Talk:List of wealthiest non-inflated historical figures

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This page already exists. Please see [] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Monkeytheboy (talk • contribs)

Deletion Issue
This page is not the same as List of billionaires (2007). Instead, it is a page listing people or billionaires who have reached their highest point in their fortune, regardless of the year, and are listed without begin adjusted for economic inflation. This is similar to Wealthy historical figures 2007, of which I made. Please not that this is not a copy of an other article and is independently on it’s on subject. Jughead.z(1) (talk) 20:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Wealthy historical figures 2007 would indeed seem to be a better article to compare it with.

I've removed the prod template since Jughead disputes the deletion request (and it's not clear to me either that this should be deleted). That's not to say I don't have concerns about the article: I wonder if this encyclopedic, and I also wonder whether it constitutes a copyvio if it's based entirely on an article from Forbes. (If the article was purely a factual list, it may not. I'm not sure). Anyway, I think the best approach is to send it to AFD. --kingboyk (talk) 21:47, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I have a question
Shouldn't Bill Gates have 101 billion because this list is for when peak amount of money reached, which for Gates is 101 billion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.87.40.199 (talk) 00:27, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

In addition to Gates. Why does Paul Allen's source of wealth say Reliance? That's an Indian company. He made his wealth from founding Microsoft, and then leaving and investing his shares in different thing from oil pipeline companies to buying Dreamworks animation. SO that needs to be changed as soon as possible please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.244.148.116 (talk) 19:31, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Who made the graph?Did someone make it, or did it come from a Forbes site or something? I'm curious as to how it got into there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.224.175.64 (talk) 02:21, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Graph and table do not agree
The graph and table do not agree.--131.155.56.90 (talk) 15:47, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

It makes no sense to display the data using a stacked bar graph; that type of graph shows how parts make up a whole. A regular (side-by-side) bar graph would be more relevant. Billgordon1099 (talk) 18:54, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Title and text do not agree about inflation-adjusted dollars
The article says, "The monetary amounts are based on the USD of 2006." But the title says "non-inflated", which means they are the dollars at the time. So are the figures 2006 dollars or nominal dollars? Billgordon1099 (talk) 00:36, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Bill Gates is no longer the richest
This article needs to be updated. See http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/03/10/forbes.list/index.html and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8560731.stm. --82.31.164.172 (talk) 09:54, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Carlos Slim is richer than Bill Gates but both have been richer at a time when there was no imminent danger of a credit crunch. The richest bill Gates has ever been was $101 billion and the richest Carlos Slim has ever been was $69.8 billion if the table is right.

Don't forget that this table is not adjusted for inflation. It is probable that John D. Rockefeller was the richest man in history many decades ago however, he was only just about made it to be the first ever billionaire. Another way of putting it is that for a penny 50 years ago, my nan apparently bought 50 Mars bars. Now one costs an amazing 50p. Noone really knows the richest person of all time because of this. They can only predict. See List of wealthiest historical figures That could help ya. ;)

BTW, I heard Wikipedia beta is going to be released for public use this month. I'll be a member then. 100x easier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.138.229 (talk) 14:57, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I can't confirm this but it seems like someone has vandalised this page with ""Jia "Jimmy" Wang"" as an entry. Probably some self-promoting prankster. The source link is about the IKEA guy If someone want's to fix that up and delete that entry it would be great.09:29, 24 April 2011 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.98.83.76 (talk)

Ignorance
What the hell are "non-inflated historical figures"? Blow up dolls of George Washington that someone didn't breath into or something? For that matter what the hell are "non-inflated dollars"? This whole list is an exercise in ignorance and stupidity of exactly the kind which makes people make fun of "the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit". It's an embarrassment.

Redirecting this junk.Volunteer Marek (talk) 01:38, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Agree with and see no reason why this article was re-spawned after two years, notably with OR and other tags removed and without "add(ed) sources" as claimed. Reverting edit, if it comes back then time for AfD. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 21:08, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
 * , sorry complete mistake I was looking for List of wealthiest non-inflated historical figures without inflation adjustment, I know there was a list of this, but it appears to be gone. Valoem   talk   contrib  21:22, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I was looking for this Valoem   talk   contrib  21:26, 29 March 2017 (UTC)