Talk:Philip Day (businessman)

Personal life
Hi team, I was revisiting this profile today, and had some questions around the Personal life section. Original source for the Miss England bit was Daily Mail as far as I can see. Few mentions since then refer back only to that, i.e., "tabloids said". Is that sufficient for BLP as I know there has been endless discussion about this on allowed sources? ScepticalChymist (talk) 15:20, 15 March 2018 (UTC)
 * It is cited to The Guardian. It is possible that the Mail published first (all newspapers get story ideas from each other), but The Guardian has a good reputation for fact-checking, so I cannot see a problem. Edwardx (talk) 01:22, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you Edward, The Guardian is a great source. Question only arises because The Guardian says that "it was reported in a tabloid", and doesn't report it directly. I think there is a case for erring on the side of caution here -- because that's what The Guardian has done with their use of language. I know the guidelines on BLP are tight. Do let me know your view! ScepticalChymist (talk) 09:49, 27 March 2018 (UTC)
 * ScepticalChymist, I suspect it is more that The Guardian is looking deflect any responsibility for reporting this tabloid sort of coverage to the tabloids - suggesting that they would not normally cover this sort of thing, but it is already out there in the tabloids. It is reasonable to suppose that The Guardian will have done their fact checking. Please do not hesitate to raise it at Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard. Usually interesting to get the perspectives of other editors. Edwardx (talk) 11:06, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

Update
Under career I have added small sections for Peacocks and Days as I thought it was worth breaking those out. He has bought quite a few companies, so thought it would be valuable to break out the most important ones. I also added more detail about other acquisitions as some were missing. I think I caught everything, but may have missed things. Let me know! ScepticalChymist (talk) 17:12, 2 January 2018 (UTC)