Talk:Espacenet

Removed unsourced information

I have removed the following unsourced information:

The esp@cenet has the following main aims:

offer basic patent information to individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, students etc
increase awareness and use of patent information at the national and European levels
support innovation, reduce wastage in the innovation cycle
supplement existing channels for the dissemination of patent information

Please cite your source. Thanks. --Edcolins 21:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

While doing my best to maintain a no malice view, I have great difficulties in understanding the above logic. Just why wipe the contents rather than take the approcimately 5 seconds on Google to determine the source? So, just google offer basic patent information to individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises, and you get this entry on EPO with the very text. Can this be so hard? And it would be more friendly and more helpful to add a cite tag if you cannot be bothered to Google. --22:37, 17 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.164.182.32 (talk)

Thanks for providing your source. The added material, i.e. the claimed aims of esp@cenet, seems to constitute promotional material. Since the source is not independent from the subject, I don't think it is appropriate to have the information in the wikipedia article. Please see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, Wikipedia:Reliable sources, and Wikipedia:Primary sources. Thank you. --Edcolins (talk) 11:06, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move. JPG-GR (talk) 21:10, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Esp@cenet → Espacenet — To conform to the standards at Wikipedia:Manual of Style (trademarks), i.e. ignore the "official" name and go with normal English. —Mcmullen writes (talk) 20:32, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's naming conventions.

Support per WP:MOSTM. TJ Spyke 04:33, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Oppose per WP:IGNORE. Using the correct name here improves the article's accuracy and professionalism. It makes Wikipedia a more reliable encyclopedia and does not impede the reading of, or affect the understanding of, the article. The symbol is a part of the name itself. --Edcolins (talk) 18:22, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The "@" is only decorative. Unless it is pronounced "Esp at cenet" instead of "espacenet" there is no reason to give this page special treatment. Cross porpoises (talk) 19:27, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support as per nom and others. 'At' symbol is not functional, only substituting for a letter 'a'. Callmederek (talk) 20:24, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Songs of ts steiner (talk) 19:51, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support as I did with The Idolm@ster which is also nominated for moving. If @ is decorative it should not be used per MOSTM. Whydontyoucallme dantheman (talk) 02:04, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.