User:Bawolff/Edit COI Summary/15 per page/21

Cannot transclude talk pages due to post expand include size limit. Please visit individual talk pages to see the discussion.

• XMPP Standards Foundation
• Tanner Ainge
• ADP (company)
• Chris Townsend (businessman)
• All Out (organisation)
• Lee H. Roberts
• Colleen Hardwick
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Walnut Creek CDROM
• Joshua Kurlantzick
• Scott Herndon
• Joshna Fernando
• Discrete rate simulation
• Funding Circle
• ARC Document Solutions

---

← Previous page Next page→

XMPP Standards Foundation

Suggested refactoring of XMPP Standards Foundation article

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

Extended content

Replace introduction

Suggested new introduction, to replace the current paragraph that exists on the original page prior to the 'history' heading:

The '''XMPP Standards Foundation''' ('''XSF''') is a non-profit organization that develops and maintains open standards for the [[XMPP|Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP)]], a decentralized, real-time communication protocol.<ref>{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=XMPP Standards Foundation |url=https://xmpp.org/about/xmpp-standards-foundation/ |website=xmpp.org |access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>

The foundation is responsible for stewarding the core XMPP specifications in coordination with the [[IETF|Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)]] and for managing the XMPP Extension Protocol (XEP) process, which defines optional extensions to the protocol.<ref>{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=XMPP Standards Process |url=https://xmpp.org/about/standards-process/ |website=xmpp.org |access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>

The organization was founded in 2001 as the ''Jabber Software Foundation'' and was renamed the XMPP Standards Foundation in 2007 to reflect the protocol's standardization under the name XMPP.<ref>{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=XSF Organizational Documents |url=https://xmpp.org/about/xsf/organizational-documents/ |website=xmpp.org |access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Proposal: XMPP Standards Foundation |url=https://xmpp.org/about/xsf/records/proposals/xmpp-standards-foundation/ |website=xmpp.org |access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>

• Why it should be changed:

1. Accurate description of responsibilities: The updated intro clarifies that the XSF manages both core XMPP specifications and the XEP process, rather than only providing general oversight.
2. Improved neutrality and clarity: The current introduction lacks precise citations. The revised version cites primary XSF sources to ensure verifiable and neutral statements.

Update Section: Organization

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

Update the list of individuals, following changes in leadership.

== Organization ==

=== Board of directors ===
The Board of Directors<ref>[http://xmpp.org/xsf/board/ XSF Board]</ref> of the XMPP Standards Foundation oversees the business affairs of the organization. As elected by the XSF membership. As of 2026, the Board of Directors consists of the following individuals:

* '''Guus der Kinderen'''
* '''Ralph Meijer'''
* '''Mickaël Rémond'''
* '''Florian Schmaus'''
* '''Arne-Bruen Vogelsang'''

=== Council ===
The XMPP Council<ref>[http://xmpp.org/council/ XMPP Council]</ref> is the technical steering group that approves XMPP Extension Protocols, as governed by the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090127051940/http://xmpp.org/xsf/docs/bylaws.shtml XSF Bylaws] and [http://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0001.html XEP-0001]. The Council is elected by the members of the XMPP Standards Foundation each year in September. As of 2026, the XMPP Council<ref>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title= XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) | XMPP - the universal messaging standard|url=https://xmpp.org/about/xmpp-standards-foundation/#council}}</ref> is composed of the following members:
* '''Dan Caseley'''
* '''Daniel Gultsch'''
* '''Marvin Wissfeld'''
* '''Stephen Paul Weber'''
* '''Jérôme Poisson'''

=== Members ===
There are currently 56 elected members<ref>[https://xmpp.org/about/xsf/members XSF Member List]</ref> of the XSF.

==== Emeritus Members ====
The following individuals are emeritus members of the XMPP Standards Foundation:

* '''Peter Millard (deceased)'''
* '''Dave Smith'''
* '''Jeremie Miller'''
* '''Julian Missig'''
* '''Ryan Eatmon'''
* '''Thomas Muldowney'''

• Why it should be changed:

1. The listed information is outdated, since the Board and Council election in November 2025: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Meeting-Minutes-2025-11-20

Add Section: Mission

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

Suggested new section 'Mission' to be positioned as first section on the page (prior to the 'history') section:

== Mission ==
The mission of the XMPP Standards Foundation is to build and promote an open, secure, interoperable, and decentralized infrastructure for real-time communication and collaboration on the Internet. The foundation focuses on protocol specifications rather than software implementations, and its standards are intended to be implementable without licensing fees.<ref>{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=XSF Mission |url=https://xmpp.org/about/xsf/mission/ |website=xmpp.org |access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>

• Why it should be changed:

1. Supports reader understanding: Including the mission in its own section makes the article consistent with Wikipedia standards for organization pages, which typically include a dedicated "Mission" or "Purpose" subsection.

Replace Section: XEPs

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

Suggested new section to replace the preexisting 'XEPs section:

== Standards and specifications ==

=== Core XMPP specifications ===
The core XMPP protocol is standardized through the Internet Engineering Task Force, primarily in RFC 6120, RFC 6121, and RFC 6122, with subsequent updates and clarifications published over time.<ref>{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=XMPP RFCs |url=https://xmpp.org/rfcs/ |website=xmpp.org |access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>

=== XMPP Extension Protocols ===
In addition to the core protocol, the XSF maintains the '''XMPP Extension Protocol''' (XEP) series, which defines optional extensions that add functionality while preserving interoperability between implementations.<ref>{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=XMPP Extension Protocols |url=https://xmpp.org/extensions/ |website=xmpp.org |access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>

The XEP process is open and community-driven, allowing anyone to propose an extension. XEPs progress through defined maturity levels such as ''Experimental'', ''Draft'', ''Final'', or ''Deprecated'' under the oversight of the XMPP Council.<ref>{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=XMPP Standards Process |url=https://xmpp.org/about/standards-process/ |website=xmpp.org |access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>

• Why it should be changed:

1. Removes trivial and anecdotal content: The pronunciation discussion ("JEP" vs "ZEP") is informal, unsourced, and not encyclopedic.
2. Improves readability and structureL Replacing the unordered list of example XEPs with a description of the XEP system itself provides a clearer, concise explanation suitable for a general audience.

Replace Section: XMPP Summit

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

Suggested new section to replace the preexisting 'XMPP Summit section:

== Activities ==

=== Summits and events ===
The XMPP Standards Foundation organizes regular '''XMPP Summits''', typically held annually or biannually, where developers and community members meet to discuss protocol development and future directions.<ref>{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=XMPP Summit 28 |url=https://xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-28/ |website=xmpp.org |access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>

=== Publications and outreach ===
The foundation publishes regular '''XMPP Newsletters''' summarizing technical developments, community projects, and ecosystem news, and participates in outreach related to open standards and decentralized communication.<ref>{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=The XMPP Newsletter – December 2025 |url=https://xmpp.org/2026/01/the-xmpp-newsletter-december-2025/ |website=xmpp.org |access-date=2026-02-10}}</ref>

• Why it should be changed:

1. Updates frequency and scope: The previous section contains specific outdated dates and locations (e.g., FOSDEM, RealtimeConf, 2006), which may not longer reflect all current practices. The new section uses neutral language describing annual or biannual summits.
2. Improves neutrality: Removing promotional or overly detailed logistical information (e.g., "no costs attached," "open to donations") aligns with Wikipedia’s neutral tone guidelines.
3. Adds publications and outreach: Including XSF newsletters broadens the activities section, providing a more complete picture of XSF's engagement with the community.

Guusdk (talk) 13:49, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

• @Guusdk: First, thank you for following the process for COI edits! The challenge I have with your requests is that they are all supported by only primary sources from the XSF's website. The goal is for articles to primarily have secondary or tertiary sources that talk about the organization, rather than being from the organization. Can you find some reliable sources from, for instance, tech media sites, that talk about the XSF and it's work? For example, was there an article on some site talking about the latest XMPP Summit back in November? Ideally an article that talked about how this latest XMPP Summit was one in a long series of XMPP Summits, etc.

The key is that the article about the XSF is not a place to promote the XSF but rather a place to talk about the XSF - and so the sources need to be from places other than xmpp.org . If you can identify such sources, it would make it possible to do these kind of updates that you are suggesting here. - Dyork (talk) 16:13, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Dyork, thank you for the (fair) feedback. It is correct that the edit relies on primary sources, which is not ideal. However, the article currently relies on the same type of sourcing, and this edit does not introduce a new issue in that regard. While it does not resolve the preexisting sourcing limitations, I do not believe it decreases the article's quality. In other respects, the edit improves the article, and on balance I believe it is an improvement over the prior version.

To address the usage of sources more specifically, would these sources be adequate?

IONOS article: https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/server/know-how/xmpp/

This article describes XMPP as an open communication protocol that was standardized through the IETF and maintained/standardized with ongoing updates. It mentions that XMPP was developed by the Jabber community and became an IETF standard, and while it mentions the XSF's role in implementation and standardization indirectly, it is not focused on the organization.

Use cases in Wikipedia article (supported claims):

• Support introductory descriptive claim that XMPP is an open, extensible communication protocol standardized through IETF and used for real‑time messaging outside xmpp.org primary sources.
• Help frame a context paragraph on XMPP's history as a protocol independent of the XSF's own website (e.g., "XMPP, originally developed in 1998 and standardized by the IETF, forms the technical basis for the XSF's work.")

IETF XMPP working group page: https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/xmpp/about/

This page is an independent confirmation that XMPP is standardized through the IETF working group process. It lists RFCs and working group activity separate from the XSF.

Use cases in Wikipedia article:

• Citation for the claim that XMPP core is standardized via the IETF and not solely internally maintained by the XSF (relevant in the 'Standards and Specifications' section).
• Supports the introductory notion of XMPP as a recognized global open standard with international community consensus beyond the XSF.

GetStream blog post: https://getstream.io/blog/xmpp-extensible-messaging-presence-protocol/

The GetStream blog post, while it is not focused on the XSF as an organization, does independently describe XMPP as an open, decentralized standard and identifies the XMPP Standards Foundation as the body responsible for maintaining and evolving the protocol.

Concretely, this source can support these sections of my proposed edit:

• The introduction paragraph describing XMPP as an open, standardized, decentralized real-time communication protocol and the XSF's role as its steward.
• The statement that XMPP is standardized via the IETF RFC process, providing independent confirmation of that relationship.
• Support high‑level statements about protocol extensibility and standards‑based design in 'Standards and Specifications' section.

FOSDEM 2025 technical program: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5721-a-universal-and-stable-api-to-everything-xmpp/

A major open-source conference listing a talk that explicitly explains how XSF is organized and how XMPP specifications are created, including mentioning XEPs. This is an independent program description from the conference website.

Use cases in Wikipedia article:

• Independent verification that the XSF organizational and standards process is discussed at a major open‑source conference, supporting notability and factual claims about the XSF's role in standards.
• Can be cited in 'Activities' or 'Standards and Specifications' to show recognition of the XSF's work outside its own site.

