Talk:Aubrey McClendon

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Removal of Court Filing

Someone removed a court filing PDF from the Commons area on grounds that there was no media license. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a publicly-available court filing. I will be adding it back on those grounds. If you would like to discuss or remove, let discuss on this page before removing it from the Commons. Creativejuice (talk) 15:09, 15 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Info on right-side box

There are some items in the right-side box that I will be removing as they violate Wikipedia's rules. For example, the latitude and longitude of his home is a violation of WP: Personal Information. Other information, “Influencers” violates WP: NOR as there’s not a reliable source to indicate this person was an influencer. None of the other information is properly sourced and it needs to be so before being included on this page. For example, the board member info is not accurate as Bronco Drilling is no longer a company. Creativejuice (talk) 17:58, 26 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chairman fact

An editor prematurely wrote "former chairman" in this entry, but according to a press release issued by Chesapeake on May 1, 2012, Aubrey will no longer be chairman of the board once a new one is appointed. Here's an excerpt: "The Board of Directors will name an independent, Non-Executive Chairman in the near future. ... Upon the appointment of a Non-Executive Chairman, Mr. McClendon will relinquish the position of Chairman and continue as Chief Executive Officer." Once this is official, this change can be made. Creativejuice (talk) 12:32, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Have removed the citation from the Wall Street Journal as it states that McClendon was removed from his chairman position, when according to the company's official press release, he voluntarily relinquished his position.--Writer1502 (talk) 19:42, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Early life and education

I removed the phrase that included the area of Oklahoma City where McClendon resides as it WP:IINFO and doesn't merit inclusion in an encyclopedia. It is also not verifiable and is based on opinion, not fact. Just stating Oklahoma City is more clear and factual. Creativejuice (talk) 02:27, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hedge fund

Regarding the hedge fund, the sources state that McClendon ran it. If Creativejuice says that's inaccurate, I'm guessing that's based on inside knowledge is probably correct. However, information on Wikipedia has to be based on published third-party sources. Oddly, that can sometimes result in bad information, and this may be one of those cases. The standard isn't whether something is true or false, it's whether something is verifiable by a reliable source. It's no different from a courtroom. We have to go on the evidence, even if because of its limitations, it leads us to the wrong result. If doubt can be cast on the veracity of the sources, or if other more reliable sources state that McClendon didn't run the fund, then we can change it. Chicken Wing (talk) 02:38, 28 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]