Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Economy, trade, and companies
The following discussions are requested to have community-wide attention:
There seems to be controversy regarding the founding date of AT&T Corp. It is no secret that this entity was incorporated in 1885 as the long distance subsidiary of the Bell Telephone Company that eventually acquired its parent in 1899. This page has always stated AT&T Corp’s foundation date as 1885 until the last couple days, when a user has changed it to 1877 out of the belief that AT&T Corp. was founded as Bell Telephone Company in 1877. While corporate lineage could be traced to 1877, there is already a page for Bell Telephone Company which describes that company prior to its 1899 acquisition by its subsidiary. AT&T Corp.’s history is quite distinct from that of the Bell companies that eventually spun off, and of course post-divestiture AT&T was forbidden from using the Bell name (sans Bell Labs) and logo. Just wanting to get some different perspectives on this as there has been no controversy prior to this week regarding this company’s founding date listed as its incorporation in 1885. KansasCityKSMO (talk) 06:26, 8 May 2024 (UTC) |
This Rfc comes to resolve an ongoing impasse as to who should be listed as the founders for Tesla Inc. One argument states that only Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning should be designated as the founders because they originally incorporated the company which ultimately became Tesla Inc. Another argument states that Elon Musk, Ian Wright and J.B. Straubel should also be included as founders because a lawsuit settlement agreement stipulated that they should be designated as "co-founders". Bearing this in mind, which figures (if any) should be listed as founders in the infobox section? Emiya1980 (talk) 01:08, 17 April 2024 (UTC) |