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Tanner Ainge


Edit request from article subject (COI disclosure)

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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

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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

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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.[1] The firm manages approximately $630 million in assets.[1]

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.[2][3] In 2026, GCM Grosvenor became an anchor investor in Fund II as part of a strategic partnership.[1]

Banner's investments have included the carpet-cleaning franchisor Zerorez,[4] the asphalt-maintenance platform Western Pavement Services,[5] and the e-commerce firm Pattern Group, which filed for a U.S. initial public offering in 2025.[6]

3. Update the infobox photograph

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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

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[6] 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)

Telecommunications in Ukraine


COI edit request: early VoIP (UA-VoIX / IXC)

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Disclosure: I have a conflict of interest — I am associated with IXC (see User:Oleksiivinogradov). I am requesting this edit rather than making it directly.

Request: In the History section, please add the following sourced sentence about early Ukrainian VoIP:

In 2004–2005 the Internet Association of Ukraine launched UA-VoIX, an IP-telephony traffic exchange point for Ukrainian providers; the softswitch software for the project was supplied by the Ukrainian company IXC, which won the association's tender.[7]

Source: Independent Ukrainian IT publication Компьютерное обозрение (ko.com.ua), 25 May 2005. Thank you. Oleksiivinogradov (talk) 04:59, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

The Access Group


Update infobox, lead, and financial history

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I am editing on behalf of The Access Group as a representative of Babel. I will abide by Wikipedia's conflict of interest guidelines and submit changes via the Talk page rather than editing the article directly.

I am writing to propose updates to this article to correct outdated financial figures and add missing history.

I request that the current Infobox, Lead section (the text before the Table of Contents), and History section be removed and replaced with the Proposed Text below.

Reason for change: The current article displays outdated 2022 financial data (£618m revenue) and lacks significant coverage of the company's 2022 valuation. The proposed text updates the figures to 2025 (sourced to the Annual Report) and adds the £9.2bn valuation sourced to independent secondary sources (Sky News, The Times), which addresses the article's current "unclear notability" tag.

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The Access Group
IndustryBusiness Software
Founded1991
Area served
Europe, APAC, USA
ProductsAccess Evo, Accounting, CRM, HR and Payroll, Operations, Learning
Revenue£1.16bn [8]
Number of employees
9,732 [8]
Websitetheaccessgroup.com

The Access Group is a UK-headquartered provider of business Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products, primarily serving small and mid-sized organisations across commercial and non-profit sectors.[9] The company, founded in 1991, has its HQ in Loughborough, England.[10] It operates internationally, serving customers across Europe, the USA, and the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.[11]

As of 2025, The Access Group reported an annual revenue of £1.16 billion, employed 9,732 people and served 160,000 commercial, public sector and not-for-profit customers.[8]

Corporate History and Finance

The Access Group began a major expansion strategy following a management buy-out in 2011, characterised by a "buy-and-build" strategy involving numerous acquisitions.[12] By September 2021, the company had reported 16 consecutive years of profitable growth.[13]

In May and June 2022, The Access Group secured substantial investment from its principal shareholders, Hg and TA Associates, alongside a stake sale to the Singapore Government Investment Corporation (GIC).[9] [14] This transaction valued the company at £9.2 billion.[9] [14] Analysts noted that at this valuation, the company would have been ranked approximately 55th in the FTSE 100 had it been a public constituent.[9] Ashlockett (talk) 12:51, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

Ashlockett (talk) 12:51, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

A response has not yet been received for this question.

Reply 20-MAY-2026

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  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 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  08:41, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

