Talk:Games Rating Authority

Change of Name

The Video Standards Council legally changed its name to Games Rating Authority on 30 September 2024. See UK Companies House for the official registration:- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02402805/filing-history

On the same day, the Games Rating Authority (which was previously simply an operating name of the Video Standards Council) legally changed its name to The Video Standards Council Limited. See UK Companies House for the official registration:- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07003608/filing-history

From this date (30 September 2024) the official title of the organisation is Games Rating Authority, with 'The Video Standards Council Limited' being retained as a dormant company to be used as an operating name for purposes not connected with the rating of video games.

Suggest:- (i) article should be retitled 'Games Rating Authority' to match current legal name of organisation (rather than old operating name, which is no longer legally the case); (ii) article should be amended throughout so that references to the company's current and ongoing activities (eg rating games) are changed to 'Games Rating Authority', while preserving historical references to the Video Standards Council / VSC at times where that title was still accurate (eg events described in 1989/1994).

For absolute clarity and for the record, the company's full nomenclature history is as follows (as can be confirmed using the above links on Companies House, as well as various other sources including the GRA website):-

1989 - 'Video Registration Council' (original legal title, as established, held for only two months); 1989 - 2012 - 'Video Standards Council' only; 2012 - 2017 - 'Video Standards Council' (legal name, used for work with retail members) but with 'Games Rating Authority' (a dormant wholly owned subsidiary of VSC) used as an operating name for activities when rating games; 2017 - 2023 - 'Video Standards Council' (legal name, used for work with retail members) but with 'VSC Rating Board' used as outward-facing branding (rather than any sort of official company or operating name) for activities when rating games; 2023 - 2024 - 'Video Standards Council' (legal name, used for work with retail members) but with 'Games Rating Authority' (dormant wholly owned subsidiary of VSC) re-adopted as an operating name for activities when rating games; 2024 - present - 'Games Rating Authority' (legal name, used for work when rating video games), with 'Video Standards Council Limited' (dormant wholly owned subsidiary of Games Rating Authority) retained for use in work with retail members).

It would be improper, and against Wikipedia terms, for us to update our own page. However, we hope this clarification can be checked and confirmed by other editors and result in the page being factually corrected at some point.

Thanks.

Games Rating Authority GRA1989 (talk) 15:14, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Hi GRA, thanks for flagging this and providing the necessary documentary evidence. I have now actioned the required changes and moved the page to reflect your new name! gbrading (ταlκ) 18:56, 17 October 2024 (UTC)