Talk:Research Council

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This is not a good title. "Research Council" is not a specific name. since in the case there is a good official name, Research Councils UK, I propose changing this. Any objections?DGG 06:16, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

In my opinion, "Research Council" should be changed to "Research Councils" but definitely not merged with Research Councils UK (RCUK). This is because RCUK is a name to describe the collective work of the UK Research Councils (i.e. the collaboration between Councils on specific projects/programmes etc.), but is not used to describe the Research Councils as a whole. RCUK

I apologise for not being up on UK nomenclature here, but I do not understand your distinction, In any case, if it doesn't have UK in the name in should be added as in Research Council (UK) or Research Councils (UK) because otherwise it's generic. The immediate context was in terms of open access mandates, which as I understand were done by the individual councils as delegated by the body as a whole, and I haven't the least idea where it would fit. I imagine from your WPname you are an official there, and by WP customs you should identify yourself to some extent on your user page, because only individuals edit here. DGG 05:12, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Firstly, let me apologise for not being aware of WP customs. We felt that RCUK should be added to WP so have merely joined for that and any related pages for the Research Councils.

I'd like to make you aware of our website which as you will notice makes clear distinction between RCUK and the Research Councils (see the two menu items at the top of every page). I hope this will clear up any confusion. RCUK 16:19, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

You are very welcome indeed to join in, and wikipedia is certainly eager to obtain accurate information from the most knowledgable sources. But if you are planning to continue--and there are a number of pages such as [[open access] where you could certainly help--please do it as one named individual. It can be a pseudonym. DGG 04:14, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] no merger

As is obvious from the above, the organization s) involved think themselves different, I think that's enough to block the merger. I myself am incapable of giving the distinction as exactly as they do.DGG 04:02, 30 November 2006 (UTC)