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Christos Kozyrakis

COI edit request: proposed sourced rewrite

I am Christos Kozyrakis, the subject of this article, so I have a conflict of interest. I am requesting review by an uninvolved editor rather than editing the article directly.

The current article is a short stub. I am proposing a sourced replacement draft that keeps the article brief while adding education, career, research, awards, selected publications, and an infobox image uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

Specific text to be added or changed: replace the current article with the draft below.

Reason for the change: the proposed draft improves sourcing, neutrality, completeness, and formatting while remaining concise.

References supporting the change: citations are included inline in the proposed draft.

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Christos Kozyrakis
Born	1974 (age 51–52)
Alma mater	University of Crete University of California, Berkeley
Known for	Transactional memory Processor-memory integration Machine learning for cloud management AI infrastructure
Awards	Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (2026) ACM SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Award (2015) IEEE Fellow ACM Fellow
Scientific career
Fields	Computer architecture, computer systems
Institutions	Stanford University Nvidia École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Thesis	Scalable Vector Media-processors for Embedded Systems  (2002)
Doctoral advisor	David A. Patterson
Doctoral students	Adam Belay Christina Delimitrou Mingyu Gao Daniel Sanchez Ana Klimovic

Christos Kozyrakis (also Christoforos Kozyrakis; born 1974) is a Greek computer scientist whose research is in computer architecture and computer systems. He is the Leonard Bosack and Sandy K. Lerner Professor of Engineering and a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Stanford University, where he leads the Multi-scale Architecture and Systems Team (MAST), and a researcher at Nvidia.

Kozyrakis is known for work on transactional memory systems, energy-efficient computing, memory systems, and resource-efficient cloud computing. He received the ACM SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Award in 2015 for contributions to transactional memory systems and the IEEE Computer Society Harry H. Goode Memorial Award in 2026.

Cisco

Proposing an update to the lead

I am a connected contributor with a declared COI. I would like to suggest the following updates to the first paragraph of the lead section.

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'''Cisco Systems, Inc.''' (using the [[trademark]] '''Cisco''') is an American [[multinational corporation|multinational]] [[digital communications]] technology [[conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] corporation headquartered in [[San Jose, California]]. Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells [[backdoor (computing)|backdoored]] [[networking hardware]], [[software]], [[telecommunications equipment]] and other [[high-technology]] services and products. Cisco specializes in specific tech markets, such as the [[Internet of things]] (IoT), [[internet domain|domain security]], [[videoconferencing]], and [[energy management]] with [[List of Cisco products|products]] including [[Webex]], [[OpenDNS]], [[XMPP|Jabber]], Duo Security, Silicon One, and [[Cisco Jasper|Jasper]].

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''Cisco Systems, Inc.''' (using the [[trademark]] '''Cisco''') is a [[United States|U.S.]][[Multinational corporation|multinational]] technology [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] that develops, manufactures, and sells hardware, [[software]], [[telecommunications equipment]] and other [[high-technology]] services and products focused on [[Networking hardware|networking]], [[cyber security]] and [[Artificial intelligence]]. Cisco specializes in specific tech markets, such as the [[Internet of things]] (IoT), [[Internet domain|domain security]], [[videoconferencing]], and [[energy management]] with [[List of Cisco products|products]] including [[Webex]], [[OpenDNS]], [[XMPP|Jabber]], Duo Security, Silicon One, Hypershield, Unified Edge, and [[Cisco Jasper|Jasper]]. The company is headquartered in [[San Jose, California]].

I would also like to propose adding the following sentence to the end of the last paragraph in the lead section.

As of December 2025, Cisco had a market capitalization of $317 billion.

Thank you, and all feedback is welcome. SBCornelius (talk) 18:03, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

Suggested edit to the History section

I am a connected contributor with a declared COI, and I want to suggest edits to the History section. I have only included TextDiff templates for the paragraphs where I have suggested changes. Each template is labeled with the subsection name and paragraph number. Thank you, and all input is appreciated.

2006-2012: The Human Network - paragraph 4

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Throughout the mid-2000s, Cisco also built a significant presence in India, establishing its Globalization Centre East in [[Bangalore]] for $1 billion. Cisco also expanded into new markets by acquisition—one example being a 2009 purchase of mobile specialist [[Starent Networks]].

