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Pray.com

COI request to add infobox

Hello, I'm a Pray.com employee operating as the company's representative on Wikipedia. I was wondering if it might be possible to add an infobox to this article. I've mocked one up, complete with a wordmark logo that I recently uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

Pray.com

Industry	Faith-based media and technology
Founded	2016 (2016)
Founders	Steve Gatena, Michael Lynn, Ryan Beck, and Matthew Potter
Website	pray.com

If an independent editor could take a look, I would much appreciate it. Thanks! JR at Pray (talk) 19:49, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Done   MetalBreaksAndBends   (talk) (contribs) 15:50, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

COI request for article rewrite

Hello, I've written a new draft for this article that I think improves it in a number of ways. I have kept nearly all the existing content intact, improving sourcing where possible. My draft also:

• Revises and shortens the introduction a bit, relocating some of its content into the body of the article
• Creates/relocates a few sections, so that not all non-introduction content is under the History heading
• Adds several new passages to the History about the company's growth and evolution
• Adds a passage about Pray's AI Bible, which is probably the most significant product we've launched in the past few years
• Adds a few brief passages about notable partnerships with celebrities and the Trump White House

Below is the entire article draft. I'm completely open to working with editors on this piece-by-piece, but since my draft does contains significant reorganization of the existing article, I thought it would be a good idea to propose everything at once, so that the community can see the totality of what I'm trying to accomplish:

Full article draft

Pray.com is a faith-based media and technology platform offering mobile applications, podcasts, and digital content. Launched in 2016, it was founded by Steve Gatena, Michael Lynn, Ryan Beck, and Matthew Potter. The platform provides daily prayers, sermons, biblical content, and audio programming featuring prominent religious leaders.

Pray.com has received recognition from two presidential administrations. In 2021, President Joe Biden provided a video message for the company's National Day of Prayer event. In 2025, the Trump administration recognized Pray.com as an official partner in the White House's America Prays initiative.

In 2023, Pray.com launched its AI Bible, an AI-generated biblical content platform that accumulated over 2 million followers across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok by 2025. Pray.com has partneredd with religious figures including T.D. Jakes, Jack Graham, and Tony Evans. As of September 2025, the Pray.com app has been downloaded more than 25 million times.

History

Pray.com was founded in 2016 by Steve Gatena, Michael Lynn, Ryan Beck, and Matthew Potter. It secured significant funding to support its development and growth. In 2017, the platform raised $2 million in seed funding from Science Inc., Greylock Partners, and Spark Capital. That same year, it participated in the Laudato Si’ Fellowship, a start-up accelerator program held in Rome and advised by Cardinal Peter Turkson. A Series A funding round held in March 2018 raised an additional $14 million from TPG Growth, Science Inc., and Greylock Partners. Founder Steve Gatena has noted that early fundraising efforts were complicated due to some venture capitalists' negative attitudes towards faith-based technology.

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly increased Pray.com's user base, with downloads surging by 955%. During this period, the platform collaborated with churches to support virtual ministry services as in-person gatherings were restricted. In 2021, the Federal Election Commission issued an opinion allowing Pray.com to feature members of the United States Congress.

In 2023, Pray.com ranked 116th in Inc. Magazine's list of fastest-growing companies. As of 2024, the Pray.com app had 16 million users and by September 2025, it had been downloaded 25 million times.

In May 2025, Pray.com co-founder Steve Gatena was honored by the Los Angeles Times as one of the L.A. business community's outstanding small business founders. In December 2025, Rep. Sheri Biggs composed a letter to U.S. secretary of veterans affairs Doug Collins urging the agency to make faith-based mental health resources such as Pray.com available to recovering veterans. Biggs's letter was co-signed by more than a dozen of her congressional colleagues.

National Day of Prayer

Pray first hosted a National Day of Prayer event in 2020 when it streamed to nearly one million viewers on Facebook. It featured faith leaders such as Tony Evans, Jack Graham, and Franklin Graham as well as senators Marco Rubio and Tim Scott. In 2021, Pray hosted a virtual event for the National Day of Prayer in the United States. The event featured remarks from United States President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence. President Biden spoke of his faith and prayed for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden remarked: "It means the world to me to know that there are people across the country who include Jill and me in their prayers. And I hope you know that you and your families are in our prayers as well. Today I am praying for the end of this great COVID crisis." The event featured musical performances from Gary Valenciano, Brooke Ligertwood from the Christian band Hillsong Worship, Lecrae, Heather Headley and Michael Neale. Other notable speakers included Ronnie Floyd, Ed Young (pastor), Mark Driscoll, and Samuel Rodriguez. Pray.com partnered with Sirius XM, DirecTV and Facebook to stream the event across multiple platforms. Pray.com was featured as a pop-up channel on Sirius XM, channel 154, to host the prayer event and celebrate people of all faith.

Platform

Pray.com serves as a specialized social media platform for religious groups. Congregations can establish their own groups where members and leaders can participate in discussions, livestream services, and manage donations. Additionally, users can join "prayer communities" to post and respond to prayer requests. For those who subscribe to premium services, the platform provides access to biblically-inspired meditations and bedtime stories, and Bible stories for children. Pray.com also produces Radio drama-style productions with notable actors such as Kristen Bell and Blair Underwood narrating biblical stories.

In 2024, Pray launched the AI Bible, a compendium of AI-generated videos illustrating various Bible stories. Pray uses several AI tools, including ChatGPT, to create these videos. As of September 2025, the AI Bible had over two million followers across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, with some of its videos receiving millions of views. The AI Bible has generated theological debate among scholars, some of whom have criticized it as reducing biblical material to entertainment. Supporters of the AI Bible have claimed that it is consistent with evangelical traditions of using new methods of storytelling in order to help people engage with scripture.

Partnerships and sponsorships

In 2021, it was announced that Drew Brees would be producing a series of motivational prayers and bedtime Bible stories for the Pray.com app. The company has also partnered with T.D. Jakes, Dr. Phil McGraw, and the estate of James Earl Jones to produce content for its app. In 2023, Pray.com announced a partnership with iHeartMedia to produce and distribute faith-based podcasts.

In 2024, Pray.com partnered with Sting Ray Robb as the primary sponsor for his No. 41 Chevrolet in the 2024 NTT INDYCAR Series. The partnership, highlighting Robb's Christian faith, aims to engage younger audiences with faith-based content. The car, featuring Pray.com's branding, was set to debut at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

In September 2025, the White House announced that Pray.com would be participating in the Trump administration's America Prays initiative.

Censorship in China

The app was removed from Apple's App Store in China as part of the country's broader efforts to restrict access to religious content. The app was targeted due to China's stringent regulations on religious material, particularly content distributed through digital platforms. The removal aligns with China's ongoing campaign to control online religious expression and maintain state-approved religious activities.

Clinical studies

There have been clinical studies on Pray.com. In one study, the app was found to be acceptable and easy to use among racial and ethnic minority groups, with participants reporting improved mental health and well-being. Greater app use was associated with better outcomes, though low and variable usage suggests the need for further research to fully understand its impact.

Another study examined Pray.com's impact on mental health by assigning 192 participants to use the app freely, use its meditative prayer function, or not use it at all. Over two months, participants reported overall improvements in mental health and well-being. Although no significant differences were found between groups, greater app usage correlated with better mental health outcomes. This suggests that religiously based mobile apps may help improve mental health and well-being. Another study of pray.com had similar findings.

References

Thanks in advance to any editors who take the time to review this draft! JR at Pray (talk) 17:34, 23 April 2026 (UTC)

Preply

Request for new section

Hello Wikipedia! My name is Cristina. I am an employee for Preply and as such, have a conflict of interest. I read up on the rules and see that I need to make proposals here on the Talk page.

For this, I would like to suggest that a new Services section be added to help provide readers with encyclopedic details about Preply:

Services

Preply is a language learning app and online platform that combines human tutoring with artificial intelligence. It operates on a subscription model in which learners purchase lesson packages on a recurring basis.

A machine-learning algorithm matches students and tutors based on factors such as budget and schedule. The matching system uses artificial intelligence and weighs over 400 parameters. Tutors work as independent contractors and set their own rates and schedules.

Preply uses artificial intelligence on its platform. This includes an AI teaching assistant for after-lesson support and AI analytics for measuring student performance.

Additionally, I drafted this request based on a larger draft that I plan to propose in small chunks to editors. I will follow this method to keep the proposals manageable but if any editors want to review it as a whole, I have it linked.

Let me know if there are any questions on the above request, thanks! Cristina Preply (talk) 13:02, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

References

Cristina Preply (talk) 13:02, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

Partly done: I took a look at the larger draft you prepared. Using that "services" section, I copy and pasted and reworded it so that it did not read promotional or overly detailed. CNMall41 (talk) 06:05, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, CNMall41. Since you said you looked at it, did you have any thoughts on other parts of the draft? If not, I was going to proceed with the next request, which I can also tag you in. Thanks! Cristina Preply (talk) 14:15, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

I did look and can look again if you want. Or, you can make the request. I will say that the awards and recognition section needs removed as these are industry type awards and of no relevance to readers. The services section was already implemented so that just leaves the history section correct?--CNMall41 (talk) 19:17, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, CNMall41, I will just go ahead with the next request. Cristina Preply (talk) 15:46, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

History section request

Hello Wikipedia, this is Cristina, the employee for Preply. I wanted to make another request, this time for the History section.

• Add: In 2020, Preply had a surge in demand and tutor sign-ups, particularly in markets affected by COVID-19 related school closures, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain.

This effect of COVID on learning has been reported on but not included here. I would like to request this be placed within the History section, after the 2019 Spanish market information so it fits in the timeline.

• Add: A year later, the platform had over 40,000 tutors teaching 50 languages and said it had hundreds of thousands of users across 180 countries. Preply had 250 employees operating out of offices in Kyiv and Barcelona.

• This shows information about operations and size of Preply. I would suggest placing this sentence immediately after the above sentence I've requested.

• Add Since 2021, Preply has hosted the Online Teaching Conference, a virtual event featuring workshops, panel discussions, and networking opportunities. The conference is open to tutors on the platform and focuses on professional development in online teaching.

This is also not reflected and could be placed after the above platform size information I requested to fit the timeline.

