Template talk:Infobox Defunct company

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Test infobox to form basis for an infobox on defunct companies. Suggestions welcome. --Mark83 15:12, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Looks good! Nice work. Isopropyl 20:51, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] New parameters

I just tried to switch the Atari Games article (Atari Games is a defunct company) from {{infobox company}} to this infobox. I found that a lot of important information disappeared. Thus, I've added a bunch of infobox company's optional parameters. However, this is my first time working with optional parameters and #if, and some testing and debugging may be needed. SeahenNeonMerlin 00:01, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Huge space left by template

This template leaves a huge space on top of articles, see for example Vickers. The line with the logo in the infobox is the problem. I couldn't fix it. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 22:57, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Fixed. The same problem occurred with {{Infobox Locomotive}} a while back, so I applied the same solution here. Slambo (Speak) 15:01, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
I suppose it has to do with the fact that the company's name appears outside of the box; in a regular Company infobox, the company's name appears inside the box. I think that should be fixed: in both cases, the name should be inside the box. -- Stormwatch 05:24, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I need some help with the caption

If someone could fix this it would be great. Epson291 06:57, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Figured it out. Epson291 07:03, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Defunct" versus "Closed"

I reverted this edit, as the change of syntax had affected all 415 articles which transclude this template. It begs the question, is "closed" a better term than "defunct" anyway? For instance, Safeway didn't close as such: the company was taken over and the majority of its stores were rebranded and continue trading, so you can't really say that it "closed". That said, "Defunct" isn't great either, as it's an adjective rather than a verb. --RFBailey (talk) 05:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Location of Company Name

Shouldn't the company name be in the table instead of being an outlier? Most other templates are like that. contribsSTYROFOAM☭1994TALK 03:49, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] See also

I am trying to determine why the See also section from Template:Infobox Defunct company/doc is not displaying on the main page. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
--JKeene (talk) 23:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Add Founder and other information from Company

Almost all the properties of Infobox company such as founder should be part of this Infobox too. All that information is highly useful and is getting lost when the templates are changed...Chirag (talk) 01:31, 22 May 2008 (UTC)