FOSDEM 2026 session description: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/7XJL9E-engineering_xmpp_federation_building_messaging_voice_social_features_across_inde/

This source shows that XMPP and the ecosystem around the XSF appear in independent technical contexts, and the session describes how the XSF interacts with implementations. It directly talks about the XSF's work on specifications and ecosystem collaboration.

Use cases in Wikipedia article:

• Supports for claims that the XSF's work is recognized and discussed in major forums beyond xmpp.org, lending weight to the Foundation's real‑world relevance.
• Use in 'Activities' or 'Standards' to note real‑world implementation/ecosystem involvement beyond internal documents.

IgniteRealtime blog post: https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/igniterealtime-heads-to-brussels-xsf-summit-fosdem-2026/96325

Although this comes from a community site rather than xmpp.org, it is not published by the XSF itself and therefore functions as a secondary mention of XSF activity outside of the organization's own website.

• In the 'Summits and Events' section, the blog post confirms that the XSF Summit is a recurring gathering where developers, maintainers and contributors across the XMPP ecosystem come together, and that the event is organized by the XMPP Standards Foundation. This provides confirmation of the existence and continuity of these summits.

I should note that I am also the author of the Ignite Realtime blog post. Because of that, I agree it shouldn't be treated as a fully independent secondary source on its own. I'm proposing it only as supplementary confirmation of factual details.

ProcessOne blog post: https://www.process-one.net/blog/supporting-xmpp-standard-foundations-open-letter-to-meta-for-true-interop/

This blog post covers an open letter issued by the XSF calling on Meta to adopt XMPP for interoperability. It is independent reporting of an XSF action and thus counts as third‑party coverage of an organizational initiative.

Use cases in Wikipedia article:

• Independent confirmation that the XSF publishes actions of public interest (e.g., advocacy on interoperability).
• Supports a sentence in 'Activities' about the XSF engaging with broader technical community and public dialogue.
• Helps show that XSF isn't only internally documented but that third‑party blogs report on its initiatives.

Guusdk (talk) 11:22, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

@Guusdk: Thanks for all of that. It's a good start. I'll see if I have some time to work on it in the weeks ahead. (Obviously other editors may do so as well!) - Dyork (talk) 20:30, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Dyork! Thanks for your help a few months ago on this! Sadly, @Spintendo closed this due to inactivity recently. As I'm somewhat inexperienced with Wiki-processes, can you help me get this effort to improve things restarted? Thanks! Guusdk (talk) 07:44, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

• @Guusdk: I actually don't know the process to re-open something like this. It actually doesn't matter whether it is open or not if an editor actually just does the work. What's happened by closing it is that it will no longer appear on one of the pages that lists articles with COI edit requests. So editors who look at that page wouldn't see this one as needing help.

On my end, I've been swamped with deadlines in my work life and so haven't been doing as much editing on Wikipedia. I was hoping perhaps another editor would come along and pick away at some of this. I'll see what I can do... but it's going to be a week or two until I can do anything. - Dyork (talk) 23:30, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

@Dyork thanks for the fast reply! It is absolutely fine that real life responsibilities gets in the way of volunteering activities on Wikipedia. I don't feel that there's any responsibility to you to work on this change at all. I would very much welcome your help, if you're able to give it, but I understand that things simply do not always work out.

That said, even while this change was up on the COI edit requests page, it received no perceivable help other than your feedback. It having been _removed_ from that page makes it even less likely that others will pitch in to help. With the listing removed, I doubt that people even notice that there's pending work. That's why I think that the closure of the request _does_ matter (and why I'd like to see it re-opened). Guusdk (talk) 14:03, 29 May 2026 (UTC)

A response has not yet been received for this question.

Reply 21-MAY-2026

  Request closed for inactivity  

• The above edit request has not received any responses over the past 3 weeks (22 days in total).
• Discussion is often a key component to implementing edits, and requests may be adversely affected when they fail to garner input from either reviewing or requesting editors. In light of this — and as a safeguard — this request has been declined as needing more discussion.
• The COI editor is urged to revive stalled communications by making contact with local editors on those editor's own talk pages, and then by moving those discussions back to this talk page.
• The COI editor may also wish to broadcast requests for edits at the talk pages of the WikiProjects which govern this article. Those projects are usually listed at the top of an article's talk page.

Regards,  Spintendo  01:42, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

I would like to reopen this request if appropriate. I understood the discussion to be awaiting further reviewer/editor input, rather than requiring additional action from me. If such action is required, I am more than happy to provide this. I was in the 'be extremely patient' mode as suggested by the COI overview page. Guusdk (talk) 19:28, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

Following up on my COI edit request above. This request has now been open and then closed for inactivity, over a period of several months, without an independent editor being available to action it. I'm grateful to @Dyork: for the engagement and feedback earlier, and I understand entirely that real-life commitments have made it hard for anyone to pick this up.

Given that the request has not been able to attract a reviewer, I intend to begin implementing the proposed changes myself. I want to be fully transparent about this: I have a conflict of interest, which I have declared throughout, and I will flag it clearly in each edit summary. I'll make the changes as discrete, individually-summarised edits rather than as a single sweep, so that any of them can be easily reviewed, discussed, or reverted by other editors.

My aim is the same as it has been from the start: to improve the article. I remain very happy to discuss any of these edits, adjust them, or self-revert if another editor raises a concern. If anyone would prefer to action the request themselves instead, I'd genuinely welcome that. Guusdk (talk) 08:30, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

I have now made the three most straightforward changes myself as discrete, COI-flagged edits. The two remaining proposals (intro replacement and a Mission section) are more about framing, so rather than make them myself I've opened them as two fresh COI edit requests below, where an independent editor can act on either. Happy to adjust wording. Guusdk (talk) 14:18, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

References

COI edit request: introduction (June 2026)

Requested by a COI editor (XSF-affiliated). This is a fresh, self-contained request superseding the introduction part of the earlier (closed) request above.

Proposed change: replace the current lead paragraph (everything before the "History" heading):

−

'''XMPP Standards Foundation''' ('''XSF''') is the foundation in charge of the standardization of the protocol extensions of [[Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol|XMPP]], the open standard of [[instant messaging]] and presence of the [[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]].

+

'''XMPP Standards Foundation''' ('''XSF''') is a non-profit organization that develops and maintains open standards for the [[Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol|XMPP]], a decentralized real-time communication protocol standardized through the [[Internet Engineering Task Force|IETF]]. The foundation manages the XMPP Extension Protocol (XEP) process, which defines optional extensions to the protocol. It was founded in 2001 as the ''Jabber Software Foundation'' and renamed the XMPP Standards Foundation in 2007.

Reason: The current lead is a single unsourced sentence. The replacement cites the IETF (a source independent of the XSF) for the standardization claim, and states founding/renaming facts already supported in the History section. It is intentionally brief and avoids promotional language.

Independent sources that may help here are listed in the earlier (closed) request above.

Guusdk (talk) 14:11, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

 Done Sohom (talk) 08:02, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

COI edit request: add Mission section (June 2026)

Requested by a COI editor (XSF-affiliated). Self-contained request; independent of the introduction request above.

Proposed change: add a short section immediately after the lead, before "History":

== Mission ==
The XSF focuses on developing protocol specifications rather than software implementations, and its standards are intended to be implementable without licensing fees.<ref>{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=XSF Mission |url=https://xmpp.org/about/xsf/mission/ |website=xmpp.org |access-date=2026-06-26}}</ref>

Reason: Gives the article a brief, factual statement of the organization's scope, consistent with how organization articles are usually structured.

Independent sources that may help here are listed in the earlier (closed) request above.

Guusdk (talk) 14:11, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

 Not done, the article is already a mess, I don't think this section is going to make things more neutral. Sohom (talk) 08:04, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Part of me wonders if we even need a separate article about this Foundation and whether we can just merge this into the XMPP page? Sohom (talk) 08:08, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Tanner Ainge

Edit request from article subject (COI disclosure)

Conflict-of-interest disclosure: I am an employee of Tanner Ainge, the subject of this article, and requesting this on his behalf. Per WP:COI I am not editing the article directly and am instead requesting the following changes, each supported by independent sources. I'd be grateful if an uninvolved editor would review them.

1. Update the lead

Proposed revised first paragraph:

Tanner Ainge (born December 15, 1983) is an American businessman and former politician. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Banner Capital Management, a lower middle market private equity firm based in the Salt Lake City area, and previously served as a Utah County Commissioner from 2019 to 2021.

2. Add a "Business career" section

Proposed new section (suggested placement: before the political career material):

Ainge is the founder and CEO of Banner Capital Management, a private equity firm focused on founder-led and family-owned businesses in the Intermountain West that generate $4 million to $15 million in EBITDA. The firm manages approximately $630 million in assets.

In 2025, Banner closed Banner Capital Fund I, a continuation fund with more than $400 million in commitments led by Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE), and launched Banner Capital Fund II, a lower middle market buyout fund targeting $200 million. In 2026, GCM Grosvenor became an anchor investor in Fund II as part of a strategic partnership.

Banner's investments have included the carpet-cleaning franchisor Zerorez, the asphalt-maintenance platform Western Pavement Services, and the e-commerce firm Pattern Group, which filed for a U.S. initial public offering in 2025.

3. Update the infobox photograph

Please set the infobox image to the freely licensed photograph hosted on Wikimedia Commons at File:Tanner Ainge 2026.png (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanner_Ainge_2026.png), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, VRT permission submitted. Suggested infobox parameters:

| image = Tanner Ainge 2026.png | caption = Ainge in 2026

References to add

Ncolindres (talk) 22:53, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Note: Moved to COI edit request template. FlammablePizza (talk) 16:13, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Follow-up to request #1 (revised lead). Please replace the proposed lead paragraph in item 1 above with the following:

Tanner Ainge (born December 15, 1983) is an American businessman and former public official who has served as a Utah County Commissioner and on the Governor's Economic Development Board for the State of Utah. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Banner Capital Management, a lower middle market private equity firm with more than $600 million in assets under management. Ainge is also a member of the Utah Army National Guard. He ran an unsuccessful primary race for the U.S. House 3rd Congressional District of Utah against former Provo mayor John Curtis in 2017, but he won the Utah County Commissioner election the following year.

The county commissioner and Governor's Economic Development Board statements are supported by the sources already cited in the article; the assets-under-management figure is supported by the Wall Street Journal source cited in the proposed Business career section (Kreutzer, June 25, 2026). Ncolindres (talk) 04:41, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Follow-up: infobox and photograph.

• Infobox: The infobox still presents Ainge as the sitting officeholder ("Incumbent", "Assumed office January 7, 2019"). As his term as Utah County Commissioner ended in 2021, could an uninvolved editor update the infobox so it no longer lists him as the incumbent — for example, adding a term-end date of 2021 (and a successor if one is on record) — consistent with the revised lead proposed above.

