perhaps be developed with the help of these sources:
* Zelenskaya, Kaleriya, and Neha Singh. 2011. Exploring Virtual Recruiting From Employers’ Perspective Using “Second Life”. Journal of Human Resources in Hospitality & Tourism, 10:2, 117-128, DOI: 10.1080/15332845.2011.536505 
* Leece R. 2005. A Virtual Careers Fair. Australian Journal of Career Development. 14:2, 34-39. doi:10.1177/103841620501400207 (tons of possibly-useful sources in the references list in this one)
* d’Ovidio, M., and Gandini, A. 2019. The Functions of Social Interaction in the Knowledge-Creative Economy: Between Co-Presence and ICT-Mediated Social Relations. Sociologica, 13:1, 51–66. DOI: 10.6092/issn.1971-8853/9388
* Lee, Myong Jae, et al. 2020. What dimensions of career expos have the most impact on student satisfaction? Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education. 27.
--bonadea contributions talk 08:24, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Online job fair
Talk:Logosphere

message: From Dialogues on Bakhtin: Interdisciplinary Readings:
"Thus the notion of ‘logosphere’ refers to the fact that we both recognize
and understand the recurring elements in speech (or, ’language’) on the
one hand, and assign meanings to the unrepeatable and unique utterance,
on the other hand. Bakhtin (1986: 134) argues that elements of speech are
experienced in two ways: through the repeatability of the language and
the unrepeatability (uniqueness) of the utterance. Thus it is through
actual utterances that language participates in the historical
unrepeatability and in the never-ending, unfinalized totality of the
logosphere (Bakhtin 1986: 134)."  Avb 16:35, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I tried to summarize this in a defininition in the article, and I think it's a general communication term, so I've moved it to that category. I don't know the uses of this term, nor am I sure I summarized accurately, so please edit away! --Busy Stubber (talk) 16:10, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Earlier, scholarly meaning

message: Logosphere was first seen on the internet in 1997 as logosphere.com, the home page of a few information enthusiasts who founded a consulting firm to further the flow of information within companies and organizations.
No citation, and I doubt the concept had never been seen on the Internet as of 1997.  Even if it hadn't, the first reference to it on the Internet seems extraneous.  Twin Bird (talk) 06:04, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed paragraph.
Talk:Kijiji

message: Perhaps this page should make some comment with regards to the buisness model. Specifically, is it a free clasified site funded by corperate ads placed on the site or does kijiji take in revenu from the clasified ads themself?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.197.121.109 (talk) 17:28, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Buisness model

message: Sorry but this is about Kijiji and NOT about how the world is centred around America. The weblink on the sidebox should NOT direct you to ebay classifieds BUT to the Kijiji sites itself. If you want a link to ebay classifieds then create a new page for eBay classifieds page and post it there. 
So in saying that, even though kijiji.com directs you to eBay classifieds it is NOT kajiji and a link that directs to a Kijiji should be used instead. I will place a link to kijiji.ca and any others can be added for other countries. So no US link, including kijiji.com which does not exist but redirects to ebay classifieds.  24.36.110.176 (talk) 02:50, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kijiji vs eBay Classified link/ Add new page for eBay Classifieds 

message: The section begins "At that time" but there is no reference to when they are talking about. The entire section has to do with ebay classifieds and not Kijiji.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.14.226.31 (talk) 20:15, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section about ebay classifieds 

message: As of Oct 1, 2018, Kijiji has a new logo.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seangates (talk • contribs) 19:48, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Branding 

message: Hi, I don't know how to fix this, but Magento has been acquired by Adobe, so it should no longer appear in the "Companies owned by eBay" footer.
Thanks!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.225.34.61 (talk) 16:57, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Menu at the bottom is incorrect. 