References

Tagging CNMall41 since they said they were interested. Let me know if there are any questions. Thanks! Cristina Preply (talk) 15:50, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for disclosing your COI and for the detailed request. I reviewed your three suggested additions and the sources, and I have a proposed re-write for the first two:

• Point #1 (2020): I propose adding one sentence in the History section after the 2019 item, citing TechCrunch): “In March 2020, TechCrunch reported that Preply saw record daily hours booked and spikes in tutor registrations in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain during early COVID‑19 school closures.”

• Point #2 (2021): I'd prefer reference to use this 2021 TechCrunch report rather than EU‑Startups for the 2021 scale figures, since TechCrunch is a stronger independent secondary source. I propose this: "In March 2021, TechCrunch reported that Preply had facilitated more than 10 million lessons and listed about 40,000 tutors across 190 countries."

I prefer not to cite EU‑Startups for platform size or staffing, so I would omit the “250 employees in Kyiv and Barcelona” detail unless a high‑quality independent source verifies it.

• Point #3 (Conference): The only citation provided is BridgeUniverse, which appears affiliated with a teacher-training company and reads like partner or promotional content, so it is not an independent reliable secondary source per WP:RS and WP:INDEP. I will reconsider if there is coverage in independent reliable sources such as mainstream media or unaffiliated trade press.

Let me know if you're okay with my proposed wording on the first two points. Zxm92 (talk) 19:56, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback Zxm92 ! I agree on your assessments for points one and three. For point two, I located sourcing in the Kyiv Post to verify "250 employees" and "offices in Kyiv and Barcelona". Let me know what you think, Cristina Preply (talk) 12:54, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Done Implemented with minor copyedits and with the cited sources. I was able to use the Business Insider article to cite the 250 employees figure and office locations. Zxm92 (talk) 18:52, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Add homepage photo to infobox

I would like to request that a screenshot of the Preply homepage in low resolution be added to the infobox. Happy to answer any questions! Cristina Preply (talk) 16:02, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Done Implemented as requested. Added File:Preply Homepage 2025.png to the infobox as a low-resolution fair-use screenshot. Firu15 (talk) 18:07, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

History section request 2

Hello again, I have another request for the History section to add a few historical details:

• Add: It was influenced by Bigai’s experience studying English online with a tutor, which he thought was more flexible and cost-effective. In the summer of 2012, the founders launched Preply as an online marketplace for live, personalized language learning. The company sought to differentiate itself from traditional language learning methods by focusing on real-time interaction and individualized instruction.

• This would go to the end of the first paragraph in this section.

• Add: At the time, the company did not operate its own videoconferencing technology; instead, lessons were conducted through third-party platforms such as Skype.

• This should be placed at the end of the paragraph that begins "In its first three years".

• Add: Preply's total funding raised was $170 million, as of 2023.

• This should be placed at the end of the paragraph that starts with "Preply raised its largest single amount to date of $50 million via a funding round in July 2022."

References

Zxm92 tagging due to your recent interest in reviewing requests on this topic and providing helpful feedback. Thanks, Cristina Preply (talk) 17:18, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Go ahead: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. Mustbeotherwise (talk) 02:44, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Intro and History request

Hello editors,

While the request above is being considered, I have another request to propose. This is for the introduction and History section.

• First, the page was recently updated to reflect that the company is headquartered in Barcelona. This is inaccurate, we are based out of the United States. For a simple, noncontroversial fact such as this our primary website should work for verifying this. My proposal is to update this in the introduction.

• Second, I suggest adding the pronunciation "(prehp-lee)" to the introduction (TechCrunch source, if needed)

• Third, I would like request the following addition to the History section, to the end of the paragraph starting with "In March 2022,":

It also provided free language lessons for approximately 1,000 displaced Ukrainians adapting to new countries. Preply reported that it relocated more than 140 employees and their families to safer locations, including western Ukraine and neighboring countries.

• Fourth, add the following to the end of the History section:

In 2025, the company launched the “Speak Ukraine” campaign, a multimedia initiative aimed at promoting Ukrainian language and culture.

References

Happy to answer any questions. Cristina Preply (talk) 11:35, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Go ahead: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. Please make sure to cite sources as needed and do not make any edits besides the one's you've explicitly stated. Mustbeotherwise (talk) 02:46, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

@Mustbeotherwise: When I was proceeding with the go-ahead, I got a notice that one of the sources was the blacklist after I made this request for the associated content:

Preply reported that it relocated more than 140 employees and their families to safer locations, including western Ukraine and neighboring countries.

Because of this, I am providing an alternative source to support this information. The Business Insider source I am using does not verify all the information in the previous request, so I am also presenting adjusted language.

Preply reported that it offered relocation for employees in Ukraine due to 2022 invasion from Russia.

References

In an effort for transparency, I am seeking to renew the go-ahead for this source and language specifically. Cristina Preply (talk) 11:13, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

I should have caught that, sorry. I checked your sources, the first one might be considered a non-independent source but should still be able to be used as a primary source and Business Insider looks good to me. You're good to go ahead! - Otherwise (Talk?) 16:16, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

@Mustbeotherwise: I proceeded with this go-ahead (and the one above) with only the adjustments you approved. Cristina Preply (talk) 20:11, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

New sections, Operations and Services

Hello editors,

I would like to suggest a few sections for this article. Right now, there is only a History section with a timeline of the companies. I would like to propose adding a Services section and an Operations section to give an overview of what Preply is and corporate information. Please see the following:

Services
Preply is a learning language app and online platform that combines human tutoring with artificial intelligence. It operates on a subscription model. It has more than 100,000 human tutors and offers over 90 languages, as of 2026. In addition to language learning, the site includes tutors for other subjects such as math and computer science.

Tutor profiles typically include biographical information, introductory videos, and reviews from other learners, and users may contact tutors before booking. A machine-learning algorithm matches students and tutors based on factors such as budget and schedule. Tutors work as independent contractors and set their own rates and schedules.

Preply uses artificial intelligence on its platform with an AI teaching assistant for support with lessons and AI analytics for measuring student performance.

Preply also offers a corporate language training program known as Preply Business.

Operations
Preply was founded in Boston in 2012 before moving to Ukraine. By 2026, it was based out of the United States. Its CEO is co-founder Kirill Bigai. There are over 700 employees from New York, London, Barcelona, and Kyiv, as of 2026.

Between 2022 and 2026, the number of tutors grew by 150 percent. It has users in over 180 countries, as of 2026.

References

To be concise: My request is to add each of the sections above and the content within them. As a note, the Services section used to be in place however about one month ago, another editor condensed everything into the History section. In doing this, they also moved information to the lead section that is not in the body of the article, which as I understand is not within the current guidelines. I believe this addition will help restore some organization to the article. Please let me know if there are any questions. Cristina Preply (talk) 14:41, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Priya Thomas

Proposed updated version (fully sourced)

Hello—In line with the disclosure on my user page, I am posting a proposed update to the article. The current text is outdated and undersourced. Below is a complete, neutrally written rewrite with reliable citations (Brock News, Interview Magazine, Magnet Magazine, etc.). Paywalled sources (The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star) are noted as verifiable.

I hold the original printed reviews cited from The Globe and Mail (2008), The Toronto Star (2008), and Montreal publications (1996) in my personal archives. These are verifiable primary print sources and can be confirmed privately if required.

I am requesting review and, if appropriate, replacement of the current text by an uninvolved editor.

Priya Thomas
Priya Thomas, Sled Island Music Festival
Born	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupations	Artist, scholar
Years active	1996–present

Priya Thomas is a Canadian artist and scholar whose multidisciplinary practice spans choreography, musical composition, theatre, and historical research. She has released music under her own name and under the moniker Iroquois Falls. She has shared stages with artists including Radiohead, The Fall, James, and John Cale.

Early life and education

Raised in Montreal, Thomas began studying violin at a young age and started writing songs at eleven. She completed a DEC in Fine Arts before earning a B.A. in Religious Studies from McGill University, where she also pursued Sanskrit. She later obtained an M.A. and Ph.D. from York University.

Academic career

Thomas has held tenure-stream appointments in university dance and theatre departments in Canada and the United States. From 2018 to 2021, she served as a tenure-stream professor in the Department of Dance at Texas Woman’s University. She currently teaches in the Department of Dramatic Arts at Brock University. Between 2021 and 2024, she served as the Book Reviews Editor for the peer-reviewed academic journal Theatre Research in Canada (University of Toronto Press). Her publication record centres on dance and theatre histories, with particular focus on the non-human in performance.

Music career

Priya Thomas performing at The Spitz in London

Thomas released her debut album In the Throes of the Microscope in 1996. Her follow-up, Armageddon Weather Channel (1998), was recorded with contributions from Ian Ilavsky (Constellation Records, Silver Mt. Zion, Godspeed You! Black Emperor). She later released Songs for Car Commercials (2003) and You and Me Against the World Baby (2006) on UK-based IRL/Universal Records. In 2008, she released Priya Thomas is Blood Heron (Renovation Tracks) on Sunny Lane/Universal. Reviewed in national and regional outlets, Brad Wheeler of The Globe and Mail described the record as “all guts, bones, and jugular veins,” while in his Anti-Hit List column, John Sakamoto of The Toronto Star called Thomas’s music “comically literate,” alluding to its raw textures and emotional precision.

In 2012, under the project name Iroquois Falls, Thomas released the EP Twice-Born-Once-From-A-Gun through Hi-Scores/Universal Records. Writing for Interview Magazine, Erin Brady described the accompanying video for “The Magician’s Niece” as “opening like a diary entry” and creating “an effect, coupled with the flicker of found footage, [that] is at once trance-like and jarring.”

Dance and theatre

Thomas trained in the Balasaraswati tradition of Bharatanatyam under Priyamvada Sankar, daughter of Sanskrit scholar V. Raghavan, performing her arangetram in 1983 and continuing to study and perform until 1995 in Canada, the United States, and India. Alongside her classical training, she studied Carnatic vocal music with Sankar. Her later choreographic work explores the relationship between embodiment and visuality, intersecting dance, sound, and text-based practices. In recent years, she has choreographed and directed theatrical productions in Canada.

Discography

• 1996: In the Throes of the Microscope
• 1998: Armageddon Weather Channel
• 2003: Songs for Car Commercials
• 2006: You and Me Against the World Baby
• 2008: Priya Thomas is Blood Heron (Renovation Tracks)
• 2012: Twice-Born-Once-From-A-Gun EP

External links

• Official website
• Faculty profile – Brock University

Note: I would prefer to omit the "Discography" section from the proposed update. The rest of the article text remains accurate and complete. — Commons Arts Archivist (talk) 06 November 2025 (UTC)

See also

• Canadian musicians
• Canadian interdisciplinary artists
• Canadian women in music
• Performance studies research

“Request to remove outdated and incorrect content (COI)”

Hello — I am an editor with a declared conflict of interest, as I am associated with the subject. I would appreciate assistance from an uninvolved editor.

