Talk:Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/Archive 1

Archive 1

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shouldn't Max Aitken redirect to William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Lord Beaverbrook instead of the other way around? Kingturtle 18:39 17 May 2003 (UTC)

That would be in line with Wikipedia:Naming conventions (names and titles), and it would probably benefit the page to have "Beaverbrook" in its title. It should be movable - the redirect has no prior history. --rbrwr

So, I've moved it, nearly a year after this discussion. I hope there's no objection. john 00:06, 9 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Stelco

Wasn't he forced to move to England after brokering the deal the merged several companies into Stelco. It seems his comission was rather excessive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.159.41.12 (talk) 20:41, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Peerage

The article says: "He was granted a peerage in 1917". It should say something more about why, where etc.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.204.65.2 (talk) 08:19, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

WWII

His role in WWII is bizarrely short. Perhaps another could have done as well, but the production of aircraft for the Battle of Britain was crucial in turning back the Luftwaffe and preventing Sea Lion from proceeding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.86.153 (talk) 17:12, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Unsourced material

The following is unsourced information:

• Lord Beaverbrook has a lasting place in British popular culture as one of the famous English people taunted by name in Bjørge Lillelien's legendary commentary immediately after Norway defeated England in a FIFA World Cup qualifier in 1981.
• Lord Beaverbrook employed novelist Evelyn Waugh in London and abroad. Waugh repaid his employer by lampooning him in Scoop, as Lord Copper, and in both Put Out More Flags and Vile Bodies, as Lord Monomark.
• Lord Beaverbrook was the basis of the inspiration for the play and subsequent of Edward, My Son which shows the protagonist in a less than positive light.
• Lord Beaverbrook is referenced in English pop/rock band The Kinks song "Mr. Churchill Says".

While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you provide a source. Also, none of this is really trivia, as trivia by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - Tbsdy lives (talk) 04:43, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Absolutely, the Kinks song mentions Beaverbrook, and the WP article on the song says so as well.

Someone should restore that information to the article.

Varlaam (talk) 02:42, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

UK spelling

The article as it now stands uses UK spelling. Presumably that is intentional.
That's fine, just making a note of the fact.
Varlaam (talk) 02:47, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Rewrite

The article is presently undergoing a rewrite; please join in. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 15:39, 6 July 2011 (UTC).

Anglo-Candian ?

How exactly is he Anglo-Canadian if his father was Scottish ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.194.215.249 (talk) 12:35, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

In popular culture

The recent submission on the alternate history novel Dominion, is out of proportion to the rest of the article. A caution about WP:Weight. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 23:21, 8 November 2012 (UTC).