I am reopening this edit request as I am still seeking an independent review of my proposed changes. As suggested by the closing editor, I am reaching out to relevant WikiProjects to request assistance from the community.
~~~~ Ashlockett (talk) 14:45, 2 June 2026 (UTC)
@Ashlockett: I am responding to the message you left on my talk page. Two comments:
a) The request is unclear, in that you speak of removing the history section (there is none). Do you mean replacing 100% of the content now on the page with the proposed lede, infobox, and history/finance section?
b) These proposed sources certainly look more reliable that what's currently on the page, so that's for the good.
The notability tag on the page will need to be reviewed against the relevant criteria. See WP:ORGCRITE for some detailed discussion of how the sources are assessed. In particular, a reviewer will need to spend the time to do the equivalent of the table shown there, after reading the sources (The Times is paywalled, which is unfortunate as it is an important source). Can you find any coverage in significant international media (outside the UK)? But that's a separate matter from simply updating the page. Fiske (talk) 20:06, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback @Fiske. To make it more clear, I am looking to remove:
The Access Group is a business software company headquartered in Loughborough, England. It was founded in 1991, and currently has more than 9,500 employees. It provides business management software to over 150,000 organisations across the UK, Ireland, US and Asia Pacific. Turnover was over £1.15 billion in the year to June 2025 - a year in which it completed 8 acquisitions.
To be replaced with
=== Proposed Draft ===
{{Infobox company
| name = The Access Group
| industry = Business Software
| founded = 1991
| headquarters = Loughborough, UK
| area_served = Europe, APAC, USA
| products = Access Evo, Accounting, CRM, HR and Payroll, Operations, Learning
| revenue = £1.16bn [1]
| valuation = £9.2 billion [2]
}}
The Access Group is a UK-headquartered provider of business Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products, primarily serving small and mid-sized organisations across commercial and non-profit sectors.[2] The company, founded in 1991, has its HQ in Loughborough, England.[3] It operates internationally, serving customers across Europe, the USA, and the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.[4]
As of 2025, The Access Group reported an annual revenue of £1.16 billion, employed 9,732 people and served 160,000 commercial, public sector and not-for-profit customers.[1]
=== Corporate History and Finance ===
The Access Group began a major expansion strategy following a management buy-out in 2011, characterised by a "buy-and-build" strategy involving numerous acquisitions.[5] By September 2021, the company had reported 16 consecutive years of profitable growth.[6]
In May and June 2022, The Access Group secured substantial investment from its principal shareholders, Hg and TA Associates, alongside a stake sale to the Singapore Government Investment Corporation (GIC).[7][8] This transaction valued the company at £9.2 billion.[2] [8]
| num_employees = 9,732 [1] Analysts noted that at this valuation, the company would have been ranked approximately 55th in the FTSE 100 had it been a public constituent.[7]
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The rest of the article can remain the same, although the intention is to provide further edits to improve the accuracy and ensure it is current. As a UK company, the main news articles come from the UK: Sky and The Times. I understand these will need to be assessed against WP:ORGCRITE.
Does this make the proposed edit more clear? Thank you for your help and guidance. Ash
Ashlockett (talk) 14:37, 17 June 2026 (UTC) Ashlockett (talk) 14:37, 17 June 2026 (UTC)
@Ashlockett: - I'm still confused. The "rest of the article" concludes with a paragraph about Hg and TA which is redundant with the proposed addition.
My suggestion would be to drop all the minor details about successive acquisitions in the existing article, since that's basically reporting on quarterly progress (especially anything sourced to news-wire / press-release sources). The article should be of broad interest, in the sense of an encylopedia.
Partly done I have changed the lede to your text (replacing the one paragraph by two paragraphs)
I have also made the deletions and additions to infobox (but clarify, did you mean to eliminate the logo from the infobox? I left it for now.)
I have not tried to go beyond that, but perhaps you can clarify your aims. Fiske (talk) 15:39, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

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The Golden Dream


Request to update/expand article sections and sources

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I would like to request the following changes and expansions to the article. I have a conflict of interest, so I am requesting review by an uninvolved editor rather than editing the article directly. The proposed changes are supported by the sources listed below.

1. Update the lead section

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I would like to request the following changes to the lead section:

2. Update the Cast section

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I would like to request the following additions to the cast section:

3. Add a new section: Production

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Please consider adding the following section:

The Great Blue Heron Music Festival


Requested edit: expanded, sourced rewrite (June 2026)

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COI disclosure: I have a connection to the Great Blue Heron Music Festival and am requesting these changes rather than editing the article directly.

I've expanded the article and rebuilt its sourcing on independent newspaper and music-press reporting (The Post-Journal, Erie Reader, Jambands/Relix, NYS Music, JamBase, Live for Live Music, The Villager, WRFA), using the festival's own website only for a few plain descriptive details. I believe this addresses the {{More citations needed}} and {{More footnotes needed}} tags, but I leave removal of those templates to a reviewing editor. Proposed full replacement text follows.

{{Short description|Annual music festival in Sherman, New York, US}}

The Great Blue Heron Music Festival
GenreAmericana, old-time, bluegrass, Cajun, zydeco, reggae, funk, jam band
DatesEarly July (Independence Day weekend)
LocationsHeron Farm & Event Center, Sherman, New York
Years active1992–present
FoundersJulie Rockcastle, David Tidquist
Websitegreatblueheron.com

The Great Blue Heron Music Festival, commonly called Blue Heron or the Heron, is an annual music festival held over the Independence Day weekend in early July at the Heron Farm & Event Center in Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, United States. Founded in 1992, the camping-based festival is held on a working farm and presents a diverse, multi-genre lineup of roots, folk, bluegrass, reggae, and jam music by regional and national artists across several stages, drawing several thousand attendees.[1][2][3]

The festival grew out of the same Western New York and Finger Lakes roots-music scene as the Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance, and expanded from a single-day event into a multi-stage festival of more than 30 acts. The band Donna the Buffalo has performed every year and is regarded as the festival's de facto house band; other acts to have appeared include Rusted Root, The Avett Brothers, Lake Street Dive, 10,000 Maniacs, The Wailers, Sam Bush, and Jim Lauderdale.[1][4][5]

History

The first Great Blue Heron Music Festival was held on July 4, 1992, founded by Julie Rockcastle and David Tidquist on Rockcastle's family farm near Sherman.[6][1] Tidquist, a regional promoter who had been involved with the GrassRoots festival circuit associated with Donna the Buffalo, wanted to start an outdoor festival in the area, while Rockcastle's family owned the land.[6] Donna the Buffalo performed at the first festival and has appeared every year since; the Pittsburgh band Rusted Root marked the release of its debut album, Cruel Sun, at the inaugural event.[1][6] Conceived to present "a diverse assortment of original music" by regional and national artists, the festival was initially planned as a single day but soon expanded to a three-day format.[3][7]

Through the 2000s and 2010s the festival became an established regional event drawing several thousand people each Fourth of July weekend; a 2013 review counted more than 30 bands and an estimated 5,000 or more attendees.[2][1] Its bills ranged from the festival's roots-music core to national touring acts: The Avett Brothers played in 2007, the 23rd festival in 2014 featured Donna the Buffalo and The Horse Flies, the 26th in 2017 paired the house band with Jim Lauderdale, and the 28th in 2019 was headlined by The Wailers, Donna the Buffalo, and the Jamestown-founded 10,000 Maniacs.[8][9][1][4] The 2020 and 2021 festivals were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the event resumed in 2022.[10][11]

