Talk:Proton AG/Archive 1
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there are too many inline links TypicallyTrue (talk) 01:42, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
Page move request - Proton_AG to Proton_(company)
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- What I think should be changed:
The page Proton_AG should be moved to Proton_(company).
- Why it should be changed:
Proton's customers and the press know the company simply as "Proton", and the suffix AG is irrelevant to people who want to learn about the company on Wikipedia. As this is the English Wikipedia, the term AG does not mean anything to the English speaking audience. In Proton's home country of Switzerland the company is known as either Proton AG (German) or Proton SA (French), depending on the region of the country (as Switzerland has four official languages).
Referring to Proton the company by a corporate designation in a single country does not make sense, since Proton has subsidiaries in multiple countries and goes by multiple name variants, such as:
- ProtonLabs DOOEL Skopje (Macedonia)
- ProtonLabs Taiwan Co. Ltd (Taiwan)
- UAB Proton Research LT (Lithuania)
- Proton Technologies Ltd (United Kingdom)
- Proton Labs s.r.o (Czech Republic)
- Proton Europe sàrl (Luxembourg)
- Proton Germany GmbH (Germany)
- Proton Research Sociedad Limitada (Spain)
For clarity, the page should be moved to Proton_(company).
Moving the page to Proton_(company) also helps people understand that the Proton page is for the company that created Proton Mail, Proton VPN, Proton Drive, Proton Calendar and Proton Pass. The current Proton_AG page does not provide this clarity.
It's comparable to referring to Uber as Uber Technologies Inc, though everyone knows the company as simply "Uber". The page should be moved to Proton_(company) because for the English-speaking audience, the company is widely known as Proton.
- References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):
Recent press mentions referring to the company as simply “Proton” in the following:
- Techspot, "ProtonMail rebrands and unifies its products into three subscription tiers"[1]
- Time.com, "Proton's CEO Wanted to Fight Dictatorships. Now He's Fighting Big Tech Too"[2]
- Time.com, "How Breaking Up Big Tech Could Save Global Democracy, According to Proton Founder Andy Yen"[3]
- Wired.com, "Encryption Faces an Existential Threat in Europe"[4]
- The Times "Tech visionary Andy Yen whose business is privacy"[5]
- Yahoo! Finance, "Proton launches its own password manager"[6]
- Le Monde, "La messagerie cryptée Proton dépasse les 100 millions de comptes utilisateurs"[7]
Octazooka (talk) 13:26, 5 May 2023 (UTC)
References
- ^ "ProtonMail rebrands and unifies its products into three subscription tiers". Techspot. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Proton's CEO Wanted to Fight Dictatorships. Now He's Fighting Big Tech Too". Time. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "How Breaking Up Big Tech Could Save Global Democracy, According to Proton Founder Andy Yen". Time. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Encryption Faces an Existential Threat in Europe". Wired. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Tech visionary Andy Yen whose business is privacy". The Times. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Proton launches its own password manager". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "La messagerie cryptée Proton dépasse les 100 millions de comptes utilisateurs". Le Monde. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- Start a WP:RM Lightoil (talk) 01:41, 6 May 2023 (UTC)