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OK, kiddies, here's a big fat article as promised. I didn't write it all obviously, but I did go through a bunch of useful mostly NY times articles to construct a narrative of sorts. Obviously much work to be done. Oh, can someone please make the title "Enron Scandal" not redirect to the Enron page?Pablosecca 01:20, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 ! 2 About the article 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Enron Logo.svg 4 Not relevant information 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Skilling enron.jpg 5.1 Vandalism Needs to be Removed 6 Need more on the actual scandal

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Can someone write a shorter version of this article maybe? I would read it but It's too long! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lollipop-3 (talk • contribs) 06:39, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

"An advancing number meant a continued infusion of investor capital on which debt-ridden Enron in large part subsisted." I don't think that Enron's rising stock price meant that more capital was flowing into the company; this would only be happening if they were continually issuing new stock, in which case the price would have probably been going down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.7.91.23 (talk) 13:11, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] About the article

This article looks good. However, there is still much more to continue improving this article. I might consider compiling a to-do list. (Jessepadilla1 (talk) 06:46, 21 December 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Enron Logo.svg

Image:Enron Logo.svg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:13, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Not relevant information

I don't think that "1998 Cornell University Student research" is relevant, it's just one sentence in a report. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.120.3.1 (talk) 21:35, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Skilling enron.jpg

Image:Skilling enron.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism Needs to be Removed

I'm on a deadline & time crunch and can't remember how to revert text that has been vandalized by pranksters through several edits. I think that Blueboy96 is the last clean, prank-free edit. Current probs include reference to the Simpsons & porn. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.198.229.144 (talk) 06:33, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Need more on the actual scandal

Most of the article is about the failed Dynegy takeover, some of it is about the aftermath, and hardly any is about what caused the scandal--mark-to-market accounting, Fastow's crooked deals, etc. Vidor (talk) 20:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)