• Photograph: The image change in item 3 above (setting the infobox image to File:Tanner Ainge 2026.png, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0) is a straightforward, uncontroversial update. The file's VRT permission has been submitted and can be verified on Wikimedia Commons; I would be grateful if a reviewer would apply the image once satisfied with the licensing. Ncolindres (talk) 04:41, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

ADP (company)

Request to update the History section

Hi, this is Justin again from ADP. I've been working off and on for the past few weeks on putting together some updates for the ADP article (beyond the infobox one I already posted).

This request is about the History section. The current History section is quite short, given that the company is 77 years old, and many of the factual claims are not supported by citations so it's not clear if that information is correct. There's also an entire subsection about acquisitions, which is mostly fine but there's no context about why these deals were important and how they reflected ADP's expansion into different service areas. There's also a lot of duplicative material that's covered again in the Divisions and spinoffs section.

I tried to combine the History section, Acquisitions subsection, and Divisions and spinoffs section into a cohesive historical treatment that is split into different eras:

Revised History section

Founding and early history

In 1949, Henry Taub founded Automatic Payrolls, Inc. as a manual payroll processing business with his brother Joe Taub. Frank Lautenberg joined the brothers in the company's infancy. In 1954, Lautenberg, after successfully serving in sales and marketing, became a full-fledged partner with the two brothers.

In 1957 the company installed a punched card system that would facilitate automatic data processing, replacing manual input calculators. The next year the company changed its name to Automatic Data Processing. In 1961, Oppenheimer & Company, one of ADP's clients, took the company public. At that time the company had 300 clients, 125 employees, and revenues of approximately US$400,000.

In 1962, ADP opened a Wall Street office to provide payroll and accounting services to brokerage firms. This office eventually expanded into ADP's brokerage service division, which was spun off into Broadridge Financial Solutions in 1997.

ADP established its dealer services business in 1973 after acquiring National Inventory Control System, a Portland-based inventory control service and data center, and CSI Computer Systems of Cincinnati. These moves extended ADP's reach into another industry-specific market, and the company later completed more than 30 dealer service acquisitions before spinning the division off into a separate company.

Expansion and growth

In 1975, Frank Lautenberg succeeded Henry Taub as CEO. By that time, ADP's annual revenue had grown to $150 million and the company had around 5,000 employees.

ADP acquired the online computer services company Time Sharing Limited (TSL) in 1974 and Cyphernetics in 1975. By 1978, ADP had acquired more than 60 companies, including 50 service bureaus in the United States and four in Europe.

By 1981, ADP had approximately 100,000 clients and total annual revenues exceeding $500 million, making it the world's largest independent computer services company. At that time, ADP processed paychecks for five percent of the U.S. workforce.

In early 1983, Frank Lautenberg left ADP after being elected to the United States Senate. ADP president Josh Weston assumed the additional title of CEO. From 1985 onward, ADP's annual revenues exceeded the $1 billion mark.

Consolidation

In the early 1990s, ADP made several strategic acquisitions of payroll competitors, most notably Bank of America's $110 million revenue business services division in 1992 and the European payroll and human resource services company GSI in 1995. ADP also established itself in the professional employer organization sector through its acquisition of two Florida-based companies, Staff Management Systems in 1996 and the Vincam Group in 1999.

ADP continued expanding in Europe during this period, beginning with the acquisition of Autonom, a German computing services company. In 1999, ADP acquired UK-based Chessington Computer Centre, a supplier of administration services to the UK Government. In 2006, ADP acquired Kerridge Computer Co. Ltd., a UK-based dealership management system provider, and BZ Results, a US-based automotive marketing and market research services provider.

In 2007, the ADP Brokerage Service Group was spun off to form Broadridge Financial Solutions, resulting in approximately US$2 billion in revenue being removed from ADP's total yearly revenue. ADP distributed one share of Broadridge common stock for every four shares of ADP common stock held by shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 23, 2007.

On October 21, 2008, ADP switched its stock listing to the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

2010 to present

In 2010, ADP acquired the automotive marketing company Cobalt. On April 7, 2014, ADP laid off several dealer services associates as part of a reorganization, and three days later, it announced plans to spin off the dealer services division as a standalone company. On August 19, 2014, ADP Dealer Services announced that the name of the new company, post-spinoff, would be CDK Global, an acronym for Cobalt, Dealer Services, Kerridge. Both S&P and Moody's downgraded ADP to AA in April 2014, after the dealer services unit was spun off.

Beginning with the January 2017 acquisition of The Marcus Buckingham Company (TMBC)., ADP pursued several acquisitions that served to reinforce its existing customer base. In January 2018, ADP acquired WorkMarket, a New York City–based workforce management startup. Later that same year, the company announced the acquisition of Celergo, a global payroll management service company.

In 2023, ADP acquired workflow automation tool Sora, and launched a corporate venture capital arm, ADP Ventures. In October 2024, ADP acquired WorkForce Software, a workforce management services provider. The next month ADP partnered with Fiserv to offer a small business management system.

In 2025, Fortune included ADP on its World's Most Admired Companies list for the 19th consecutive appearance.

References

Throughout the draft above, I tried to fill in chronological gaps and contextualize specific acquisitions and business developments, all based on coverage in major news outlets (e.g. The New York Times, Reuters, The Herald-News, MarketWatch, TechCrunch, etc.) and relevant books about the industry. I also cut out some passages that could be considered promotional (e.g. "[ADP] has earned recognition from DiversityInc as one of the top companies for diversity and inclusion in the United States for 11 consecutive years" and "winner of AutoSuccess magazine's 2005 'Innovative Company of the Year' award").

Some additional information about each subsection:

• Founding and early history
  • This section covers the founding of the company in 1949 to the establishment of the dealer services business in 1973. I added citations to claims that are currently unsourced in the current article.
• Expansion and growth
  • This section everything from 1975 (when Frank Lautenberg became CEO) to 1985 (when ADP's annual revenues exceeded $1 billion for the first time).
• Consolidation
  • This section covers acquisitions and related expansions from the early 1990s to around 2008. Some of this material is currently covered in the Acquisitions subsection and Divisions and spinoffs, but I've consolidated all of these claims, placed them in chronological order, and added important context (as reflected in the cited sources).
• 2010 to present
  • This one is pretty self-explanatory. I moved most of the material about CDK Global LLC to this section (it's currently in the Divisions and spinoffs section). I left all of the claims that could be considered "critical" (e.g., "Both S&P and Moody's downgraded ADP to AA in April 2014, after the dealer services unit was spun off").

I know that I'm coming here as a representative of ADP asking for substantial changes to the article, but my goal with these updates is simply to make the article more accurate and encyclopedic. Again, I removed several passages from the current text that could be perceived as promotional. I also added citations to support previously unsourced claims.

I'm only asking about updating the History section right now, but I posted a full draft of all of my proposed changes on my user page for reference.

Please let me know if you have any questions. I know there's a lot here to digest! Justin at ADP (talk) 18:16, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

@Justin at ADP: I've come here from the Teahouse. As you've seen from the other responses to your requests, small, discrete changes like updating infobox details are far more manageable than large ones like these. I hope you've already read Wikipedia:Simple conflict of interest edit request § Guide to effective COI edit requests. Keep in mind that the volunteer editors are here not to represent the interests of any company, but to summarise information that is of lasting encylopaedic value. Instead of the two large requests that remain open here, it might be better to split them into an edit request for each sub-section, so that editors can assess each on its own merits. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email · global) 06:29, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

This is extremely useful feedback, ClaudineChionh. I will work on a smaller request. Justin at ADP (talk) 20:09, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

@Justin at ADP: It appears that this request has been superseded by a new request below. I will close this one, so that editors can find their way to the new one. (If that's not right, reopen this request.) Fiske (talk) 22:30, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Request to add the Business model and operations section

Hi, this is Justin again from ADP. I have a new request for editors to review, this time about a new Business model and operations section that would summarize basic operational and products information. This new section would fold in some of the existing content, including the Employment data section.

New business model and operations section

Small update for the infobox

Hi this is Justin again from ADP. I have a very small request that I'm hoping can be completed by an editor: Can the Key people category in the infobox can be updated to replace John C. Ayala with the company's new COO Joe DeSilva? This is confirmed by the [https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/8670/000000867025000037/adp- 20250630.htm 2025 10-K], which is already listed as a footnote for the infobox. Please let me know if you have any questions. Justin at ADP (talk) 12:18, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done Chattenoir (talk) 21:53, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for helping me out with this, Chattenoir. Justin at ADP (talk) 20:07, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

New request to update early history passages

After considering the helpful feedback from ClaudineChionh, I'm posting a shorter History request, this time focused only on the early years of ADP:

Early History subsection

Founding and early history

In 1949, Henry Taub founded Automatic Payrolls, Inc. as a manual payroll processing business with his brother Joe Taub. Frank Lautenberg joined the brothers in the company's infancy. In 1954, Lautenberg, after successfully serving in sales and marketing, became a full-fledged partner with the two brothers.

In 1957 the company installed a punched card system that would facilitate automatic data processing, replacing manual input calculators. The next year the company changed its name to Automatic Data Processing. In 1961, Oppenheimer & Company, one of ADP's clients, took the company public. At that time the company had 300 clients, 125 employees, and revenues of approximately US$400,000.

In 1962, ADP opened a Wall Street office to provide payroll and accounting services to brokerage firms. This office eventually expanded into ADP's brokerage service division, which was spun off into Broadridge Financial Solutions in 1997.

ADP established its dealer services business in 1973 after acquiring National Inventory Control System, a Portland-based inventory control service and data center, and CSI Computer Systems of Cincinnati. These moves extended ADP's reach into another industry-specific market, and the company later completed more than 30 dealer service acquisitions before spinning the division off into a separate company.

References

The passages above cover the founding of the company in 1949 to the establishment of the dealer services business in 1973. I added citations to claims that are currently unsourced in the current article. You can see a before-and-after comparison here:

Before and after

−

In 1949, [[Henry Taub]] founded Automatic Payrolls, Inc. as a manual payroll processing business with his brother Joe Taub. The idea came to him when Taub had visited a company where employees had not been paid on time because of one employee's illness. Automatic Payrolls, Inc. started with one client and an initial investment of $6,000. [[Frank Lautenberg]] joined the brothers in the company's infancy. In 1957, Lautenberg, after successfully serving in sales and marketing, became a full-fledged partner with the two brothers. In August 1961, the company changed its name to Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP), and began using [[punched card]] [[Unit record equipment|machines]], check printing machines, and [[mainframe computer]]s. ADP [[Initial public offering|went public]] in September 1961 with 300 clients, 125 employees, and revenues of approximately <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$400,000</span>. It also transcribed and printed the [[report card]]s for students in [[Essex County, New Jersey]]. The company established a [[subsidiary]] in the United Kingdom in 1965. In 1970, Lautenberg was noted as being the [[President (corporate title)|president]] of the company. Also in 1970, the company's stock transitioned from trading on [[American Stock Exchange]] to trading on the [[New York Stock Exchange]]. Lautenberg continued in his roles as chairman and CEO until elected to the [[United States Senate]] from New Jersey in 1982.

