Talk:Sheldon Adelson/Archives/2018

Philantropist
Isn't that a bit of a stretch? His philantropy seems to be quite political. 81.164.111.122 (talk) 19:30, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Much of it may be political. But, reliable sources have described him as such. O3000 (talk) 19:35, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Jews, Palestine, and Hitler, of course
Discontinue edit warring. You seem to want to tilt at windmills by characterizing the subject's remarks because you want to prove a point. This is not allowed. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 17:56, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Politics
Adelson has been a businessman for 70 years and has never run for public office. The lead calls him a business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Yet, this article is mostly about his politics. The political sections were trimmed awhile back, and have now been "untrimmed". I suggest a "retrim". Comments before I grab an exacto knife? O3000 (talk) 19:05, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
 * He gives money to political causes and that makes some people angry. Anger is one of the better motives for editing Wikipedia. Cut away! Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 19:38, 26 January 2018 (UTC)

Net Worth
Is there some reason that we need to update the net worth every month? Forbes has an annual rating. Seems a bit silly for an encyclopedia. WP:RECENTISM. O3000 (talk) 01:16, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Forbes also has a real time rating. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 20:59, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, which we specifically do not use in the Trump article by consensus. Adelson's net worth is mostly in highly volatile stock. O3000 (talk) 21:09, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Also, apart from any publicly traded securities, Forbes' data is notoriously inaccurate.  SPECIFICO talk 21:32, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * The case at Trump is an example of WP:LOCALCONSENSUS unless is was a result of an RfC which explicitly stated that it applies other pages. There is no reason in general to change it every month though. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 21:43, 24 February 2018 (UTC)