Talk:GSK

RFD discussion: May–June 2024

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GSK

Failed RFD in 2008. That was a long time ago, so I'm bringing it back to make sure it still fails in 2024. Note that "GSK" isn't actually the company name, so WT:COMPANY does not necessarily apply. This, that and the other (talk) 10:06, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Oh, I just looked, and apparently they did rename themselves "GSK" at some stage. I guess this is a clear-cut WT:COMPANY delete then? This, that and the other (talk) 10:08, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Hmm, I didn't see the deletion notice, if there was one. Right now it's no longer an abbreviation, but at some point it was. Shouldn't that be recorded? Jberkel 12:05, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Even if the name was officially changed from GlaxoSmithKline to GSK, there are are plenty of hits for the full form of the name. I think a deletion would be premature, if it should be deleted at all. Abbreviated forms often prove to be useful. DonnanZ (talk) 13:34, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Weak keep - I'm pretty certain the change of name postdates (and was in part caused by) the use of the abbreviation, which means WT:COMPANY doesn't apply. Theknightwho (talk) 20:33, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Keep: even if it isn't technically an abbreviation now, it was one in the past. We record past as well as present usage. — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:37, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Indeed, keep. DonnanZ (talk) 22:37, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

For better or worse, we keep a lot of acronyms for companies and organizations and similar entities that we would never keep the spelled-out forms of, e.g. BBC, most of ABC#Proper noun, PLAN (where we specifically deleted People's Liberation Army Navy; we could probably also have PLANAF, but probably wouldn't add People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force). - -sche (discuss) 23:28, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

@-sche: which is the way it should be, I think. — Sgconlaw (talk) 12:36, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Right. So I'm thinking weak keep. We do also have other healthcare company-or-organization initialisms that came to mind to check, like NHS and BCBS. - -sche (discuss) 17:20, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

RFD-kept This, that and the other (talk) 08:08, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

@Theknightwho, Sgconlaw, -sche I just realised that I have no idea how this entry should be formatted. It needs to reflect the fact that the current name of the company is "GSK" (even though this sense probably doesn't pass CFI) as well as showing that "GlaxoSmithKline" is an old name (maybe with {{lb|en|historical}}?) Any thoughts? This, that and the other (talk) 08:10, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

@This, that and the other I strongly suspect this is one of those situations where the only practical change from GlaxoSmithKline to GSK was in formal situations where the company was actively involved, and it likely had little-to-no impact on the linguistic situation outside of that. Theknightwho (talk) 08:33, 27 June 2024 (UTC)