+

In 1949, Henry Taub founded Automatic Payrolls, Inc. as a manual payroll processing business with his brother Joe Taub. Frank Lautenberg joined the brothers in the company's infancy. In 1954, Lautenberg, after successfully serving in sales and marketing, became a full-fledged partner with the two brothers. In 1957 the company installed a [[punched card]] system that would facilitate automatic data processing, replacing [[Mechanical_calculator|manual input calculators]]. The next year the company changed its name to Automatic Data Processing. In 1961, [[Oppenheimer Holdings|Oppenheimer & Company]], one of ADP's clients, took the company public. At that time the company had 300 clients, 125 employees, and revenues of approximately <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$400,000</span>. In 1962, ADP opened a Wall Street office to provide payroll and accounting services to brokerage firms. This office eventually expanded into ADP's brokerage service division, which was spun off into [[Broadridge Financial Solutions]] in 1997. ADP established its dealer services business in 1973 after acquiring National Inventory Control System, a [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]-based inventory control service and data center, and CSI Computer Systems of [[Cincinnati]]. These moves extended ADP's reach into another industry-specific market, and the company later completed more than 30 dealer service acquisitions before spinning the division off into a [[CDK Global|separate company]].

References

I hope this shorter request is easier to review & implement. Thank you! Justin at ADP (talk) 17:40, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you again for your help with my infobox request above, Chattenoir. Would you be able to review this short update request for the Early history? Justin at ADP (talk) 18:11, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done, with minor adjustments. Axolitl (talk | contribs) 20:58, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much @Axolitl! Justin at ADP (talk) 16:59, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

New request to update history section (1970s–1980s)

Hello again. I'm posting another shorter History section request, this time focused only on the period from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s.

Expansion and growth subsection

Expansion and growth

In 1975, Frank Lautenberg succeeded Henry Taub as CEO. By that time, ADP's annual revenue had grown to $150 million and the company had around 5,000 employees.

ADP acquired the online computer services company Time Sharing Limited (TSL) in 1974 and Cyphernetics in 1975. By 1978, ADP had acquired more than 60 companies, including 50 service bureaus in the United States and four in Europe.

By 1981, ADP had approximately 100,000 clients and total annual revenues exceeding $500 million, making it the world's largest independent computer services company. At that time, ADP processed paychecks for five percent of the U.S. workforce.

In early 1983, Frank Lautenberg left ADP after being elected to the United States Senate. ADP president Josh Weston assumed the additional title of CEO. From 1985 onward, ADP's annual revenues exceeded the $1 billion mark.

References

This section covers the period of rapid expansion and growth that begins with Frank Lautenberg becoming CEO in 1975 and ends with ADP's annual revenues exceeding $1 billion for the first time in the late 1980s. This period receives only a cursory treatment in the existing History section despite being arguably the most impactful era in ADP's history, as documented by numerous sources. You can see a before-and-after comparison here:

Before and after

−

In 1970, Lautenberg was noted as being the [[President (corporate title)|president]] of the company. Also in 1970, the company's stock transitioned from trading on [[American Stock Exchange]] to trading on the [[New York Stock Exchange]]. Lautenberg continued in his roles as chairman and CEO until elected to the [[United States Senate]] from New Jersey in 1982. From 1985 onward, ADP's annual revenues exceeded the $1 billion mark, with paychecks processed for about 20% of the U.S. workforce.

+

In 1975, [[Frank Lautenberg]] succeeded Henry Taub as CEO. By that time, ADP's annual revenue had grown to $150 million and the company had around 5,000 employees. ADP acquired the online computer services company [[Time Sharing Limited]] (TSL) in 1974 and [[Cyphernetics]] in 1975. By 1978, ADP had acquired more than 60 companies, including 50 [[service bureau|service bureaus]] in the United States and four in Europe. By 1981, ADP had approximately 100,000 clients and total annual revenues exceeding $500 million, making it the world's largest independent computer services company. At that time, ADP processed paychecks for five percent of the U.S. workforce. In early 1983, [[Frank Lautenberg]] left ADP after being elected to the United States Senate. ADP president Josh Weston assumed the additional title of CEO. From 1985 onward, ADP's annual revenues exceeded the $1 billion mark.

References

My draft also addresses the acquisitions of Time Sharing Limited and Cyphernetics currently covered in the Acquisitions section and accompanied by a citation needed tag. My draft includes reliable sourcing for both deals. As noted in one of my earlier posts here, my goal with these history drafts is to consolidate historical material from other sections and make the article easier to follow.

Once again, I hope this shorter request is easier to review & implement. Thank you! Justin at ADP (talk) 16:44, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Chris Townsend (businessman)

Edit request

Hi, I would like to make a request for a small update to the Personal life section. I have a connection to Chris and am unable to edit the article directly, but wondered if the following might please be considered for addition after the first paragraph (my new bits are in bold and italic):

Townsend is also a Trustee and Chair of the Trading Company at the National Portrait Gallery as well as a Trustee and Chair of Digital Committee of the Royal Opera House, advising on commercial, digital and business transformation programmes and projects. Townsend is a keen conservationist and a Member of the Tusk Trust Development Board, of which Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is the patron. Since 2026 he is a Commissioner for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Also, in the Education section I wondered if the fact he sits on the board might be added?

Townsend studied geography at Newcastle University, gaining a BSc Single Honours. Townsend gained an MSc in Marketing Management at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), receiving a Distinction for Dissertation and was awarded Best Student at NTU in 1998. He now sits on their board of governors.

Thank you so much for considering! BadadeeBadada (talk) 16:47, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

All Out (organisation)

Edit request (COI): updated lead, History, and Organization sections

I have a conflict of interest as an employee of All Out (disclosed on my user page). Below is a first, well-sourced batch of corrections and updates. The expanded "Campaigns" section will follow as a separate request.

1. Please replace the introduction (from "All Out is a global not-for-profit organisation…" through "…Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Kenya, Portugal, Spain, and the USA.") with:

All Out is a global LGBT rights advocacy organization that campaigns for the human rights of LGBT+ people worldwide. Founded in 2010, it is known for combining online petitions and digital organizing with offline protests, and for raising emergency funds to support local LGBT+ groups. It is operated by two United States nonprofit entities: All Out Action Fund, Inc., a 501(c)(4) advocacy body, and All Out Impact Fund, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charity established in 2024. It is registered in New York.

2. Please add a new section after the introduction:

Lee H. Roberts

SharpVue and VantageSouth

Hello! My name is Anna and I am the Communication Specialist for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I have disclosed my conflict of interest on my profile page as well. I'd like to share some ideas for how this article could be improved. I understand editors will review my suggestions here and update the article based on Wikipedia's rules. I will avoid making any changes to the article myself.

Starting with the 'Financial industry' section, the article says:

• "He then[when?] founded SharpVue Capital, a private investment firm in Raleigh."

I can clarify that SharpVue Capital was founded in 2016, as confirmed in this article published by the Triangle Business Journal in February 2016:

• The article leads with "After stepping down as Gov. Pat McCrory’s state budget director, Lee Roberts joined with Raleigh-based Medical Mutual to launch a new investment group named SharpVue Capital."
• The article ends with "Roberts resigned his cabinet position in January and officially joined SharpVue on Feb. 1."

This Triangle Business Journal source also confirms that he was the chief operating officer of VantageSouth Bank, which later became known as Yadkin Financial.

• It says "They targeted Roberts, who was chief operating officer of VantageSouth bank, now Yadkin Financial based in Raleigh, but he was about to become the budget director."

I am sharing this since the article does not mention VantageSouth (or Yadkin), in case there's interest in adding additional information about his career. Thank you for reviewing this request.

References

AnnaUNC (talk) 14:15, 9 July 2025 (UTC)

Partly done: Added date for SharpVue, but anything beyond that needs to be stated in a "from x to y" format. See WP:EDITXY. Meepmeepyeet (talk) 02:08, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! AnnaUNC (talk) 19:12, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

Citation for early life

Hi again! I noticed the article says "[citation needed]" for the sentence "He grew up in Washington, D.C." This news article says "Roberts credits Duke with bringing him to North Carolina when he was 17, having grown up in Washington, D.C., as the son of journalists Steven Roberts and the late Cokie Roberts…"

Can someone replace "citation needed" with this source? Thanks again for reviewing this request.

AnnaUNC (talk) 15:18, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

Done Encoded  Talk 💬 12:04, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, Encoded! AnnaUNC (talk) 18:56, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Personal life suggestion

I noticed the Personal life section has just one sentence confirming the name of his wife. It says "Lee H. Roberts is married to Liza Roberts, a journalist and founding editor of Walter Magazine". If editors would like to say a little more about his relationship status and personal life, I have identified two news sources that confirm when the couple met, when they were married, and how many children they have had:

• This article published in 1997 by The New York Times confirms the couple got married in June 1997 and says "The couple met in 1985 when they were both Congressional pages".
• This article by The News & Observer says "Roberts is married to Liza Roberts, who is editor and general manager of Walter magazine, which is owned by The N&O. They have three young children."

In terms of expanding the Personal life section, I suggest adding: "The couple met in 1985, got married in 1997, and have three children together."

References

Thanks again to the editors who are considering these requests. AnnaUNC (talk) 18:06, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

@PD8: Thanks for updating the article based on this suggestion. Do you have thoughts on any of the others I've shared here? I'm not sure how and when requests are closed, so I'll leave it to you and others to remove this particular suggestion from the queue. Thanks again! AnnaUNC (talk) 20:34, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

Done Added congressional info Encoded  Talk 💬 12:07, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks again, Encoded! Would you like to take a look at any of the other requests listed below? AnnaUNC (talk) 18:58, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Order of the Long Leaf Pine

I'm still hoping for a couple requests above to get reviews, but for this request I suggest adding mention of Lee Roberts receiving the Order of the Long Leaf Pine from North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory. This is a notable award and Wikipedia even has a separate List of Order of the Long Leaf Pine recipients.

This article by The News & Observer confirms the award: "McCrory awarded both departing Cabinet members the Order of the Long Leaf Pine and praised them for their work in his administration."

In terms of where to add this text, the article currently says "From 2014 to 2016, he was the budget director for North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory.,where his office oversaw more than $40 billion in spending." I think it would make sense to add a subsequent sentence along the lines of "Upon Roberts' departure, McCrory awarded him the Order of the Long Leaf Pine." I assume his name should also be added to the list of recipients.

References

I did not include the year (2016) in the sentence because the sentence starting "From 2014 to 2016..." and one of the edit requests above already seeks to clarify that SharpVue Capital was established in 2016. I don't think there's a need to mention "2016" three times in a row, but I understand that's ultimately for editors to decide.

