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Merge with Berkshire Hathaway?

What is the standard practice when a company is purchased? For example, look at Applied Underwriters. When Berkshire Hathaway purchased them they were just given a redirect to Berkshire Hathaway. I guess this may not be the best place to ask but I'm wondering if Applied Underwriters should be recreated or if this article and articles like Geico should simply redirect to Berkshire Hathaway.Lucutious (talk) 13:49, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Confirmed merger. Added brief already. Not sure about the standard practice but I'm going to work on it tonight.-Koverpw (talk) 10:53, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 26 March 2015

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The result of the move request was: Not moved although an RM to "Heinz" would probably be consistent with PRIMARYTOPIC Mike Cline (talk) 15:54, 10 April 2015 (UTC)



Heinz (company)Heinz Company – The article was previously H. J. Heinz Company. It may be simply called "Heinz", but I'm sure it's also called "Heinz Company". --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 01:55, 2 April 2015 (UTC) George Ho (talk) 03:35, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

According to Britannica ( it is "Heinz Company American corporation - Heinz Company, in full H.J. Heinz Company, major American manufacturer of processed foods, which are distributed in approximately 200 countries throughout the world.
According to [https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22Heinz+company%22&espv=2&biw=1167&bih=621&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=WNsTVbqIJo7WaovBgYgF&ved=0CFQQsQQ news results: The enlarged company will be known as the Kraft Heinz Company and ...
Perhaps a merge should be considered or for one of the articles to act as a historic record. GregKaye 10:22, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

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Requested move 10 April 2015

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The result of the move request was: Move. We have a rough consensus, borne out by the evidence, that the company is the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC of the term. Cúchullain t/c 16:52, 13 May 2015 (UTC)



– If "Heinz" company is the primary topic, then parenthetical disambiguation is not needed. A possible merger with Kraft is coming, but another RM is deserving. --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 18:59, 18 April 2015 (UTC) George Ho away from home (talk) 21:01, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

Oh, no no no. I wasn't proposing article merger; just renaming. --George Ho (talk) 20:26, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
User:Dicklyon, how about stats? The hot dog company, the publisher, sound equip. company, US college. Need more? --George Ho (talk) 20:31, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
More links, no thanks. But if you want to make a primarytopic case based on article access counts, you need to say so, and you need to add up all the others. The move reason you gave above is vacuous. Dicklyon (talk) 20:38, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
@Dicklyon, Red Slash: Looking at articles, Henry J. Heinz was the founder of the food conglomerate, Heinz (44,956 times in last ninety days). And the disambiguation has many "Heinz" articles inspired by the Heinz family, including the late H. J. Heinz III. Most of Heinz places are located in Pennsylvania, mainly Pittsburgh. In other words, their significances started with the Heinz family and their food conglomerate. Looking at topics unrelated to the Heinz family, Heinz Records is a redirect, so it won't qualify. Given name dabpage has been viewed 894 times in the last ninety days. Professor Heinz Wolff's Gravity has a natural title, so it won't qualify either. The singer Heinz was viewed 6,976 times, but that was due to a one-week viewership; other days are low-viewed. But one topic challenging the company is Heinz body, named after the German scientist, Robert Heinz. If the proposal is unanimously opposed, including changed votes, perhaps I'll try to withdraw this proposal. Otherwise, for now, that's impossible. --George Ho (talk) 05:08, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

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