Talk:Dubai Ports World

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[edit] Ownership

Private company? Isn't it owned by the state of the UAE? (I can't believe I'm the first to comment here!) --BDD 18:45, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This page ought to be about the company

Is this the only Wikipedia page about this ports controversy? I think that this page should be about the company and that the controversy should really be detailed on a page that actually is about the controversy and not the company.–Clpalmore 23:05, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Sanborn

I think the link on this page may go to the wrong David Sanborn.

Right. It should go to David C. Sanborn or Dave Sanborn. I started 2 pages by mistake; should have made only one, and now they need merging. --Uncle Ed 14:18, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bush administration controverseys

I added the cat because its very hard for people looking for info about the ports controversey to find it without knowing the name of the company. Once (and if I guess) a subarticle for the controversey is created, the category can be moved there. savidan(talk) (e@) 17:04, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Actually I'll be bold and do that myself. savidan(talk) (e@) 17:06, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] News articles

DPW was formed by a September 2005 merger of Dubai Port Authority and Dubai Port International. DPW is 100 percent owned by the government of the Emirate of Dubai via a Dubai government holding company called the PCFC (Ports, Customs, and Free Zone Corporation). The government holding company is headed by the ruler of Dubai, Shiek Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who took over on Jan. 4, 2006, following the death of his father, Sheikh Maktoum. [1]
DPW is a company owned by the government of Dubai, a member state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) [2]

[edit] Points of view on the controversy

Dubai Ports World has invested money in terrorists companiea and should not be given the right to own our ports, Locke

Above was deleted from the article as "vandalism" but is a popular POV on the issue. How should we describe this POV? --Uncle Ed 14:19, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another Point of View

I'm not really worried about security. I just don't think we should allow any state-owned foreign companies to own anything in the U.S. If it's a private company that's fine. A private company would consider the consumers, and an American state-run company would consider the American public, but a foreign state-run company would consider the interests of their country over the interests of ours.

I didn't put that in there because its POV. How should we describe this?

I'd also like to add that we need to change that box that says its private to say that it's state-owned.

Quite a few Americans are opposed to foreign investment, particulary when it's an investment by a government. Like China. It's a big and touchy issue.
Handle the POV by identify who wrote that opinion. Maybe some right-wing Christian like Pat Buchanan? Or that 700 Club guy? --Uncle Ed 20:10, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] possible copyright infringement?

The 'facts' in this story are copied verbatim from the Reuters story referenced at the bottom of the page. Is this allowed?

Small portions of news stories may be copied verbatim with credit. Please copy and paste the questionable passage below, and I'll ask our copyright experts to check it. --Uncle Ed 15:11, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Links

Does there really need to be two links to far left blogs about this? We know the left is against this, it's something a republican president did. It's an overstatement, and these sources are in no way non biased. That, and I'm against using blogs as sources for anything other than humor.--Arcaynn 05:54, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Formatting

I was about to edit it to fix the formatting at the top, it looks very broken, but I couldn't make heads of tails of it, as it looks completely fine. Can someone take a look at it and let me know what's what there?

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:DP logo.gif

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[edit] Information about the controversy should not be in this article

It should be in Dubai Ports World Controversy instead. Now it's over a year later, that information just looks unnecessary and distracting, and no longer relevant to this article; a simple link to the article about the 2006 controversy would suffice. Terraxos 15:55, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I think it should be in here but shortened and provide a link to Dubai Ports World Controversy, since that controversy is a very notable political subject.--201.230.35.185 (talk) 19:15, 14 May 2008 (UTC)