Talk:Bre-X

Early discussion, before references were in article

"This article does not cite any references or sources."

How's that? The article cites four books and articles.

How come it says "does not cite any"? Four is definitely more than none! The box should be removed ASAP. --anonymous 22:03, June 20th 2007 (CDT)

Agreed, and I have removed the tag (to be fair perhaps it was added before the sources were listed and no one thought to remove it. WP:CITE does, however, require that actual chapter-and-verse citations be made for any statements located in the article, so while the "No sources" box was incorrect, another box may well replace it. Incidentally, since David Walsh does not, at present, have an article, it is worth reiterating that he is deceased, as are several other players in the Bre-X saga, and are therefore not subject to the WP:BLP policy, but statements regarding any living persons should be cited by those familiar with the source material. 23skidoo 04:21, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

JanWmerks

It seems that User:JanWMerks has some pretty strongly-held opinions on the subject of this article. Since this appears to be a part of a larger discussion, I have taken it up on his Talk page

Fair use rationale for Image:Brexintro.gif

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De Guzman fall death a suicide?

This article mentions De Guzman's death due to falling from a helicopter, which implies accidental. My Canadian sociology textbook (Kendall, 4th edition), as well as online news sources state that the official cause of death was suicide. Maybe this article could be updated to reflect more accurately this discrepancy. Erikkukun

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Film section

Another IP editor is repeatedly removing the film section. Sorry the fact is that the film exists and has been widely reported as being based on the Bre-X story, although the producer has said otherwise. The article could have another ssentence about what the minor dispute over the film's origin, but the section as a whole stays as it is relevant. It's takes trivial to find five or ten excellent refs connecting the film to Bre-X.104.163.150.250 (talk) 10:19, 30 January 2017 (UTC)

Identical names.

This sentence needs clarification.

"Bre-X went bankrupt November 5, 1997 although some of its subsidiaries like Bre-X continued until 2003."

I flagged that sentence too. But I think it's one of many editing problems, in fact this seems to be one of the worst edited wikipedia articles I've seen. Another one: "Encouraging gold values were intersected in many drill-holes..." I don't know what that means; maybe it means "Many drill-holes encountered gold veins"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcswell (talk • contribs) 01:35, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

Clear deception in Reference 16

The editor quotes scientist Egizio Bianchini by saying he "considered the rumors "preposterous"." But the reference leads to this article where you can see that in context it is saying he was either lying or mistaken when he said that because, in the very next sentence, he "was eviscerated by investors and their lawyers when the fraud was exposed". Leaving in this "fact" without noting that he was wrong when he said that is very misleading. Honestly this whole article is kind of a perfect storm of manipulation. Clearly there are three distinct points of view alternating sentences, one of which is a neutral perspective probably from editors doing what little they can to fix it. I think it belongs in a museum. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tabrown97 (talk • contribs) 02:19, 1 March 2021 (UTC)