Two items in the current article are outdated or inaccurate and need correction:

The Discography section – It contains outdated material and duplicates information already present in the prose. It should be removed for clarity and accuracy. The statement that the subject “she also teaches and practices Ashtanga yoga in Toronto.”

This information is outdated and no longer accurate; it should be removed.

Requested edits:

Remove the entire Discography section Remove the sentence referring to studying/teaching Ashtanga yoga

Thank you very much for reviewing this request. Commons Arts Archivist (talk) 12:11, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done removed the discography section Perfecnot (talk) 04:39, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

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Hello again — adding a brief clarification so the request is actionable under COI guidelines.

• Please remove the outdated “Discography” section. • Please remove the sentence stating I “currently study and teach Ashtanga yoga in Toronto,” as it is no longer accurate. • Please replace the article content with the fully-sourced draft provided above in this section.

For clarity, the exact sentence currently on the article is: “She also teaches and practices Ashtanga yoga in Toronto.” This is outdated information, so I’m flagging it here for an editor to remove it.

Thank you — and I won’t add further notes unless requested. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Commons Arts Archivist (talk • contribs) 12:18, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello — just following up on the edit request above, as some time has passed without a response. I wanted to check whether an uninvolved editor would be able to review the proposed update when time permits. Many thanks for your time and consideration. Commons Arts Archivist (talk) 18:07, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

Commons Arts Archivist Sorry to be late to the game here. Your request is the oldest that is not being worked. The backlog is almost 400 articles now, so every request has to be easy to understand. I can't tell without doing more work what you want to change, and it looks like some of the work was done (discography removal). Can you use the format that I describe here? User:STEMinfo/COI_edit_requests#Simple_connected_edit_request. You can ping me to review when you are done. STEMinfo (talk) 19:58, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

@STEMinfo:

Hello — thank you for your guidance. I’ve simplified my request into specific edits below.

1. Lead paragraph:

Replace with:

Priya Thomas is a Canadian artist and scholar whose work spans choreography, musical composition, theatre, and research. She has released music under her own name and under the moniker Iroquois Falls, and her practice brings together performance, music, drama, and writing.

 Done} - @Commons Arts Archivist: Responding to ping. The lead only summarizes the article, so no sources are needed. For the other items, you'll want to put the full citations inline so I can read them and review. If I can't just click on them to review, it'll take too much time. It will also help if you show the before and after text so we can see what's changing, per the code I showed you. There are over 500 requests in the queue now, and the ones that are easier to review are the ones that will be implemented first. STEMinfo (talk) 22:23, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

@STEMinfo:

Hello — thank you for your guidance. I have reformatted my request below with inline citations and before/after text for clarity.

1. LEAD PARAGRAPH

Current text:

[please replace the current lead paragraph]

Replace with:

Priya Thomas is a Canadian artist and scholar whose work spans choreography, musical composition, theatre, and research. She has released music under her own name and under the moniker Iroquois Falls, and her practice brings together performance, music, drama, and writing.

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2. EARLY LIFE AND TRAINING (clarification + lineage + citation)

Current text:

Thomas trained as a dancer under Priyamvada Sankar in Montreal.

Replace with:

Thomas trained as a dancer under Priyamvada Sankar in Montreal, daughter of Sanskrit scholar V. Raghavan.

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3. CHOREOGRAPHY / THEATRE WORK (restore with sourcing)

Current text:

[the sentence referring to choreography appears to have been removed]

Replace with:

Thomas has choreographed for theatre productions and worked across performance and dramaturgical contexts.

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4. V. RAGHAVAN CONTEXT (additional citation)

Add citation supporting V. Raghavan’s significance:

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Thank you — I hope this format makes the edits easier to review. Please let me know if anything needs further clarification.

~2026-26418-48 (talk) 23:59, 1 May 2026 (UTC) ~2026-26418-48 (talk) 23:59, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Just to clarify — the previous comment above was also me (Commons Arts Archivist), posted while I was temporarily logged out. Apologies for any confusion.

Commons Arts Archivist (talk) 00:14, 2 May 2026 (UTC)x

Sources: Fefferman (2005); Lepage (1996); Brock University profile

2. Academic career:

Add:

Thomas has held tenure-stream appointments in university dance and theatre departments in Canada and the United States. From 2018 to 2021, she served as a tenure-stream professor in the Department of Dance at Texas Woman’s University. She currently teaches in the Department of Dramatic Arts at Brock University.

Sources: Brock University profile; Brock News (2022, 2024)

3. Dance and theatre:

Replace / expand with:

Thomas trained in the Balasaraswati tradition of Bharatanatyam under Priyamvada Sankar in Montreal, daughter of V. Raghavan, and a student of T. Balasaraswati. She performed her arangetram in 1983 and continued to study and perform until 1995 in Canada, the United States, and India. Alongside her classical training, she studied Carnatic vocal music and Sanskrit with Sankar. Her later work includes choreography for theatre and interdisciplinary performance.

Sources: Marsolais (1996); O’Meara (1996); Hinduism Today (2019); Madras Music Academy archive

4. Music section:

Please retain current structure but include sourced reception:

Her recordings have been reviewed in national and regional outlets. Brad Wheeler of The Globe and Mail described her work as “all guts, bones, and jugular veins,” while John Sakamoto of the Toronto Star referred to it as “comically literate.”

Sources: Wheeler (2008); Sakamoto (2008)

5. Iroquois Falls:

Clarify as:

In 2012, under the project name Iroquois Falls, Thomas released the EP Twice-Born-Once-From-A-Gun.

6. Remove outdated sentence:

“She also teaches and practises Ashtanga yoga in Toronto.”

7. Discography:

I understand the discography was removed and am fine leaving it out.

Additional sources for dance lineage:

Hinduism Today (2019): https://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2019/06/12/how-bharata-natyam-came-to-montreal/

Madras Music Academy archive: https://musicacademymadras.in/old-madras-dr-raghavan-and-the-music-academy/

Thank you for your time and help with this. Commons Arts Archivist (talk) 16:16, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

This request gotten a bit scrambled from multiple changes relative to what was originally posted. From what I read:

• the incorrect information has been removed
• the discography has been removed
• the lead has been updated as requested
• the early life and education section is done
• the Iroquois Falls addition is done.

For the rest, Academic career, Dance and theatre are to be added; and the current Music career is to be changed substantially. Fiske (talk) 19:55, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

For the Dance section, I am not able to source the statements about Priya's training with the references given, particularly the important connection to Priyamvada Sankar. Additional or better sources are needed to nail that down. Fiske (talk) 20:14, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

In the Academic career section, I could source most of the information and I have added that. I was not able to confirm the dates or tenure-stream from the sources. I notice that an earlier version of the request had included a statement about publications - that could be sourced (without ebellishment) by added a citation of one or two of her publications. Fiske (talk) 20:23, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

I've replaced the music career section, in line with this request, and moved the dance material to a separate section. For the latter, I have tagged parts as. When those source are found, please open a NEW {{edit coi}} request. I will close this request. Fiske (talk) 20:52, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Additional sourced updates for dance/theatre background

Hello — following up with several institutional sources that may help clarify and support the remaining dance and theatre material, including the earlier question regarding evidence for theatre involvement.

Suggested wording:

“Thomas trained in Bharata Natyam under Priyamvada Sankar in Montreal, in the T. Balasaraswati tradition. Sankar was the daughter of Sanskrit scholar V. Raghavan.”

Supporting sources:

• York University / University of Toronto Graduate Dance Symposium program (2019), which describes Thomas as:

“Concurrently trained as a Bharata Natyam dancer (in the T. Balasaraswati tradition) and as a classical violinist.”

• “How Bharata Natyam Came to Montreal” (Hinduism Today):

https://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2019/06/12/how-bharata-natyam-came-to-montreal/

• “Dr. Raghavan and the Music Academy” (Music Academy Madras):

https://musicacademymadras.in/old-madras-dr-raghavan-and-the-music-academy/

Regarding theatre/choreography involvement:

The Brock University Humanities Research Institute Annual Report 2023–24 includes a professional biography confirming:

• prior appointment at Texas Woman’s University,
• interdisciplinary practice across music/dance/choreography,
• and direction of The Foreigner (Helen Belay) for the Decolonize Your Ears Festival at Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton.

The report also describes Thomas as working across “musician/dancer/choreographer” practices and theatre-related teaching and directing activities.

Thank you again for your work on the article.

Commons Arts Archivist (talk) 16:37, 14 May 2026 (UTC)

I've added a coi edit request tag to this new request, so that it will be noticed. (I saw this request randomly, and I don't have time today to look at it.) If no one else picks it up soon, send me a ping: {{ping|Fiske}} Fiske (talk) 13:09, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

References

Prosody (music)

Proposed additions: Definition and constructional elements (COI disclosure and edit request)

Hello. I would like to propose two related additions to the article, one of which responds to the existing assessment note that the article does not clearly define its subject. Per WP:COI, I am disclosing that I am Shane Adams, the author of the book cited as the source. I am not editing the article directly and am requesting that an uninvolved editor review the proposed text and decide whether it is appropriate to include.

My background: I am an associate professor at Berklee NYC and a founding instructor at Berklee Online, and the cited book is published by Berklee Press. The first proposed addition offers a concise definition addressing the article's current lack of one. The second expands coverage of the broad definition of musical prosody (already attributed to Pat Pattison) by enumerating specific constructional elements and providing widely recognized song examples, without duplicating or displacing existing content.

I welcome any edits, trimming, or rewording an uninvolved editor feels would improve neutrality or fit with the rest of the article.

Proposed addition 1: Definition paragraph, to be placed at or near the start of the article

The term prosody, from the Greek prosōidía ("song sung to music"), traditionally describes the alignment of a word's natural linguistic accent with non-textual elements of a musical setting, such as rhythmic and metrical accent and melodic direction. In this narrow sense, a setting exhibits good prosody when stressed syllables of a lyric fall on stressed beats or prominent melodic notes, so that the sung text approximates natural speech. Contemporary songwriting pedagogy has expanded the term to describe the alignment of lyrics with any musical element that contributes to the song's meaning or emotional effect.

