Talk:Nell Minow

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CEO Killer and Copyright Violation

As part of a larger edit, I've again deleted the statement "She was dubbed "the CEO Killer" by Fortune magazine for her record of ousting non-performing CEOs at companies like Sears, American Express, Kodak, and Waste Management."

With all due respect, it is not up to me to find a source for this statement. Wikiedia's verifiability policy clearly indicates that the burden "lies with the editor who adds or restores material". That said, I have made a small effort to source the statement. A quick google search reveals "Nell Minow" and "CEO Killer" feature on a number of press release sites and sites associated with the subject's business dealings. Unfortunately, not a one indicates in which issue of Fortune this information is to be found (I add that a few sites state that the claim was made within the pages of Forbes). I don't really doubt that the term has been applied in praising Ms Minow... but where and when? It is for this reason that I placed a citation request in November. As two months had passed, I thought it fair to remove the statement.

Assuming that an editor felt more time was needed (and is not shifting the burden of evidence onto myself), I would normally accept its return. However, in resuming my search for the Fortune (or is is Forbes) article in question, I discovered that a significant portion of the Wikipedia article had been lifted from All American Speakers, a violation of copyright. In keeping with Wikipedia policy I have deleted this material. Victoriagirl (talk) 21:39, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know where you searched, but a source update took me all of five minutes, including the impossible to find Fortune magazine.--RossF18 (talk) 03:49, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am really shocked that this article was not written by the herself. Whether I'm right, or whether the article is just bad, is to be seen. 85.178.124.147 (talk) 04:00, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean? Which parts are bad? It's just says what she did in her career. --RossF18 (talk) 14:43, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Liberal or conservative?

Reading her posts, books, reviews etc, I wonder if she is a moderate, a wolf wearing sheep skin or just a very odd person. She talks a great deal about conservative values, but I have never read anything about her opinion of liberal values, if she even knows what they are. Hating the Tea Party and Trump is not the same thing as loving what a liberal considers 'freedom'. So, perhaps somebody could add to the article her voting record, her true goals, and any impact she has had on the political / business worlds. Being a member of this or that organization is like saying 'the clothes makes the man', which is how Trump got elected.Fair Use 36 (talk) 01:47, 12 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]