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There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Andrei Kirilenko that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Emiya1980 (talk) 22:24, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MarketLine is a publisher that provides information about businesses. I found it via Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library through EBSCO's Business Source Complete, and I think it might be useful to editors who work on business articles. If you log in to TWL first, then this link might work. Otherwise, try searching for microsoft marketline in the main search box, and then open the PDF for the first item ("MarketLine Company Profile: Microsoft Corporation.").

They produce reports called "Company profiles" about large publicly traded businesses, with a description of the business, founding dates, the names of key employees and a (very) little information about their previous positions, a timeline of product launches, mergers and acquisitions over the years, etc. For older companies, most of the information is in this timeline, which provides a short statement about key events (e.g., "Year: 1978 The company started its first international office in Japan as ASCII Microsoft"). The reports seem to get updated each year. The idea is that large businesses will subscribe to the reports, so they can figure out who their competitors are, find potential partners, write mind-numbing slide decks about the competitive landscape in their industry, etc.

It includes a separate section called "Company View" that copies information taken directly from corporate publications, and a SWOT analysis that does not appear to be anything a company would wish to publicize ("Microsoft faces threat from unauthorized access such as hackers, computer viruses and other related issues. Security breach could be a major threat to the company...") and which I therefore assume is independent analysis. It ends with the statement that "Copyright of [the company name] Corporation MarketLine Company Profile is the property of MarketLine, a Progressive Digital Media business" (which I first misread as "Copyright of [the company]").

These company profiles appear to me to be:

• independent sources (except for the "Company View" section, which is labeled as being copied from corporate materials)
• secondary sources (particularly the SWOT analysis section)
• non-self-published (MarketLine is in the business of publishing these reports)
• significant coverage (hundreds or sometimes thousands of words of prose, most of which is at least potentially usable in an article)
• not biased (they're not trying to either hype the businesses or to denigrate them)
• potentially better than WP:PRIMARYNEWS articles, especially if the news article has little more than a passing mention of a company.

They also have "industry profiles", e.g., a report titled "MarketLine Industry Profile: Foodservice in United Kingdom". I don't expect this to be useful for smaller businesses, but if there's ever a question about where to find sources for a large company, this might be a good first step. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:44, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@WhatamIdoing They generate all that stuff using AI. They are pretty open about that.[1][2] We’ve spent nearly a decade refining our proprietary AI technology. Every GlobalData product and solution harnesses AI, from our proprietary predictive models to our advanced data enrichment process.Polygnotus (talk) 23:28, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Proposed acquisition of Warner Bros.#Requested move 15 December 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 04:35, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! On behalf of Adtalem Global Education, which is a healthcare education company, I have submitted a few COI edit requests to improve the article from a Wikipedia perspective. The article has had two warning banners for over a decade and my requests are related to acquisitions and divestitures, history, campuses and enrollment, and finances.

I'm seeking editor assistance to review and implement the requests appropriately. Are any WikiProject Business editors able to take a look? Thanks for your consideration, Inkian Jason (talk) 15:53, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your input at the following link is welcome: Talk:AI bubble#Which English variety? George Ho (talk) 23:43, 24 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I am new here and I wanted to get some feedback and evaluation on this article I wrote that was recently rejected because of original research. I am wondering if this can be submitted to the wikiproject for business. Here is the url to the article: https://w.wiki/HFMW Writingflows321 (talk) 05:02, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gun show loophole has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 20:46, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Enron scandal has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 03:19, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

PlayStation has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 03:34, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. Been on Wikipedia for years but haven't taken a deep interest for business/company articles until recently. I did my first long-form article recently, Zapier, and I'd like your feedback on it. Been getting familiarized with all the new policies but would like a gut-check. I want to help take business articles to GA status so any guidance is appreciate. If I'm in the wrong place please let me know, TY. Morogris (✉ • ✎) 05:03, 27 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas S. Hinde has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 19:23, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello WikiProject Business editors. There is a request at Talk:Better.com#Overview_of_subsidiaries if editors care to review a proposed summary of the company's subsidiaries. Disclosure: I am an employee at Better (Better Home & Finance Holding Company). Thanks, KC at Better (talk) 20:12, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Box-office bomb#Requested move 7 February 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. silviaASH (inquire within) 03:10, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• No, Jeffrey Epstein didn’t trigger the 2008 subprime meltdown - Financial Times

FT directly discusses Epstein's role (or lack of it) in the financial meltdown as well as the Jeffrey Epstein Wikipedia article . I lack a subscription to FT so I can't read it myself. Harizotoh9 (talk) 18:40, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Is this company really notable? Why is this page so badly written? Can this be improved in any way? Bearian (talk) 22:27, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Robin Daniels (businessman) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robin Daniels (businessman) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Bearian (talk) 23:12, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The article Infection ratio has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged as needing more sources for 19 years. It's just a dictionary definition.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

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If the proposed deletion has already been carried out, you may request undeletion of the article at any time. Bearian (talk) 02:04, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The article Arborite has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged for Notability concerns for 14 years. Tagged for refimprove for 10 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. Little more than advertising. Fails the relevant notability guidelines.

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If the proposed deletion has already been carried out, you may request undeletion of the article at any time. Bearian (talk) 02:11, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just want to check. Has anyone created an article on this subject before? Is there a way to check? I saw it briefly mentioned in Semiconductor industry in Japan but thats it. Was it previously created and then deleted? I see a JP article on it. Its got enough coverage in my view to create an article on it. Imcdc Contact 10:51, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery#Requested move 27 February 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. — Trailblazer¹⁰¹🔥 ^{(discuss · contribs)} 02:00, 28 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]