Talk:Martin Lewis (financial journalist)

message: The article fails to mention Martin Lewis' various affiliate programs with a number of banks, and opportunity to increase personal wealth through recommendations not always in the consumers interests. 82.35.108.32 (talk) 22:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: IMHO, Lewis's affiliate links are always clearly marked as such, but if you want to contribute some encyclopedic content in this area, feel free! Take care, though: your note seems weasel-worded. Also, beware violating WP:CRITIC ... richi (talk) 23:19, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He couldn't get away with doing things against consumer interest because of the massive forum scrutinizing every word he writes. He often responds to criticism (e.g here about the use of affiliate links instead of recommending a cashback site). If you intend to add something about this to the article why not put the accusation to him on his feedback board first. If the intention is to make a positive contribution to the article it would probably be the best way to get a fair and balanced view from both him and the other site users who you allege he is in someway cheating 172.142.16.215 (talk) 16:32, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Affiliate programs

message: I don't like the structure of the career section - it seems a bit odd that 'early career' should be at the end and MoneySavingExpert.com should be at the beginning. Wouldn't a chronological structure be more logical? Vl'hurg talk 23:12, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Career section

message: This section seems to be rather disproportionately large.  It was a UK wide event which Lewis was not the cause of, was just one minor factor in (e.g. the councils losing cash) and all savers (UK) got their money back.  Yet it is given more space than direct issues such as bank charges, debt help work, council tax reclaiming which are much more specifically Martin Lewis.  It seems to me that this event should be shortened to a line or so e.g.
"Lewis, was one of many who listed Icelandic banks amongst his best buys.  The banks later collapsed, though the UK compensation scheme repaid all the money back to savers. When receiving minor flack for this from a few members of his forum and one TV interivew, Lewis pointed out that his methodology relied on explaining the protection schemes, not looking at individual bank solvency."
Any comments?  Or I shall change on next edit.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Helplinechap2 (talk • contribs) 13:59, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure how to answer this one.  I'll leave it to t4e to respond. MarkyMarkD (talk) 21:19, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Icelandic banks

message: Should the reference to charitable activity have its own section? 'Boost' is your opinion, the Mafia has a long history of donating to charity, giving to charity tells you nothing about an organisation especially when the company puts its url in the charity's logo. It could be charity, it could be tax efficient marketing, we don't know and no accounts have been filed with the Charity Commission for the registered charity MSE Charity. Hope that helps, interested to see your next edit.Thefourthestate (talk) 12:03, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur, although it would need to be linked into the ethical bit about the website.  I'll think about it. MarkyMarkD (talk) 21:19, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

text: Any giving by a corporate entity, or indeed an "unlimited company" is a form of tax-efficient marketing.  It is naive to believe that it's anything else IMHO. MarkyMarkD (talk) 21:19, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

text: Your point is very valid.  It would have been just as tax-efficient for ML to pay himself the money as dividends, and then to Gift Aid it as an individual to charity.  But that wouldn't have benefited MSE.com, and it wouldn't have made him look good.  Draw your own conclusions, Helplinechap2. MarkyMarkD (talk) 20:20, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charitable giving 

message: There was some discussion earlier about whether it should be ML (financial journalist) or ML (personal financial journalist).
How about we go the whole hog, and change it to "Martin Lewis (Money Saving Expert)" as that is how he styles himself and that will be the most likely way for most people to find the article?
Thoughts?
MarkyMarkD (talk) 21:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article title 

message: I've been reverting some edits that were reverted before. Few points:
* No I'm not part of any PR team. I have no connection at all I once again remind of WP:AGF which I'm desperately trying to do with these anonymous edits (You'll notice I'm loggin in rather than using an annoymous IP).
* Please refer to WP:BLP where it says "Contentious material about living persons (or recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced—whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable—should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion. Users who persistently or egregiously violate this policy may be blocked from editing."
* Therefore you if you want to add the section about Wonga you MUST demonstrate it happedened with a citation. I can find no record of it by searching the internet nor of any widespread criticism. Further, do you think there's another Wikipedia editor out ther that'll agree with the following statement being fair or biased even if you can find a citation for him endorsing Wonga? "There was growing condemnation of the industry, and Lewis sought to distance himself from the lender. Lewis later sought cover by aligning himself with the anti-loanshark campaign". If this happened and there was widespread criticism, why can't you cite it?
*As for the 'controversy' of the financial status, I think I've pointed out above why that must be cited.Identz (talk) 03:26, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Further adds of Wonga etc 

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