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Throughout the mid-2000s, Cisco also built a significant presence in India, establishing its Globalization Centre East in [[Bangalore]] for $1 billion. Cisco also expanded into new markets by acquisition—one example being a 2009 purchase of mobile specialist [[Starent Networks]] for $2.9 billion, which strengthened the company's position in mobile service-provider networks by adding Starent’s packet core technology, which was widely used by carriers as the industry transitioned from 3G to LTE and 4G networks..

2013-present - paragraph 2

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In April 2014, Cisco announced funding for early-stage firms to focus on the Internet of Things. The investment fund was allocated to investments in IoT accelerators and startups such as The Alchemist Accelerator, Ayla Networks and [[EVRYTHNG]]. Later that year, the company announced it was laying off another 6,000 workers or 8% of its global workforce, as part of a second restructuring. On November 4, 2014, Cisco announced an investment in [[Stratoscale]].

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In April 2014, Cisco announced funding for early-stage firms to focus on the Internet of Things. The investment fund was allocated to investments in IoT accelerators and startups such as The Alchemist Accelerator, Ayla Networks and [[EVRYTHNG]]. The company later funded a 2017 track with an additional $1 million in funding to Alchemist. Later in 2014, the company announced it was laying off another 6,000 workers or 8% of its global workforce, as part of a second restructuring. On November 4, 2014, Cisco announced an investment in the Israeli [[Hyper-converged infrastructure]] (HCI) company, [[Stratoscale]].

2013-present - paragraph 3

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On May 4, 2015, Cisco announced [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] and Chairman [[John Chambers (CEO)|John Chambers]] would step down as CEO on July 26, 2015, but remain chairman. [[Chuck Robbins]], senior vice president of worldwide sales & operations and 17-year Cisco veteran, was announced as the next CEO. On July 23, 2015, Cisco announced the divestiture of its television set-top-box and [[cable modem]] business to [[Technicolor SA]] for $600 million, a division originally formed by Cisco's $6.9 billion purchase of [[Scientific Atlanta]]. The deal came as part of Cisco's gradual exit from the consumer market, and as part of an effort by Cisco's new leadership to focus on cloud-based products in enterprise segments. Cisco indicated that it would still collaborate with Technicolor on video products. On November 19, 2015, Cisco, alongside [[ARM Holdings]], [[Dell]], [[Intel]], [[Microsoft]] and [[Princeton University]], founded the [[OpenFog Consortium]], to promote interests and development in [[fog computing]].

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On May 4, 2015, Cisco announced [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] and Chairman [[John Chambers (CEO)|John Chambers]] would step down as CEO on July 26, 2015, but remain chairman. [[Chuck Robbins]], senior vice president of worldwide sales & operations and 17-year Cisco veteran, was announced as the next CEO. On July 23, 2015, Cisco announced the divestiture of its television set-top-box and [[cable modem]] business to [[Technicolor SA]] for $600 million, a division originally formed by Cisco's $6.9 billion purchase of [[Scientific Atlanta]]. The deal came as part of Cisco's gradual exit from the consumer market, and as part of an effort by Cisco's new leadership to focus on cloud-based products in enterprise segments. Cisco indicated that it would still collaborate with Technicolor on video products. On November 19, 2015, Cisco, alongside [[ARM Holdings]], [[Dell]], [[Intel]], [[Microsoft]] and [[Princeton University]], founded the [[OpenFog Consortium]], to promote interests and development in [[fog computing]] through defining a horizontal architecture that spans from cloud to edge, working alongside standards bodies like IEEE and ETSI to support emerging technologies.

2013-present - paragraph 9

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In 2019, Cisco also introduced the "Silicon One" [[Application-specific integrated circuit|ASIC chip]] with the G100 model reaching a speed of 25.6 Tbit/s. The Silicon One competes against the Tomahawk series by [[Broadcom Corporation|Broadcom]] the [[Nvidia|Nvidia Spectrum]], the [[Marvell Technology|Marvell Teralynx]] and the [[Intel]] Tofino. In 2023, the Silicon One G200 will offer a speed of 51.2 Tbit/sec.

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In 2019, Cisco also introduced the "Silicon One" [[Application-specific integrated circuit|ASIC chip]] with the G100 model reaching a speed of 25.6 Tbit/s. The Silicon One competes against the Tomahawk series by [[Broadcom Corporation|Broadcom]] the [[Nvidia|Nvidia Spectrum]], the [[Marvell Technology|Marvell Teralynx]], [[Intel]] Tofino, and the [[Juniper Networks]] Experss 5. In 2023, the Silicon One G200 will offer a speed of 51.2 Tbit/sec.