message: On kijiji.it on 2 Aug 2022 there is message saying such, with links to subito.it and automobile.it as alternate links Rapidnoname (talk) 13:03, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  kijiji.it no longer exists as of May 31, 2022?
Talk:Knowledge-centered support

message: 22:38, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: The change is from Knowledge-centered support to: Knowledge-Centered Service
CATALYNK Sharing Knowledge. Smarter. (talk) 22:38, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

message: Whilst the general principle it is trying to document is sound (staff creating, using and modifying wikipedia-style articles as normal part of their day-to-day troubleshooting is a good idea) the amount of jargon and buzzwords make this a difficult read.Back ache (talk) 07:49, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Buzz words make this almost unreadable 
Talk:Last shot

message: I suggest this page should be deleted. Its content adds nothing to the brief mention in Offer and acceptance, part of the article is opinion only, and it is written in the past tense as though the principle no longer operates but there is no information to confirm its demise. - BobKilcoyne (talk) 17:20, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggest deletion of this page
Talk:Layaway

message: What advantages are there to layaway? The customer pays in installments but does not receive the item until all payments have been made - how does this differ from simply saving and purchasing the item at once? The item is received at the same time and without any layaway fees or inconvenience for the merchant. What advantages does layaway have that would make it more appealing than simply saving for the item? 216.36.186.2 (talk) 16:04, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: People that don't have the discipline to save on their own might benefit by having a 'bill to pay' which forces them to 'save' for what they want.  I agree, not the best plan, but some people probably need something like that to make them commit.--24.181.231.46 (talk) 01:59, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

text: Another reason has to do with availability.  If you layaway the item the store has guaranteed that it is available (indeed there is one put away for the buyer).  Lay-by was very common in Australia when I was a child and IIRC many stores did not charge any fee for the lay-by service.  Even when a fee was levied it was small.  I also know that some parents in Australia used lay-by to hide away Christmas presents before the big day.  Robert Brockway (talk) 20:56, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I wonder if, now that credit has nearly ruined the US, we might start encouraging layaway as a safer alternative.. maybe remove the 'fees' this article discusses.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 00:30, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Funny you mention that. I came to this article after reading an article about Kmart promoting their layaway service due to the weaker economy. Regarding the original question, perhaps layaway allows low-income people to buy a product that's on sale, even though they don't yet have the money. Other than that, I could never understand why anyone would use a store's layaway service. --JHP (talk) 02:24, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advantages to Layaway 

message: I've never heard of this in the UK. Where is "layaway" used other than the US and Canada? – Fayenatic (talk) 17:44, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Globalise 
Talk:Less than container load

message: This is not an article it's a definition of a freight term. This and Full Container Load should be merged with Containerization. 
Full Container Load and Less than container load, together with entries in FCL and LCL redirected to a section within Containerization. i.e. Containerization#LCL or Containerization#Less than container load, etc. together with any other links.
Any objections?--Pnb73 (talk) 23:17, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger
Talk:Lifestyle business

message: I found this Wikipedia page useful. It's linked to from http://steveblank.com/2009/11/02/lean-startups-aren%E2%80%99t-cheap-startups/ 160.133.1.228 (talk) 20:24, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No it isn't. PROD reinstated. 213.246.83.232 (talk) 21:16, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Link my biz

message: See Oxford Dictionary for the difference between 'a business' and 'an entrepreneur' - this suggested merge is not very objective or sensible.  It is the same as saying Business should be merged with Entrepreneur.  A business is a company etc an entrepreneur is someone who starts a company.  In addition, the lifestyle business section has been tagged for deletion, so a merge would be equivalent to deleted good content that should be developed further - we don't want to do that now do we? --Kary247 (talk) 11:01, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested Merge
Talk:Lindeteves-Jacoberg Limited

message: When this article was created in December 2006 the text included a notice that it had been tagged for cleanup since August 2005, which suggests that the content had been copied from another wikipedia or from an article which had been deleted from this one.  It was an extremely poor article.  I gave it a major overhaul and provided one reference.  — Athaenara  ✉  05:27, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because... (your reason here) --Robin of locksley (talk) 18:49, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contested deletion 