Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trademarks: Revision history

30 March 2024

• curprev 05:2305:23, 30 March 2024‎ AP 499D25 talk contribs‎ 21,807 bytes 0‎ relocated WP:CAMELCASE hatnote to inside "General rules" section, because that's where it redirects to undo

4 March 2024

• curprev 08:5808:58, 4 March 2024‎ Manfroze talk contribs‎ m 21,807 bytes +1‎ →‎Indicating stylizations undo Tag: 2017 wikitext editor

18 February 2024

• curprev 22:5422:54, 18 February 2024‎ DigitalIceAge talk contribs‎ 21,806 bytes +27‎ →‎Multiple, changed, and former names undo

14 January 2024

• curprev 18:2918:29, 14 January 2024‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 21,779 bytes +409‎ Revision to resolve discussion on talk page; it's correct that the "Lead section" heading had material under it no longer all strictly about the lead, and is about various names, meanwhile another section has lead-related material. Cross-reference relevant policy. Rm. unnecessary verbiage (that also made the sentence over-specific anyway). undo
• curprev 18:1318:13, 14 January 2024‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 21,370 bytes +20‎ →‎Use of graphic logos: more specific undo

10 January 2024

• curprev 18:3518:35, 10 January 2024‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 21,350 bytes +126‎ →‎Lead section: Cross-ref, since people may come directly to this section, and much of that other section applies also to lead material. undo
• curprev 18:3218:32, 10 January 2024‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 21,224 bytes −134‎ →‎Indicating stylizations: Tighten up the wording; this was very unclear and confused the entire lead section with the lead sentence, and implied (with "an alternative") a THIRD version, which of course is not what we mean. Also needs to agree with MOS:BOLDLEAD, MOS:BOLDSYN. Break up into multiple sentences instead of a run-on. Only do this if signficantly different (Joe's is not signficantly different from Joe’s). undo
• curprev 17:5117:51, 10 January 2024‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 21,358 bytes −1‎ →‎Indicating stylizations: Better example, since iPod and IPod resolve to the same actual page without a redirect. Clarify wording on parenthetical, since the next sentence says to use a different kind of one sometimes. undo

8 January 2024

• curprev 17:1817:18, 8 January 2024‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 21,359 bytes +394‎ That was a major unilateral change that didn't make sense in several ways, and deleted material. This page is not specifically about "company names". That section emphatically is about the lead. All company names are trademarked. MoS isn't about article titling. I can try to integrate some of the ideas in that edit that are based on actual consensus practice and see if other editors accept it without further discussion, but I'm skeptical. undo

7 January 2024

• curprev 18:1518:15, 7 January 2024‎ Jorahm talk contribs‎ 20,965 bytes +197‎ →‎Lead section undo

13 December 2023

• curprev 02:4902:49, 13 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ m 20,768 bytes +27‎ link tweak undo

12 December 2023

• curprev 15:5715:57, 12 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 20,741 bytes −48‎ Clearer wording, and we have no use for a spammy company link here. No one is going to think this is a lie, and this is not an article, so a citation for something anyone can verify in 30 seconds via Googling for the company and going to their website is silly. undo
• curprev 15:5515:55, 12 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 20,789 bytes +436‎ →‎General rules: Restore the Kesha example; it was meaningful here. Cross-reference cleanup (incl. to new section heading at MOS:BIO, "MOS:BIOEXCEPT"). Semantic markup fix (illustrating the ampersand character is not actually an example of source code). Disambiguate "normal" (we mean "conventional English usage", not "common for this trademark in non-independent soruces"; obvious, but someone would wikilawyer it.) Link cleanup and other text/markup tweaks. undo

