Talk:List of fictional companies
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Re "companies" a la Jefferson Institute and Hammond Foundation -- I was going to include these, but I would advocate creating a List of fictional institutions to include non-profit organizations (and maybe also government agencies and prisons, etc.) like those two. KeithTyler 03:11, Jun 8, 2004 (UTC)
About the Star Trek companies - later shows and more "official" tech manuals have made "Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise" pretty much obsolete as a reference work. It seems to me that if we list these companies, we might as well list every company ever mentioned in any Star Trek novel. (In fairness, that might very well fit in with the function of this page, but it would become unwieldy awfully fast.) Brecchie 05:58, Jun 26, 2004 (UTC)
- If need be, a separate article on companies in Star Trek can be created. -Sean Curtin 05:26, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- I agree, Utopia Planitia is a facility run by the federation and while it's a company in terms of a group of people it's not a company in terms of monies and would better be called an institution.
WHO TOOK OUT THE TRADE FEDERATION!?
- Whoever you are: I can find no evidence that the Trade Federation is a company, any more than NAFTA or the European Union is a company. Therefore it doesn't belong here. I said as much in my edit comments. -- KeithTyler
What makes you think the Trade Federation isn't a company?! It isn't a government! But they are so powerful, they have a voice in the Galactic Senate! They are a company! They are a trading company, who has a military! And also, we don't need an article on companies in Star Trek. They probably don't exist, since there is no money.
- I can't help you with your anxiety issues, but I put Trade Federation in List of fictional institutions under Inter-Political Alliances, where it belongs. --KeithTyler 03:11, Jul 10, 2004 (UTC)
OKAY! Fine, but I still think the Trade Federation is a company. I think it was a good idea to reorganize this page. But, for military and defence, should we have divide the page to "kinds of weapons"? (ex.-nuclear, chemical, bio, etc.)-B-101
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[edit] Vandelay Industries
This doesn't exist, not even in Seinfeld. It's a company George made up to extend his unemployment benefits. So, it's a fictional fictional company? OW, I SPRAINED MY BRAIN!!! Brithgob 22:24, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Maybe it should be listed as a front? -- Lampbane 17:22, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Supernatural?
It seems there are enough companies to warrant a supernatural/magical services section. But where then, do we put Angel Investigations, which is currently under investigations but deals with demons and vampires and so on?
- Its primary function is "investigation" rather than casting spells and so forth, and IMHO shuold remain where it is. -Sean Curtin 23:50, Sep 11, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] SETEC Astronomy
I removed SETEC Astronomy (Sneakers) from the list, since it was a project between the Coolidge Institute and the National Security Agency, rather than a company.
Anville 18:43, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Page too big
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Any suggestions on how to best break down this page into sub-pages? I would suggest perhaps moving the Retailers section to List of fictional retailers. Or should shows with lots of entries be broken out into their own lists? (i.e., List of fictional companies from The Simpsons) Or both? MakeRocketGoNow 20:45, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
- I would have suggested corporations vs. stores, at least where there is a distinct difference (e.g. Initech = corporation, Flingers = store. ZikZak = both, but mostly corporation). So yes, pulling out retailers would be the same thing. After all, it is the largest section, accounting for over one third of the page. I think that would head off the question of demerging by series. - [[User:KeithTyler|Keith D. Tyler [flame]]] 21:15, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
- I think something like List of fictional franchises could also be spun off, much like the List of fictional brands has already done.--YoungFreud 08:06, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] My additions today
From Fake Products and the Movies That Loved Them By STUART ELLIOTT New York Times January 9, 2006[1] Gzuckier 05:19, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Westar?
What's this from? Reverted it awhile back because there was no source, but Captain Wes added a bunch more to references to Westar Aerospace Research Ltd.. I've gone ahead and started a discussion on that page, but considering there's no reference to an external source, like a film, book, comic, or whatever, I am thinking it might be a vanity project.--YoungFreud 14:33, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
