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MyWikiBiz: Another Style Guide for me to write

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Another Style Guide for me to write

Centiare: /* Format of the Infobox */

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Format of the Infobox

MyWikiBiz: /* Format of the Infobox */ Wiki-linking incomes

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Format of the Infobox: Wiki-linking incomes

Centiare at 21:50, 15 November 2006

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MyWikiBiz: Format of the Infobox

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Format of the Infobox

Karl Nagel at 05:18, 3 November 2006

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Karl Nagel at 23:16, 2 November 2006

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IBM corporate governance, shareholder activism, government regulation & oversight

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	::: How about developing a style guideline that says editors should wikilink the ''first'' reference? That way, if one or more is omitted, at least one will have a wikilink reference. I prefer & use the one reference rule not only for this infobox, but for other Directory & main page articles as well. --[[User:Centiare\|Centiare]] 07:35, 16 November 2006 (PST)		::: How about developing a style guideline that says editors should wikilink the ''first'' reference? That way, if one or more is omitted, at least one will have a wikilink reference. I prefer & use the one reference rule not only for this infobox, but for other Directory & main page articles as well. --[[User:Centiare\|Centiare]] 07:35, 16 November 2006 (PST)
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		+	::::Okay, after more thought, I do agree. Wiki style is always to wikilink only the first reference, and this will more freely enable eventual conversion to pesos, Canadian dollars, Euros, etc. --[[User:MyWikiBiz\|MyWikiBiz]] 11:06, 16 November 2006 (PST)

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	::I meant because it wasn't wiki-linked in blue. I think the better convention is to wikilink on all three references to money, because we have no idea which companies will choose to display Revenue, Operating, and Net; versus just Operating and Net; versus just Net. If all three are formatted the same way, deletion of one or more poses no difference in style. --[[User:MyWikiBiz\|MyWikiBiz]] 19:38, 15 November 2006 (PST)		::I meant because it wasn't wiki-linked in blue. I think the better convention is to wikilink on all three references to money, because we have no idea which companies will choose to display Revenue, Operating, and Net; versus just Operating and Net; versus just Net. If all three are formatted the same way, deletion of one or more poses no difference in style. --[[User:MyWikiBiz\|MyWikiBiz]] 19:38, 15 November 2006 (PST)
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		+	::: How about developing a style guideline that says editors should wikilink the ''first'' reference? That way, if one or more is omitted, at least one will have a wikilink reference. I prefer & use the one reference rule not only for this infobox, but for other Directory & main page articles as well. --[[User:Centiare\|Centiare]] 07:35, 16 November 2006 (PST)

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	: Do you mean because they aren't wiki-linked in blue? Or that it should appear as $US12.4 billion ($ placed in front). If it's because it's not wiki-linked, I just thought a good convention would be to link once on the first reference. --[[User:Centiare\|Centiare]] 13:50, 15 November 2006 (PST)		: Do you mean because they aren't wiki-linked in blue? Or that it should appear as $US12.4 billion ($ placed in front). If it's because it's not wiki-linked, I just thought a good convention would be to link once on the first reference. --[[User:Centiare\|Centiare]] 13:50, 15 November 2006 (PST)
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		+	::I meant because it wasn't wiki-linked in blue. I think the better convention is to wikilink on all three references to money, because we have no idea which companies will choose to display Revenue, Operating, and Net; versus just Operating and Net; versus just Net. If all three are formatted the same way, deletion of one or more poses no difference in style. --[[User:MyWikiBiz\|MyWikiBiz]] 19:38, 15 November 2006 (PST)

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	Notice that the Revenue looks nice (with United States dollar referencing), but that Operating Income and Net Income don't seem to look as "clean". If this is something that could/should be cleaned up, better that we do it now, and not after dozens of Corporate Infoboxes are in place. --[[User:MyWikiBiz\|MyWikiBiz]] 13:08, 15 November 2006 (PST)		Notice that the Revenue looks nice (with United States dollar referencing), but that Operating Income and Net Income don't seem to look as "clean". If this is something that could/should be cleaned up, better that we do it now, and not after dozens of Corporate Infoboxes are in place. --[[User:MyWikiBiz\|MyWikiBiz]] 13:08, 15 November 2006 (PST)
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		+	: Do you mean because they aren't wiki-linked in blue? Or that it should appear as $US12.4 billion ($ placed in front). If it's because it's not wiki-linked, I just thought a good convention would be to link once on the first reference. --[[User:Centiare\|Centiare]] 13:50, 15 November 2006 (PST)

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		+	== Format of the Infobox ==
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		+	Karl, I'm wondering about the formatting right here:
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		+	revenue = [[United States dollar\|US$]][[Revenues:=91100000000\|91.1 billion]] (2005)<ref name="morningstar">{{cite web\|url=http://quicktake.morningstar.com/Stock/Income10.asp?Country=USA&Symbol=IBM&stocktab=finance&pgid=qtqnnavfinstate \|title=IBM Stock Report \|accessdate=2006-06-27 \|publisher=[[Morningstar, Inc.]]}}</ref> \|
		+	operating_income = US$12.4 billion (2005)<ref name="morningstar"/><br/> (10.5% [[operating margin]]<ref name="reuters">{{cite web\|url=http://www.investor.reuters.com/business/BusCompanyOverview.aspx?ticker=IBM&target=%2fbusiness%2fbuscompany%2fbuscompfake%2fbuscompoverview&cotype=1M \|title=IBM: Company Overview \|accessdate=2006-06-27 \|publisher=[[Reuters]] }}</ref>)\|
		+	net_income = US$[[Net Income:=7900000000\|7.9 billion]] (2005)<ref name="morningstar"/><br> (9.3% [[profit margin]]<ref name="reuters"/>)
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		+	Notice that the Revenue looks nice (with United States dollar referencing), but that Operating Income and Net Income don't seem to look as "clean". If this is something that could/should be cleaned up, better that we do it now, and not after dozens of Corporate Infoboxes are in place. --[[User:MyWikiBiz\|MyWikiBiz]] 13:08, 15 November 2006 (PST)

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