The festival marked its 30th anniversary in 2023, with Donna the Buffalo headlining a bill of 33 acts that included Peter Rowan and Keller Williams.[5][12] The 2024 edition was headlined by Sam Bush and added a larger stage in the woods.[6][13] Co-founder David Tidquist died in November 2024; the 2025 festival was dedicated to him and its main stage was renamed "David's Stage," with a lineup that included Andy Frasco, Beats Antique, and Dustbowl Revival.[14][15] The 2026 festival, the 33rd, was scheduled for July 2–5 and expanded to a four-day format led by Ripe, The Dip, Donna the Buffalo, and Moontricks.[16][17]

Format and venue

The festival takes place on the Rockcastle family's farm and campground outside Sherman, where the owners raise grass-fed cattle and organic shiitake mushrooms; the land has operated as a campground since the 1960s.[1][6] It is an all-ages, camping-based event with a multigenerational, family-oriented audience that the Erie Reader has described as "a festival for the generations"; attendees greet one another with the phrase "Happy Heron."[18][1] The festival is independently financed by the Rockcastles and does not carry corporate sponsorship.[6]

Music is presented on several stages. For much of the festival's history these were a main stage, an all-night dance tent, and the wooded Tiger Maple Stage; a larger stage deep in the woods, later named the Dragon Stage, was added in 2024, and the main stage was renamed David's Stage in 2025 in honor of co-founder Tidquist.[1][13][19][14] Alongside the music, the festival offers instrument and dance workshops, food and craft vendors, children's and teens' activities, and swimming at a lifeguarded pond.[13][1][9]

Music and performers

The festival's programming is rooted in Americana, old-time, and bluegrass, and extends across Cajun, zydeco, reggae, funk, soul, and jam band styles, with an emphasis on artists who perform original material.[9][3][6][7] Donna the Buffalo serves as the recurring headliner and house band, and has at times backed other performers, including two-time Grammy Award winner Jim Lauderdale.[1][12] Well-known acts to have played the festival include The Avett Brothers, who appeared in 2007, as well as Lake Street Dive, Rusted Root, 10,000 Maniacs, The Wailers, Sam Bush, Keller Williams, Peter Rowan, Rubblebucket, Andy Frasco, and Beats Antique.[8][4][5][6][15][19]

According to the festival's roster of past performers, artists who have appeared at the Great Blue Heron Music Festival include 10,000 Maniacs, Alison Pipitone, Armor & Sturtevant, Baby Gramps, Bombadil, Donna the Buffalo, Hypnotic Clambake, Jim Donovan, John & Mary, Kate Jacobs, Lightnin' Wells, Los Straitjackets, Peacefield, Rusted Root, Say Zuzu, Slobberbone, Slo-Mo, Southern Culture on the Skids, Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, The Avett Brothers, The Big Wu, The Burns Sisters, The Campbell Brothers, The Horse Flies, The Mighty Wallop!, The Mollys, The Red Stick Ramblers, The Tarbox Ramblers, Tim O'Brien, Tony Vacca, Zekuhl, and Zydeco Experiment.[20] More recent performers have included Lake Street Dive, The Wailers, Sam Bush, Keller Williams, Peter Rowan, Rubblebucket, Andy Frasco & The U.N., Beats Antique, Ripe, and The Dip.[4][19][6][5][15][16]

References

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Paterniti, Gavin (June 29, 2017). "Music Fest Set For Return To Sherman Farmland". The Post-Journal. Jamestown, New York. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  2. 1 2 "The Great Blue Heron Festival Reviewed". Erie Reader. 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Logue, Faith (March 12, 2024). "Great Blue Heron 2024 Festival Announced". NYS Music. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Great Blue Heron 2019 Lineup". JamBase. 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Krinsky, Alex (March 15, 2023). "Great Blue Heron Music Festival Detail Final Three Artist Additions for 30th Anniversary". Relix. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bartlett, Kate (June 20, 2024). "Great Blue Heron Music Festival: Dancing for Over Three Decades in Sherman, NY". The Villager. Bemus Point, New York. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  7. 1 2 "About the Festival". Great Blue Heron Music Festival. Archived from the original on 2007-08-17. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
  8. 1 2 "The Avett Brothers, Great Blue Heron Festival Grounds, Jul 7, 2007". JamBase. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 "Great Blue Heron Music Festival: Donna the Buffalo, Jimkata, Holy Ghost Tent Revival and More". Jambands.com. Relix Media Group. January 23, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  10. ↑ Young, Jay (February 12, 2021). "Great Blue Heron Festival Canceled, Again". The Post-Journal. Jamestown, New York. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  11. ↑ Logue, Faith (June 4, 2022). "Great Blue Heron Music Festival Goes "Beyond The Blue" This Summer". NYS Music. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  12. 1 2 Logue, Faith (March 17, 2023). "Great Blue Heron Festival Announces Full Lineup, Celebrating 30 Years". NYS Music. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  13. 1 2 3 "Great Blue Heron Music Festival Reveals 2024 Lineup: Donna The Buffalo, Sam Bush, Rubblebucket, More". Live for Live Music. 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  14. 1 2 "Great Blue Heron Music Festival Tickets On Sale". WRFA-LP. Jamestown, New York. May 7, 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  15. 1 2 3 Kahn, Andy (February 18, 2025). "Andy Frasco, Beats Antique & Others Land On Great Blue Heron Music Festival 2025 Lineup". JamBase. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  16. 1 2 "Great Blue Heron Music Festival Hosts Ripe, The Dip, Donna The Buffalo, Moontricks, and More". I Love NY. New York State Division of Tourism. May 27, 2026. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  17. ↑ "The 33rd Annual Great Blue Heron Music Festival, July 2–5, 2026, Sherman, New York". Buffalo Rising. 2026. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  18. ↑ "Great Blue Heron a Festival for the Generations". Erie Reader. 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  19. 1 2 3 "Artist Lineup". Great Blue Heron Music Festival. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Roster of Past Performers". Great Blue Heron Music Festival. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
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DEFAULTSORT:Great Blue Heron Music Festival Category:Music festivals established in 1992 Category:1992 establishments in New York (state) Category:Bluegrass festivals in the United States Category:Folk festivals in the United States Category:Music festivals in New York (state) Category:Tourist attractions in Chautauqua County, New York Strway2heaven77 (talk) 02:46, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

Note: I marked this as a COI request. Please be very patient; the backlog is long. Kodning 🌸 (talk) 03:00, 3 June 2026 (UTC)

The Intercept


COI edit requests for History

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Hi! I'm a COI editor for The Intercept through my employer, Porter Novelli. I have a series of updates to request for this article, so I'm breaking them up into more manageable chunks – starting with the "History" section below.

  • Add after first paragraph of "History":
A Brazilian version of the site, The Intercept Brasil, launched in August 2016.[1] The site featured both original reporting in Portuguese as well as features from the main Intercept site translated into Portuguese.[2] The newsrooms for The Intercept and its Brazilian counterpart were editorially independent.[3] In 2019, The Intercept Brasil published Vaza Jato ("Car Wash Leaks"), messages demonstrating collaboration on illegal acts among former judge Sergio Moro, prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol, and others as part of Operation Car Wash.[4][5] The Intercept Brasil spun off as as an independent organization in October 2022.[3]
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In January 2023 it spun off from the First Look Institute as an independent nonprofit organization.[6]
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In January 2023 it spun off from the First Look Institute (the nonprofit arm of First Look Media[7]) as an independent nonprofit organization.[6]
  • Add after "In January 2023 it spun off from the First Look Institute as an independent nonprofit organization.":