Proposed addition 2: New section, to be placed after the existing paragraph citing Pat Pattison

Pure (3 Colours Red album)

nme rating

Hi, please add the following NME rating to the album review box

| rev2 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev2score = 7/10<ref>{{cite news|no-tracking=true|first=John|last=Perry|title=Get Your Noelrocks Off|work=New Musical Express|date=1997-04-26|page=45}}</ref>

Morwen (talk) 13:02, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Quantum tic-tac-toe

Edit Request: Addition of "Quantum TiqTaqToe" variant

Hello :) I am the creator of Quantum TiqTaqToe (usually just "TiqTaqToe") and the founder of QuantumPlayed, which constitutes a conflict of interest. I am proposing the addition of a short section outlining my variant of the game, as it differs significantly in its mathematical model and collapse mechanics from Alan Goff's version, and has been used in academic research regarding quantum AI at Leiden University and beyond. Moreover, the link on the current page (online implementation) already links to my variant, which is hence incorrect in the sense that it is not an implementation of the ruleset described on the page.

I have drafted a neutral summary below with independent sources. I would appreciate it if an independent editor could review this for inclusion, perhaps under a "Variants" heading?

Proposed text: Another variant, (Quantum) TiqTaqToe, was developed by computational physicist Evert van Nieuwenburg at Leiden University as a tool for studying quantum artificial intelligence and for educational purposes.[1][3] While Goff's version utilizes "spooky marks" and relies on players to resolve cyclic entanglements, Van Nieuwenburg's variant models the nine board squares as qutrits (states of Empty, X, or O).[2] Players apply unitary gate operations to place pieces in superposition or entangle up to three squares. Rather than collapsing deterministically when a cycle is formed, the TiqTaqToe board typically remains in a quantum state until the board is completely full or until a player measures a square (forfeiting a turn). At that point, the wave function stochastically collapses into a classical state on which a winner is checked, and the game continues if no winning line exists.[2] The game has been utilized in educational settings, and citizen science initiatives to build intuitive understanding of quantum mechanics [1][3], and was among the first quantum games [4]. It featured as one of two games at the first EU ICGA quantum games tournament.

Proposed Sources: [1] Universiteit Leiden. "Playing your way to quantum breakthroughs: how quantum games help people —and AI— understand quantum physics." April 2026. [2] Quantum Frontiers. "Introducing a new game: Quantum TiqTaqToe." July 2019. [3] NVON (Nederlandse Vereniging voor het Onderwijs in de Natuurwetenschappen): "Kwantum-boter-kaas-en-eieren" (Dutch science education journal). [4] Peer-Reviewed Literature: (Academic paper including the game).

Evert v Nieuwenburg (talk) 18:13, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

I can provide more sources to magazine articles that talk about the idea, though those are majority Dutch. I would make a suggestion for a Dutch translation for this content later, too. I hope the above proposal can be the starting point of a discussion on including TiqTaqToe on Wikipedia. Evert v Nieuwenburg (talk) 18:13, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Yes please do, the source you provided appears to be a tournament schedule, so we would prefer something from the realm of journalism. It doesn't matter if it's in Dutch, we can have it translated. When ready to proceed with the requested information, kindly change the {{Edit COI}} template's answer parameter to read from |ans=y to |ans=n. Regards,  Spintendo  07:46, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello Spintendo, thank you for reviewing the request. I added the sources directly to the new proposed text, perhaps they need a brief formatting update.

I would like to ask for your advise on two things:

1) the existing link on the page which points to tiqtaqtoe.com; my proposal would be to move that to the variant section I drafted.

2) a second link that uses the same game rules in a narrative-based game is available at story.tiqtaqtoe.com. It is a free resource that we use in schools, but I am obviously conflicted in 'advertising' it.

Please let me know what adjustments to the draft paragraph you would suggest based on these! Evert v Nieuwenburg (talk) 18:18, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

REDMAP

Conflict of interest edit request: clarify Maptitude wording in lead

Disclosure: I have a professional affiliation with Caliper Corporation / Maptitude, so I am not making this edit directly. I am requesting review by an uninvolved editor.

Summary of request: Please revise the article's wording about redistricting software. The current lead describes Caliper Corporation's Maptitude as "previously unavailable" mapping software used by REDMAP. That phrasing is unsupported, over-specific for the lead, and misleading in context. Independent sources describe Maptitude for Redistricting as a widely used redistricting platform, including by state legislatures, political parties, government bodies, commissions, and nonpartisan redistricting projects. A more neutral summary would describe the role of voter data, computerized models, and redistricting software generally in the lead, with a more precise, sourced discussion of Maptitude in the body.

Requested change 1: Lead

Please replace this sentence in the lead:

"The project has made effective use of partisan gerrymandering by relying on previously unavailable mapping software, such as Caliper Corporation's Maptitude to improve the precision with which district lines are strategically drawn."

with:

"The project has made effective use of partisan gerrymandering following Republican gains in state legislatures during the 2010 elections, which gave the party control over post-Census redistricting in key states. Advances in voter data, computerized redistricting models, and redistricting software allowed mapmakers to draw districts with greater precision."

Requested change 2: Effects section

Please replace this sentence in the Effects section:

"They then used sophisticated software such as Maptitude for Redistricting, the software used by most entities, independent commissions, and political parties involved in redistricting, to devise districts favorable to the Republican party, for example by clustering Democratic voters into a handful of districts and ensuring the rest were drawn to include Republican majorities."

with:

"They then used computerized redistricting models and redistricting software, including Maptitude for Redistricting, to devise districts favorable to the Republican Party, for example by clustering Democratic voters into a handful of districts and ensuring the rest were drawn to include Republican majorities. Maptitude for Redistricting was also widely used outside REDMAP; Roll Call described it as dominant in the redistricting software market, with users including a majority of state legislatures, national party committees, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. The Redistricting Data Hub, a nonpartisan redistricting data project, has also listed Maptitude among the redistricting software used by numerous states. Maptitude was also used in nonpartisan redistricting work, including Columbia Law School's DrawCongress.org project, which sought to create nonpartisan congressional maps for all 435 congressional districts."

Reason: The current wording says REDMAP relied on "previously unavailable" mapping software, naming Maptitude in the lead. That phrasing is not supported by the sources and gives undue emphasis to one software product in the article summary. The better-supported lead point is broader: after the 2010 elections, Republicans controlled redistricting in key states, and modern voter data, computerized models, and redistricting software made district drawing more precise.

The Maptitude-specific point is better handled in the Effects section, where it can be described with independent sources. The Guardian reports that Caliper rolled out its first version of Maptitude for redistricting in the 1990s, so "previously unavailable" is not an accurate description of the software in the 2010 redistricting cycle. Roll Call describes Maptitude for Redistricting as dominant in the redistricting software market and identifies users including a majority of state legislatures, national party committees, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. The Redistricting Data Hub lists Maptitude as software used by many state redistricting bodies. The University of Chicago Library documents use of Maptitude for Columbia Law School's nonpartisan DrawCongress.org project. The U.S. News sources support the surrounding REDMAP context, including the use of computerized models after 2010 and the fact that users can plug their own data into Maptitude.

These changes preserve the article's point that REDMAP benefited from technology-assisted redistricting, while avoiding an unsupported implication that Maptitude was newly available, unique to REDMAP, or inherently partisan.

References to add or update:

Thank you. ~2026-28869-53 (talk) 18:40, 13 May 2026 (UTC) ~2026-28869-53 (talk) 18:40, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

So one of these sources may be problematic, or worth finding substitutions for if any exist.

• - opinion WP:RS

Seeing as this may be considered a COIN edit, you might have more luck with this request at the WP:TEAHOUSE. Cheers. DN (talk) 02:38, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

References

Ramendra Kumar (author)

Article's editing needs

The article that had been posted here for quite some time before being almost completely blown to smithereens recently had long been in need of major surgery. I knew about this well over a year ago and wanted to help get it shipshape but hesitated because I wasn't quite sure if I could legitimately do so because I had come to know Mr. Kumar somewhat online, only much later learning that I could with a declaration of COI. Then at some point in the past few months, the article was singled out by senior editors as an article in need of work to "advertise" as a task for any and all to help with, which attracted some attention. And finally it was blown up by an editor except for a few paragraphs as remains.

The main problems with the earlier version of the article was that there were many statements unsupported by citations and lack of organization. However, I was also aware of many more publications by Mr. Kumar, as well as awards and other turns of interest in his life, since that version of the article.

Because so little of the article remains, there would almost seem a need to start from scratch, or else to revert everything that was blown up to work on. But there's another option: I've been quietly working on the article "offshore" for many months, on my home computer. I copied the original and went to work on it editorially. It's in what you could call my online carpentry shop, my word processor. Although my draft is not quite ready for unveiling, I did want to mention this to whichever editors who've worked on this article might be interested to work on it further. Fairly soon I can display it for your inspection, comments, and suggestions.

This is what I believe can be the quickest and most transparent way to get the article to where it can finally take a respectable place within Wikipedia. Any thoughts?

PS By an ironic twist of fate, the Wiki editor who wielded most of the TNT to the article has now himself or herself been blown off from further activity as a Wikipedia editor. Augnablik (talk) 07:23, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

There's been a change of plans about further editing of this article involving me since my message above. My mentor, as well as another senior editor, have suggested that instead of going the route I laid out there that I submit edit COI requests here from my draft here on the article Talk page one at a time, then wait for approval from Wikipedians who handle COI requests from before submitting the next. So that's what I'll be doing. Augnablik (talk) 05:56, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

• Specific text to be added:

Ramendra Kumar (born 25 August 1963) is an award-winning Indian children's author who has also written for adults in a variety of genres.

Kumar is also known as a professional communicator from his many years of leadership in the Rourkela Steel Plant Communications Department in the state of Odisha (formerly Orissa), where he combined his bachelor's degree in engineering and master's degree in business administration with his lifelong interest in writing.

In addition, he is known as a storyteller and motivational speaker. These roles expanded after his 2021 diagnosis of Stage II colon cancer, accompanied by life-threatening challenges, as he began writing about cancer management from the patient's perspective and became the subject of numerous 'cancer warrior' interviews and stories by others.

• Reason for the change: The current version of this article has no lead section, whereas Wikipedia articles require one. Very little of any of the past material in the article remains either, but in further sections I will propose with an edit COI request I have incorporated relevant information from past versions of the article plus many updates.