Thanks to the editors who help with these requests. AnnaUNC (talk) 16:30, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Done Added to both his page and the list for the award recipients page. Encoded  Talk 💬 19:30, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Photo suggestion

Hi again, editors! I noticed the article has two photos of Lee Roberts from the same appearance. The Infobox image is not a crop of the classroom photo in the UNC Chapel Hill section, but the angles and his poses are very similar. I would like to suggest replacing the classroom photo in the UNC Chapel Hill section with the Infobox image, then replacing the current Infobox image with File:Lee H. Roberts UNCCH.jpg. This would show Lee Roberts at two different appearances and there would be no need to change the captions. Thanks again to editors considering these requests. AnnaUNC (talk) 20:22, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Done Encoded  Talk 💬 19:24, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Sources

Editors, I'd like to start a discussion about some of the sources used in the article. The UNC Chapel Hill section of this article is heavily reliant on the student publication The Daily Tar Heel, and two of the sources (#11 and #12) are clearly marked as op-eds. Can op-eds published by student newspapers be used on Wikipedia? I am also not sure if sources like The Assembly and NC Newsline, Instagram, and Fox News should be used as sources.

I think parts of this section may need to be rewritten using higher quality news sources. A few paragraphs are particularly problematic. I would like to start by asking editors to remove the following text:

• Two photoshopped images depicting Lee Roberts in a confederate army uniform standing in front of a confederate flag were taped to the doors of the South Building. A handwritten poster on the doors contained the words, "Lee Roberts is a pig. On a monumental & historic day, our chancellor has shown his true colors. Rather than support the student body, he supports genocide. He shuts down the Campus Y, brutalizes peaceful protestors on a power trip, & becomes a symbol of hate, tyranny, & oppression. His despicable actions humiliate our school, its students, & its values. In no world is he fit to lead. F--- Lee Roberts & everything he stands for." Another protestor wrote "Lee Roberts is a fascist" in black marker on the window of the building.

References

The sources are Instagram, a local news source that only says "Red handprints were seen on the South Building with photos of Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts", and Fox News. Given the passing mention and WP:FOXNEWSPOLITICS, this lengthy quote here (which isn't actually published by any of the sources) seems inappropriate. Can editors remove the paragraph and other text and sources that are not suitable for adding facts? I plan to point out a couple other concerning sources.

Thank you, AnnaUNC (talk) 20:28, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Partly done Op-eds can be used on Wikipedia for facts, not opinions. In this case I believe they refer to facts and are therefore acceptable. Instagram & Fox News are not an RS and has been removed. I also found a large portion of unsourced quotes and texts that I have removed.

However, there are well sourced sections that should be retained. I've also added Robert's response to the protests to give it a more balanced tone. Encoded  Talk 💬 19:47, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Requests for "During chancellorship" section

Hi again, editors! I am back with a request to add a few sentences about his chancellorship to the Lee_H._Roberts#During_chancellorship section. Following are four suggested updates, based on The Assembly, which is already used as a source under References, and The News & Observer, which is a daily newspaper:

• As chancellor, Roberts has identified four main priorities: enrollment growth, campus master planning, applied sciences, and artificial intelligence. He has led initiatives to expand student enrollment and advance development of Carolina North, a 250-acre site for new academic and athletic facilities.
• In 2025, the University announced plans to reduce approximately $70 million in expenses (roughly 2 percent of its operating budget) over the next two fiscal years in anticipation of decreased federal and state funding.
• Faculty members interviewed by The Assembly, including both those who have worked directly with Roberts and outside observers, have said Roberts has shown an ability to manage the varied interests of higher education and a readiness to listen to differing perspectives. Roberts's leadership style has been characterized as steady and business-focused, with a goal of positioning UNC–Chapel Hill among the nation's leading public universities.
• During protests on campus, demonstrators later withdrew their earlier agreement to adhere to University policies.

References

The purpose of this request is to add facts and perspectives that are currently missing. Thanks again, editors, for considering these requests. AnnaUNC (talk) 15:45, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

Not done: A majority of the requested changes are currently written in a promotional tone. Please review WP:Neutral point of view and ensure you follow this before submitting any edit requests. Mustbeotherwise (talk) 02:08, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Event suggestion for "During chancellorship" section

Hi editors! I am back with a request to add an event that took place on campus while Roberts was serving as interim Chancellor. This would fall under the Lee_H._Roberts#During_chancellorship section.

On Tuesday, April 30, Pro-Palestinian protesters removed the American flag from UNC-Chapel Hill's quad on Tuesday afternoon and replaced it with the Palestinian flag. Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts responded by walking out to the quad and helping to restore the U.S. flag to its position on the central campus flagpole. However, not long after the U.S. flag had been restored, a decision was made to take it back down. The flag was then folded and taken away for safekeeping, and many of the protesters who had gathered around the area dispersed.

References

The purpose of this request is to add a missing event that garnered national attention. Thanks again, editors, for considering this request. AnnaUNC (talk) 18:46, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Edit request reply 23-MAY-2026

  Edit request declined  

• The proposed text tells only part of the story. After Roberts walked the flag out and oversaw it being placed back onto the pole, it was once again removed. According to the ABC source provided by the COI editor: "Not long after the U.S. flag had been restored, a decision was made to take it back down. This time it was folded into its traditional triangle shape and taken away for safekeeping. The flag pole on UNC's quad was then left empty and many of the protesters who had gathered around the area dispersed."
• If the COI editor wishes, they are welcome to re-submit this request with the missing elements restored. If that be the case, kindly change the {{Edit COI}} template's answer parameter to read from |ans=y to |ans=n.

Regards,  Spintendo  17:36, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! I just edited the request and included that information for your review. AnnaUNC (talk) 19:20, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Colleen Hardwick

Formal Request for Corrections: BLP, NPOV, and Weight Issues

This LLM-generated text has been collapsed and should be excluded from assessments of consensus.

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

I am submitting a formal request to correct several issues in this article that currently violate WP:BLP (Biographies of Living Persons), WP:NPOV (Neutral Point of View), and WP:WEIGHT.

The current version of the article contains factual errors, editorialized language, and structural imbalances that misrepresent the subject's career and public record. Please address the following six points:

1. Inaccurate Professional Designation (Lede)

• Current Text: Describes the subject as a "filmmaker."
• Correction Required: Change to "media executive and producer."
• Rationale: "Filmmaker" is an ambiguous term. The subject’s career was as a Producer (Source: IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638867/#producer) and Executive (e.g. Business in Vancouver, “Influential Women in Business", 2009, https://www.biv.com/news/previous-influential-women-in-business-award-winne-8235680). Defining the subject primarily as a politician misrepresents the timeline; her political career began in 2018, following a 30-year career in media and technology.

2. Editorialized Framing: MovieSet Inc. (WP:BLP)

• Current Text: States the company "did not succeed."
• Correction Required: Replace subjective phrasing with neutral fact: "The company raised Series A venture capital but ceased operations in 2011."
• Rationale: The phrase "did not succeed" is editorial opinion that implies personal failure rather than corporate dissolution. The company was notable for raising Series A capital (source: Fasken, https://www.fasken.com/en/solution/clientwork/2008/07/movieset-raises-us$3,-d-,5-million-financing ; VentureBeat, https://venturebeat.com/entrepreneur/movie-set-inc-piles-15-million-more-for-total-5-million-in-series-a-funding/) and winning the 2006 Marshall McLuhan Award. It was wound down following the 2008 financial crisis. Per WP:NPOV, articles should state facts (ceased operations), not judgments (did not succeed).

3. Editorializing: "Argued without evidence" (WP:NPOV)

• Current Text:"She has argued without evidence that upzonings... have greatly exacerbated... affordability crisis."
• Correction Required: Attribute the view. "She has argued, citing urban planners such as Patrick Condon, that upzoning exacerbates affordability..."
• Rationale: The phrase "without evidence" is editorial analysis. The subject cites specific academic sources such as Patrick Condon from UBC (source: The Tyee, https://www.thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/20/Needed-Housing-Local-Democracy/; Spacing, https://spacing.ca/vancouver/2024/03/25/can-we-build-needed-housing-while-preserving-local-democracy/) and municipal data. Wikipedia editors may not agree with those sources, but stating the subject presents no evidence is a violation of WP:NPOV.

4. Misrepresentation of Fiscal Argument (WP:FAILEDVERIFICATION / WP:NPOV)

• Current Text:"She has argued that increased tax revenue through boosted housing supply is akin to a Ponzi scheme."
• Correction Required: Change to: "She has argued that the City's reliance on development growth to fund capital budgets is akin to a Ponzi scheme."
• Rationale: The current text misquotes the source material to imply a general opposition to tax revenue. The source cited (Daily Hive, Oct 14, 2022) quotes Hardwick explicitly discussing the City's restructuring of its "financial business model" to rely on "generating more housing as its revenue source" for capital projects. She likens this specific dependency—not "increased tax revenue" in general—to a Ponzi scheme.
• Source: Daily Hive, "Why TEAM's Colleen Hardwick takes issue with the 'housing supply' solution for affordability", Oct 14, 2022. (Link: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/why-teams-colleen-hardwick-takes-issue-with-the-housing-supply-solution-for-affordability)
• Quote from Source:"She takes issue with the municipal government being addicted to generating more housing as its revenue source... She likens the City’s financial business model as a 'Ponzi scheme' to extract as much revenue as possible."

5. WP:SYNTH Violation: MST Development/Reconciliation

• Current Text: Juxtaposes a question regarding design ("Indigenous ways of being with 18-storey high-rises") with her affirmative vote.
• Correction Required: Remove the editorial synthesis or neutrally report the vote: "In 2022, Hardwick voted in favour of the MST Development Corporation's rezoning."
• Rationale: Hardwick voted IN FAVOUR of the project (Source: Daily Hive, https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/heather-lands-vancouver-rezoning-approved-mst-development-first-nations). Framing a standard planning question about design form as contradictory to a final vote creates a false narrative of "anti-reconciliation" not supported by the voting record.

6. Undue Weight: Omission of Legislative Achievements

• Current Text: The article dedicates disproportionate space to housing controversies while limiting her primary legislative achievement (The Auditor General) to a single sentence.
• Correction Required: Expand the section on the Auditor General to reflect that she successfully secured its establishment.
• Rationale: (Source: CBC News, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-auditor-general-office-2019-1.5334579; Vancouver Sun, https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/vancouvers-first-auditor-general-to-provide-another-set-of-eyes-on-city-hall ; BC Business, https://www.bcbusiness.ca/Does-Vancouver-need-its-own-auditor-general) WP:WEIGHT requires that an article fairly represent the significance of the subject's achievements.

I request that these points be addressed based on the burden of proof required by WP:ONUS for the inclusion of contentious, negative, or editorialized material.

Stanigator (talk) 17:35, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Regarding the recent revert by @Thenightaway:

I note that my corrections regarding the subject's business career (MovieSet/Fasken citations) were accepted, but the correction regarding the fiscal policy quote was reverted with the summary "revert COI account."

WP:BLP violations and factual errors must be corrected regardless of the editor's status. The current text in the article claims the subject called "tax revenue" a "Ponzi scheme." This is a demonstrable misrepresentation of the cited source.

The Evidence:

• Article Text:"She has argued that increased tax revenue... is akin to a Ponzi scheme."
• The Source (Daily Hive):"She takes issue with the municipal government being addicted to generating more housing as its revenue source... She likens the City’s financial business model as a 'Ponzi scheme'..." (Source: Daily Hive, Oct 14 2022).

