Talk:Tony Hayward

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"Spliced and diced"[sic]

I think someone should put [sic] after the spliced and diced quote. I've tried to verify it and it looks like this really is what he said! It's quite a cute malapropism to be honest - I wonder who we'll be splicing him with? Fred Goodwin? Anyway, although for now the malapropism is probably well know, give it a year and without a [sic] it will look like a typo on wikipedia, and get changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.101.129.235 (talk) 06:16, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I put that text in, and I agree it looks odd, but as you say it's what our RS, The Daily Telegraph, reported in "BP oil spill: Tony Hayward 'will be spliced and diced' by US politicians". I've put a [sic] after it, and, if you'll excuse me, corrected your amusing typo. Ericoides (talk) 09:24, 20 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Quote Should Be Added of Hayward Calling the BP Gulf Oil Disaster "Tiny"

It must take a mighty big ego to call the Gulf oil disaster "tiny". Lets get all that ego right into this article.

Sean7phil (talk) 02:28, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly is egocentric about saying the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf is small compared to the total size of the Gulf? Sounds more like a fact to me. Also you should probably read wp:BLP and wp:NPOV, it is not Wikipedia's objective to show someone's personal flaws. Regardless, the section right now is kind of weird (and weak), I'm sure more could be said on the spill and Hayward's part in it. TastyCakes (talk) 06:35, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

TastyCakes: To follow a similar line of reasoning, a quarter of a gram of cyanide would be tiny compared to a person's body weight. Surely you wouldn't want to take that tiny bit of cyanide, although it's a "fact"? What use does this fact serve then other than you trying to cover up his gaffe? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.169.255.53 (talk) 02:09, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Education

People keep setting his university to Birmingham. This is incorrect, he went to Aston, and I know this because he graduated out of geology there a year above my parents. They certainly did have a geology degree then, I don't know if they still do. The interview given as a citation was apparently mistaken, or by "study in Birmingham because of their cricket team" he is referring to the city not the school. TastyCakes (talk) 23:18, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aston and Birmingham geology departments merged at Birmingham in 1988 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.46.178.221 (talk) 15:15, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes but he graduated in the 70s. TastyCakes (talk) 17:23, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I wasn't trying to insinuate the contrary, just thought I would clarify the situation. unsigned —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.100.27.103 (talk) 15:50, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ah ok, thanks. TastyCakes (talk) 00:43, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why include salary?

So why is his salary and bonus in 2008 encyclopedic? In order for it not to be just a bit of triva, it would need to be placed in some type of context - and we would need a third party source making an analysis of the salary/bonus to give it context. Active Banana (talk) 17:46, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It seems quite appropriate and encyclopedic to include it. I see no need for the proposed "third party source making an analysis of the salary/bonus" as a prerequisite for stating the fact that he is paid some particular salary. The income of present day oil man T. Boone Pickens is included in his article. Information about his net worth would also be encyclopedic, just as it is included in the article on Pickens, an earlier oil man, John D. Rockefeller, and more recent oil men, such as Ed Bass, H. L. Hunt, J. Paul Getty and Hugh Roy Cullen. Monetary facts such as prices paid for race horses and money donated to charities are often included in oilmens' articles. The article on John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, his predecessor as head of BP, includes what his compensation was. Edison (talk) 21:15, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He has been widely condemned for saying "he wants his life back", many of those affected in the gulf region do not make this amount of money in a lifetime. It is very relevant due to his own statements. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonanaggie (talk • contribs) 03:03, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's very relevent. It's not trivia but it's there to show that this person earns a stupid amount of money but let's hope he loses it all soon enough. This person is the lowest of the low and now that he's gone on holiday it should be time for someone to cease all his assets.

Who's Who 2009

Anthony Bryan Hayward, PhD

Born Slough, 21 May 1957; s of Bryan and Mary Hayward; m 1985, Maureen Fulton; one s one d Group Chief Executive, BP plc, since 2007

Educated Univ. of Birmingham (BSc); Univ. of Edinburgh (PhD Geol 1982)

Joined BP, 1982; BP Exploration, 1982–99: various tech. and commercial posts, London, Aberdeen, France, China and Glasgow; Exploration Manager, Colombia; Pres., Venezuela, 1995–97; Dir, 1997–99; Gp Vice Pres. and Mem. Upstream Exec. Cttee, 1999–2000; Gp Treas., 2000–02; Exec. Vice Pres. and Chief Exec., Exploration and Prodn, 2003–07; Exec. Dir, 2003–07. Mem., Business Council for Britain, 2007–. Chm., GLOBE CEO Forum for Climate Change — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kittybrewster (talk • contribs)

If the preceding is copied from a "Who's Who" it is likely a copyright violation, and not fair use. Edison (talk) 21:18, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bilderberg

Can we have a reference please, or just drop this? 66.255.40.98 (talk) 22:08, 30 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Quite. I've removed it. Ericoides (talk) 22:07, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Born in ...

Currently the article says he was born in Eton in the infobox. As has been widely reported, and as noted above from "Who's Who" he was born in Slough. Please correct this. 87.194.131.188 (talk) 07:05, 18 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deepwater Horizon oil spill: NPOV?

There seems to be a number of personal attacks, and incendiary comments in this section. Especially troublesome are those attributed to members of an American presidential administration presiding over historically high unemployment rates that they themselves can't seem to get a handle on, all the while talking about an oil spill that they have neither the education or experience to do anything about.Lowellt (talk) 00:43, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please be specific. What do you think shouldn't be there? Conversely, what do you think is missing? TastyCakes (talk) 00:50, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

@Lowellt, your opinions amount to less than a milkshake made from dog feces.