Talk:Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 03:30, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & → Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply – Per Naming conventions (definite or indefinite article at beginning of name) because the Institute's website omits the article. re/greg/ex ;{ mbox &#124; history } 21:27, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Survey

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 * Rename to Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply without the ampersand. No need for either article or ampersand. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:20, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. WP:THE clearly says don't have the The, while MOS:& clearly says do have the &. IMO the guidelines are not entirely consistent but there seems no reason not to follow them in this case. Note that neither is a case of adopting an official name but rather that the official use of the name is an example of usage, which is all the respective guidelines require. Andrewa (talk) 05:17, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Any additional comments:
 * MOS:& promotes keeping the ampersand in an organisation title. re/greg/ex ;{ mbox &#124; history } 22:48, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
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