Talk:Michael Fay (banker)

Title
Why 'banker'? why not 'thief'? see edits 9 June Richard 09:39, 9 July 2006 (UTC)


 * This page has information based on PR from far left political parties and web blogs. I am not sure it's encyclopedic, but some attempt has been made to make it neutral, so I shall leave it.  We should be wary of people trying to turn this into a left-wing angst-fest, however Ham21 08:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I added the citation requirements because I think many of the claims made in the article are doubtful. For the record, I don't like Sir Michael Fay, although I do enjoy the irony of a somewhat monarchist-leaning businessman enjoying the stability (and low taxes) of that great republic, Switzerland :-) --Lholden 21:37, 31 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh I didn't realise he was a monarchist. Good for him :p  Ham21 11:16, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Of course he's a monarchist, how else would he justify accepting the title "sir" . It must have meant something to him, even though the very fact that he (and many similar business types of that era) received it so debased the title in the eyes of his (ex) countrymen/women that it has been rendered obsolete. RichardJ Christie 12:35, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
 * So far as I understand, he's still a NZer... although NZ Business doesn't rate him as part of the rich list anymore :-) Some republics do retain titular titles - like Portugal --Lholden 01:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought he was still on the '06 rich list? 202.180.112.131 23:00, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * He's knighted, so isn't it Sir as a title? 132.205.93.63 03:55, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Superficial article
For the record, this article is currently rubbish. It ignores Fay's important and highly controversial roll in the changes to the New Zealand economy in the 1980's and 1990's AND his personal enrichment from that involvement. The article concentrates only on the trivial - his sporting sponsorship. So not much has changed since Roman times; keep the masses ignorant and quiet by provision of cheap bread and the circus. I recommend readers read earlier versions of this article. RichardJ Christie 11:27, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

And no mention at all of the Securitibank fiasco. Pushbutton auto (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 00:54, 7 June 2014 (UTC)


 * I agree the article needs a lot of work. Why don't you both improve the article? The article is only inadequate because no one tries to improve it!! Remember that anyone can edit wikipedia.Rick570 (talk) 23:49, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Sir Michael Fay
shouldn't Sir Michael Fay redirect here? 132.205.93.63 03:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I will go do that right now. Mathmo Talk 06:59, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Earned / acquired
I'm concerned about this diff. A BLP is not a good place to make a point about how some rich guy's income isn't really earned, rhetorically speaking. Or does a source suggest that his income is from $700 million of gifts or lottery wins? bobrayner (talk) 00:01, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

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