• References supporting change: As this is a proposed lead, references are not required. References for everything in the proposed information will be supported in the proposed sections that will come.

Augnablik (talk) 07:43, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

Not done for now: Hey, whilst lead sections do not require references per WP:LEAD, they must have the references in the main body of the article which is not currently in place. I understand you plan to make further requests with them but I cannot implement this request until they are also in place. I'd recommend submitting them requests then reopening this one once they're implemented. Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 23:56, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

@Encoded,oh, my. I wish I'd known, or thought of, that before simply starting with the edits in sequence from the top down. This is my first COI edit request, and I was already distressed that it would take a long time for an editor to reply to such requests because there are so few of you available to do this sort of work.

And I see that you replied here a month ago, while the whole time I was waiting for notification when a reply would come. I don't recall receiving any, though I check them several times a day. I see that I should have returned here more often or else put the page on my Watchlist, but I felt sure that I wouldn't miss a notification.

So now, Encoded, a question for you. Since you need to see the references in the body of the article in order to check if the edits in the lead support them, even though with COI edit requests we're supposed to send them one at a time, would you ever consider my sending you all the other edits at the same time? Augnablik (talk) 11:39, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Hey @Augnablik, sorry that the notification didn't come through - sometimes they don't with these requests for some reason. Typically it is recommended to break it up into smaller requests (in this case you'd have to update the body of the article first then the lead) however I'm happy to review it all at once if you'd prefer to submit it like that, might be easier for you in this case. Many thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 23:12, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

I really appreciate your willingness to work directly together on this, @Encoded. It will make the process much faster than the slogging pace having to use a series of different editors, even if I leave you edits piecemeal rather than all at one time. I'll begin leaving "packages" for you very soon. Augnablik (talk) 20:28, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

@Encoded, here are packages 1 and 2 for you. Augnablik (talk) 17:37, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

=== Early life ===

Kumar was born in Hyderabad, India, to former Osmania University professor and Hindi Department head R. K. Khandelwal and Hindi fiction writer Deepti Khandelwal. He attended Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, which includes him on a list of prominent alumni.

The roots of his lifelong writing career he attributes to his father's effusive reaction to a few lines of verse that Kumar wrote as a child around the age of seven—one of his few positive memories from his early years, marked as they were by his parents' divorce and his own major health challenges and attempted suicide. His first serious forays into writing were satire and poetry contributions to his school and college magazines and later for newspaper supplements. Augnablik (talk) 17:31, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

=== Writing career ===

After earning a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a master’s degree in Business Administration, Kumar was hired as a junior manager of communications in the Public Relations Department of the Rourkela Steel Plant in the state of Odisha. Early on he met his wife, who helped jump-start his children's writing career a few years later when they had a son and in need of freeing up time for her to attend to the newborn, she asked Kumar to read stories to their daughter, aged four. He decided to create his own stories, however, and the stories he found that brought his daughter most enjoyment he eventually began sending to book companies. In 1997 his first children's book, Just a Second and Other Stories, was published.

As soon as the little boy reached the age for stories, he too wanted his own. But because his preference was for action and sports stories rather than the fairy tales preferred by his sister, Kumar found himself telling the children both sorts of stories. After providing them a large supply of stories over many years, he came to refer to himself as 'Papa Scheherezade'—the eponymous title he gave to a book he wrote about this experience.

As of April 2025, Kumar's books published in English totalled 49, of which 18 are also available in Indian languages and 14 in foreign languages. His writings have been brought out by major publishers, including Penguin Random House; HarperCollins Publishers India; Hachette Book Group; Pratham Books; National Book Trust (NBT); Rupa Publications; Children's Book Trust (CBT); Navneet Publications; Readomania Publishing; Pauline Publications; Ponytale Books; Blue Pencil Publishers; and Pustak Mahal. His stories are also included in eleven anthologies published by the Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children (AWIC); Vikas Publishing House; Pustak Mahal; Readomania Publishing; and Blue Pencil Publishers, as well as in the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series. They have also been published and reviewed in newspapers, magazines, and e-zines. Augnablik (talk) 17:34, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Augnablik, thanks for submitting this.

The writing here sounds more like a blog post rather than an encyclopaedic article. Specifically sections such as "one of his few positive memories from his early years" and "His first serious forays into writing". I think the tone/style of writing may need to be tweaked slightly, I can help with this if you'd like.

I was also unable to verify the information about his attempted suicide in the reference provided for this section. Which section of the source can I find this in?

Refs 4 and 5 are both primary sources, are there any secondary sources that could be used here? It's not a dealbreaker - just would be best.

Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 17:56, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

I'm the one who needs to thank you, Encode. You responded so quickly to my recent reply and then to the first "package" that came your way.

— About sounding more like a blog than an encyclopedic article, I'll be happy to re-tweak. Although I've done a lot of academic writing, I try to present information in such a way that it engages readers even while I try to adhere to policy and guidelines regarding tone of the writing. I welcome your suggestions. As I think I mentioned, this is my first experience with a COI edit request.

— About the source of the mention of a suicide attempt, I hate to confess but it seems an incorrect attribution on my part to the reference I provided for the entire paragraph. Sources where it can be found would include Kumar's website plus a reference not yet used in the article (Kumar, Ramendra. "Surviving Cancer and Spreading Positivity". https://techsparktechnologies.com/ics/surviving-cancer-and-spreading-positivity/. Indian Cancer Society).

BUT: weighing several considerations — including your comment about sounding like a blog as well as the fact that this is not important information about Kumar — I think the mention of a suicide attempt plus the rest of the first sentence after "the age of seven" could simply be deleted from the paragraph. This, then, would be the revision: "The roots of his lifelong writing career he attributes to his father's effusive reaction to a few lines of verse that Kumar wrote as a child around the age of seven. His first serious writing attempts were in satire and poetry contributions to his school and college magazines and later for newspaper supplements."

— Refs 4 and 5 are the only place I know of to cite as sources for this information. I know third-party sources are preferred in Wiki articles, but for the latest updates on the prolific Kumar's books and the names of his publishers, I hope they will indeed not be deal-breakers. I know primary sources are allowed for basic factual information. Augnablik (talk) 19:36, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Augnablik, I like the revision, thank you! Sorry for taking a few days to get back to you as well.

Unfortunately I'm unable to access the techsparktechnologies source, I have however been able to verify the claim from his website so that's all sorted. I think including the suicide/health issues may be important as it seems (from his website) to have been a big part of his younger life, I've included them for now but if you feel they'd be better removed please let me know and I can do so.

I've made the changes as requested in the earlier message with your revision, but ever so slightly tweaked the first sentence of the writing career section, I hope this is ok! The general content is the same, just adjusted the wording. I've also included refs 4 and 5, just wanted to check first!

Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 07:29, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I've made some further tweaks and found some more references as well to hopefully be able to remove the notability warning. Encoded  Talk 💬 07:51, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

So, you added a "Written works in school curricula and education" section ... the references you found seem to be ones I was already aware of but perhaps didn't use or else they came later on ... at any rate, I think I'd better go ahead at this point and send you the next section in my edited version because it overlaps what you obviously had in mind here ... please see the next message. Augnablik (talk) 10:30, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Package 3 (a few loose threads remain, but I think you need to be aware of the section itself because of the new section you had in mind)

Edit request (updated)

I'm jumping in to help this old malformed request. I assume it's meant to go under the written works section after Ramendra Kumar (author)#Writing career. See below for the original author.STEMinfo (talk) 04:37, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Extended content

Children's books and stories

Kumar's writings for children—many of them best-sellers—'have indeed enriched children’s literature', comments Santosh Bakaya, one of the author's reviewers, adding that 'the adult with a child hiding inside has also immensely enjoyed his books'. According to Bakaya, Kumar's success rests on his ability to meet the special demands of writing for children, which involve entering the child's world. Kumar singles out children's stories as his favourite genre of writing because reaching out to children with stories to inspire and elevate, not just entertain, is the one way he feels he can make a contribution to society. More specifically, he writes most in what he calls the 'Here and Now' genre of children's stories, addressing contemporary values and concerns—about children who are ordinary but resiliently face 'extraordinary circumstances'. He further characterises these stories as fast-paced, touched with humour to retain interest, and with a value 'tucked in' rather than moralistically presented. Among the 'extraordinary circumstances' in his children's stories, Kumar lists 'hard core realities like communal violence, war, mental trauma, exploitation, abuse et al.'—but always ending on a note of hope that he finds has brought him his harshest criticism. To this critique, Kumar counters by pointing out the exposure of today's children to 'angst and agony, sorrow and suffering within and without' that bring his wish in turn to prevent them growing up to be cynical. Despite the frequency of tough challenges in Kumar's stories, however, they portray children's more playful and joyful side as well. Not all of Kumar's children's writings are 'Here and Now'. For instance, A Ghost called Fachak and Other Stories—a collection of ten stories—has been described as being '[d]istinctively Indian flavoured and indigenous', a counter-balance to Western children's classics in translation. Three of Kumar’s children's books—Boond, A Tale of Tails, and We Are Different (a picture book)—individually garnered sales of over 260,000 copies in 2021-2022, going into many reprints. [CITE] All have also been chosen for the Government of India's Samagra Shiksha programme in many states. They have been published in several Indian languages. [CITE] Six of his children’s books have been recommended by India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) as supplementary readers, and eleven of his children’s stories have also been published in foreign textbooks.

Paplu the Giant has come to particular prominence among Indian children’s stories CITE In 2013 it was selected by its publisher, Pratham Books, for storytelling sessions to mark International Literacy Day—celebrated annually on September 8—with narration of the book by volunteers in more than twenty-five languages across India and abroad.