11 December 2023

• curprev 19:0719:07, 11 December 2023‎ InfiniteNexus talk contribs‎ 20,353 bytes +10‎ →‎General rules: MOS:TMTHE remains the most commonly used shortcut undo
• curprev 16:3516:35, 11 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 20,343 bytes +50‎ shortcut cleanup undo
• curprev 15:0015:00, 11 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ m 20,293 bytes +35‎ →‎Mergers, partnerships, and other combined names: missing {{xt}} undo
• curprev 14:5314:53, 11 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ m 20,258 bytes +6‎ →‎General rules: copyedit undo
• curprev 12:2312:23, 11 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 20,252 bytes +5‎ →‎General rules: anchor cleanup undo
• curprev 11:3011:30, 11 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 20,247 bytes +570‎ Merging and massaging material mis-placed in WP:NCCORP, which is a naming conventions (titles) guideline; lead wording is an MoS matter. undo
• curprev 10:0910:09, 11 December 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 19,677 bytes +316‎ Lead improvement. Adapting wording from the lead at MOS:CAPS (which applies the exact same standard) on when and how exceptions are made. It's been this way for about two decades, but we need to spell it out right here since the average editor doesn't read all of MoS and intuit that the same standard is applied to TM, CAPS, and everything else (individual exceptions to MOS:INITIALS, etc.). undo

8 November 2023

• curprev 13:5713:57, 8 November 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 19,361 bytes −13‎ Shouldn't say "individuals" if we're going to address that at MOS:NAMES instead. It could be all consolidated here instead, with the rule at MOS:NAMES replaced with a MOS:TM cross-reference, but it hasn't happened yet. undo
• curprev 13:5413:54, 8 November 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 19,374 bytes +401‎ Crossreference. This is another attempt to satisfy RoyLeban's continued claims (now in user talk) that the guidelines are somehow unclear. undo

31 October 2023

• curprev 07:5707:57, 31 October 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 18,973 bytes −11‎ concision undo
• curprev 07:5007:50, 31 October 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 18,984 bytes 0‎ link fix undo
• curprev 07:4907:49, 31 October 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 18,984 bytes +816‎ →‎top: Try some clarification after a week or more of back-and-forth with RoyLeban about alleged inclarities, both on the talk page here and in user talk. Put related sentences together. Semantic markup. Link cleanup. undo

23 October 2023

• curprev 06:3506:35, 23 October 2023‎ RoyLeban talk contribs‎ 18,168 bytes −9‎ →‎Trademarks that begin with a lowercase letter: "handful of cases" has no support — none of us know how many such cases there are, so changed to "some"; "lowercase" does not have a dash in it; I'm still not happy with this, but it is better. undo
• curprev 02:5502:55, 23 October 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 18,177 bytes +282‎ →‎Trademarks that begin with a lowercase letter: Clarification based on discussion on talk page, to account for cases like "tvOS", which are handled case-by-case. I think this is an accurate line-item, but feel free to revert me, if you don't think the talk thread is sufficient justification to include this. undo

21 October 2023

• curprev 02:4502:45, 21 October 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 17,895 bytes −21‎ Restoring some of the original wording; that change had potential substative impacts and was unclear in some ways, plus there is still an open discussion on the talk page about this section. But it was correct that some of the wording (like "With the exception that immediately follows") was redundant or useless. undo

20 October 2023

• curprev 12:4812:48, 20 October 2023‎ RoyLeban talk contribs‎ 17,916 bytes −1‎ →‎Trademarks that begin with a lowercase letter: This is clarification, not a suggested policy change. A) The first point is about "trademarks promoted without any capitals" so the second point is NOT an exception, it is an independent case. B) The second point was not accurate w.r.t. what is actually done on Wikipedia (see, e.g., macOS, tvOS, and pages that refer to those operating systems); I do have a suggested policy change, which I will bring up on the Talk page. undo

8 September 2023

• curprev 21:5421:54, 8 September 2023‎ SMcCandlish talk contribs‎ 17,917 bytes −9‎ Don't need to advertise a redundant "WP:" shortcut here. undo
• curprev 19:1719:17, 8 September 2023‎ Mugtheboss talk contribs‎ 17,926 bytes +19‎ Shortcuts undo Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit

23 July 2023

• curprev 09:5609:56, 23 July 2023‎ John of Reading talk contribs‎ 17,907 bytes −3‎ Reverted 1 edit by 2001:1260:224:528:EDD5:5E0E:5F61:9FC7 (talk): Broke the formatting undo Tags: Twinkle Undo
• curprev 09:5309:53, 23 July 2023‎ 2001:1260:224:528:edd5:5e0e:5f61:9fc7 talk‎ 17,910 bytes +3‎ No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