The subject was critiquing a specific municipal business model (reliance on development fees/CACs for capital projects), not general taxation.

I am requesting that a neutral editor review the Daily Hive source and restore the correction to verify the text against the citation. Stanigator (talk) 02:43, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Forgot to add the tag below.

{{request edit}}

Regarding the recent revert by @Thenightaway:

I note that my corrections regarding the subject's business career (MovieSet/Fasken citations) were accepted, but the correction regarding the fiscal policy quote was reverted with the summary "revert COI account."

WP:BLP violations and factual errors must be corrected regardless of the editor's status. The current text in the article claims the subject called "tax revenue" a "Ponzi scheme." This is a demonstrable misrepresentation of the cited source.

The Evidence:

• Article Text:"She has argued that increased tax revenue... is akin to a Ponzi scheme."
• The Source (Daily Hive):"She takes issue with the municipal government being addicted to generating more housing as its revenue source... She likens the City’s financial business model as a 'Ponzi scheme'..." (Source: Daily Hive, Oct 14 2022).

The subject was critiquing a specific municipal business model (reliance on development fees/CACs for capital projects), not general taxation.

I am requesting that a neutral editor review the Daily Hive source and restore the correction to verify the text against the citation.

Stanigator (talk) 02:44, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Forgot to add the tag below.

Regarding the recent revert by @Thenightaway:

I note that my corrections regarding the subject's business career (MovieSet/Fasken citations) were accepted, but the correction regarding the fiscal policy quote was reverted with the summary "revert COI account."

WP:BLP violations and factual errors must be corrected regardless of the editor's status. The current text in the article claims the subject called "tax revenue" a "Ponzi scheme." This is a demonstrable misrepresentation of the cited source.

The Evidence:

• Article Text:"She has argued that increased tax revenue... is akin to a Ponzi scheme."
• The Source (Daily Hive):"She takes issue with the municipal government being addicted to generating more housing as its revenue source... She likens the City’s financial business model as a 'Ponzi scheme'..." (Source: Daily Hive, Oct 14 2022).

The subject was critiquing a specific municipal business model (reliance on development fees/CACs for capital projects), not general taxation.

I am requesting that a neutral editor review the Daily Hive source and restore the correction to verify the text against the citation.

Stanigator (talk) 02:48, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

Here from BLP/N. I reviewed this and removed the word "tax". Fences&Windows 00:41, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

This request seems to have been filled in February 2026. I am closing it. Fiske (talk) 18:39, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm actually behind in reviewing a draft to be filled in the sandbox for review. Please advise on next steps. Stanigator (talk) 18:47, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm ready to move from my sandbox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stanigator/sandbox/Colleen_Hardwick) to the Drafts page in order to address the editorializing along with the missing items in the original article. If I don't hear back by the end of the week, I will go ahead and make the move. Stanigator (talk) 15:54, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

I wanted to correct the record, and I will wait until May 5, but I will make an edit request using the sandbox as the basis for the request. Stanigator (talk) 19:11, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi everyone. I’ve put together a proposed update for this article in my sandbox here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stanigator/sandbox/Colleen_Hardwick

I am requesting an independent review to implement this because I have a Conflict of Interest (I have been in contact with the subject to verify some factual details and help secure the rights for her photo). Because of this COI, I want to follow the rules strictly and not overwrite the live article myself (and I don't want to invite another edit war).

Here are the main changes I have made in the draft.

- Adding the missing 2005 election results when the subject went by a different name prior to a divorce

- Adding missing, well-sourced context to her biography and political record (specifically regarding housing data and her final vote on the MST development) to ensure a more Neutral Point of View (NPOV) than what it is right now (there's a lot of editorializing that the quoted articles did not communicate).

I would really appreciate it if an experienced editor could take a look at the sandbox draft. If it meets community standards, please feel free to move it over to the live article. Happy to answer any questions about the sources used. Thanks! Stanigator (talk) 03:56, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

 Not done per WP:NEWLLM. I'm not wading through a mass of LLM slop. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 05:23, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

The article itself wasn't done with AI. Stanigator (talk) 05:36, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

The article is a promotional mess, and the wanton LLM use here and there doesn't inspire confidence that it wasn't used. There are sources attached to statements that don't even remotely back up those statements. This is not what Wikipedia is for. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 06:17, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Should I delete/archive this thread and create a new one summarizing what was done in the sandbox? Stanigator (talk) 06:19, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

For others in this thread, Stanigator disclosed in the WP:DISCORD that they've had personal communication with Hardwick, but I suspect it goes beyond that. The draft rewrite of this article they've proposed reads overtly complimentary, like a resume. grapesurgeon (talk) 06:51, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

False implication regarding Indigenous-led development

Hello everyone. I am Colleen Hardwick, the subject of this article. I want to respect Wikipedia's rules about conflict of interest, so I am not editing the article myself. I have put together missing details and factual corrections that I am hoping volunteer editors would be willing to review and add to the page for me.

The section about the MST Development Corporation's Heather Lands project is written in a way that implies I opposed an Indigenous-led project for inappropriate reasons. This is completely false and highly damaging to my reputation. I, as the city’s representative of Vancouver Heritage Commission, acted to protect heritage buildings before voting in favor of the project as the public record shows.

• Proposed fix: Please change this to state the facts neutrally: "Regarding MST Development Corporation's Heather Lands project, Hardwick opposed the potential demolition of the Fairmont Academy heritage building."
• Sources:
  • https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/heather-lands-vancouver-rezoning-approved-mst-development-first-nations
  • https://www.biv.com/news/real-estate/ex-mounties-want-fairmont-heritage-building-saved-officers-ashes-under-flagpole-8267899
  • https://macleans.ca/society/senakw-vancouver/

Colleen Hardwick (talk) 17:31, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Reply 25-JUN-2026

  Item removed  

• I removed the phrase Hardwick questioned the suitably [sic] of the height of the buildings as this was not confirmed by the source and was ungrammatical.

Regards,  Spintendo  19:42, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Section heading “Stance on Housing” is misleading

The section heading implies that the paragraphs to follow deal with my views on housing, when they actually deal with my views on the effects of upzoning on affordability.

• Proposed fix: Change “Stance on Housing” to “Stance on upzoning”
• Sources: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/colleen-hardwick-vancouver-housing-supply

Summary: Correction on the section heading "Stance on Housing" to reflect my actual views Colleen Hardwick (talk) 17:54, 21 June 2026 (UTC)

Reply 25-JUN-2026

  Edit request implemented  

• The heading was adjusted to account for both subjects.

Regards,  Spintendo  19:42, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Editorializing that I argue "without evidence"

The article currently states that I oppose increases in housing supply. This is false and consequently unsupported. It states I have argued "without evidence" that density exacerbates housing affordability. "Without evidence" is the editor and source writer’s personal opinion, not a neutral fact. My positions are heavily based on data, specifically the criticisms of upzoning inflating land values without the justifying data. I also made repeated requests and motions for data from the city to justify the land upzoning push.

In the news article cited, this statement precedes the Ponzi scheme quote and provides context: “In the process of encouraging more residential development to pay for growth, she believes the use of rezoning tools and density-catalyzing area plans by consecutive City Councils has greatly exacerbated Vancouver’s housing affordability crisis by pushing land values upwards.” That is what I believe and is a fair statement.

• Proposed fix: Please remove the false statement that I oppose increases in housing supply. Replace it with “Hardwick opposes upzoning which inflates land value.” Please remove the subjective phrase "without evidence" so the sentence is neutral. If anything, this quote fully reflected what I said: “In the process of encouraging more residential development to pay for growth, she believes the use of rezoning tools and density-catalyzing area plans by consecutive City Councils has greatly exacerbated Vancouver’s housing affordability crisis by pushing land values upwards.”
• Sources:
  • https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/colleen-hardwick-vancouver-housing-supply

Colleen Hardwick (talk) 17:07, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Requesting review of significantly expanded EFF article

Hi. I'm Allison and I work at EFF. The previous article about EFF was lacking key information about the last 15 years of the organization's history. I have a comprehensive rewrite that uses reliable sources to fill in the gaps and improve the overall quality of the article. You can find it here: User:AllisonEFF/sandbox.

Thank you so much for this review. AllisonEFF (talk) 21:34, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Comment: @AllisonEFF, I appreciate the work you've put in to your rewrite, but it's extremely difficult for another editor to identify what has changed, other than doing a word-by-word comparison of two side-by-side browser tabs which is not a reasonable ask. Your version almost doubles the number of citations, each of which the reviewing editor will need to check. You're more likely to get successful updates to the article by breaking your requests down into more manageable chunks, using a change X to Y format (with the relevant sources).

Tip: you might find it useful to use Template:Text diff in your requests. Schazjmd (talk) 21:51, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Hiya Alison!- I can take a look at your edits and review what makes sense to include! I agree with User:Schazjmd, it is much easier to review change-by-change, but I'll try to take a look at your edits and see if anything immediately stands out. pauliesnug ^{(message / contribs)} 22:03, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

[Overall diff for reference] pauliesnug ^{(message / contribs)} 22:08, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

How handy, @Pauliesnug, I didn't know about that tool. Thanks! Schazjmd (talk) 22:12, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Of course! In this case the diff algorithm seems to have gotten a bit overwhelmed haha, but it's a pretty awesome tool. pauliesnug ^{(message / contribs)} 22:19, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Since you're here, would you be able to contribute a freely-licensed photo of Nicole Ozer? Funcrunch (talk) 22:08, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Changelog: Thanks for the quick replies! I have prepared a detailed xyz changelog, which shows what happens to 36 specific parts of the text from the original to the revised draft. You can see that changelog here: User:AllisonEFF/sandbox/diff. This should allow you to verify every change, including what was altered or removed and why, with sources and reasons. Take good care, AllisonEFF (talk) 17:22, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Good work. Glancing over it, it looks fairly well researched and presented. I'll see if I can throw in some edits over the next few days to help out. I appreciate the effort. ShadowLancer (talk) 12:20, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Walnut Creek CDROM

COI edit request: add Bethany Bible CD-ROM as a Walnut Creek CDROM publication

I would like to propose a brief sourced addition to the Walnut Creek CDROM article. The current article mentions several examples of Walnut Creek CDROM's freeware/shareware and archive-based CD-ROM publishing. I believe a short mention of the 1996 Bethany Bible CD-ROM may help document the company's topical shareware collections beyond its better-known Unix, DOS, Windows, and game archives.

Disclosure: I am Robert Woeger and have a historical connection to the Bethany Bible CD-ROM. Because of that connection, I am not adding this directly to the article and am requesting review by uninvolved editors for neutrality, sourcing, and due weight.

Suggested placement: In the "History" section, near the paragraph that discusses early products such as Simtel, CICA, Aminet, and Project Gutenberg.

