Third tai-pan[edit]

Wasn't Malcolm Struan (Culum & Tess's son) technically the third tai-pan? He wasnt officially given the title due to his age, but he had every right to call himself one in the short time he had. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jessielange (talk • contribs) 08:52, 8 October 2005.

Technically, Hag Struan never officially turned over power to him. In order to claim the mantle of tai-pan, he would have had to go through some specific ceremonies, swear certain oaths in front of the previous tai-pan and the compradore, etc. Gordon Chen, the compradore, lays it down to Malcolm in a letter as follows:
JubalHarshaw 17:52, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of Characters, Links[edit]

I don't think the long list of characters is warranted. I recommend that only the main characters be retained, and their associated one paragraph "articles" be incorporated into this article. See, for example, The Brothers Karamazov for a good article on a much more important work. Notice that even very notable characters such as Ivan Karamazov do not get their own page.--S Roper 02:23, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agree I've started a lot of merge discussions. JASpencer 20:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Since there didn't seem to be any objection over a month later, I merged most of the articles I could find that had tags (and one or two really stubby ones that didn't). And I agree, the long lists do need to go. I am removing the "refered" one at this time and the other one might need to go sometime as well. Radagast83 23:19, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Missing character[edit]

I'm missing out the Japanese girl that AMG was married to. She decended from Toranaga (Shogun). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.163.233.101 (talk • contribs) 18:15, 31 May 2006.

That would be Riko Anjin, aka Riko Gresserhoff, who is actually descended from John Blackthorne, not Toranaga Yoshi. JubalHarshaw 17:58, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:NobleHouse.jpg[edit]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:29, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

removals from minor characters list[edit]

I am removing one-off incidental characters for balance-more important ones like Riko Gresserhoff were left off. Removed are:

I am moving O'Gorman to Struans, as he is part of the timeline continuity. Chris (クリス) (talk) 06:31, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Minor characters

Another editor has removed the entire list. I will cull these for characters that, though minor, are crucial to the storyline. Chris (クリス • フィッチ) (talk) 00:45, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Miniseries article[edit]

Yeah, I know this is the article for the book, but could someone come on over to Noble House (TV series) and help me out? Now that it's been released in North America on DVD, I figure it should have a better article. LonelyPker (talk) 16:57, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is a topic missing from the plot section[edit]

OK, I have a confession to make, I've never read the book. I am here actually for the TV miniseries, but since that article is so small, I came here. And I didn't watch the series either, except one episode and that was long ago. So I was talking about old TV shows and someone mentioned one in which the main character had to do a favor to everyone who had a coin. And this is what I remember of the series. So I dug a little in the imbd and found only a quote of the main character saying: "To whomsoever gives me the other half of any of these coins, I will grant one favor." And the cover of the book which featured does present one such coin. So my point is, shouldn't this be mentioned or clarified in the plot section? I would do it myself if only I had read the novel and had a clue about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.246.7.138 (talk) 16:37, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You have a very good point here. The plot is barely summarized at all. At some point, the plot section turned into an unsourced history review of Mr. Clavell's influences. This requires significant cleanup to restore a decent summary of the plot. Wellspring (talk) 17:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Banks in the novel[edit]

There is a good description of what real companies the fictional companies are based on. But does anyone have any information on what Banks the fictional Banks (Victoria, BLCS, and Ho-Pak) are based on?

130.32.42.1 (talk) 16:27, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would have a guess at the Victoria being The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (now part of HSBC), BLCS being Standard Chartered Bank, and HoPak being Hnag Seng Bank (When Hang Seng bank suffered a run on its deposits in 1965, HSBC came to the rescue, buying up a 51 percent share in Hang Seng, the equivalent of £200 million at the time). Hope this helps and if someone wants to add this to the main article as I don't have the knowledge.
130.32.42.1 (talk) 09:06, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Article desperately overuses the word, "Desperately."[edit]

And Desperately So. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.218.86.80 (talk) 11:45, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"...Queen of England [sic]..."?[edit]

Is the word 'sic' in the original quotation or was it added by an author of this article? Was there a mistake that has been corrected? She is indeed the Queen of England, per List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II --142.163.194.167 (talk) 00:43, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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