Kumar’s storytelling extends beyond conventional print format:

• Three of his books have come out in the comic book format: A Special Act—A Comic Book on the POCSO Act. (Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act, 2012); the Juvenile Justice Act (Care and Protection of Children), 2006, endorsed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC); and What, Why and How? Diabetes, A Common Non-Communicable Disease.
• His story “The Wise Kanhu” has been adapted as kamishibai, a traditional form of storytelling in Japan. (DEPRECATED?)
• Seventeen of his children’s stories have been featured as podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Castbox, Gaana, Gaathastory, JioSaavn, and Spotify. CITE

In a comprehensive analysis of Kumar's place in Indian children's storytelling, Anand Patil—himself an Indian children's author—finds many similarities between Kumar and such internationally recognised children's authors as J. M. Barrie, A. A. Milne, Hugh Lofting, and Nikolay Nosov because of their shared childlike sensitivity and immersion in the world of children. Patil sharply contrasts this tone and perspective with that of traditional Indian children's literature. (QUESTION ABOUT INACCURATE TITLE) Pathipaka Mohan, another Indian writer as well as critic, metaphorically compares Kumar's place in the 'firmament of Indian English children’s literature from south India' to an ancient royal citadel in Hyderabad of widespread fame—Golconda. Augnablik (talk) 10:47, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Oh, happy day! To finally get traction on the article, after so long in the COI edit request waiting room, with no end in sight. I'm comfortable with much of what you did, except for one thing I'll pick up on immediately below, and then I'd like to ask a couple of questions. To make it easier for you to respond, I'll put each in a separate reply. Augnablik (talk) 10:08, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Here's the "except for one thing": what you did to my sentence "As soon as the little boy reached the age for stories, he too wanted his own." Your revision, "As soon as he was the age for stories, he wanted to start writing his own," is problematic for two reasons:

— The referent of he and his is Kumar in the previous paragraph, not his son.

— The subject of start writing is Kumar's son, not Kumar.

— Minor point, but I think it's more common to say at the age for stories than otherwise.

Although I don't know you very well yet, I feel free enough from our initial interaction to tease you a little by commenting that it must have been at the end of one of your long days at the university when you made that edit ... 😊 Augnablik (talk) 10:10, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

Now for the questions. I'd like to understand why you removed most of Kumar's publishers. Was it just to streamline a bit? If so, is there some policy or guideline about that? This is where I'm aware that my COI enters in, as I know Kumar would very much like to list them all.

If the list must absolutely be shortened, is there some particular reason you selected the three that you did? Augnablik (talk) 10:22, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

@Encoded, you are still alive? Augnablik (talk) 04:31, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Augnablik, I'm taking a wikibreak to focus on my university work so won't be reviewing any requests until mid-September. I've reopened the request so that another editor can assist you. Apologies, Encoded  Talk 💬 09:34, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

🥲

I was looking forward to working with you, Encoded, both to hurry things up on the article and because I felt we'd collaborate well. But having spent many years pursuing degrees, I can sympathize with the need for focus. Best wishes.

I do hope the new editor can step in sooner than as if we were back at Square One. Copy edit requests are likely the cause of quite a bit of missing chunks of Wikipedians' hair ... Augnablik (talk) 11:24, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Augnablik, hope you are well, the removal of the publishers was from a WP:PROMO point of view. I felt that having the entire list was somewhat promotional in tone, and since I know of Penguin Random House being notable I chose that, with the other two being at random. If you'd prefer to switch them out I'd be happy to.

However, I also understand the desire to have them all on and whilst I feel that a list would not be suitable perhaps they could be worked into the article in another way? I've got some examples in my sandbox. Either a table could be used or the books could be discussed in a "Works" section, this would also allow you to talk about any awards/reviews/etc.

Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 22:27, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Wow, Encode, your sandbox examples certainly showed some creative ways to go about this. Would it be possible under Wiki policy for me to share a screenshot of that page and ask the author himself to help with this, because he would be far more aware than I of connecting publishers with awards, sales numbers, criticism, etc.? Or even just telling me what he thinks the most notable publishers besides Penguin are? Augnablik (talk) 08:50, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

By the way, I made one edit on the article in your recent absence from working on it — after checking first with my mentor. He's been fully aware of my connection with this article after the agonizing discovery on my part back while I was still a newbie that I was in a COI situation after doing quite a bit of preliminary work on it with the involvement of the author.

I summarized that edit on the article's History page. Augnablik (talk) 08:59, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Encode, I guess you are no longer available during that temporary time-out from your university studies ...? Or something came up that prevented you from helping on the Ramendra Kumar article as you'd indicated that you could? Augnablik (talk) 07:00, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

Hey, sorry for taking a while to get back to you, for some reason I didn't get any notifications from here but I've added it to my watchlist so I will from now on. Happy for you to share a screenshot of that, and the edits made look good. Thanks, Encoded  Talk 💬 18:11, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Oh, my, Encode: once again I didn't see your reply to my previous message. So, are you back again doing Wiki editing without having to take time off for your studies, as I remember you said you expected to be in mid-September?

I'm a bit unsure where we are in our collaboration, as this COI editing is so new to me. Augnablik (talk) 11:39, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

Oh hey @Augnablik! I recall talking with you a bit ago regarding GOCE stuff... it's a small world. Perhaps I can help out here, mind getting me up to speed on your work so far and the conversation above (which I've skimmed briefly)? As of right now, it looks like a lot of the info is cited to WP:INTERVIEWs; any higher quality sources avaliable? Best, GoldRomean (talk) 01:09, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Oh, hey, GoldRomean! What a delightful surprise. Small world indeed. Will you be taking over for Encode, or are you just popping in on this? I love the idea of working with just one editor rather than lots of different ones, and from our past exchanges I believe we'd work well together.

Yes, there are other sources than interviews — and for that matter, websites, which I've also used — but just not many of the kind Wikipedia wants. I've come to understand that a lot of people who are very notable in their field, like Ramendra, may not have good solid third-party sources. The reason you don't see all of what I have is because I've been following Wiki procedure for COI edits and making submissions in dribbles. If you can deal with looking at most everything at the same time, I'll be happy to send that way. In fact, I might turn cartwheels over the opportunity. Augnablik (talk) 13:14, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Regarding taking over, I'm sorry I can't really tell you for sure; my interests/current editing projects can change often and be sporadic :). To be honest, I'm okay with working closely with others, although I think having different perspectives and opinions is also important. Feel free to send over a draft, though no guarantee I'll have time to take a look :).

Unforunately, I sympathize with you, but if there may not have good solid third-party sources, I am not sure whether this information should be there, then. GoldRomean (talk) 17:08, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

I do have what I believe will count as admissible sources about Ramendra as an author of note, GoldRomean, just not as many as I'd like. These include some references about awards for his publications, and several honors including a symposium held to discuss his contributions to children's literature.

As I think about the last few years in Ramendra's life, he's also become quite noted in India as a cancer warrior with quite a dramatic story of his experience. Just last week, he was crowned "Mr. Cancer Warrior India" out of some 30 other contestants from all around the country. Before I send you anything further on the article, I'd like to take a fresh look at it since I last made a COI submission some months ago and integrate these recent developments.

By the way, if it wasn't clear earlier I don't expect any special treatment just because of our GOCE connection. I just want to get to closure on the article, and this sort of editing takes so unbelievably long that at times it can seem there's no end in sight. So whatever assistance you can offer will be much appreciated.

Augnablik (talk) 18:56, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Of course; I get it. The COI backlog is not in great shape (and this happens to be one of the oldest ones in the queue). Take your time. Cheers. GoldRomean (talk) 19:01, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

😣 Awrrkk, this just sort of unmade my day to learn that this article is one of the longest back in the queue. And then it was almost blown out of existence some months ago when another editor took it on himself (or herself) to remove almost but not quite all of it, whereas a complete TNT would have at least opened the door to a new slate with an AfC rather than a COI edit. Augnablik (talk) 06:57, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

Part of the problem is that full rewrites take significantly more time for an editor patrolling the edit request category. It is much much easier to assess smaller changes than it is to assess an entire rewrite. Katzrockso (talk) 06:46, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

@Augnablik, sorry I dropped this. How are the changes you're working on going? GoldRomean (talk) 14:19, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

GoldRomean, you didn't "drop this." We'd agreed that I would do some remaining editing, then contact you. The gap in time since then has been due in part to my finding new ways to tighten up the information, even though I also found new supportive sources, as well as to improve the overall quality. Or so I think. It's been a wonderful experience in solidifying my Wikipedia writing and editing skills as I enter what I think of as my Wiki teen years.

Before I got an alert to your message, I'd been about to return to the ending of the article to do the last touch-up work I'd planned. I also asked for some guidance at the Help Desk today about a number of {{cite}} tags that a bot had placed on some of my references, which I wanted to take care of before getting back with you. I hadn't expected you'd pick up again on the article till then, though I appreciate that you thought to do it.

And I never expected you to write something for the article! Wow. Your 200-word summary was intended as a replacement for the lead in the version of the article that you last read, right? I've pretty much rewritten the whole article since our last conversation, including the lead (now just 102 words), though weaving it into what I'd already submitted. Frankly, I was hoping I could convince you to look at it as if it were a brand new article, rather than piecemeal as is usual with COI edits. Besides, that other editor who did an almost complete TNT on the article practically reduced it to rubble, so there was little to edit in the more conventional way. I realize this is an unusual request for your consideration, but in all honesty I think you might find that it's not "off the wall." I'll follow your preference, of course.

Two questions:

1. The version of the article I've been working on is in my sandbox. If you agree to read it as a whole, would you like to read it there, or could I send it somewhere else for you — including your Discord account?

2. I have 3 new photos I'd like to use in the article, all taken by Kumar's family members. (Yes, I know about the need for copyright-related letters.) One would replace the very outdated photo in the infobox. The other 2 would go further down in the article. I wasn't sure if I should add them in the sandbox, or separately.

Augnablik (talk) 14:03, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

@GoldRomean, apparently I was confused who had added a 200-word summary. I thought when I began my message of November 4 in reply to yours of October 28 that you had written that, but now I see that it was added by another editor and not you.

I look forward to your response to my above reply to yours. Augnablik (talk) 06:41, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

You're always free to contact me on Discord, but I'm fine with just looking at your sandbox (and it's usually best to keep things on-wiki, if possible). I'm sorry - I'm swamped at the moment and I'm not sure if I have the time to take a look at this at the moment (and I've also started somewhat veering away from COI edit requests to other projects). At a brief glance, there seems to be some promotional tone present (e.g. He attended Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, noted as one of India's leading lower educational institutions. (emphasis by me)). I think if you could get the images uploaded and copyright stuff sorted, you could add them to the sandbox (or link them here?). Best, GoldRomean (talk) 14:38, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Errkkk ... you're right about the wording of the description of that school. Although I'm used to objective writing and editing, I saw how easy it is to slip in COI edits despite my past experience. I've reworded not only the text you pointed out but also 3 other statements that might have brought similar concern. Thanks for that feedback.

