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On 1 November 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to ISO. The result of the discussion was not moved.

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"Iso" listed at Redirects for discussion

A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Iso. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 December 3#Iso until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. eviolite (talk) 23:43, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation of ISO

The short name ISO is pronounced as /ˈaɪsoʊ/ and not /aɪ ɛs oʊ/. This incorrect latter form is frequently encountered, especially in photography when referring to film speed ("ISO setting"). In fact there are many books and videos which refer to ISO as an initialism for International Standards Organization, also incorrect. See earlier discussion, especially FlippingBinary's comments. For this reason, I think it would be good to explicitly state that ISO is *not* pronounced as separate letters, but as one word to help deter these commonly held misconceptions. Syu5488 (talk) 03:33, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How many people work for ISO

Can someone add some rough estimate? Right now I don't know how many people work for ISO in total. I understand this is hard to measure but some approximate number would be fine + source. Right now I simply don't know and I came to wikipedia with that question. 2A02:8388:1600:A200:7F68:61BB:BDB:FB57 (talk) 04:08, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Iso role in international trade

What are the iso role in international trand in need the information for my monograph thanks 203.171.100.12 (talk) 05:35, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 1 November 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. Per consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 14:24, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

International Organization for Standardization → ISO – Per WP:COMMONNAME and MOS:ACROTITLE: "Acronyms should be used in a page name if the subject is known primarily by its abbreviation and that abbreviation is primarily associated with the subject". PhotographyEdits (talk) 13:36, 1 November 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. BilledMammal (talk) 00:51, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Acronyms should generally be avoided unless they are almost exclusively used. Otherwise we'd be moving Royal Air Force to RAF. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:15, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Personally, I think that ISO is more used than International Organization for Standarnization. 77.221.89.89 (talk) 16:28, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
As is RAF. That's not the point I'm making. It's not almost exclusively used and the full title is well-known. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:37, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above comment. Station1 (talk) 05:06, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Move. The new name would be easier to understand and manage. 77.221.89.89 (talk) 16:31, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support move Were it not for a redirect placed on "ISO", I would've move the page a long time ago. I feel the opposers like a redirect on this than the plain obvious.Intrisit (talk) 18:04, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose same with the RAF comment. Lucifer in a maid outfit (talk) 22:59, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per Necrothesp, some other organisations use ISO, to make it hard to determine exclusive use. Dank Jae 03:36, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.