Talk:BlackRock/Archives/2019
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Article *still* needs major expansion!
Some three years after Onanoff told everyone why. BlackRock is massive, as in *massive*. Boscaswell talk 20:01, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
The German page lists their activities there and what looks like market/stock market dominance. Elsewhere I read that the illfated purchase of monsanto by bayer came through BlackRock who held shares in both. When bayer goes bankrupt through the monsanto court cases, the German taxpayer is likely to bail them out like Grünenthal (Thalidomide). 2001:8003:AC60:1400:F8D9:A473:A12E:6044 (talk) 06:11, 20 May 2019 (UTC)
Yes men hoax
I see no wp:rs for this section. The only references given is the yes men website. No third parties establishing any notability. So I have deleted the section. Please give reliable sources establishing notability if you feel it should be included.---- Work permit (talk) 03:56, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- It's pretty easy to find lots of coverage in reliable sources: The New Yorker, The Guardian, The Telegraph, NY Post, Wired Italy. I'll rewrite the paragraph from these sources. The Mirror Cracked (talk) 04:07, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks, much appreciate you adding real sources. Cheers---- Work permit (talk) 09:12, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
- The fact that this "hoax letter" is covered in reliable sources is not enough to justify inclusion on Blackrock's page. May be worth a mentioning on The Yes Men's page but it does not belong here. Blackrock was in no way connected, so how is this relevant? Meatsgains(talk) 17:52, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
- I disagree. It is connected to BlackRock, since it directly satirises the company. That's like saying a newspaper report isn't connected to the ubject of the report, because the subject didn't write it, surely? The Mirror Cracked (talk) 04:12, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- I see your point however, as you noted, its satire. If Blackrock was somehow directly involved, I'd support including the information but that's not the case. Using your analogy, it would be like a newspaper reporting on actions of the subject, which never actually took place. Meatsgains(talk) 17:28, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- I disagree. It is connected to BlackRock, since it directly satirises the company. That's like saying a newspaper report isn't connected to the ubject of the report, because the subject didn't write it, surely? The Mirror Cracked (talk) 04:12, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
- The fact that this "hoax letter" is covered in reliable sources is not enough to justify inclusion on Blackrock's page. May be worth a mentioning on The Yes Men's page but it does not belong here. Blackrock was in no way connected, so how is this relevant? Meatsgains(talk) 17:52, 20 September 2019 (UTC)