Talk:White knight (business)

Latest comment: 6 years ago by Dekimasu in topic Requested move 2 March 2018

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Does anyone know the orgin of this term's use in business takeovers? If so, it would be an interesting addition to this page.

I imagine it is the normal good guy hero imagery. Also, should a note about the character in Pretty Woman becoming a white knight count? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.243.201.127 (talk) 02:27, 13 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

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  1. Per the above, some history and references documenting the term's use should be added to the article, if available, to establish the notability of the term.
  2. The terms "grey knight" and "black knight" might be better explained here than not - Grey knight was recently deleted and the far shorter Black knight (business) article probably should be as well, given that it is only a single sentence long.
  3. Please source and attribute the claims that the companies mentioned in the examples section were acting as white knights. Reads like WP:OR in its current state. MrZaiustalk 19:57, 12 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 2 March 2018

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The result of the move request was: consensus not to move the pages at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 01:26, 9 March 2018 (UTC)Reply


– Per WP:SMALLDETAILS, this is the only article with the lowercase spelling of the word. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 12:19, 2 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

  • I'm not sure why that would be, since knights in chess can either be white or black. I don't see people making an immediate association to chess. Also, it's not making the business term the primary topic, just primary for the lowercase spelling of it.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 18:59, 2 March 2018 (UTC)Reply

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