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[edit] Six main areas
"Standard Life Group comprises of six main areas: ...," is then followed by a list of only five. Would someone who knows correct this. CharlesKiddell 20:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cleanup
I h ave cleaned up the categories and external links header. However, the information on the page is duplicated and the article needs to be rewritten to only say the facts once unless someone wishes to cover them in more depth than they are currently dealt with in seperate sections. Ksbrowntalk 15:31, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Location
What's with the edit war on Scotland vs. United Kingdom? Can we bring it to the talk page? JamminBen 14:25, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
- Standard Life is a British company based in the United Kingdom region of Scotland. The UK is the internationally recognised name of this country, not Scotland, England Wales nor Northern Ireland nor even Great Britain. I have no problem with any of the four regions being stated, but the UK must also be listed, as the UK is the official, legal and sovereign country name, like it or not. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia and therefore must state accurate facts, not people's own personal preferences. In my humble opinion, this is a non-argument and the United Kingdom should take precedence. This is a norm across many FTSE 100 companies listed on Wikipedia. Darkieboy236 15:51, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
- It is totally unnecessary to disambiguate the word Scotland in the English language edition of Wikipedia. Have a look at the Unilever article: is the word London disambiguated? Or the Jardine Matheson article: is the term Hong Kong disambiguated?
- Further, Standard Life is registered in Scotland and is thus subject to Scots law. Above all things a company is in its very essence a legal construct, understood within the context of the legal system under which it operates.
- Further, Wikipedia should not allow itself to be bullied by ip sockpuppets making a WP:POINT. --Mais oui! 07:35, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
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- By that logic, it is Edinburgh that should not be disambiguated. Scotland does not fall into the same category as Edinburgh, London and Hong Kong. Otherwise, it would be acceptable to say that Jardine Matheson has its headquarters in China. Some consistency with locations might help. JamminBen 23:43, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Standard Life.gif
Image:Standard Life.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot 02:26, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Use of material from SL website.
The section "History" appears to be a straight lift from the SL website - http://ukgroup.standardlife.com/html/about/history.html, with no added value from Wikipedia. I don't have a view of this, and the website is listed as a reference. 62.25.109.195 (talk) 14:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC)PatrickHadfield (talk) 16:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC)PatrickHadfield
