Talk:Fellows Morton & Clayton

Company name?
We must make sure the format of the company name is correct. The article name omits a comma after 'Fellows', yet it is almost universally added within this article. My earlier research suggested there was no comma. This is an important clarification and is worth a footnote, at least, to ensure there is no confusion.

As for '&' vs 'and', and presence or lack of 'Ltd', it will be necessary to consult the article naming guidelines. Regardless, the usage should be consistent within the article.

(PS - I created a couple of redirects for likely 'mis-spellings', which should also avoid the creation of parallel articles.)

EdJogg (talk) 15:00, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Image needed
Article lede would greatly benefit from a photo of a boat in (genuine) FMC livery. -- EdJogg (talk) 15:01, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

The Joshers
The following text was added (and removed here) today:
 * The Joshers: Or London to Birmingham with Albert and Victoria by Humphrey Carpenter (ISBN: 0048231428 Hardback, 1977) is a children's adventure book (similar in style to The Railway Children) based on the adventures of taking a working narrowboat up the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham.

The same text has been added to the article of its author, Humphrey Carpenter, by the same anon editor.

It's fine for this book to be included under 'Popular culture', especially since it is long out of print (hence not advertising), but what relevance does it have to this article? Does it mention FMC directly?

See also the World Cat entry for the book, which is a safe link.

EdJogg (talk) 19:13, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Name
Last raised in 2009 (above) there is still a lot of inconsistency (not least between the article title and the lede sentence) over whether the company name uses an ampersand or not ("Fellows Morton and Clayton" or "Fellows Morton & Clayton"), and whether or not there's a comma after Fellows. I'm going to standardise as "Fellows Morton & Clayton", which is the form that appears "officially" in two of the four photos (though another photo does use a comma). If anyone has any strong views or evidence otherwise, please discuss here. (I think the use of "Ltd." is more optional – i.e. it's used as part of the full official name, but can be omitted at later repetitions and in less formal contexts.) GrindtXX (talk) 15:06, 5 November 2021 (UTC)