Talk:Gallup (company)/Archive 1

Archive 1

Archive 2

Funding?

Where are Gallup polls funded from? This is an important issue that may bias the polls or at least public perception of the polls. I can't find anything about it on Gallup's website. -Pgan002 (talk) 00:51, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Merger proposal

The stub article about Gallup Europe should be merged because information about a subsidiary fits better in one artice about the parent organization —Preceding unsigned comment added by CZmarlin (talk • contribs) 03:07, 26 October 2007 (UTC) Sorry, I forgot to sign it last night! — CZmarlin 15:10, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Agree. -Pgan002 (talk) 00:49, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

I've found Gallup Europe being merged. What about merger proposal from Gallup poll? I'd agree with that one too..  2aprilboy ^talk 12:46, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Management, Board of Directors, top managers - Information, please?

Not much history of the last 15 years of the organization, nor its governance, Board of Directors, top managers, are easy to find. I have never been thwarted before in finding who runs an organization. Very odd. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mydogtrouble (talk • contribs) 18:37, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Article omits valid critcism

Article is mainly corporate propaganda; no discussion of valid criticism of Gallup methodology by Alan Abramowitz (Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science at Emory University)Swantamer (talk) 19:11, 31 May 2011 (UTC)swantamer.

No he actually said, "The Gallup Poll should be commended for making their internals available to interested observers for secondary analysis -- few other polling organizations are so generous with their data. And to be fair to Gallup, they have cautioned that these results are not a prediction of what will happen on Election Day, only a snapshot of current voter attitudes." Rjensen (talk) 00:35, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Further Reading, by Jim Clifton

The Coming Jobs War ISBN-13: 978-1595620552 Publisher: Gallup Press (October 4, 2011) 97.87.29.188 (talk) 22:49, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

Move?

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Move The Gallup Organization to Gallup (company). There is clear consensus that "Organization" needs to be dropped, but no consensus this is the primary topic for "Gallup". This parenthetical was the best supported of the suggested options. Cúchullain ^t/c 16:27, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

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• The Gallup Organization → Gallup
• Gallup → Gallup (disambiguation)

– Our company goes by "Gallup" rather than "The Gallup Organization." "Gallup is more recognizable. It would be great if we could redirect "The Gallup Organization" page to the "Gallup" page. --Relisted Cúchullain ^t/c 18:54, 23 October 2012 (UTC)206.205.24.242 (talk) 20:31, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

• Gallup has many meanings and is a long disambig page. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 22:32, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose multiple uses, indeed we need to split off Gallup Poll into a separate article as well. -- 70.50.149.56 (talk) 23:35, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

If moved it should be at Gallup (organization) since there is no evidence that this is the primary meaning of the term Gallup.--199.91.207.3 (talk) 17:29, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

• Support, per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC and the Google rankings for Gallup -wikipedia. It looks like the company dropped the word "organization" a few years back. Here is the relevant page on their Website. Kauffner (talk) 10:35, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
• Question If you want to move this page to Gallup, this means that we already have to move the current page Gallup to Gallup (disambiguation). This should only be done if the subject of this article were the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. PRIMARY is usually indicated if it is "more likely than all the other topics combined to be the topic sought when a reader searches for that term". Can you show that this is the case here? --RJFF (talk) 07:48, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
• Support per Kauffner. Indeed the current Gallup should be moved to Gallup (disambiguation); I'll add this to the request. --BDD (talk) 19:18, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
• Comment. The guideline does not say that a the primary topic must be more likely to be sought than all the other topics combined. If A implies B, it does not follow that B implies A. If you google Gallup -wikipedia, everything on the first two pages of results refers to the organization, Gallup, New Mexico, or to Gallup Park in Ann Arbor. The organization got 39,146 page views in the last 90 days, while the town got 19,109. We don't have an article, or even a section of an article, for Gallup Park. Kauffner (talk) 19:26, 16 October 2012 (UTC)
• Unsure. I suspect the primary topic is Gallup Poll, as suggested by an IP above. Andrewa (talk) 06:15, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

