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part of this article seems to be a bit critical of Pickens, especially his dealings with buying other other companies and his dealings with OSU in the "The takeover years" section. In fact, the section's name seems to not be NPOV. -- Ash Lux ^{(talk | contribs)} 18:30, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like several folks have addressed these concerns, and the result looks pretty balanced to me.--Qball6 03:24, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"In 2006, the Financial Times reported that Pickens had personally raked in $1.4 billion as head of BP Capital Management the previous year." Somehow, I doubt that the FT used the phrase "raked in," which sounds too slangy, neither journalistic nor encyclopedic. --Christofurio 21:02, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Since nobody's replied, I'm going to change this. --Christofurio 04:54, 10 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In Forbes magazine, March 26, 2007, "World's Billionaires," T. Boone Pickens was ranked #369 in the world and #131 in America with an estimated net worth of $2.5B.

"Ironically, though, they are both avid big game hunters" -This quote is untruthful. Mrs. Pickens is not a hunter of any kind and Mr. Pickens is a bird hunter, he has not shot a big game animal in almost two decades. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.206.111.75 (talk • contribs) 19:02, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

This article is an obscene hagiography that excludes the litany of evil for which this man is responsible. ~~