Talk:John Hughes (businessman)

Remove sentence at end of topic: 'Foundation of Donetsk'
The book "Iron Tzar" describes John Hughes's semi-literacy. This can be used a citation for the claim that John Hughes could not write. However this observation about Hughes's literacy does not belong at the end of the the passage about the Foundation of Donetsk. This topic is out of place in the current narrative and breaks the flow the thoughts.

This observation about Hughes's literacy is currently used in the article to support the idea that Hughes's sons were always deeply involved in their father's business. In other written works it this observation is used to highlight Hughes's humble origins. The idea, if included in the article, belongs in some other section of this article but only if that section were first expanded so that the idea would be part of the narrative.

One suggestion is that there might be a link to a separate entry relating to one or more of the Hughes sons, and that the literacy topic might be included in that separate entry. For example, a page about Arthur Hughes might describe the link between two Welsh figures significant to the history of Ukraine: Gareth Jones (Journalist) and John Hughes (businessman). Gareth Jones' mother, Annie Gwen Jones, lived in Yuzovka as the tutor for the daughters of Arthur Hughes.

Book: Iron Czar, by Roderick Heather, 2010. Eltamarindo (talk) 16:18, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Regarding name change, perhaps mention for an English language audience that "Stal" refers to steel.
This might be useful for an English speaking audience to understand why the city came to be named "Stalin" even before this name later referenced "Joseph Stalin". Regarding the pseudonym adopted by the future party leader, see notes 137 through 144 in article on Joseph_Stalin. Eltamarindo (talk) 16:41, 12 March 2023 (UTC)