• Move to "Gallup, Inc." or "Gallup (company)" per Wikipedia:Naming conventions (companies): "When disambiguation is needed, the legal status, an appended "(company)", or other suffix can be used to disambiguate ... If the legal status is used to disambiguate, it should be included in the article title using the company's own preference." DrKiernan (talk) 15:47, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Move to "Gallup (company)" this may be the simplest solution. Rjensen (talk) 16:51, 18 November 2012 (UTC)
• Support move to Gallup (company) per DrKiernan's argument based on WP:NCCORP. --213.196.194.37 (talk) 18:58, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

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Request: Infobox + Gallup Press updates

Hello, I'm here to offer some suggested updates to the article, beginning with the infobox and Gallup Press. Below I posted drafts for the infobox and Gallup Press in addition to markup. But first, a disclosure: I have a conflict of interest because I'm here on behalf of Gallup as part of my work at Beutler Ink.

Infobox
The infobox is missing some key content, such as Gallup's former names, its industry, and where it was founded, among other things. My draft updates the following:

• The company has been previously called the American Institute of Public Opinion and Gallup Organization, so I included them in the Formerly called parameter
• Gallup belongs in the management consulting industry
• Gallup was founded in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, so I updated Founded to include the location
• Gallup's headquarters are at The Gallup Building, 901 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C., United States. I updated Headquarters to reflect this
• Gallup has 30–40 offices globally (2017), so I updated Locations
• Jim Clifton's job title should be stylized as "Chairman and CEO", not "Chairman & CEO"
• Gallup's services include management consulting, analytics, research, opinion polling, and publishing, so I updated Services
• Citations are added throughout

@Danilo Two: Infobox edits have been approved. AmericanAir88 (talk) 17:24, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Proposed draft for infobox

Gallup

Logo
Formerly	American Institute of Public Opinion Gallup Organization
Company type	Private
Industry	Management consulting
Founded	1935 (1935) in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Founder	George Gallup
Headquarters	The Gallup Building, 901 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C. , United States
Number of locations	30–40 offices globally (2017)
Key people	Jim Clifton (Chairman and CEO)
Services	Management consulting Analytics Research Opinion polling Publishing
Owner	Employee-owned
Website	gallup.com

