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Untitled movie

Recently it was announced that a new w&g movie is in the works. I would like there to be an article on that, or at least a mention in the article

) Oversized Lego spoon 64 (talk) 15:42, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone feel like the Shaun the Sheep franchise should just have its own page instead? It has so much of its own content by now, I think it should be called a spinoff franchise. - 19 Aug 2023 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:16D0:5410:8406:8B58:5AAE:2F7 (talk) 16:02, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Glico commercials

In the Advertisement section it’s said that first Wallace and Gromit commercial was for Renault Kangaroo but actually as I know the first W&G commercials were for Glico’s pucchin pudding product. 88.84.208.58 (talk) 06:34, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Move to "Wallace & Gromit"

I believe this article should be moved from "Wallace and Gromit" to Wallace & Gromit due to it matching not only the branding of the franchise, but also to match other articles on the Wallace & Gromit films, with the only current exceptions being A Grand Day Out and The Wrong Trousers. It is also correctly in-line with how Wikipedia articles can be titled, with other examples including Thomas & Friends or Mario & Luigi. SleepDeprivedGinger (talk) 10:57, 1 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That seems like an appropriate request per MOS:AMP. You can start a WP:RM discussion to move it. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 20:53, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done! SleepDeprivedGinger (talk) 21:12, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Using and ampersand is and always has been the W&G logos from the 1980s. It conforms to the Wiki regs on this issue. Put in the '&'. Ensure a redirect from Wallace and Gromit.

ASC Camsteerie (talk) 08:28, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would, but there was already a discussion about it several years ago and I think it had to do with "common names" or something. I guess, we could try it, but it would probably be reverted on sight. SleepDeprivedGinger (talk) 11:04, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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As Erik put it referring to the Wikipedia 'manual of style' on ampersand use it is compliant:

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In normal text and headings, use and instead of the ampersand (&): January 1 and 2, not January 1 & 2. But retain an ampersand when it is a legitimate part of the style of a proper noun, the title of a work, or a trademark, such as in Up & Down or AT&T. Elsewhere, ampersands may be used with consistency and discretion where space is extremely limited (e.g., tables and infoboxes). Quotations may be cautiously modified, especially for consistency where different editions are quoted, as modern editions of old texts routinely replace ampersands with and (just as they replace other disused glyphs, ligatures, and abbreviations). Another frequent permissible but not required use is in short bibliographic references to works by multiple authors.

I cannot see what 'common names' would be.

I think it should be an ampersand as that is how Nick Park & Aardman have always styled it, so Wikipedia should comply in accordance with their MoS.

For some people there is just an extreme aversion to them ever being used - buggered if I know why - and will try to get rid of them in a nee-jerk reaction.

ASC Camsteerie (talk) 21:59, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]