Talk:William Henry Moore (financier)

On 11 April 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved to William Henry Moore (1848–1923). The result of the discussion was moved to William Henry Moore (financier).

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"Judge" Moore, in the opinion of noted finance and business historian Charles R. Morris, author of "TYCOONS: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan invented the American supereconomy", is the first and prototypical corporate "takeover artist". Moore and his brother forced the hand of Andrew Carnegie, with the creation of United States Steel on the table. He cobbled together several small bakeries to fashion NABISCO. The above should suffice for inclusion to the hollowed cyberspace held by this encyclopedia. Details will be added to entry within a month.SLY111 (talk) 21:53, 17 August 2009 (UTC)SLY111[reply]

Biographic entry[edit]

Moore, William H. (Henry) (1848–1923) capitalist; born in Utica, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in Wisconsin, he moved to Chicago to practice corporate law (1872) but he left law to work at corporate mergers and stock manipulation with his brother, James Hobart Moore (1852–1916). In 1890 they merged several cracker manufacturers into the New York Biscuit Company and engineered a price war with the American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company that resulted in the brothers' monopolistic National Biscuit Company (1898). They formed the American Steel Hoop Company (1899), the American Sheet Steel Corporation (1900), and several other metal-based companies; when these were absorbed into the United States Steel Corporation (1901), the brothers became immensely rich. The Moores then had themselves elected to the board of directors of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway (1901) and undertook a series of dubious transactions; by 1914 the once healthy Rock Island was in receivership. An investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission (1916) charged the Moores, among others, with looting the railroad, and William was ejected from the board. In retirement he raised horses, becoming a four-in-hand driver of international renown. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.128.101 (talk) 20:53, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 11 April 2023[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved to William Henry Moore (financier). (closed by non-admin page mover) Material Works (contribs) 20:01, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

William Henry Moore (judge) → William Henry Moore (1848–1923) – Subject was nicknamed "Judge" but I see no evidence that he every actually served as a judge. Since there are other lawyers and financiers by this name, the safest bet for disambiguation is by date range. BD2412 T 19:21, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Wouldn't it be more appropriate to move to William Henry Moore (born 1848)? 〜 Festucalex • talk 20:48, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support move to William Henry Moore (born 1848) as common disambiguation on Wikipedia. The identifier "judge" seems too ambiguous as that word is also used in competitions which is popular these days compared to his time of living as well as sport, see Judge (disambiguation)#Roles for the list. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 21:05, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The disambiguator "(born 1848)" is fine with me. BD2412 T 04:07, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support William Henry Moore (businessman, born 1848). We always try to avoid disambiguating purely by dates. We use a descriptive term. See WP:NCPDAB. William H. H. Moore was also a businessman, so we do need a DOB. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:06, 12 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What about William Henry Moore (financier)? "Financier" does not describe any of the other William Henry Moore's. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 02:33, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm fine with that. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:27, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Good thinking. I am now going for that alternative. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 15:41, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.