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This individual was notoriously unscrupulous throughout his career yet this article touches on none of this, it's essentially a fan letter in it's current state. A controversy/criticism section is required, at the very least. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.117.78.169 (talk) 05:50, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please specify what you believe is absent, or add it yourself, or provide references to allow others to do so. I have removed the tags. - Crosbiesmith (talk) 18:54, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Are you joking? that's not how things work. Please review the following and adhere to guidelines before removing notices that are perfectly legitimate: Original Research Citing sources NPOV —Preceding unsigned comment added by Semitransgenic (talk • contribs) 18:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I should not have removed the 'Unreferenced' tag. Please add specific comments regarding the POV and 'Original research' tags. - Crosbiesmith (talk) 19:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see nothing inherently wrong with the article. It appears to provide basic facts which can be verified by other sources. Personal opinions and commentary have no place in a biography. Chris Randall —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.130.194.133 (talk) 19:01, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I have removed the tags. - Crosbiesmith (talk) 20:17, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I myself see nothing unusual or biased about the article. Perhaps those seeing OR and bias could take the trouble to explain where and in which direction. -- roundhouse0 (talk) 09:24, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
uncited material qualifies as WP:OR. This is an unbalanced article as it mentions nothing of Lonrho's unscrupulous post-colonial dealings in Africa - a company that at one time held 1 million acres of Rhodesian land and substantial concessions, sugar and tea plantations in Malawi, textile mills in the Ivory Coast, newspapers, copper mines and breweries in Zambia, coal, platinum and copper mines in South Africa, and the continent's largest auto dealership (selling, in addition to Mercedes, Ford and Toyota cars). The company [then] diversified far beyond Africa, employing 100,000 people in 600 subsidiaries in 43 countries. Nothing of the Fayed affair either (detail). Currently the item verges on hagiography. Semitransgenic (talk) 10:02, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Put some 'fact' tags in then. The word 'ruthless' appears several times, unacceptable face of capitalism, affair with someone's wife - an odd sort of hagiography. Fayed is mentioned. (As I have made 3 edits in toto to this article the 3RR allegation is ludicrous, unless I am being further accused of being Crosbiesmith.) Anyway I disagree with you and support the removal of these unsightly POV tags. -- roundhouse0 (talk) 10:35, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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