The only reason I thought about using Discord for the images was because I figured I could avoid having to do the copyright letters right away if I uploaded them into the sandbox, but I'll do that for you (the sandbox route). Augnablik (talk) 15:49, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Oh - in that case, yes it might be better to keep them off-wiki until you get the copyright sorted (though to be fair copyright's not an area I'm super familiar with). Though either way, you need to upload them before you can add them to the article anyway :) GoldRomean (talk) 15:54, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

You gave me an idea about a great way to keep the images offline, but where you could see them! I've linked them to a Google drive.

—Photo 1 would replace the old photo in the infobox. Link

—Photo 2 would go in the “Writing career” section, near ¶1. Because the infobox above has become lengthened by using 5 available fields that hadn't been used before, a good place to place this photo would be at the left, if it’s okay to place photos there, as I believe it is. The photo would be captioned, Kumar and his daughter just before she began hearing his stories. Link

—Photo 3 would go just before the “Cancer warriorship” section, with the caption Kumar engaging young patients in a cancer ward. Link

Augnablik (talk) 18:39, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

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A few explanatory tidbits you may find helpful, Gold Romean:

— The revised article is just under 2,000 words.

— Although I’ve mentioned to you that I’ve occasionally used the subject’s website and interviews as references, it was just to support basic factual information.

— For less widely known Indian news media that I used in references, I provided their publishing locations.

— I didn’t use ISBN numbers in the book references because I found they weren’t required by Wikipedia.

— Ref #9 used to be available online, which is where I viewed the article as well as downloaded it from. Now it is not. I wondered if I should treat the citation as I would any other source I viewed online, meaning that I'd provide the URL and include the retrieval date, as well as explain that the article is no longer available online.

— The current “See also” section in the article has 2 entries suggested by another editor I’ve often consulted with about format issues. They are about Indians with surnames similar to Ramendra’s, but nothing to do with him. When I later read Wiki guidance about “See also” sections, I saw they’re supposed to be used for other pertinent information about the subject of the article ... which of course is a very different use. So now I don’t think it’s advisable to keep this section with these 2 entries. Do you? Augnablik (talk) 19:00, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

This is too extensive an add. It needs to be reduced. Wikipedia is meant to be a summary. I don't usually recommend it, but ChatGPT could help in this case. I ran it through to get it to 200 words and got this. If you add the citations, you're good to go.

Santosh Bakaya notes that Kumar’s best-selling works have “enriched children’s literature,” appealing to both young readers and “the adult with a child hiding inside.” His success, she says, lies in entering a child’s world with empathy and imagination.

Kumar calls children’s stories his favourite genre, aiming to inspire rather than simply entertain. Writing mainly in the “Here and Now” style, he portrays ordinary children facing “extraordinary circumstances.” His stories are fast-paced, humorous, and carry their messages subtly “tucked in” rather than moralistically stated.

They often address harsh realities—violence, war, trauma, and abuse—yet end on a hopeful note. Kumar defends this optimism, believing children already experience “sorrow and suffering” and need reassurance, not cynicism.

Not all his works fit this model: A Ghost Called Fachak and Other Stories is praised as “distinctively Indian flavoured and indigenous.”

His books Boond, A Tale of Tails, and We Are Different each sold over 260,000 copies and were included in the Government of India’s Samagra Shiksha programme. Six are CBSE-recommended, and eleven appear in foreign textbooks.

Paplu the Giant gained national prominence on International Literacy Day 2013. Kumar’s storytelling extends to comics, podcasts, and a kamishibai adaptation, earning comparisons to J. M. Barrie and A. A. Milne.

STEMinfo (talk) 04:46, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

@STEMinfo, I appreciate your arrival into the discussion about this article. I just wish it had been earlier. If GoldRomean can continue taking the article forward, I think it would be preferable because he's started somewhat. If he can't for any of several reasons, then let's you and I talk about your coming in on the article.

I fully understand that my request for GoldRomean to look at my version of a replacement article as a whole rather than piecemeal is unusual in COI edit requests. I'd been going the piecemeal route with the first editor who picked up on my request, but he dropped out of the picture entirely. When GoldRomean came along, I asked if he'd consider doing this because of what might be considered several extenuating circumstances that we've discussed back in this long thread. It's entirely up to him as to what he decides to do. Augnablik (talk) 19:28, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, Augnablik, I can try to review this, but I offer no promises and my onwiki activity may lessen over the next few days/weeks. If STEMinfo would like to take over that would greatly be appreciated. Best, GoldRomean (talk) 20:31, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but the request is too long and verbose. The tone is not encyclopedic. It's written like an english thesis discussing and analyzing Kumar's works, when it should be an encyclopedia article summarizing the information concisely. I don't think any other experienced editors will add the info as it is written. I've given you suggested edited content. If you don't think my version is more suitable, you are welcome to edit your request. If any future versions continue to be as long and essay-like, don't be surprised if they are not addressed. Also, while there are many sources in the draft, the first important fact Kumar's writings for children—many of them best-sellers is unsourced. I marked this item as started. If you want someone else to look at it and hope to get a different reaction, you can remove the {{started}} template I added to the top. As far as the photos, you can upload them to commons as long as the photographer or person who owns the reproduction rights assigns them to Wikipedia using a creative commons license. If you want them to upload the photos, have them click on this link Wikipedia:File upload wizard and select the first option to Upload your own or a freely-licensed file. STEMinfo (talk) 22:25, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Assuming you'd like to answer yes to GoldRomean's invitation to take this edit request forward, @STEMinfo:

Now that you know I did a complete re-edit of the entire article since I posted the last piecemeal edit that you picked up on — when I thought Gold Romean would be the new editor taking over from the previous one — can we start from scratch and I'll post the re-edited article for you piecemeal rather than going back to its previous incarnation?

I've already understood from what you've already written as feedback so far that you think the re-edit reads more like an English essay than an encyclopedia article, so I'll take some time to let that sink in before re-addressing it and sending you the lead and "Early career" sections.

In any event, I'm sure you'd like to start a new thread. Augnablik (talk) 05:22, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Okay, @GoldRomean … thanks for filling in.

Best to you in turn. See you around GOCE. Augnablik (talk) 04:38, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

I'm happy to help if you write a good request. There are others as well who help. You don't need to depend on just me. This is one of the oldest requests so if you just edit it I assume you save your place in line. If we close it and post a new one, you'll be at the end of the line. STEMinfo (talk) 00:03, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Mmmm, I didn't quite mean starting a new request, just a new thread. There are 35 messages in this one. If we start a new thread, would that mean a new request as well? Augnablik (talk) 03:40, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

@STEMinfo, I'd like to start resubmitting pieces of the re-editing that I did on the article that I told GoldRomean I wanted to do before he took over from the previous editor, Encode.

But I need to know if I can do this resubmission for you in a new thread to make it easier for us to work with, so I'm hoping to hear from you soon about whether this is okay without starting a new COI request. Looking forward to finally getting "Ramendra Kumar" out of the backlog. Augnablik (talk) 09:03, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

References

Augnablik I collapsed the text so you can put your new request here under this comment. I still think your best course of action is to source the condensed text I wrote, but it's up to you. Just be prepared that anything too verbose and unencyclopedic may not get a timely response. STEMinfo (talk) 18:14, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

If this is the best way to go, STEMinfo, so be it. At least it's easier to navigate. For me, it adds a layer of complexity because I work much more easily in the VE. But I defer to you.

As I've tried to convey in earlier messaging, I have re-edited the article since it was previously worked on by editor Encode, as I mentioned to editor GoldRomean when he came on board ... because I saw ways to tighten up the article as well as to provide more information that I thought would help take care of the earlier scarcity of usable sources. It took me several weeks to complete the re-editing of the article. GoldRomean didn't say anything about this major re-edit, so I felt I was on the right track.

But as I've said, I had no idea that you also entered the picture during the time I was re-eding, and had rewritten an earlier section. When I discovered that, of course I appreciated your taking the time to do that, but when GoldRomean finally dropped off the edit request, it just seemed more logical for you to take a look at what I did with that section and indeed the rest of the article I had submitted earlier. I really regret the extra unintended work for you, but I think you'll find it a much better version of what I had earlier submitted.

By the way, I notice that you said something about what seemed unsupported statements in the article. There are a number of places where several sentences in a paragraph are supported by the next reference. From what I've read in Wiki documentation about how much information can be placed in a paragraph before a reference is required, it's tricky because of course the further away the information is from the reference, the more likely it is for an assumption that it is not supported. And yet it's also important to avoid reference clutter. If you check my references for statements made here and elsewhere, I think you'll find everything is supported. Perhaps you can help find a still better middle ground in this article.

Note: Hard to grasp what's going on, pinging @STEMinfo:. Either way, I don't think the proposed rewrite has a neutral tone. If you're wondering, this page lists some words that you might want to watch out for when writing. AlphaBetaGamma (Talk/report any mistakes here) 12:37, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

@AlphaBetaGamma, I assume you are referring to my "Re-submission 1" below, and in particular to my use of multi-award-winning and prominent in the lead. In later submissions I'll make of the sections that follow what is included in Re-submission 1, I've provided sources supporting those descriptives; but they can't yet be viewed in this initial stage of the COI edit request process, involving submission of the article piecemeal rather than as a whole.

That is only one of the reasons I'd have much preferred to submit the article as a whole, and tried to make a case for doing because I'd completely re-edited it since an editor first picked up on the article last summer and then had to pause Wikipedia work for a long time. Augnablik (talk) 17:23, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

Resubmission 1

Reformatting this malformed request that was posted by Augnablik, and adding the edit coi tag to flag other interested editors.

I'm putting my response here since the request format is hard to respond to without making my comments look like part of the request. The text is too verbose, and by flattering the subject, isn't encyclopedic. For example, you wrote "Kumar is also known as a professional communicator from his many years of leadership". Who is saying that? Is that sourced? That's out of place. The other sources are a bit weak. We normally don't include blogs from commercial sites that are offering writing services, like writingtipsoasis.com, or interviews for anything but uncontroversial info, because they are not considered reliable sources. Independent profiles are better sources, rather than someone talking about himself. If you're requesting new content, it all has to be sourced.

Your best bet is to submit the new text for the body, section by section, and once it's there, update the lead and infobox last based on what's in the article. If it's not clear that you are using one source for an entire paragraph, there's no harm in adding the source to each sentence. It can always be cleaned up later after the content is reviewed for accuracy and notability. There's a lot of info going into the infobox that's unsourced. You can also add sources to the infobox if it's easier.

