Talk:Blackwater (company)

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Please fix the double redirect Blackwater USABlackwater USA by retargeting it to Blackwater (company). This is necessary due to the recent move (see above section). BegbertBiggs (talk) 15:41, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

 Done Izno (talk) 18:48, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

I just edited the lead to reflect the naming history of this company as I've been able to ascertain it. Much of the previous lead appeared to lean on the Constellis company's official site 'About us' section , which on its own is a little problematic (see WP:PRIMARY). But the real problem I found with that is that site claims (both) that Constellis was formed in 2010, but that "Constellis Group, Inc." was first established in 2011 (as a holding company that included Triple Canopy). In addition, I was unable to find ANY mention of Constellis in ANY news sources prior to 2014 . Taken together, that seriously discounts the reliability of the website. So I've added what I can from other reliable sources. PhotogenicScientist (talk) 15:18, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for trying to fix this mess, although it's still a mess. The infobox… the title is "Blackwater (company)" but then the infobox refers to Constellis. The former is, as the infobox says, defunct since 2014. The latter isn't, but it also isn't (supposed to be) the topic of this article.

A mess.

What there should be is two articles, one talking about Blackwater (and maybe Xe/Academi) and one about Constellis. This mixing of articles is just a recipe for a messy disaster, but unfortunately, it's what Wikipedia (the "majority" of editors (the majority of the people with power)) seems to prefer. jae (talk) 02:35, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

The redirect Xe (company)/oddments has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 September 24 § Xe (company)/oddments until a consensus is reached. Duckmather (talk) 19:15, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

This article says, in its opening sentence, "Constellis, formerly Blackwater...". The article title is "Blackwater". Other subsequent sentences refer to "Xe" and "Academi". It is utterly unclear what this article is about.~2026-13178-64 (talk) 01:31, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

An article about a company would normally be named by the current name of the company, and as such was renamed to Academi. It was renamed back to Blackwater, basically under the assumption that the company's notability is entirely tied to events under the previous name. I personally believe that violates policy, but I was in a minority. Tarl N. (discuss) 05:43, 2 March 2026 (UTC)