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Confusion of Tina Green owned assets with Philip Green owned assets

Regardless of one's personal opinion of Philip Green, Arcadia is irrefutably owned by Tina Green. Philip has had an important role is helping his wife secure these assets, but he does not own them. References to Tina Green's assets should be made on Tina Green's page.

Who Wrote This?

Seems as though Philip Green wrote it... 67.42.92.88 19:32, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No attacks, please

You might not like Green, but can editors please stick to the rules of NPOV and WP:BLP? As well as biased language and unsourced statements that I've edited or removed, there was an anti-semitic slur on this talk page. We need to stick to reporting notable facts from reliable sources. Fences and windows (talk) 03:00, 25 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is difficult to refrain from insults when dealing with cunts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.122.187.10 (talk) 23:56, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Religious Beliefs?

I can find no other instance of a CEO or businessman having a "religious beliefs" row in the infobox. It's not really relevant and I think it was only added so that readers would know this unflattering article was about a Jewish person. Fits with the anti-semitic remark noted above, so I'm removing it. Brendtron5000 (talk) 18:56, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unflattering maybe, but biased? I don't think so. Fences&Windows 21:23, 19 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Are you saying we should not know this "unflattering article" was about a Jewish person? Is it the readers' fault that Green's biography is unflattering? Why is it only Jewish people who are exempt from having their history linked to their ethnicity in Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.122.187.10 (talk) 23:58, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

New role

Philip Greenspan has begun his spell as an advisor to the UK government by recommending approaches to bill payment that, as well as being unethical (defer payments to suppliers as long as possibl), will adversely affect small businesses. This approach should be described in the article, especially in the light of criticisms of his business track record which includes, as already recorded in Wikipedia, Tax avoidance, Excessive pay, Worker rights (sweatshop-style pay and conditions in the UK and overseas) Personal style which is overly aggressive, 'colourful' language (expletive-laden outbursts to a respected financial editor ('"He can't read English. Mind you, he is a fucking Irishman"). Whilst such an approach might be considered excusable, by some, in the 'business world', the suitability as an approach by a government, setting it against its electors, is questionable, to say the least, with consequential doubts arising about the approach of a goverment that could be seen to view its electors as 'business competitors' to be beaten..

It is especially ironic that information by Wikipedia users has been removed on the grounds of being 'racist', whilst Philip, himself, uses phrases such as, "He can't read English. Mind you, he is a fucking Irishman".

Where's he from?

The main body of the article opens (12/Oct/2010):

'The family moved to Hampstead Garden Suburb, a middle-class enclave in north London'

From where did the family move? What did they do? (A normal part of a person's background in Wikipedia).

Why have such aspects been omitted? It gives the impression of an image makeover by a PR company. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.177.29.209 (talk) 07:08, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"Sir Philip Green (born 15 March 1952) is a British billionaire businessman"

He may be British to you, but to me he is merely a man born in Britain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.122.187.10 (talk) 23:54, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NNPOV

This article seems to have serious NPOV problems on both pro- and anti-sides.

The "tax avoidance" stuff is stated as if it has been decided by a court--so far as I'm aware it is only the *belief* of the protestors. This needs to be more clear, or someone needs to cite proof from a legitimate source. Also half of it sounds like it was cobbled together from today's BBC news article. 98.112.119.33 (talk) 03:58, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]