Talk:Gerald Ratner

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Citations

Using the standard citation templates would be helpful - WP:CIT -- John (Daytona2 · talk) 17:56, 6 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Conversational Tone

"After Signet" and "Personal life" sound quite conversational, as if written by Ratner himself or a friend. [Nitpick mode on] this needs to be rewritten. [/nitpick mode] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.42.161 (talk) 22:32, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see anything wrong with a conversational tone, except to people who want to sound encyclopedic —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.177.114.0 (talk) 15:51, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is supposed to be an encyclopaedia. It's supposed to sound like an encyclopaedia. The idea is that, if it sounds like an encyclopaedia, people will take it seriously - as if it was a real encyclopaedia, with fact checkers and an editorial board made out of experienced professionals etc. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 20:11, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

These comments are quite old and the current article does not have sections entitled "After Signet" and "Personal life", so some changes have been made that may have addressed the issues. The current article does not seem particularly unencyclopedic in tone, so I'll remove the flag. If anyone disagrees and wants to add the flag back, please indicates the phrases that you are concerned with 87.112.59.60 (talk) 22:31, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Gap

The article mentions his infamous speech, but leaves out the detail of what happened next; it implies that he was dismissed from Ratners and that it was bought up by another entity, but doesn't says so explicitly. What happened? How long did it take for him to be removed? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 20:11, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, Done (though "dismissed" is probably the wrong word, if it was his company) Swanny18 (talk) 21:50, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jewish category removed

I have removed this article from Category:English Jews, as none of the references in the article describe him as Jewish. This category was added back in 2006 in this edit[1], without a source, and no source for it was ever provided. Even if a source can be found, per WP:BLPCAT, the category shouldn't be added unless someone can demonstrate that being Jewish is in some way relevant to his notability or public life. Robofish (talk) 20:48, 4 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable sources show Ratner is Jewish. for example: http://www.thejc.com/business/business-features/interview-gerald-ratner - Lots of articles in wikipedia show a person as being Jewish without Jewish being a relevant notability. Adding category back. Vexorg (talk) 04:38, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]