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petrol pump with the highest sales in the world.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd is Fortune 500 Company having its own Petrol/Diesel Retail Outlet viz. Auto Care Centre Coco VIII, Sajgaon whose highest sale was above 6000 Kilolitre per month. I would like to know whether this petroleum retail outlet is world highest selling retail outlet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.99.137.70 (talk) 12:43, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

I have no specific knowledge on the matter, but I would expect that the answer would be a pump that fuels large ships rather then cars. Googlemeister (talk) 13:33, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

However I doubt that would be considered a "retail outlet". To the original poster, 14.99: it seems like you have elevated access to some Hindustan Petroleum's sales data; I doubt this 6000 kl/month number is very public knowledge (maybe I'm wrong, I don't know). How did you learn this? I ask because you may have to contact represenatives of other petroleum companies directly to find similar information on other pumps. —Akrabbim^talk 13:44, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

As per others not sure how would get the data but one place thats rationally may have higher than normal petrol sales... Petrol stations near (open) borders between 2 countries with highly varied petrol prices (e.g. previously it was common for people in the UK who were visiting France to fuel-up in France before returning because the petrol was significantly cheaper than in the Uk - I think that's not the case so much these days). ny156uk (talk) 06:58, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Infinite loop

Is "Infinite Loop" a proper name or a generic name? 474,473,911 24,486,514 14,940,669 13:51, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

The one you've linked to is a generic term. The street on Apple's campus as linked from the top of said article is a proper name, inasmuch as a street name can be considered a proper name. --LarryMac | Talk 14:15, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

If you are asking whether "infinite loop" is a proper noun then the answer is that in general usage it is not, because it does not refer to a single unique entity; it is a common noun. If, however, you were referring to a book or a band, for example, called "Infinite Loop" then it would be a proper noun in that usage, and should be capitalised. Gandalf61 (talk) 14:21, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

And welcome to the discovery of polysemy --Lgriot (talk) 09:27, 20 July 2011 (UTC)