Proposed text:

Walnut Creek CDROM also published topical shareware collections outside its better-known Unix, DOS, Windows, and game archives. One example was the 1996 Bethany Bible CD-ROM, which appeared in Walnut Creek CDROM's Winter 1996–1997 catalog as an educational title priced at $39.95 with ISBN 1-57176-166-7."Walnut Creek CDROM Winter 1996–1997 Catalog" (PDF). Walnut Creek CDROM. Winter 1996–1997. Retrieved June 10, 2026. The catalog described the disc as containing more than 1,200 Bible-related shareware programs and files covering Christianity and Judaism, including Bible search programs, Bible translations, Bible games, educational programs, and Bible study utilities."Walnut Creek CDROM Winter 1996–1997 Catalog" (PDF). Walnut Creek CDROM. Winter 1996–1997. Retrieved June 10, 2026. A preserved mirror of the Walnut Creek CDROM FTP archive includes an index page for the Bethany Bible CDROM under ftp.cdrom.com/pub/cdrom/cdroms/bible/."Bethany Bible CDROM index". The UK Mirror Service mirror of ftp.cdrom.com. Retrieved June 10, 2026.

Thank you for reviewing this request. I welcome any trimming, rewording, or source evaluation by uninvolved editors.

RobertWoeger (talk) 12:44, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Reply 26-JUN-2026

  Edit request declined  

• Per WP:NOTCATALOG.

Regards,  Spintendo  15:59, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Narrower COI edit request about catalog range

I would like to request reconsideration of a much narrower version of my previous COI edit request. The earlier request was declined under WP:NOTCATALOG, and I understand why: it included catalog-style details such as price, ISBN, product contents, and FTP mirror information. I am no longer requesting inclusion of those details.

Disclosure: I am Robert Woeger and have a historical connection to the Bethany Bible CD-ROM. Because of that connection, I am not editing the article directly and am asking uninvolved editors to evaluate whether this narrower wording is appropriate.

Suggested placement: In the History section, after the sentence that currently mentions Simtel, CICA, Aminet, and Project Gutenberg.

Proposed text:

In addition to operating-system and software-archive releases, Walnut Creek CDROM also sold educational and topical reference collections; its Winter 1996–1997 catalog listed titles such as Project Gutenberg, Internet Info, and Bethany Bible under its educational/reference offerings.Walnut Creek CDROM Winter/1996–1997 Catalog (PDF). Walnut Creek CDROM. Winter 1996–1997. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 27 June 2026 – via KRFOSS mirror.

Reason for change: The current article already gives examples of Walnut Creek CDROM’s better-known software, operating-system, and archive publications. This single sentence is intended only to summarize the broader range of the company’s catalog, not to create a product listing or add promotional product details. I have intentionally omitted price, ISBN, contents, and mirror-directory information to address the WP:NOTCATALOG concern.

If editors still consider this undue or too catalog-like, I am fully open to leaving it out or to any more neutral wording. RobertWoeger (talk) 16:18, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

Joshua Kurlantzick

This is incorrect

He has also served as a columnist for Time, a special correspondent for The New Republic, a senior correspondent for American Prospect, and a contributing writer for Mother Jones.

This is not correct. I was a writer for the Bangkok Post, Agence France Presse, U.S. News and World Report, then the Foreign Editor of the New Republic. https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/fa/fa_julaug04/fa_julaug04l.html

Joshua Kurlantzick worked as a staff writer covering international economics and trade for U.S. News & World Report from January 2001 to May 2002. His reporting frequently analyzed global trade, labor disputes, and international markets. [1, 2, 3, 4] While a complete, exhaustive database of his daily 2001 dispatches is no longer maintained on a single active portal, indexed issues of the magazine from that year (such as Vol. 130) feature his coverage. To explore the archives of his articles from this period, you can access back issues through the U.S. News & World Report main portal or track his historical reporting via libraries utilizing the EBSCOhost periodical databases Jkurlant (talk) 03:00, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

• What I think should be changed:
• Why it should be changed:
• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

Jkurlant (talk) 03:04, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

References

This bio is out of date:

Joshua Kurlantzick is Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, not Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia: https://www.cfr.org/experts/joshua-kurlantzick

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

• Why it should be changed:

Jkurlant (talk) 03:06, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

References

The authorship page is badly out of date:

It reads Kurlantzick is the author of Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power Is Transforming the World, which was nominated for the Council on Foreign Relations's 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award. In December 2022, Kurlantzick published Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China's Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World. In the book, Kurlantzick analyses China's use of disinformation campaigns, state media and digital infrastructure.

This is not accurate. This is not a full list of book authorship. Here are the books published:

Charm Offensive: How China's Soft Power Is Transforming the World (2007-08) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300136289/charm-offensive/

The Ideal Man: The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War (2011) https://turnerpublishing.com/products/the-ideal-man-the-tragedy-of-jim-thompson-and-the-american-way-of-war?srsltid=AfmBOoqBOewH8hCtYVzs8t4NLXyLhtY79fEGvCJHtxejuz8k_32WT4je

Democracy in Retreat: The Revolt of the Middle Class and the Worldwide Decline in Representative Government (2013): https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300205800/democracy-in-retreat/

State Capitalism: How the Return of Statism is Transforming the World (2016): https://global.oup.com/academic/product/state-capitalism-9780199385706

A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA (2017): https://www.simonandschuster.net/books/A-Great-Place-to-Have-a-War/Joshua-Kurlantzick/9781451667882

Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China's Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World (2022): https://global.oup.com/academic/product/beijings-global-media-offensive-9780197515761?cc=us&lang=en&

Scott Herndon

Joshna Fernando

Factual corrections regarding photo and family

Dear Wikipedia Editors,

I am writing to formally request two corrections to the article about me, Joshna Fernando, to address recent inaccurate changes and formatting regressions.

1. Infobox Image Update: I previously uploaded a high-quality, updated profile photo of myself to Wikimedia Commons (File:Joshna Fernando Profile.jpg) under a free license. An editor reverted this back to an older image, citing an "infobox fix." I request that the current image be replaced with the updated 2024 profile image.

Please format the infobox to use the following file:

Joshna Fernando in 2024

2. Brother-in-Law Name Correction: Under the "Early life" section, it incorrectly states that my uncle is the "mother-in-law to Tamil actor Jayam Ravi." Beyond the grammatical error, the actor officially changed his screen name back to his birth name, Ravi Mohan, in January 2025.

Please update the sentence to accurately reflect his relationship and name as Ravi Mohan, and link it to his page: Ravi Mohan.

Sources verifying his name change:

• Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/jayam-ravi-changes-his-name-to-his-birth-name-ravi-mohan/articleshow/117207449.cms

Thank you for helping keep this biography accurate and compliant with BLP guidelines. ~2026-37108-90 (talk) 09:24, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Discrete rate simulation

Edit request: add History section

I am Andrew Siprelle, founder of: - Simulation Dynamics, Inc. (SDI), and - ChiAha, Inc. I am the originator of the discrete rate simulation technique. I have a conflict of interest with this article and am submitting this edit request rather than editing directly per WP:COI.

The article currently does not describe the origin or history of the technique. I propose adding a "History" section between the lead and "Areas of application", with the following text. All claims are supported by published, peer-reviewed sources.

History

The discrete rate simulation paradigm was introduced by Andrew Siprelle in 1990 to address the limitations of conventional discrete event simulation in modeling high-speed continuous-process and bulk-flow manufacturing systems, where unit-by-unit event tracking is computationally prohibitive and dynamically inaccurate. The first peer-reviewed publication of the technique appeared at the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference under the title Modeling a Bulk Manufacturing System Using Extend.

The methodology was developed across a series of further Winter Simulation Conference papers through the late 1990s and early 2000s — including the 2002 Non-Item Based Discrete-Event Simulation Tools — and a 2016 Springer chapter comparing it head-to-head with conventional discrete event simulation. In 2020, the technique's accuracy was independently assessed in a Winter Simulation Conference paper by Tom Lange (formerly Director of Modeling and Simulation, Procter & Gamble Corporate R&D) and J. Fischel, which reported validation within 1% [[Overall equipment effectiveness|overall equipment effectiveness]] on real production lines.

I have not edited the article directly. Please review and apply if appropriate. Thank you.

— Andrew Siprelle (Sir Prelle (talk) 11:59, 5 June 2026 (UTC))

Sir Prelle (talk) 11:59, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Reply 24-JUN-2026

  Edit request declined  

• As the proposed claims concern being the "originator" of this techique, we're going to require sources that are not written by the individual making the claim.

Regards,  Spintendo  06:13, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the review — understood, and I agree that per WP:SELFPUB a priority claim should not rest on my own publications. Below are independent, peer-reviewed sources authored by the commercial ExtendSim vendor (Imagine That Inc.), with no connection to me, that attribute the origin of the technique:

1. Damiron, C. and D. Krahl. 2014. "A Global Approach for Discrete Rate Simulation."

Proc. 2014 Winter Simulation Conference, §2.2: "The first generation DRS tool was developed in the early 1990's when it was recognized that a new simulation methodology was needed (Siprelle and Parsons 1995). Termed 'discrete rate simulation' (Siprelle et al. 1999), this new architecture utilized the discrete event clock but moved flow through the system at rates that maintained mass balance."

2. Damiron, C. and A. Nastasi. 2008. "Discrete Rate Simulation Using Linear

Programming." Proc. 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, p. 740: "The first generation DRS technology was introduced by Simulation Dynamics Inc. in 1997 (Siprelle, Phelps 1997). Taking lessons learned from this ground-breaking technology, a second generation DRS technology has now been developed and is incorporated in the Rate library of the ExtendSim AT and Suite packages."

Given these independent sources, I propose the following neutral History section, worded to track only what those sources state:

== History ==

Discrete rate simulation was developed in the early 1990s at Simulation Dynamics, Inc. by Andrew Siprelle and colleagues. The methodology retains the discrete-event clock while moving flow through a system at rates that maintain mass balance; it was first published at the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference, and the term "discrete rate simulation" was established in the authors' subsequent work. The commercial ExtendSim vendor, Imagine That Inc., later described this "first generation" technology as "ground-breaking" and built a second-generation, linear-programming- based implementation upon it.

I have not edited the article directly. Please review and apply if appropriate. Thank you. — Andrew Siprelle (~~~~) Sir Prelle (talk) 19:23, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Funding Circle

Minor page corrections from Funding Circle

For full disclosure, I work at Funding Circle and lead the communications team. I noticed there are a small number of factual inaccuracies on the Funding Circle Wikipedia page and wanted to suggest that these are corrected. This includes the following:

Andrew Learoyd is listed as Chairman. Andrew has since been replaced by Ken Stannard. https://www.ajbell.co.uk/news/articles/brief-funding-circle-hires-former-cabot-credit-ceo-be-chair In December 2024, Funding Circle announced his upcoming appointment as Chair Designate. In Jan 2025, he formally joined the board as a Non-Executive Director to begin a transition period. In May 2025, he officially took over the role of Chair immediately following the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM), succeeding Andrew Learoyd, who had served as chair since 2016.

