Talk:Alfred P. Sloan/Archives/2014

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What does NPOV mean in the context of this article? Surely not a Neutral Point of View, but that's where the link goes. DanKeshet

Several problems with this paragraph: Under his leadership, a NPOV was adopted by General Motors during the 1920s and right through World War II, despite the alleged human rights violations by the German government of the time (commonly referred to as the Holocaust) - the corporation produced trucks for both the United States and the German armed forces, without favouring one or the other. Sloan allegedly defended this NPOV, on the basis that GM's operations in Germany at that time were "highly profitable" (see US Senate report below).

First the linked Senate report doe not include that quote or any indication that GM controlled its plants or profited from them during the war. If true it needs to be included but the quoted Senate report is by an anti-GM activist whose work on GM and tram systems is widely questioned. Rmhermen 17:40 18 Jul 2003 (UTC)

How about something about Sloan's personal life: family, avocations, etc.?

Norm

Content forking
Hi Moefuzz. Although this edit was very much in good faith, it did fork the content by copying and pasting several consecutive paragraphs of the exact same text on two different pages (both Alfred Sloan and History of General Motors). Really the right way to handle it is to have a small discussion here and a larger main discussion there, then put a link in this section to link the two (as described at WP:Summary style and WP:SPINOFF). The way it was written before your edit, it did have the "main" link (correct) but lacked the short blurb (incorrect). I lack time to write the short blurb right now, so I'm going to leave the forking as-is for now. Regarding your edit summary, it's important to point out that avoidance of content forking has nothing to do with any vast conspiracy between today's Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation! Take care, — ¾-10 23:11, 6 January 2014 (UTC)