It's not always easy for reviewers to review articles when content is being added AND removed. You've written repeatedly that you want to just rewrite the entire article all at once and have someone review it, but that just makes it harder, since we have to figure out what's changing, and also try to make sure you aren't removing content to whitewash the article. I recommend you change the sections one at a time and use the textdiff template I describe here to show the changes. If it's a completely revised new section, then you should explain as part of the request exactly what is changing and why, with sources. It is a lot of work, but no experienced editors will help you add content that's poorly sourced and written, nor will they remove existing content that is properly sourced, without a good reason. Good luck! STEMinfo (talk) 08:32, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

STEMinfo, I need to make sure that I've conveyed these two points successfully, which it seems I haven't yet:

1. I am submitting piecemeal now and no longer asking to submit the entire article. That's why, when I replied to AlphaBetaGamma, I used wording like "I would have much preferred" about my earlier request. I "made my case" to GoldRomean when he stepped in behind the original editor who did some work on the article but was involved with his studies to the extent that he felt the need to pause further work on Wikipedia in general, but I moved on when it was clear that my case didn't prevail.

2. After the complete rewrite of the article for the reasons I mentioned in earlier posts, I am not adding and removing text any further. In the rewrite, I did what I could to bring the article to the best level I could at this stage of my Wikipedia career, which I think of as still sort of newish even though I literally just reached 3,000 edits a few hours ago. I love to look on life as a learning journey, including Wikipedia, and stepping out as I did to ask about submitting the article as a whole after the rewrite was only to help get traction on it, considering that this article is one of the oldest in your queue.

Now I'll work on what you've entitled "Proposed new text" below in light of all your feedback. Thanks for your "good luck" wishes. Augnablik (talk) 12:26, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Proposed new text

Augnablik has proposed replacing the lead, infobox and early life sections with the below text. My response is above. STEMinfo (talk) 08:32, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Ramendra Kumar
Ramendra Kumar in 2018
Born	(1963-08-25) 25 August 1963 Hyderabad, India
Occupation	Writer; communications manager
Nationality	Indian
Period	1997-present
Genre	— Children's fiction: 'Here & now stories', folk tales, fables, fantasy — Adult fiction: Contemporary fiction, poetry, ghazals
Subject	— Children's non-fiction: Biographies, graphic books — Adult non-fiction: Satires, memoirs, travelogues, parenting & relationship advice, cancer management
Notable works	— Children: A Tail of Tales, Boond, Paplu the Giant, We Are Different — Adults: Mohini, Effective Parenting, Coping with Cancer: Hands-on Strategies for Managing the Big 'C'
Notable awards	A selected few: 41 prizes from the Children’s Book Trust (CBT) for stories in its Competition for Writers of Children’s Books & the Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) ‘Hall of Fame’ award, crowning as 'Mr. Cancer Warrior of India 2025'
Website
https://www.ramendra.in

Ramendra Kumar is a multi-award-winning Indian children's author who has been named one of the country's most prominent. He has also written for adults in a variety of genres.

Kumar is also known as a professional communicator from his many years of leadership in the Rourkela Steel Plant Communications Department in the state of Odisha, where he began his professional career by combining his engineering and business administration degrees with his lifelong interest in writing.

In addition, he is known as a storyteller on the stage and an inspirational speaker. These roles expanded after his 2021 diagnosis of Stage II colon cancer.

Early life

Kumar was born in Hyderabad, India, to former Osmania University professor and Hindi Department head R. K. Khandelwal and Hindi fiction writer Deepti Khandelwal. He attended Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet. The school includes him on a list of its prominent alumni. He went on for a bachelor's degree in Engineering and a master's degree in Business Administration from Osmania University.

The roots of Kumar's lifelong writing career he attributes to his father's effusive reaction to a few lines of verse that he wrote as a child around age seven. His first serious forays into writing were satire and poetry contributions to his school and college magazines and later for newspaper supplements.

Augnablik (talk) 09:34, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

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Rana Rahimpour

== Proposed update to article (Conflict of Interest disclosure) ==

Hello. I am Rana Rahimpour, the subject of this article. I understand Wikipedia's guidance regarding conflict of interest editing and would therefore appreciate feedback from independent editors before making substantial changes to the page. The article currently focuses almost exclusively on my BBC career and does not reflect a number of developments in my professional work since leaving the BBC in 2023. I have drafted a series of proposed updates supported by reliable sources, including coverage in Positive News, recent bylines in The Observer and the i newspaper, and official programme materials from Breaking Convention. The proposed updates include: Updating the lead to reflect my current work as a journalist, broadcaster, podcaster, and psychedelic facilitator. Expanding the Career section to include my continuing freelance journalism on Iran. Adding information about my speaking engagement at Breaking Convention. Renaming the "Controversies" section to "Advocacy and threats", as it currently includes incidents relating to threats against journalists and the harassment of BBC Persian staff rather than controversies initiated by me. Updating the article structure to better reflect my career from 2008 to the present. I have prepared draft wording and references and would be grateful if uninvolved editors could review the proposed changes and advise on what would be appropriate under Wikipedia's policies on biographies of living persons, neutrality, and due weight. Thank you. Ranafromtehran (talk) 14:36, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Ranafromtehran- you said you drafted a series of updates, but I only see a general description of what you want updated, not the actual draft. Can you provide it? RedBaron214 (talk) 18:38, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Rapid Electronics

Proposed updates to article (COI request)

Hello. I work for Rapid Electronics in a marketing capacity and have declared this conflict of interest on my user page. I am requesting the following updates to bring the article into line with the company's current product range, customer base and ownership structure. I have not made any of these changes directly to the article and will leave the decision on whether and how to implement them to an uninvolved editor. I have tried to keep all proposed wording neutral and to cite independent sources where possible.

1. Lead section

Current text describes the company as a "distributor of electronic components and educational products". The product range has expanded considerably since this page was last edited and now spans cable and wire, connectors, enclosures, electromechanical components, transformers, power supplies, automation and control, test and measurement equipment, soldering and consumables, alongside the long-established education range. Proposed replacement (full wikitext in collapsed section below): "Rapid Electronics Ltd is a British distributor of electronic components, electromechanical products, test and measurement equipment, tools and consumables, and educational supplies, based in Colchester, Essex. The company supplies industrial customers and the UK education sector."

2. History — Conrad Electronic Group relationship

The current article notes that Conrad Electronic acquired Rapid in 2012 but says nothing about how the relationship has developed. Conrad Electronic Group has, since 2012, expanded Rapid's access to its pan-European franchised distribution platform, which has substantially increased the product range available to UK customers. This is documented in the AllElectronicsIndustry.com feature on the Conrad Group offer being introduced into the UK, which describes the change as "tripling" the offering.

3. Products section

The current Products section is brief and doesn't reflect the current range. I'd propose replacing it with a structured description covering industrial product categories (cable and wire, connectors, enclosures, electromechanical, transformers, power supplies, automation and control, test and measurement, soldering and ESD, tools and consumables) and education product categories (single-board computers, robotics, electronic kits, test and measurement, science, design and technology, art and design, maths and literacy).

4. Customers section

The current Customers section understates the breadth of the customer base. I'd propose replacing it with text that reflects the industrial segments (original equipment manufacturers, contract electronic manufacturers, service providers, wholesalers, manufacturing engineers and procurement teams) and the education segments (primary and secondary schools, academy trusts, further education colleges, and universities, including framework-agreement provision for higher education).

Sources I am proposing to use

• AllElectronicsIndustry.com, "Rapid Electronics introduces Conrad Group's offer into the UK" (independent trade publication, supports the tripled-range claim and the developing Conrad relationship). • Conrad Electronic Group corporate website (for the group structure). • North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium framework listing for LAB3152NW (independent public-sector source for the education framework provision). • Rapid Electronics website (used only for uncontroversial descriptive detail). Happy to revise any of this in line with editor feedback. Thanks for taking the time to review. Adamwarrenward (talk) 08:29, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Lead section

Rapid Electronics Ltd is a British distributor of electronic components, electromechanical products, test and measurement equipment, tools and consumables, and educational supplies, based in Colchester, Essex. The company supplies industrial customers across the United Kingdom and is a long-established supplier to the UK education sector. Since 2012 it has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of Conrad Electronic Group.

History

Rapid Electronics was established by Mike Lee and Chris Stevenson in 1979. The company at this time was based in a converted barn above a garage at Aylesford, Kent and held stock of around 200 products. Rapid started by advertising in the retail electronics press to generate sales and a small single sheet catalogue was mailed to customers.

From 1981 the focus was developing sales into electronics departments at universities and colleges and this strategy was successful over the next 10 years. Due to expansion the company moved to Boxted in Essex in 1983 and continued to grow. Increasing sales led to a number of further moves to larger premises in the Colchester area, culminating in the building of the current 18,000sq.ft premises in Severalls Lane, Colchester.

In 2012, Rapid Electronics was acquired by Conrad Electronic Group, a German-headquartered electronics distribution group operating across Europe. Since the acquisition, Rapid has progressively integrated with the wider Conrad Electronic Group sourcing platform, which has substantially expanded the range of products available to UK customers. A 2025 trade-press feature described the integration as "tripling" the company's product offering through access to the Conrad Group's franchised distribution network.

Products

Rapid Electronics supplies products across two principal customer groups: industrial and education.

Its industrial range covers electronic components and off-board categories including cable and wire, connectors, enclosures, electromechanical components, transformers, power supplies, and automation and control products. The range also includes test and measurement equipment, soldering supplies, ESD protection, hand tools, and a wide selection of consumables used in electronics manufacturing, assembly and maintenance.

Its education range supports STEAM teaching across primary, secondary, further and higher education, and includes single-board computers, robotics, electronics teaching kits, test and measurement equipment, and materials for design and technology, science, art and design, and maths and literacy. The company also operates a custom kitting service for academic courses.

Customers

Rapid Electronics supplies two principal customer groups.

In the industrial sector, customers include original equipment manufacturers, contract electronic manufacturers, cable harness manufacturers, electronics design houses, service providers, and electrical wholesalers, alongside individual manufacturing engineers and procurement teams. Industrial customers use the company for board-level components, box-build assembly, bench tools and test equipment, and facilities maintenance supplies.

In the education sector, customers range from primary and secondary schools and academy trusts through to further education colleges and universities. Rapid is an approved supplier on the North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium LAB3152NW framework agreement for electronic components and associated products, which is used by UK higher and further education institutions to procure laboratory and teaching equipment.

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