Talk:Sheldon Solow

Expanding the article

Whoever reads this and would like to add more content to this article, please consider looking at a previous version of it which I wrote here. It has been reverted for some reasons (see "view history" page) so you're welcome to use it properly if needed some time. Shalom11111 (talk) 21:38, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Latest version

A previous expanded version of this article was like a puff piece. The latest version is at the other end of the spectrum and reads like an attack piece. All of the material about the litigation with nothing balancing it is hardly the stuff of a small article about a BLP. And sourcing to this antisemitic drivel is beyond the pale. I'm reverting to the stub version, and it's going to stay that way until balanced material can be added in conformance with WP:BLP policy.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:20, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

You left the "subverted nation" link in your prior edits so I did not take it out. I did not add it. The details who his wife is does not seem controversial. The lawsuits really do not put him in a bad light (and he does have a penchant for resorting to litigation); the fact that he is taking on the big banks for LIBOR rate manipulation seems to be heroic (which the source implies).

You're right about Subverted Nation. My apologies, and I've removed the sentence because the JTA article doesn't really support anything and is a bizarre opinion piece. Perhaps you could add back some of what you put in the article and pare down the litigation material so it doesn't take up so much of the article. It's not uncommon for wealthy individuals to be involved in a lot of litigation, so I'm not even sure how noteworthy it is.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:52, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Ok will do. I was trying to find some info on his early career but kept stumbling into the lawsuit stuff since it is more recent. It's likely his early career stuff is not as available due to his age. I'll hold off until I find some better material.Patapsco913 (talk) 16:33, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Appreciated.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:46, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for bringing up this discussion guys, I wrote the previous expanded version of this and so I want to say a few things. First, I obviously didn't have any intention to write this article in an antisemitic way and didn't even notice what it said about Jews in the source which BLP pointed at. To Bbb23, everything in that previous version had been taken from a couple of websites, whether they seem bizzare or not - I should've cited this link too because I used it and it backs up almost all the content. I see no reason why we souldn't go back to my old version of this article and then do some clean ups, but whatever. Shalom11111 (talk) 03:01, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

9 West 57th Street

I propose that Skidmore, Owings & Merrill should be credited in the section about 9 West 57th Street. Gordon Bunshaft was an architect at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the architectural firm that Solow collaborated with to build the 50-story office building, as noted on the 9 West 57th Street page. 38.96.161.2 (talk) 16:29, 10 March 2017 (UTC)