Under the partnerships section - sources 37 and 38 are generating a page not found link. These could be updated to: April 2025 partnership with Bayview: https://corporate.fundingcircle.com/media/newsroom/funding-circle-and-bayview-extend-funding-partnership-surpassing-1-billion-in-total-funding-with-jp-morgan-and-citi-backed-credit-facilities February 2024 partnership with Barclays: https://corporate.fundingcircle.com/media/newsroom/funding-circle-announces-newest-lending-partnership-with-barclays-bank-and-tpg-angelo-gordon

There are some more recent partnership announcements which you may also want to include: April 2026: https://corporate.fundingcircle.com/media/newsroom/funding-circle-renews-funding-agreement-to-support-flexipay-growth February 2026: https://corporate.fundingcircle.com/media/newsroom/funding-circle-strengthens-partnership-with-waterfall-asset-management-through-a-new-700-million-deal September 2025: https://corporate.fundingcircle.com/media/newsroom/funding-circle-extends-strategic-partnership-with-tpg-angelo-gordon-and-barclays-through-300-million-forward-flow-deal July 2025: https://corporate.fundingcircle.com/media/newsroom/funding-circle-closes-a-200-million-forward-flow-agreement-with-deutsche-bank-to-bolster-support-for-uk-small-businesses

In the intro section you may also want to update the latest lending figures: Page currently says: As of 2024, Funding Circle has facilitated over £15 billion in loans. Latest update: As of 2025, Funding Circle has extended more than £17 billion in credit to over 125,000 small businesses. Link here: https://corporate.fundingcircle.com/media/newsroom/full-year-2025-results

I'd be grateful if it is possible to make these factual corrections to the page? I look forward to hearing from you and please let me know if you need anything else from me or if this is not the appropriate form of engagement.

Many thanks Abi Abi FC (talk) 21:35, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Reply 20-JUN-2026

  Unable to review  

• Your edit request could not be reviewed because the provided references are not formatted correctly. The citation style predominantly used by the Funding Circle article is Citation Style 1 (CS1). The citation style used in the edit request consists of bare URL's. Any requested edit of yours which may be implemented will need to resemble the current style already in use in the article – in this case, CS1. (See WP:CITEVAR.) In the extended section below titled Citation style, I have illustrated two examples: one showing how the edit request was submitted, and another showing how requests should be submitted in the future:

Citation style

Bare URL reference formatting:

The Sun's diameter is 864,337 miles, while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles. The Sun's temperature is 5,778 Kelvin.

References

---

1. https://www.booksource.com
2. http://www.journalsource.com
3. http://www.websource.com

In the example above there are three URL's provided with the claim statements, but these URL's have not been placed using Citation Style 1, which is the style predominantly used by the Funding Circle article. Using that style, the WikiFormatted text should resemble the following:

Citation Style 1 formatting:

The Sun's diameter is 864,337 miles,<ref>{{cite book|no-tracking=true|last1=Sjöblad|first1=Tristan|title=The Sun|url=http://www.booksource.com|publisher=Academic Press|date=2020|page=1}}</ref> while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles.<ref>{{cite journal|no-tracking=true|last1=Harinath|first1=Prisha|title=Size of the Moon|journal=Science|issue=78|volume=51|url=http://www.journalsource.com|date=2020|page=46}}</ref> The Sun's temperature is 5,778 Kelvin.<ref>{{cite web|no-tracking=true|last1=Uemura|first1=Shu|title=The Sun's Heat|url=http://www.websource.com|publisher=Academic Press|date=2020|page=2}}</ref>

Which displays as:

The Sun's diameter is 864,337 miles, while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles. The Sun's temperature is 5,778 Kelvin.

References

---

In the example above the references have been formatted according to Citation Style 1, which shows the author, the source's name, date, etc., all information which is lost when only the links are provided. As Wikipedia is a volunteer project, edit requests such as yours are generally expected to have this formatting done before the request is submitted for review.

• Kindly resubmit the edit request below at your earliest convenience, taking care to ensure that it makes use of CS1. If you have any questions about this formatting please don't hesitate to ask myself or another editor.

Regards,  Spintendo  03:09, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

References

Minor page corrections from Funding Circle (CS1)

Thank you for coming back to me on the formatting requirements. I have reformatted the previous request using Citation Style 1 (CS1) as requested.

1. Chair position

Ken Stannard was appointed Chair of Funding Circle at the company's Annual General Meeting in May 2025. Ken has 30 years’ experience in credit, lending and payments, having held senior executive roles at Lloyds Banking Group, Capital One and American Express, and most recently as CEO of Cabot Credit Management.

2. Partnerships section – replacing broken sources 37 and 38

In February 2024, Funding Circle formed a lending partnership with Barclays Bank and TPG Angelo Gordon, aiming to deploy up to £300 million to UK small businesses through its platform.

In April 2025, Funding Circle extended its partnership with Bayview Asset Management, LLC, surpassing £1 billion in total funding.

3. Further additions to partnerships section

In July 2025, Funding Circle announced a £200 million forward flow agreement with long-standing partner Deutsche Bank.

In September 2025, Funding Circle announced a £300 million forward flow agreement with TPG Angelo Gordon and Barclays.

In February 2026, Funding Circle announced a forward flow commitment with Waterfall Asset Management and Citi for £700 million.

In April 2026, Funding Circle renewed it's £320 million funding facility for FlexiPay.

4. Updated lending figures (introduction) As of 31 December 2025, Funding Circle has extended more than £17 billion in credit to over 125,000 small businesses.

Many thanks again for your patience and guidance on the correct format. I hope that I've correctly understood the required style - many thanks. Abi FC (talk) 19:22, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

ARC Document Solutions

Paid COI edit request: update outdated company status and sourcing

Disclosure: I have a paid conflict of interest. TLG Marketing is working on behalf of ARC / RIOT under a paid engagement. This request is intended to correct outdated factual information about ARC Document Solutions. I am not asking that maintenance templates be removed, and independent editors are welcome to modify, shorten, decline, or otherwise improve the wording below.

Requested changes:

• Change the short description from "Republic trade company" to a neutral description such as "American document solutions company".
• Update the lead and infobox so the article no longer describes ARC as a current publicly traded company.
• State, with SEC sourcing, that ARC became a wholly owned subsidiary of TechPrint Holdings, LLC after the merger completed on November 22, 2024.
• Move NYSE, IPO, ticker, and delisting information into historical context.
• Remove active NYSE/Russell/public-company fields and active finance links that imply current public trading.
• Update the employee count from the stale 2019 figure to the latest located pre-acquisition SEC figure, or omit the field if editors prefer not to use pre-acquisition data.
• Remove or avoid unsupported promotional claims, including "largest company of its kind" and uncited recognition claims.
• Keep the existing maintenance templates in place unless uninvolved editors decide otherwise.
• Treat logo replacement as a separate issue. The current Commons logo appears to be a 2014 file, while ARC's official logo page asks users to use the current version and avoid older versions. A replacement should not be uploaded or used without a suitable license/permission path.

Main sources:

• SEC Form 8-K, November 22, 2024: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000114036124047571/ef20039068_8k.htm
• SEC Schedule 13E-3/A, November 22, 2024: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000114036124047577/ef20038986_sc13e3a.htm
• SEC Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 2023: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000130516824000025/arc-20231231.htm
• ARC official logo page for separate logo review: https://www.e-arc.com/arc-logos/

Proposed replacement wikitext:

ARC Document Solutions
Formerly
American Reprographics Company
Type
Subsidiary
Industry
Digital printing; document services
Headquarters
San Ramon, California, U.S.
Number of employees
Approximately 1,900 (2023)
Parent
TechPrint Holdings, LLC
Website
www.e-arc.com
ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (formerly American Reprographics Company) is an American document solutions company headquartered in San Ramon, California. The company provides digital printing, managed print services, scanning and digital imaging, document management technology, and related business document services. On November 22, 2024, ARC became a wholly owned subsidiary of TechPrint Holdings, LLC after completion of a merger transaction.




Paid COI edit request: update ARC logo





Disclosure: I have a paid conflict of interest. TLG Marketing is working on behalf of ARC / RIOT under a paid engagement.

I would like to politely request review of the logo used in the ARC Document Solutions infobox. The article currently uses the Commons file , which appears to be an older stacked lockup. ARC's current logo is shown on the company's official site here:

https://www.e-arc.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/arc-logo.png-1.webp

Related official logo page:

https://www.e-arc.com/arc-logos/

Requested change: if an uninvolved editor determines that the current logo can be used under the appropriate Wikipedia image policy and licensing/rationale, please replace the current infobox logo with the current ARC logo shown at the official source above. I am not uploading the file directly because I have a paid COI and understand that image licensing/non-free-use handling should be reviewed carefully. If a local non-free logo file is preferred, I defer to uninvolved editors on the correct filename, upload path, and rationale.

Thank you very much for reviewing. Lamontektlg (talk) 21:13, 5 July 2026 (UTC)




Narrow paid COI edit request: update public-company status





Disclosure: I have a paid conflict of interest. TLG Marketing is working on behalf of ARC / RIOT under a paid engagement.

This is a narrower request split from the broader request above. I am asking only for correction of current company-status language that appears to be outdated after the November 22, 2024 merger closing. I am not asking for promotional language, logo changes, service-description changes, employee-count changes, ranking/recognition additions, or removal of maintenance templates in this request.

Requested changes:
In the infobox, change `type = Public` to `type = Subsidiary`.
In the infobox, remove the current `traded_as` line showing active NYSE/Russell status, or otherwise mark the NYSE/ticker information as historical rather than current.
In the lead, replace the current statement that ARC "is a publicly traded company" with neutral current-status wording such as:
ARC Document Solutions, Inc. (formerly American Reprographics Company) is an American document solutions company headquartered in San Ramon, California. On November 22, 2024, TechPrint Holdings, LLC completed its acquisition of ARC, and ARC became a wholly owned subsidiary of TechPrint Holdings.<ref name="SEC8K2024">{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Current Report on Form 8-K |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000114036124047571/ef20039068_8k.htm |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=November 22, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2026}}</ref>
In the History section, retain the former NYSE listing only as historical context, for example:
ARC was formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ARC. Following completion of the TechPrint Holdings merger, NYSE trading of ARC common stock was suspended before the opening of trading on November 22, 2024, and ARC requested delisting and deregistration of its common stock.<ref name="SEC13E3A2024">{{cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Schedule 13E-3/A, Amendment No. 3 |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1305168/000114036124047577/ef20038986_sc13e3a.htm |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=November 22, 2024 |access-date=July 13, 2026}}</ref>

Source notes:
The SEC Form 8-K filed November 22, 2024 states that Parent completed the acquisition, that ARC became a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and that ARC notified the NYSE and requested suspension, delisting, and deregistration of its common stock.
The SEC Schedule 13E-3/A final amendment filed November 22, 2024 states that ARC survived the merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of TechPrint Holdings, LLC, and that NYSE trading was suspended before the open on November 22, 2024.

Thank you for reviewing. Please adjust the wording as needed for neutrality, article style, or source preference. Lamontektlg (talk) 23:14, 13 July 2026 (UTC)


 ← Previous page Next page→