Wiktionary talk:Votes/pl-2015-07/Clarify exclusion of companies

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NGOs?, Political parties? etc[edit]

What are the boundaries of what is included or excluded? What is the relationship to the rest of CFI (eg, our slogan)? Does this supersede any other section or clause of CFI? What are the defining characteristics? (eg, profit, private ownership?) Are abbreviations and nicknames included?

Examples of classes of organizations near the boundary:

  1. NGOs be included in this? eg. Red Cross, Public Broadcasting System, Harvard
  2. Government-owned enterprises? eg, Amtrak
  3. Political parties? Republican Party, Working Families Party
  4. Promotional professional organizations? Trade associations?
  5. Government-run cartels? OPEC
  6. Government-sanctioned or -mandated cartels or monopolies? (British East India Company), National Football League, Major League Baseball, New York Stock Exchange, BBC?
If we don't get this right in at least some of its specifics, we may as well not even have a vote. DCDuring TALK 09:19, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for making these points. As I understand the practice, this exclusion takes precedence over attested use, and it would be prudent to say as much. Abbreviations and (now) nicknames are allowed if they are in (attested) use without reference to the full name. I don't have a complete answer, but I think it's clear that most of these examples should not be excluded. DAVilla 18:41, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I'm not sure that we're consistent on this. Is it right that we have Massachusetts Institute of Technology? If not, is it something that should be specifically excluded? DAVilla 19:04, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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