Markup for proposed infobox

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| romanized_name =
| former_name = {{ubl|American Institute of Public Opinion<ref name="Pace">{{cite news|last1=Pace|first1=Eric|title=George H. Gallup Is Dead at 82; Pioneer in Public Opinion Polling|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/28/obituaries/george-h-gallup-is-dead-at-82-pioneer-in-public-opinion-polling.html|accessdate=April 24, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 28, 1984}}</ref><ref name="Provenzo">{{cite book|last1=Provenzo Jr.|first1=Eugene F.|title=Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education|date=October 29, 2008|publisher=SAGE Publications|page=359|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bv9yAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT397&lpg=PT397&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=April 24, 2018}}</ref>|Gallup Organization<ref name=Pace/><ref name="Provenzo"/>}}
| type = [[Private company|Private]]<ref name="Spiro03">{{cite news|last1=Spiro|first1=Leah Nathans|title=Media; Gallup, the Pollster, Wants to Be Known for Its Consulting|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/business/media-gallup-the-pollster-wants-to-be-known-for-its-consulting.html|accessdate=April 24, 2018|work=The New York Times|date=July 21, 2003}}</ref>
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1935}} in [[Princeton, New Jersey]], United States<ref name=Pace/><ref name="Provenzo"/>
| founder = [[George Gallup]]<ref name=Pace/><ref name="Provenzo"/>
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| hq_location = The Gallup Building, 901 F Street, NW
| hq_location_city = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| hq_location_country = United States<ref name="Keri99">{{cite news |title=Northridge Capital saves Gallup's East End deal |last1=Keri |first1=Jonah |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/1999/02/15/focus2.html |newspaper=[[American City Business Journals|Washington Business Journal]] |date=15 February 1999 |accessdate=9 May 2018}}</ref>
| num_locations = 30–40 offices globally<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.omaha.com/special_sections/every-once-in-a-while-you-have-to-bet-everything/article_e9258d7c-71ff-5690-ab4a-3769c6c72b43.html|title="Every once in a while, you have to bet everything or you won't keep developing." Jim Clifton, President and CEO, Gallup|work=[[Omaha World-Herald]]|accessdate=April 24, 2018|date=April 9, 2017}}</ref><ref name="LJS">{{cite news|title= Gallup moving into Edgewood Dec. 22|url=http://journalstar.com/business/local/gallup-moving-into-edgewood-dec/article_d51fde1f-bc89-5d4c-b8f6-989877089594.html|accessdate=April 24, 2018|work=[[Lincoln Journal Star]]|publisher=[[Lee Enterprises]]|date=December 14, 2011}}</ref>
| num_locations_year = 2017
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| key_people = [[Jim Clifton]] ([[Chairman]] and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])<ref name="Spiro03"/>
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| services = {{ubl|[[Management consulting]]<ref name="Spiro03"/>|[[Analytics]]<ref name="Piersol15">{{cite news |title=Cliftons, Gallup give $30 million to UNL |last1=Pierson |first1=Richard |url=http://journalstar.com/business/local/cliftons-gallup-give-million-to-unl/article_f80f72f5-279c-519a-a711-a80871b7b6f5.html |newspaper=[[Lincoln Journal Star]] |date=5 June 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2018}}</ref>|[[Research]]<ref name="Johnson13">{{cite news |title=Polling firm Gallup lands in legal hot water |last1=Johnson |first1=Carrie |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/01/30/170598814/polling-firm-gallup-lands-in-legal-hot-water |agency=[[NPR]] |date=30 January 2013 |accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref>|[[Opinion poll]]ing<ref name="Spiro03"/>|[[Publishing]]<ref name="Spiro03"/><ref name="Kawar">{{cite news|last1=Kawar|first1=Mark|title=Gallup Organization Expects Book Profits to Double with New Publishing Unit.|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-115185785.html|accessdate=April 24, 2018|work=Omaha World-Herald|date=April 9, 2004|via=[[HighBeam Research]]|subscription=yes}}</ref>
}}
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| income_year = <!-- Year of operating_income data (if known) -->
| net_income = <!-- or: | profit = -->
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| aum = <!-- Only for financial-service companies -->
| assets =
| assets_year = <!-- Year of assets data (if known) -->
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References
References

I want to flag here that there are news organizations that still refer to Gallup as a "market research" firm. I did not include market research in the Industry parameter because Gallup no longer carries out that kind of work. I point to Gallup's own website, which does not list market research among its services provided. Instead, I used "management consulting" for industry, as that is the best overall descriptor.

Gallup Press
The section currently contains three references: all of which are primary sources. My draft of Gallup Press provides Wikipedia-appropriate sourcing and tweaks some of the language to make it more encyclopedic. In my draft:

• I changed "over 30 books" to say "approximately 30 books"
• I deleted the phrase "including a number of best sellers"
• I changed "notable titles" to "noteworthy titles", as not all the books listed have their own Wikipedia page
• I added citations for each of the titles
• I changed "which was Amazon's bestselling book of 2013" to "which is among Amazon's 20 bestselling books of all-time as of 2017", and a citation for verification
• I deleted the sentence "Books are distributed by Simon & Schuster", which is cited to a primary source

@Danilo Two: Approved AmericanAir88 (talk) 17:30, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Proposed draft for Gallup Press

Gallup Press

Gallup Inc.'s in-house publishing division, Gallup Press, has published approximately 30 books on business and personal well being-related themes. Noteworthy titles include: First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently; How Full Is Your Bucket?, written by Gallup senior scientist Tom Rath and his grandfather, Don Clifton, founder of SRI; and Now, Discover Your Strengths, updated to a new version called StrengthsFinder 2.0 in 2007, which is among Amazon's 20 bestselling books of all-time as of 2017.

