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IBM corporate governance, shareholder activism, government regulation & oversight
IBM corporate governance, shareholder activism, government regulation & oversight
: Testing[[User:Karl Nagel|Karl Nagel]] 21:18, 2 November 2006 (PST)
== Format of the Infobox ==
Karl, I'm wondering about the formatting right here:
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"/>)
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)
: 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)
::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)
::: 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)
::::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)