Reporting from The Intercept exposed significant sourcing issues with the influential December 2023 New York Times article "Screams Without Words", which alleged that Hamas perpetrated systematic sexual violence during the October 7 attacks.[8] The investigation demonstrated how two inexperienced freelancers in Israel had done the majority of reporting work for the New York Times story, raising concerns about its editorial process and credibility.[9] In follow-up reporting, The Intercept confirmed that The New York Times had withheld an episode of its podcast The Daily related to "Screams Without Words" due to internal debate about the veracity of the publication's original reporting.[10] In February 2024, The New York Times began an internal investigation into the source of leaks to The Intercept.[11]
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In June 2024, the unionized staff of The Intercept made several demands to the group's board of directors, including "the immediate dismissal and termination of CEO Annie Chabel and Chief Strategy Officer Sumi Aggarwal, a commitment to restructure the business, and transparency about the board's recent discussions with prospective donors."[12] In July 2024, after unsuccessfully asking the organization's board of directors if they could take over the organization, Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim left The Intercept to found their own news website, Drop Site News.[13]
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In June 2024, the unionized staff of The Intercept asked the group's board of directors to terminate the organization's CEO Annie Chabel and Chief Strategy Officer Sumi Aggarwal, commit to restructuring the business, and provide transparency into conversations with donors.[14] The next month, Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim left The Intercept to found their own news website, Drop Site News, with some funding at launch from The Intercept. The Intercept continued to publish the Intercepted and Deconstructed podcasts.[15]
Reworked the first sentence to avoid the quotation, which implies it comes from the letter but in fact comes from the Semafor source. It seems to me inappropriate to cite Drop Site News for a sentence on Drop Site News, and the original cited source does not verify the first half of the second sentence.
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In February 2024, The Intercept filed a lawsuit against OpenAI regarding the unauthorized use of journalists' work to train ChatGPT. The lawsuit focused on a provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) not previously explored in the legal disputes between news organizations and AI companies.[16] One year later, a federal court upheld part of the suit and overruled OpenAI's attempt to dismiss the case, though claims against Microsoft were dismissed. The ruling demonstrated that the DMCA can provide protections for news organizations against AI companies' unauthorized use of digital content, regardless of whether that content has been registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.[17]
In February 2025, The Intercept published Elon Musk’s government email address, which had not been previously reported, and filed more than a dozen related Freedom of Information Act requests.[18] The Intercept reported on a bill introduced in September 2025 that would give the Secretary of State power to revoke the passport of a U.S. citizen based on their beliefs or speech.[19] Within days, public outrage led Rep. Brian Mast, who had introduced the bill, to backtrack on the proposal.[20] That same month, The Intercept was the first news organization to report that the U.S. attacked an alleged drug boat multiple times, known as a double tap strike, in order to kill survivors of its first attack.[21][22] In November 2025, The Intercept reported that in response to U.S. Department of State sanctions,[23] YouTube had deleted more than 700 videos from three major Palestinian human rights organizations documenting alleged human rights violations by Israel.[24]
In late 2025, The Intercept was among the first outlets to detail the case of a retired police officer in Tennessee who was jailed for more than a month because of a meme he posted on Facebook in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk.[25][26] An investigation by The Intercept found no evidence that anyone in the public had expressed concern about danger in response to the meme, contradicting the claims of the county sheriff whose office arrested the man.[27] The story drew widespread attention; within a week, the man was released and charges were dropped.[28]
In March 2026, NYC Health + Hospitals canceled a contract with Palantir following reporting from The Intercept sharing details of the contract and showing almost $4 million in payments since November 2023.[29]
  • Break this section into two subsections: "2014–2022: Founding, early years, and The Intercept Brasil" for the first two paragraphs, and "2023–present: Independent organization" for the remainder.

Thank you for your time! Mary Gaulke (talk) 18:57, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Done Likeanechointheforest (talk) 15:01, 3 April 2026 (UTC)
Thank you kindly! Mary Gaulke (talk) 19:55, 3 April 2026 (UTC)


COI edit requests for Activities/Edward Snowden archives

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Hi again! As noted above, I'm a COI editor for The Intercept through my employer Porter Novelli, sharing requests for this article piecemeal to facilitate review. Today I'm just sharing a few requests, primarily for the "Edward Snowden archives" section of "Activities":

  • I think it would make sense to move the entire "Activities" section above "Finances" in the article, based on what I'm seeing in other articles about news organizations.
  • Update "Edward Snowden archives" subsection title to "Edward Snowden reporting and archives".
  • Add to beginning of "Edward Snowden archives" section:
In its early years, The Intercept published extensive investigations on the Snowden disclosures' revelations about surveillance activity in the U.S. and globally.[1] In March 2014, Der Spiegel and The Intercept jointly reported on a list of world leaders, including German chancellor Angela Merkel, subject to U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance.[2] Five months later, The Intercept shared details on ICREACH, the NSA's search engine giving access to hundreds of millions of records about both American citizens and non-Americans to 23 U.S. governmental agencies, including the CIA and FBI.[3]
In July 2014, The Intercept reported how the British spy agency Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) was covertly manipulating internet content and activity with tactics like artificially increasing website traffic and interfering with online polls.[4] The Intercept also alleged that GCHQ used Regin malware in cyberattacks on Belgacom and other EU computer systems.[5] In February 2015, The Intercept reported that the NSA and GCHQ had hacked French-Dutch digital security company Gemalto[6] in order to surveil calls and data secretly, an apparent violation of international law.[7] A follow-up in June 2015 detailed how GCHQ's Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group worked to discredit specific targets online through the use of impersonation, fake websites, YouTube videos, and other tools.[8] A story in September 2015 covered Karma Police, GCHQ's surveillance program established seven years earlier to record the search, browsing, and chat activities of every internet user with the goal of identifying patterns and relationships rather than targeting specific users.[9]

Thanks for your time! Mary Gaulke (talk) 14:12, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

@Likeanechointheforest: Since you reviewed my previous edit requests above, just giving you a ping in case you'd be interested in looking at these. Thank you! Mary Gaulke (talk) 20:16, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
I have made the requested changes. The only problem I found was that the archive for the Business Insider source pointed to a DW article. I removed the archive from the source. Burrobert (talk) 13:52, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
Thank you for catching that, and for your help! Mary Gaulke (talk) 16:45, 14 April 2026 (UTC)


COI edit requests for Podcasts

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Hi! As I mentioned above, I'm a COI editor for The Intercept proposing a series of updates to this article. Today I'm sharing some new proposed subsections to be added after Deconstructed in the "Podcasts" section of the article:

Thank you for your feedback and time! Mary Gaulke (talk) 17:30, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Reply 8-JUN-2026

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✅  Edit request partially implemented  

  1. Green tick Somebody was added to the podcasts section.