Markup for proposed Gallup Press

==Gallup Press==

Gallup Inc.'s in-house publishing division, Gallup Press, has published approximately 30 books on business and personal well being-related themes.<ref name="Dilworth15"> {{cite news |title=Simon & Schuster to Distribute Gallup Books |author=Dianna Dilworth |url=http://www.adweek.com/galleycat/simon-schuster-to-distribute-gallup-books/104764 |work=Advertising Week |date=9 June 2015 |accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref> Noteworthy titles include: ''[[First, Break All the Rules|First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently]]'';<ref name="Feloni16">{{cite news |last=Feloni |first=Richard |date=2 September 2016 |title=8 leadership lessons from the book Facebook's HR chief recommends to all new managers |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/lessons-from-first-break-all-the-rules-2016-9 |work=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> ''How Full Is Your Bucket?'', written by Gallup senior scientist [[Tom Rath]]<ref name="Weigel15">{{cite news |last=Weigel |first=Jenniffer |date=15 May 2015 |title='Fully Charged' life: Tom Rath shares advice from latest research |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-fam-0526-fully-charged-20150515-story.html |work=[[The Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> and his grandfather, [[Donald O. Clifton|Don Clifton]],<ref name="Doll15">{{cite news |last=Doll |first=Jonathan |date=25 November 2015 |title=How to Use a Strengths-Based Approach With Youth at Risk of Violence — It Really Is Rocket Science! |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-j-doll-phd/how-to-use-a-strengthsbas_b_8642044.html |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> founder of SRI;<ref name="Pierol15">{{cite news |last=Piersol |first=Richard |date=16 September 2003 |title=Gallup's Clifton dies at age 79 |url=http://journalstar.com/gallup-s-clifton-dies-at-age-this-story-ran-in/article_cb499250-04a5-5852-b48f-282c047ff505.html |work=The Lincoln Journal Star |access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Now, Discover Your Strengths]]'', updated to a new version called ''StrengthsFinder 2.0'' in 2007,<ref name="Lesko15">{{cite journal |last1=Lesko |first1=Ashley Prisant |last2= |first2= |date=12 October 2015 |title=How Do You Lead the Pack? A Resource to Develop Personal Strengths for Students and Practitioners |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1052562915609958 |journal=Journal of Management Education |volume=40 |issue=108 |pages=103 |doi=10.1177/1052562915609958 |access-date=12 April 2018 }}</ref> which is among [[Amazon.com|Amazon]]'s 20 bestselling books of all-time as of 2017.<ref name="ChristianToday17">{{cite news |title=The top 20 best-selling books of all time on Amazon include two Christian books (but not the Bible) |url=https://www.christiantoday.com/article/the-top-20-best-selling-books-of-all-time-on-amazon-include-two-christian-books-but-not-the-bible/111784.htm |newspaper=[[Christian Today]] |date=12 August 2017 |accessdate=1 May 2018}}</ref>

References
References

I will keep my Wikipedia contributions where I have a financial conflict of interest on Talk pages rather than directly edit entries. @RaphaelQS, Redalert2fan, Mikalra, and Aced: You are the most recent registered users to edit this page, could any of you review these updates? Please ping me here if you have any questions. Thank you in advance, Danilo Two (talk) 19:13, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

AmericanAir88: Per our discussion on your Talk page, do you have any time to review this request? Thanks for considering, Danilo Two (talk) 20:11, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

@Danilo Two: Hi, I am currently on vacation and will return Sunday night to address this. Thank you for your patience. AmericanAir88 (talk) 20:39, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

AmericanAir88: Of course. I hope you had a great vacation! Let me know if you have any questions. Danilo Two (talk) 19:32, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

AmericanAir88: Looks great. Thanks! I am currently drafting more proposed updates. I should be back here soon with more. Danilo Two (talk) 13:24, 21 June 2018 (UTC)