Talk:Ismail Ayob

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Ismail Ayob could pass off for a white

Well, i saw a picture of him, his skin could be fair enough, i mean there are Indian muslims who look white because they have Iranian heritage (being either Pathans, or Persians like the rulers of Awadh), damn Afrikaners who deny Pashtuns and PErsians as not being part of their heritage. --108.173.174.134 (talk) 03:48, 30 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reversion war

User:Zayd has repeatedly removed the section on the lawsuit against Ayob, by Nelson Mandela, despite it being extensively referenced and documented in the South African media. Although it needs cleanup, it is significant, given that Mandela's iconic status was at the centre of the case. Indeed, it is probably more significant than the section in the introduction about Ayob's personal life, which includes unnecessary details about his family such as this one:

He is married to Zamila Ayob and they have one son, Zayd Ismail Ayob. Park3r 08:45, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The reference to his son would be more significant if mentioned that Zayd Ayob is also a partner in his father's legal firm. Zaian 16:12, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This issue has been added to the Biographies of living persons noticeboard Park3r 11:26, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason, the Nelson Mandela lawsuit section was added to this article since it was said that it is important, I promised I would expand on it and I did, now the expansion ive done is constantly deleted (despite being properly referenced) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zayd (talk • contribs) 18:05, February 11, 2007

First, please sign your posts on Talk pages.

Second, your addition needs to be cleaned up and shortened considerably. It's not the dominating occurrence in this person's life and we're giving it undue weight. --ElKevbo 23:26, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I have amended the latest article to reflect a truer position as is contained in the final Court order and in the papers filed regarding this matter in the High Court of South Africa.

Article sounds very biased

I am no supporter of Nelson Mandela in any form nor do I care about his iconic status, but nevertheless I have to say that this article has a very biased tone which appealy mostly to emotion instead of reason. As I find this topic quite interesting though, I believe that some improvements should be made. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.85.196.125 (talk) 20:06, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Links to avoid — paid subscription required

I removed the paragraph connected to the citation to the web page at http://allafrica.com/stories/200703100051.html. Access to this web page requires a paid subscription. This source is in the WP:LINKSTOAVOID category, and the paragraph becomes unsourced, controversial material per WP:BLP. --Mtd2006 (talk) 02:48, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This whole article should be deleted

I don't see the relevance of this article being added. Much of the main paragraph seems biased and poorly or completely unsourced. It briefly mentions cases he was involved in but offers no further details of there significance or event he outcomes. I'd honestly recommend this whole article be scrapped since it comes off as a hit piece whilst having three sentences that actually have references. It doesn't even have the fact that the case was settled out of court. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pi patrol (talk • contribs) 08:51, 21 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]