  2. Red X The other podcasts were not added because they are not independently notable in Wikipedia.

Regards,  Spintendo  02:54, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

@Spintendo: Hi! Thanks for your feedback and help. Can you please help me understand why the independent RS coverage cited doesn't demonstrate the independent notability of the other podcasts? Mary Gaulke (talk) 12:51, 15 June 2026 (UTC)
@Spintendo Notability is a test used by editors to decide whether a given topic warrants its own article. Seems you're mis-applying it. The notability guideline does not determine the content of articles. RememberOrwell (talk) 05:17, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
I'm not mistaken in that the section is mentioning notable podcasts. I would think only notable podcasts would need to be placed there, otherwise, we open the door to listing any podcast. Content requirements demand independent reliable WP:SS WP:SECONDARY sources. When the proposed reference includes a trailer for the podcast and a 2 minute clip to the podcast (as mrt.com does, with the clip provided through a widget on their website provided by Everlit Media) raises sincere questions regarding how independent they are, why they're running the story, and what—if any—renumeration are they receiving. We can't know any of that for sure, but we can err on the side of caution and WP:NOTEVERYTHING. Regards,  Spintendo  02:28, 24 June 2026 (UTC) and 00:55, 2 July 2026 (UTC)
I agree with Spintendo here. Marquardtika (talk) 16:34, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
The section in the article is mentioning podcasts. There's no dispute on that. But "Notability is a test used by editors to decide whether a given topic warrants its own article" and The notability guideline does not determine the content of articles" are facts. How is it appropriate to flaunt that advice? "The other podcasts were not added because they are not independently notable in Wikipedia" seems strongly in conflict with those facts about PAG.
What is "Content requirements demand independent reliable WP:SS." supposed to mean? Wikipedia:Summary style is relevant how? Odd that Marquardtika agrees with comments that don't make sense, and provides no argument. Gives off puppetry/cabal vibes. I don't have a COI, but I'm reopening it for others to consider. RememberOrwell (talk) 23:04, 24 June 2026 (UTC)
"Gives off puppetry/cabal vibes" excuse me? Have a dose of AGF. This article actually has a disclosed paid editor working on it, MaryGaulke, so it highly reasonable that other editors weigh in here to ensure the article stays encyclopedic and non-promotional. It only makes sense to list notable podcasts (notable being podcasts that are mentioned in reliable sources independent of the article subject). We're not their website per WP:NOTDIRECTORY. WP:NOTPROMO is relevant. The test for whether something is worth mentioning is "is it covered in sources not connected with the subject?" So yes, include podcasts that meet this test, but don't include podcasts that don't. Marquardtika (talk) 16:22, 25 June 2026 (UTC)
Well, "is it covered in a source not connected with the subject?" seems reasonable to me. Though the claim that The test for whether something is worth mentioning is "is it covered in sources not connected with the subject?" sources to Bawolff, not a PAG I can find. Demanding they meet the notability standards that would need to be be met for them to have their own article certainly was NOT. Which "The other podcasts were not added because they are not independently notable in Wikipedia" and " I would think only notable podcasts would need to be placed there" did. As Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid on discussion pages#Per others points out, "I agree" is not an argument and to be avoided. We're not their website per WP:NOTDIRECTORY -agreed. WP:NOTPROMO is relevant. Yes. Seems to me including the podcasts not covered in a source not connected with the subject by name only is reasonable. How 'bout that? Which is (... takes a look at the citations...) none of them, as they all seem to meet even your high "is it covered in sources not connected with the subject?" bar. You're saying not even 2 of Murderville's 6 citations are independent? Really? Evidence? RememberOrwell (talk) 02:32, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

MaryGaulke was asking to add newsworthy anouncements about these podcasts, referenced by the news sources which announced them. Per WP:NOTNEWS, Wikipedia considers the enduring notability of persons and events. Most newsworthy announcements do not qualify for inclusion, as routine news coverage is not by itself a sufficient basis for inclusion of the subject of that coverage. That is why, to allow for inclusion of this information in the article, I ask COI editors to establish the notability of the subjects being mentioned.  Spintendo  00:49, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

The Lancet Digital Health


Factual updates to Editor and Impact Factor

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Please update three infobox fields for The Lancet Digital Health.

Suggested changes:

| change editor in chief from Rupa Sarkar to Hugh Thomas

| add abbreviation = Lancet Digit Health

| change impact factor from 23.8 to 25.5

| change impact-year from 2023 to 2025

Please update the sentence in the History section that currently reads:

“Rupa Sarkar is the editor-in-chief of the journal. The editorial team also includes deputy editor Diana Samuel, and senior editors Lucy Dunbar and Gustavo Monnerat.”

Suggested replacement:

“Hugh Thomas is the editor-in-chief of the journal. The editorial team also includes deputy editor Diana Samuel and senior editor Lucy Dunbar.”

Sources:

I have a conflict of interest, so I am requesting that another editor make this factual update. Thanks! YouOnlyLookOnce (talk) 22:20, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Please write on your user page that you have a conflict of interest. See WP:DISCLOSE. pattersonuwu njz (talk) 00:26, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
Done, thank you ~2026-35768-55 (talk) 05:58, 20 June 2026 (UTC)
Done, thank you YouOnlyLookOnce (talk) 05:59, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

The Ocean Cleanup


Proposed content updates (reformatted request 2)

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Reposting and further reformatting the edit request originally submitted on 13 February 2026, following the additional clarification provided by Spintendo regarding reference formatting and presentation. Following this guidance, I have also limited this repost to 7 requested changes selected from the original set of 28 in order to make the request more manageable to review.

Proposed update #1

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Location: History section – opening sentence

Current text:

Slat proposed the cleanup project and supporting system in 2012. In October, he outlined the project in a TED-talk.

Proposed text:

Boyan Slat proposed the cleanup project and supporting system in 2012 in a TED-talk.

Rationale

Minor copy-edit to improve clarity and concision, without changing the underlying information.

Proposed update #2

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Location: History section – end of the opening paragraph

Current text:

The barriers would direct the floating plastic to the central platform, which would remove the plastic from the water. Slat did not specify the dimensions of this system in the talk.[1]

Proposed text:

The barriers would direct the floating plastic to the central platform, which would remove the plastic from the water.[2]

Rationale

Removes a non-informative sentence that merely notes the absence of a detail in the source, without contributing meaningful content.

Proposed update #3

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Location: History section – 2014-2017: Initial prototype subsection - at the end of the first paragraph

Proposed addition:

According to later reporting, the development process ultimately involved testing 273 scale models and six distinct prototypes before the organization finalized the design that preceded System 001.

Using as the reference:

Summers, Hannah (2018-09-08). "Scientists get ready to begin Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-12-10.

Proposed update #4

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Location: History section – 2014-2017: Initial prototype subsection - last paragraph

Current text:

In May 2017, significant changes to the conceptual design were made:[3]

  • Dimensions were reduced from 100 km (62 mi) to 2 km (1.2 mi), with the idea of using a fleet of 60 such systems.[4][5]
  • Seabed anchors were replaced with sea anchors, to drift with the currents, allowing the plastic to "catch up" with the cleanup system, and letting the system drift to locations with the highest concentration of debris. The lines to the anchor would keep the system in a U-shape.[6]