3 March 2023

• curprev 23:4823:48, 3 March 2023‎ Joeyconnick talk contribs‎ 17,907 bytes +1‎ grammar undo

17 February 2023

• curprev 12:1212:12, 17 February 2023‎ Mitch Ames talk contribs‎ 17,906 bytes −1‎ rm excess white space undo

11 February 2023

• curprev 07:5307:53, 11 February 2023‎ Chaheel Riens talk contribs‎ 17,907 bytes +59‎ →‎General rules: don't use "judgment call" as justification to use multiple variants in the same article. undo

24 December 2022

• curprev 04:5304:53, 24 December 2022‎ Paul Erik talk contribs‎ 17,848 bytes −13‎ Undid revision 1129218009 by 75.156.152.49 (talk) it's right here undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 04:4704:47, 24 December 2022‎ 75.156.152.49 talk‎ 17,861 bytes +13‎ No edit summary undo Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit

22 December 2022

• curprev 05:1605:16, 22 December 2022‎ Oknazevad talk contribs‎ 17,848 bytes −48‎ →‎General rules: being Nintendo never writes their name with a lowercase initial letter, it's a bad example. No, their logo does not start with a lowercase. That's a Mandela Effect and doesn't need to be given heed here. undo

20 December 2022

• curprev 16:5916:59, 20 December 2022‎ Blueboar talk contribs‎ 17,896 bytes −72‎ Undo… the key is usage by sources OTHER than the trademark holder. Let’s discuss further. undo Tag: Undo
• curprev 16:4516:45, 20 December 2022‎ 151.132.206.250 talk‎ 17,968 bytes +72‎ →‎General rules: clarifying that all-caps names should always be standardized, regardless of widespread use (see Talk) undo Tag: Reverted

10 December 2022

• curprev 05:5405:54, 10 December 2022‎ Joeyconnick talk contribs‎ 17,896 bytes +1‎ balance parentheses—closing (or "(stylised as ...)" depending on the article's variety of English undo Tag: Manual revert

29 November 2022

• curprev 05:1705:17, 29 November 2022‎ DecafPotato talk contribs‎ m 17,895 bytes −1‎ →‎Indicating stylizations: closing parentheses without opening parentheses removed undo Tags: Reverted 2017 wikitext editor

27 November 2022

• curprev 20:4620:46, 27 November 2022‎ TartarTorte talk contribs‎ 17,896 bytes +57‎ Adding local short description: "Style guide relating to trademarks", overriding Wikidata description "Wikimedia project page" undo Tag: Shortdesc helper

14 August 2022

• curprev 05:2505:25, 14 August 2022‎ Dekimasu talk contribs‎ 17,839 bytes +4‎ actually, this is probably a better example, since like the IKEA one it is not read letter-by-letter undo
• curprev 05:2305:23, 14 August 2022‎ Dekimasu talk contribs‎ 17,835 bytes −2‎ →‎General rules: SEAT is probably not a great replacement since it is associated with FIAT/Fiat, which we don't capitalize despite it also being an initialism undo

7 August 2022

• curprev 01:2101:21, 7 August 2022‎ Cinderella157 talk contribs‎ 17,837 bytes 0‎ →‎General rules: Replace example with better example consistent with spirit and intent of guidance: While the etymology of Ikea is an acronym, "Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd" is not the actual company's name nor is it consistently capped in sources undo

28 July 2022

• curprev 16:0216:02, 28 July 2022‎ BarrelProof talk contribs‎ 17,837 bytes −11‎ →‎General rules: Per Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Trademarks#Trademarks vs. proper names undo

10 July 2022

• curprev 00:1700:17, 10 July 2022‎ Nurg talk contribs‎ 17,848 bytes −3‎ →‎General rules: update link to section that is otherwise confusing on reaching the target undo

5 July 2022

• curprev 06:3806:38, 5 July 2022‎ DocWatson42 talk contribs‎ 17,851 bytes +11‎ →‎General rules: Cleaned up "Anchor" template placement per the template's own instructions and added (back?) a shortcut. undo