Talk:Alan Sugar/Archives/2015

Suggested edits
I have a few suggested minor edits, but couldn't figure out how to make them myself.

1) The first paragraphs states "From the East End of London, Lord Sugar had an estimated fortune of £700m (US$ 1.14) in 2011, and was ranked 89th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2011." The sentence contains two distinct facts (the place where he was born and what his assets were in 2011). Linking them in this way suggests that the former fact caused the latter fact (which would be wrong, and in any event is an opinion). I would suggest that they be moved to separate sentences.

2) The quotation above contains figures from 2011. Later in the article information is provided for 2014, so perhaps the 2011 reference should be updated (or simply removed to avoid duplication).

3) The paragraph on Amstrad begins: "Sugar founded Amstrad in 1968, the name being an acronym of his initials – Alan Michael Sugar Trading." I would suggest changing this to "Sugar founded Amstrad in 1968, the name being an acronym formed from his initials AMS (Alan Michael Sugar) and the word "trading"".

4) The article blames certain problems on Seagate and states that "Amstrad sued Seagate for $100 million in lost revenue". I read this as suggesting that Amstrad claimed, and was awarded, $100 million. I was curious as to the detail, and did a Google search which linked to a newspaper article stating that in fact Amstrad claimed GBP 110 million and the court awarded it only about around half of the amount claimed (£57.5 million) (in each case plus interest - there seems to have been a subsequent fight about how much the interest was worth) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/amstrad-set-to-appeal-against-seagate-award-1249790.html It would be interesting if this sentence could be edited to make the position clearer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.199.97.247 (talk) 15:59, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

I don't mind having a look into the edits. The page is being protected to stop new users and IP address editors vandalising it, as it had been repeatedly targeted in the past. If you're interested in getting involved with Wikipedia, I'd recommend creating an account and reading this before you get started: H:EDIT Buechlein (talk) 17:17, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

I've updated the information where possible and clarified the Seagate settlement.Buechlein (talk) 17:42, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

Nice job - thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.185.204.245 (talk) 01:32, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.244.90.239 (talk) 19:28, 24 January 2015 (UTC)

Request for Comments
There is an RfC on the question of using "Religion: None" vs. "Religion: None (atheist)" in the infobox on this and other similar pages.

The RfC is at Template talk:Infobox person.

Please help us determine consensus on this issue. --Guy Macon (talk) 22:36, 24 April 2015 (UTC)


 * Is there any source saying Alan Sugar's religion is "None"? Bus stop (talk) 23:21, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 May 2015
Category:British Jewish businesspeople in retailing

Econotwit (talk) 18:54, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. —  21:33, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done  Kharkiv07 Talk  21:34, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Labour Party
As of May 11 2015, Sugar announced his plans to quit the Labour Party, are we now removing the fact he's no longer a member in his biobox?

Corabal (talk) 13:40, 11 May 2015 (UTC)