  • An automatic system for collecting plastic was replaced with a system for concentrating the plastic before removal by support vessels.[7]


Proposed text:

In May 2017, significant changes to the conceptual design were made.[3] This included reducing the length of the boom from 100 km to 2 km to increase unit scalability, replacing seabed anchors with sea anchors to allow it to drift with currents, and replacing the automatic system for removing accumulated plastic with a manual one.[8][9][10]

Rationale

Reformatting for clarity and summary style, replacing an unnecessary bullet list with equivalent prose.

Source note

The Science reference is not necessary and has been removed.

Proposed update #5

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Location: History section – System 001 subsection

Removal of the opening paragraph beginning with “Tests in 2018 led to sea anchors…”.

Rationale

The statements in this paragraph are either not clearly supported by the cited sources or rely primarily on a primary source, namely a video produced by the organization itself (World Maritime News).

Proposed update #6

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Location: History section – System 001 subsection

Current text:

On 9 September 2018, System 001 (nicknamed Wilson in reference to the floating volleyball in the 2000 film Cast Away)[11][12] deployed from San Francisco.

Proposed text:

On 9 September 2018, System 001 deployed from San Francisco.[12]

Rationale

The nickname and pop culture reference are non-essential details and are not required in a summary-style history section.

Proposed update #7

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Location: History section – System 001 subsection

Add the following citation:

Simon, Matt. "Ocean Cleanup's Plastic Catcher Is Busted. So What Now?". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2025-12-10.

at the end of the sentence:

It consisted of a 600 m (2,000 ft) long barrier with a 3 m (9.8 ft) wide skirt hanging beneath it.[citation needed]

Thank you for your time and consideration. Toometa (talk) 18:22, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

The Roads


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I run The Roads Report, so I have a conflict of interest and do not want to make this edit directly.

Would an independent editor be willing to review whether the site is appropriate for the External links section?

  • The Roads Report – Monthly reports on home sales, listings, and inventory in The Roads.

I also noticed that the article does not include much information about the neighborhood’s housing or real estate market. It may be worth adding a short, neutral section if reliable independent sources can be found.

I understand that my own site may not be sufficient as a source, so I am leaving this for other editors to evaluate.

Maxcufari (talk) 01:50, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

 Not done This site is not compatible with the guidance on external links normally to be avoided. Donald Albury 14:03, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

The Tech Interactive


Request to update leadership information

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I have a conflict of interest because I work for The Tech Interactive. I would like to request a factual update to reflect the organization’s leadership.

Suggested text: In November 2020, Katrina Stevens became president and CEO of The Tech Interactive, succeeding Tim Ritchie. She is the first woman and first educator to lead the organization.[13]

If appropriate, please also update the infobox: | leader_title = President and CEO | leader_name = Katrina Stevens

Thank you for considering. Kebarrow (talk) 22:04, 19 May 2026 (UTC)


Request to update exhibits and AI literacy programming

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I have a conflict of interest because I work for The Tech Interactive. I would like to request factual updates to the article to reflect current exhibits, galleries and AI literacy programming. I have suggested neutral wording below and used independent sources where available.

Suggested changes

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Exhibits

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Please consider adding the following paragraph to the “Exhibits” section:

In 2025, The Tech Interactive opened Dream Garden, an AI-powered immersive exhibit created with Design I/O, as a featured exhibit in its AI Sandbox gallery.[14] The AI Sandbox gallery focuses on hands-on exploration of artificial intelligence, including how AI systems process information and respond to visitor input.[15]

Please also consider adding this sentence to the same section:

In 2025, The Tech Interactive opened Innovation in Bloom, a two-story interactive ball wall that promotes experimentation and creative problem-solving.[16]

Please also consider adding this sentence if it is appropriate to include current gallery names:

The museum also added the new gallery, Pixel Playground, in 2025, a space with interactive exhibits that combine digital technology with physical play.[17]

Programs

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Please consider adding the following paragraph to the “Programs” section:

The Tech Interactive has hosted National AI Literacy Day programming focused on artificial intelligence education for students, educators and community leaders in 2024, 2025, and 2026. In 2024, The Tech hosted one of three in-person events for the inaugural National AI Literacy Day, in partnership with Stanford Graduate School of Education and other organizations; the event included panels on AI in education and field trips for about 1,100 K-12 students.[18][19] The Tech was also listed by aiEDU as an organizing partner for later National AI Literacy Day events in San Jose and Washington, D.C.[20]

Please also consider adding the following sentence about adult programming, if the article’s scope allows for current public programs:

The Tech also offers Tech at Nite, an adults-only evening event series featuring after-hours access to exhibits and creative, hands-on activities in partnership with Local Color.[21]

Thank you for considering these updates. Kebarrow (talk) 22:19, 19 May 2026 (UTC)

Thermoelectric materials


Distributed transport properties

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

{{Connected contributor (paid)}} should only be used on talk pages. Include a subsection on distributed transport properties (DTP) to be inserted immediately after the existing "Functionally graded materials" subsection, within the same "Materials of Interest" section. Here is the proposed text:

Distributed transport properties

Distributed Transport Properties (DTP) is an approach in thermoelectric system design that extends the concept of functionally graded materials by spatially varying the Seebeck coefficient (S), electrical resistivity (ρ), and thermal conductivity (λ) continuously along the length of the thermoelectric element. The values of the transport properties are based on an analytic one-dimensional model that defines the optimum relationships among the properties along TE element length as a function of operating temperatures and material ZT. This spatial optimization is intended to enhance thermoelectric device performance in applications including cooling, heating, and power generation.

In conventional thermoelectric coolers, Joule heating is generated throughout each thermoelectric element, altering the internal temperature profile from the distribution that maximizes performance. This effect reduces both the maximum achievable temperature difference, ΔTmax and the coefficient of performance, COP. Distributed Transport Properties (DTP) is a thermoelectric design approach in which the transport properties of the thermoelectric element are spatially varied, typically increasing from the cold end toward the hot end. The resulting spatial variation in the Seebeck coefficient, S(x), produces a distributed Peltier effect that absorbs heat within the element according to qC(x)=IT(x)dS(x)dx, where (I) is the electrical current and T(x) is the temperature at x. This distributed heat absorption partially offsets the internally generated Joule heating within the element, qH(x)=I2r(x), where r(x) is the electrical resistance per unit length at position (x). By reducing the net internal heat generation, DTP seeks to maintain a temperature profile closer to the theoretical optimum, thereby improving thermoelectric cooling performance.

