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+++I'm interested to know of any awards John D. Rockefeller Sr. received, either during his life or posthumously. Please include on this page if you know of any. If you can provide a link to further related content. Thanks.
Partly done: I've added the link but not the expansion of the abbreviation, as it interrupts the flow of the lead and it is unlikely that someone will understand what GDP means from the full name if they don't already. Tollens (talk) 04:18, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Inflation since 1913 to today (March 2024) has accumulated to an over 3000% in devaluation of the dollar. Consequentially a $900 million peak wealth in 1913 would translate to the figure much larger than what is included in the article here. MarkRJeffery (talk) 18:32, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Change the picture description for the picture of Rockefeller shortly after starting standard oil. The description is irrelevant and inappropriate. Pellimisse (talk) 22:44, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The book
Giddens, Paul H. (1976). Standard Oil Company (Companies and men). New York: Ayer Co. Publishing.
appears in the "Written Sources" section, but I can't find that exact title. Newystats (talk) 22:22, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Request to remove the line: "Through use of the company's monopoly power," to leave the sentence as: "Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and, through corporate and technological innovations, was instrumental in both widely disseminating and drastically reducing the production cost of oil."
On the basis that capitalising on a monopoly is not really relevant - if anything, having a monopoly means he had the luxury of not requiring to reduce costs to operate profitably, compared to if it was an oligopoly. Thanks. 2A02:6B67:D754:3D00:D022:BCB0:A581:1C45 (talk) 12:55, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
level-4 vital article is rated C-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Partly done: I've added the link but not the expansion of the abbreviation, as it interrupts the flow of the lead and it is unlikely that someone will understand what GDP means from the full name if they don't already. Tollens (talk) 04:18, 5 April 2023 (UTC)
Question: what makes it irrelevant and inappropriate? M.Bitton (talk) 00:14, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
Not done: no valid explanation given for the proposed deletion. M.Bitton (talk) 23:10, 2 June 2024 (UTC)
Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the