Talk:Financial Instrument Global Identifier

Renaming the article
At the September meeting of the Object Management Group (OMG), they adopted the BBGID system as their new standard Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI). Thus, BBGIDs are now standardized by an external body and renamed the FIGI. Maybe this also helps with some of the source referencing issues because Bloomberg is dropped from the name and a third party is standardizing it. I'm not sure how this is typically handled when renaming happens, but the article should be moved with redirects from BBGID and Bloomberg Global Identifier redirecting to the Financial Instrument Global Identifier page. The moved page should then clearly state the timeline so that people are aware they are the same thing. You can read more about the standardization and the spec here. The renaming was announced by Bloomberg LP on their blog. Andrewmp (talk) 14:14, 11 December 2014 (UTC)


 * I've just added some minor edits to add information about the re-branding / re-naming. After reading the talk page Andrewmp's approach of creating a new page and re-directing users sounds more appropriate. Are there any reasons why you didn't add the news items to the current page in the meantime, Andrew? And is it appropriate that I did? Zadacka (talk) 07:41, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I looked at what you did. Assuming that everything is in order, this page should be moved/renamed to the new name. The move should be accompanied by a cleanup of the article. The part that is missing is references to third-parties who recognize the name change. By "third party", I mean someone distant to the standardization, so preferably not the Object Management Group but rather an observer to the change.
 * When article cleanup happens, materials which are self-published by either Bloomberg or the OMG should be removed as WP:SPS. The article currently contains such sources and it never should have. I am at hand if anyone has comments or would like me to execute the move after reviewing available sources to cite.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)  13:41, 11 June 2015 (UTC)