The theoretical framework for DTP was established by Bell (2019), who demonstrated through one dimension mathematical analysis that systems with optimally distributed transport properties can exceed the performance of uniform-material thermoelectric devices under equivalent boundary conditions.[22]  Subsequent experimental and modeling work by Crane and Bell demonstrated that similar performance improvements can be achieved using as few as two or three discrete material layers per element, providing a pathway toward practical implementation. These results were validated through laboratory device fabrication and testing.[23]

Published results indicate that DTP devices can achieve a maximum single-stage temperature differential of 86 K experimentally, with modeling suggesting the potential for 100 K with optimized property distributions. This exceeds the typical range of 70–75 K for conventional single-stage bismuth telluride devices. Reported improvements also include increases in COP exceeding a factor of two and enhancements in heat-pumping capacity of up to 200% at temperature differentials greater than 65°C.[24]

The broader context of distributed and localized thermoelectric cooling strategies has been discussed by Snyder, Crane, and co-authors (2021).[25]

Additive manufacturing has been investigated as a fabrication method for DTP elements, enabling continuous spatial gradients in material composition that are difficult to achieve using conventional layered manufacturing techniques.[26]

  • Why it should be changed: The existing subsection on functionally graded materials describes spatial variation of carrier concentration for power generation over large temperature spans. Another strategy to improve thermoelectric performance is DTP. DTP is a conceptually related but distinct approach that (a) varies all three transport properties, and (b) is specifically optimized for the near-ΔT = 0 cooling regime.
  • References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):


IoffeThomson (talk) 03:20, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

References

  1. ↑ "How the oceans can clean themselves: Boyan Slat at Delft". YouTube. 2012-10-24. Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  2. ↑ "How the oceans can clean themselves: Boyan Slat at Delft". YouTube. 2012-10-24. Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  3. 1 2 Kotecki, Peter (13 September 2019). "The massive plastic-cleaning device a 25-year-old invented is finally catching some trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Take a look at its journey". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Stokstad, Erik (11 September 2018). "Controversial plastic trash collector begins maiden ocean voyage". Science. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Meyer, Rachael (28 October 2019). "The Ocean Cleanup successfully collects ocean plastic, aims to scale design". Mongabay. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  6. ↑ Loria, Kevin (11 May 2017). "A 22-year-old is moving ahead with a controversial plan to trap plastic floating in the great Pacific garbage patch". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "The Ocean Cleanup: the next phase in capturing plastic". Material District. 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  8. ↑ Meyer, Rachael (28 October 2019). "The Ocean Cleanup successfully collects ocean plastic, aims to scale design". Mongabay. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  9. ↑ Loria, Kevin (11 May 2017). "A 22-year-old is moving ahead with a controversial plan to trap plastic floating in the great Pacific garbage patch". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  10. ↑ "The Ocean Cleanup: the next phase in capturing plastic". Material District. 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  11. ↑ Ahiza Garcia. "This floating pipe is trying to clean up all the plastic in the ocean". CNN. Archived from the original on 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
  12. 1 2 Summers, Hannah (2018-09-08). "Scientists get ready to begin Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-11-02. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  13. ↑ Stetson, Grace (October 26, 2020). "Beloved San Jose museum names its first female president". San José Spotlight. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  14. ↑ McCarthy, Michael (March 13, 2025). "San Jose's The Tech Interactive Debuts The AI-Powered, Interactive 'Dream Garden'". Modern Luxury Silicon Valley. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  15. ↑ McCarthy, Michael (March 13, 2025). "San Jose's The Tech Interactive Debuts The AI-Powered, Interactive 'Dream Garden'". Modern Luxury Silicon Valley. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Fall for Science: The Tech Interactive Unveils New Exhibits, Laser Shows, and Spooky STEAM Fun" (Press release). The Tech Interactive. October 23, 2025. Retrieved May 19, 2026 – via GlobeNewswire.
  17. ↑ "Pixel Playground". The Tech Interactive. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  18. ↑ Peterkin, Olivia (April 24, 2024). "Stanford teams up with The Tech Interactive and Bay Area school leaders for inaugural National AI Literacy Day". Stanford Graduate School of Education. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  19. ↑ Pizarro, Sal (April 20, 2024). "Students get a taste of artificial intelligence at The Tech Interactive". The Mercury News. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  20. ↑ Bhatt, Hetal (August 21, 2025). "National AI Literacy Day: Recapping a day of impact". The AI Education Project. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Tech at Nite". The Tech Interactive. Retrieved May 19, 2026.
  22. ↑ Bell, Lon (19 September 2019). "Optimally Distributed Transport Properties Can Produce Highest Performance Thermoelectric Systems". Physica Status Solidi (a). 216 (22): 1900562. doi:10.1002/pssa.201900562.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  23. ↑ Crane, Doug; Bell, Lon (9 April 2020). ""Maximum temperature difference in a single-stage thermoelectric device through distributed transport properties". International Journal of Thermal Sciences'. 154: 106404. doi:10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2020.106404.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  24. ↑ Crane, Doug; Bell, Lon (30 March 2025). "Advancements in distributed transport property thermoelectrics: Enhancing performance through material selection and innovative manufacturing". Solid State Sciences'. 163: 107908. doi:10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107908.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  25. ↑ Snyder, G. Jeffrey; LeBlanc, Saniya; Crane, Doug; Pangborn, Herschel; Forest, Chris; Rattner, Alex; Borgsmiller, Leah; Priya, Shashank (21 April 2021). "Distributed and localized cooling with thermoelectrics". Joule. 5 (4): 748–751. doi:10.1016/j.joule.2021.02.011.
  26. ↑ Crane, Doug; Bell, Lon (30 March 2025). "Advancements in distributed transport property thermoelectrics: Enhancing performance through material selection and innovative manufacturing". Solid State Sciences'. 163: 107908. doi:10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2025.107908.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)

Thomas Duff (businessman)


Minor update proposals and additional sourcing (2025)

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Hi, I’m posting here as a contributor with a declared conflict of interest. Frontier Strategies asked me to suggest a few factual updates and improved sourcing for this article.

Could an experienced and independent editor please review my proposed updates?

** Start of proposals **

Proposal (1)

Replace the last sentence of the lead section:

“With a net worth of $3.3 billion, the Duff brothers are the wealthiest individuals in Mississippi.”

with:

“With respective net worths of $4.1 billion each, the Duff brothers are the wealthiest individuals in Mississippi.[1]”

Proposal (2)

Replace the penultimate sentence of the first paragraph of the “Career” section:

“By 2023, Southern Tire Mart's revenues had grown to exceed $3.5 billion, making it the nation's largest truck tire dealer and retread manufacturer.[2]”

with:

“By 2025, Southern Tire Mart's revenues had grown to exceed $4 billion,[3] making it the nation's largest truck tire dealer and retread manufacturer.[4][2]”

Proposal (3)

Replace the first sentence of the second paragraph of the “Career” section:

“James and Thomas co-founded Duff Capital Investors, a holding company with revenues of $5.5 billion.[2]”

with:

“Thomas Duff and his brother James co-founded Duff Capital Investors, a holding company with revenues of $6 billion.[5][2]”

Proposal (4)

Replace the second-to-last sentence of the final paragraph of the “Career” section (in bold):

“Since 2009, the brothers have been the only members of the Forbes 400 list from Mississippi.[2] However, the Duffs did not make the 2024 list, despite having a net worth of $3.3 billion.[6] Together, they remain the wealthiest individuals in Mississippi.[7]”

with:

