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Shouldn't this article be just 'Thomson Corporation' according to normal Misplaced Pages naming conventions? Would anyone object if I submitted it for an exchange with the redirect page? Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 16:02, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I took the liberty of moving it as it is against the naming conventions to start with "The". Hansamurai 04:12, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

The conventions state that official names can include "The". The Thomson Corporation, including the definite article, is the official legal name of the entity in question, as stated in corporate filings on EDGAR () and SEDAR () (note that for EDGAR you do have to search for "Thomson Corp"), whereas those for, say, Microsoft Corporation do not include a "The". Therefore I propose to move it back. Stickguy 03:41, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

The word "the" is never a mandatory part of a corporation's name; no law office on the planet would tell you that "The Thomson Corporation" isn't legally the same thing as "Thomson Corporation". I really fail to see how the word "the" actually makes a meaningful enough difference to merit an exemption from normal naming conventions, but I'll put it to an RfC. The proviso being that no move takes place until the RfC has completed. Bearcat 03:56, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

"The" is sometimes preferable (see:The New York Times, The Nature Conservancy, and The Sports Network) but I don't see it as so here. Even the Thomson website prefers just using "Thomson" for itself and its subsidiaries. Use "Thomson Corporation" for article name and The Thomson Corporation for first reference. DoubleBlue (Talk) 04:43, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

I'd agree with DoubleBlue here, a good rule of thumb would be asking if this was in the newspaper or put on tv how would its name be printed, I double many people would put "the" in front of Thomson Corp anymore then they would put International Business Machines in place of IBM IMHO Mbisanz 00:34, August 30, 2005 (UTC)