Since 2009, the brothers have been the only members of the Forbes 400 list from Mississippi.[2] After being absent from the 2024 Forbes list, the Duffs reappeared in 2025, ranking No. 362 in the U.S. and No. 980 globally.[8][9] Together, they remain the wealthiest individuals in Mississippi.[10]

Proposal (5)

Integrate the information contained in the third sentence of the “Politics” section:

“He supported Jeb Bush in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries.[11]”

into the first paragraph of that same section, with the addition of new information:

“A major contributor to Republican campaigns in Mississippi,[12] Duff has supported Republican figures such as Governor Tate Reeves, to whose campaigns he has contributed regularly since 2011,[12] as well as Jeb Bush in the 2016 presidential primaries,[13] and Donald Trump in the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections.[14][15]”

** End of proposals **

Do these proposals seem like improvements? May I go ahead and implement them? Thank you for your time and consideration. Toometa (talk) 10:02, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Partly done: I've done all the changes, but I did reword or change the formatting of sentences. Kline • talk • contribs 17:03, 8 November 2025 (UTC)
Thank you very much ! This looks great. While I’m here, I wanted to mention that I made the exact same proposals as numbers 1, 2, and 3 (the simpler ones) about twenty days ago on the page for his brother, James Duff. Would you be willing to take a look at those as well? Alternatively, I can handle it myself with your approval, referring back to this discussion. Thanks in advance! Toometa (talk) 21:10, 10 November 2025 (UTC)


Request regarding sourcing and wording in the Politics section (June 2026)

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Hi, I’m posting here as a contributor with a declared conflict of interest. I previously submitted a separate request on this talk page that has already been reviewed.

I would like to request removal of the following three sentences from the Politics section (three last sentences):

Duff voted to hire a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) director at the University of Mississippi.[16] During his tenure the University of Mississippi also established a clinic to provide gender-affirming care to LGBTQ minors.[16] During the pandemic, Duff voted to require university employees receive the COVID vaccine before they were allowed to return to work.[16]

My rationale is that the cited Mississippi Today article does not appear to support the factual assertions currently made by these sentences.

Specifically:

  1. The article does not state that Duff "voted to hire a DEI director". Rather, it states that the University of Mississippi requested creation of a Division of Diversity and Community Engagement and that the Board approved it.
  2. The article states that the UMMC LGBTQ clinic was created in 2019, but it also explicitly states that an IHL Board vote was not required for its creation.
  3. Regarding COVID vaccination requirements, the article states that the Board initially voted against a system-wide mandate and later acted in response to federal contractor requirements following a Biden executive order.

My concern is therefore not with the reliability of the source itself, but with how the source has been summarized in the article.

For that reason, I respectfully request removal of the three sentences above unless additional sources can be provided that explicitly support the specific factual assertions currently made in the article.

Thank you for your time and consideration. Toometa (talk) 08:33, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Thomas H. Lee Partners


Notability tag

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A lot of the article's sources come off as borderline WP:ROUTINE coverage, or else are press releases. It's not clear at this time that the article fully meets WP:NCORP. signed, Rosguill talk 20:14, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Sorry if this is a misuse of this comment section, but I have been doing research on this matter and I was wondering if you had other sources. Viopac (talk) 10:22, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Thomas J. Watson Library


Wrong photo

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The photo which is used for the article THOMAS J. WATSON LIBRARY is the main entrance of Metropolitan Museum, I believe the photo of the library should be used in the page. The current photo is fine for the page about the museum itself.--Malekfarugh (talk) 18:39, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

I agree, and have replaced it with a photo of the inside of the library, which gives a much better impression of the actual space. Reify-tech (talk) 13:50, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Thomas More Society


Add Mirabelli v. Bonta to litigation section

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Disclosure: I am an employee of Thomas More Society and am disclosing this in accordance with Wikipedia's paid-contribution disclosure requirement. I am not editing the article directly; I am proposing this addition for review by an uninvolved editor.

Proposed addition: The article does not currently mention Mirabelli v. Bonta, a case in which Thomas More Society served as counsel and which reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 2026. I propose adding the following paragraph to the section covering the firm's education-related litigation, after the existing paragraph on the Aztec and Ashe prayers settlement: In Mirabelli v. Bonta, Thomas More Society represented two California teachers and a group of parents challenging school district and state policies that limited disclosure to parents about students' gender identity at school. In December 2025, U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez issued a class-wide permanent injunction against the policies. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit stayed the injunction in January 2026. On March 2, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6–3 per curiam ruling on its emergency docket, vacated the Ninth Circuit's stay, holding that the parents were likely to succeed on Free Exercise Clause and Due Process Clause claims. Justice Barrett wrote a concurrence joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh; Justice Kagan wrote a dissent joined by Justice Jackson. On March 17, 2026, the Ninth Circuit denied California's request to narrow the Supreme Court's ruling. Sources: Mark Lieberman, "Supreme Court Backs Parents in School Gender Disclosure Fight," Education Week (March 3, 2026): https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/supreme-court-backs-parents-in-school-gender-disclosure-fight/2026/03 "Supreme Court ruling in gender identity case favors parents but could test schools," Chalkbeat (March 7, 2026): https://www.chalkbeat.org/2026/03/07/supreme-court-gender-identity-ruling-favors-parents-but-challenges-schools/ Mirabelli v. Bonta, 607 U.S. ___ (2026), per curiam, available at https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/607/25a810/ SCOTUSblog case file, Mirabelli v. Bonta: https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/mirabelli-v-bonta/ Rationale: Mirabelli v. Bonta is a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in which Thomas More Society served as counsel of record on the emergency application. It received national coverage in independent education trade press, has a published opinion, and is tracked on SCOTUSblog. The article currently includes several cases of lesser national profile in which the firm participated, so omitting a Supreme Court matter the firm directly litigated leaves a notable gap. I have drawn the wording from independent sources rather than the firm's own materials and have used neutral terminology. Thank you for considering this request. KPWriter (talk) 14:56, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the disclosure. I have added a template above your request that will put it on a list of requested edits that will be seen by those not usually editing this page - they aren't likely to get to it quickly, and it's more likely that someone who regularly edits this page will take it on first, but that's a backstop measure to make sure it doesn't fall completely through the crakcs. I will note that while you suggested that this go in the "Education" section, it would be at least as good a fit in the "LGBT issues" section. I am not adding it at this point because, before addition as submitted based primarily on education-related sources, an editor should look for sources coming from other angles such as those concerned with LGBT issues regarding how the case is cast. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 15:37, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

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