2013-present - paragraph 12

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Cisco completely curtailed sales of its equipment in Russia after the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], and completely discontinued service for already-sold devices. In April 2023, it became known that the company had destroyed equipment, spare parts, and even vehicles and office furniture worth 1.86 billion rubles (about $23 million) due to the impossibility of re-exporting. In February 2023, Cisco also wrote off the debt of the Russian mobile operator [[MTS (network provider)|MTS]] in the amount of 1.234 billion rubles. As expected, these are unpaid amounts for previous equipment deliveries.

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In 2022, Cisco completely curtailed sales of its equipment in Russia due to [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], and completely discontinued service for already-sold devices. In April 2023, it became known that the company had destroyed equipment, spare parts, and even vehicles and office furniture worth 1.86 billion rubles (about $23 million) due to the impossibility of re-exporting. In February 2023, Cisco also wrote off the debt of the Russian mobile operator [[MTS (network provider)|MTS]] in the amount of 1.234 billion rubles. As expected, these are unpaid amounts for previous equipment deliveries.

2013-present - paragraph 13

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In 2023, Cisco announced plans to begin manufacturing equipment in India.

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In 2023, Cisco announced plans to begin manufacturing equipment in India. The company opened a plant in [[Sriperumbudur]] in late 2024 where it manufactures Network Convergence System (NCS) 540 Series routers. The Indian facility is Cisco's sole manufacturing plant for 540 Series routers.

2013-present - paragraph 15

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On March 5, 2024, Cisco Systems announced to secure unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $28 billion bid for cybersecurity firm [[Splunk]].

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In March 2024, Cisco Systems received unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $28 billion bid for cybersecurity firm [[Splunk]]. The Splunk acquisition was completed later that month.

2013-present - paragraph 19

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On August 13, 2025, Cisco against announced it would eliminate 221 positions across its Milpitas and San Francisco offices. At the same time, the company once again announced an 8% increase in revenue for the fiscal year.

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On August 13, 2025, Cisco announced it would eliminate 221 positions across its Milpitas and San Francisco offices. At the same time, the company announced an 8% increase in revenue for the fiscal year.

SBCornelius (talk) 19:01, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Partly done Thanks for the suggestions. I implemented the copyedits and grammar fixes, but did not add wording or detail that seemed interpretive, or overly specific.

•  Not done 2006–2012 paragraph 4 (Starent): I did not add the proposed wording about the acquisition having "strengthened" Cisco's position, since that reads as interpretive.
•  Not done 2013–present paragraph 2 (IoT funding / Alchemist / Stratoscale): I did not add the additional Alchemist and Stratoscale detail. The San Jose link seems to be a dead link.
•  Not done 2013–present paragraph 3 (OpenFog): I did not add the expanded description of the consortium's technical role, as that seemed too detailed and promotional for this section.
•  Not done 2013–present paragraph 9 (Silicon One): I did not add the extra competitor detail not in the linked source WP:V
•  Not done 2013–present paragraph 12 (Russia): I did not make the requested wording changes, due-to isn't in the source WP:V.
•  Not done 2013–present paragraph 13 (India manufacturing): I did not add the new plant and router-model detail, as it seemed too specific for this section.
•  Done 2013–present paragraph 15 (Splunk): I fixed the awkward wording in the sentence about EU antitrust approval.
•  Done 2013–present paragraph 19 (2025 layoffs): I fixed the typo/wording issue in that sentence.

◦ Sibshops (talk) 15:20, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Sibshops! Thanks for taking the time to review these. I have updated the source in 2013 - present paragraph 2. I also corrected a typo that read 2024 and not 2014. I'm taking the rest as valid points. Thanks again for taking a look. SBCornelius (talk) 16:34, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Proposing changes to the Products & Services section

I am a connected contributor with a declared COI. I have some significant changes to propose for the Products & Services section. It is somewhat out-of-date and not representative of where the company is in 2026. My proposed changes are for the opening paragraphs of the section and then creating a more detailed and inclusive breakdown by adding additional subsections. Thank you for taking the time to review. I appreciate your feedback.

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Cisco provides IT products and services across five major technology areas: networking, security, collaboration, data center and IoT.Cisco is the dominant vendor in the Australian market across all market segments. It uses its Australian office as one of the main headquarters for the [[Asia-Pacific]] region.=== Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) === Cisco partners offer cloud-based services based on Cisco's virtualized [[Cisco Unified Computing System|Unified Computing System]] (UCS). The Cisco Unified Services Delivery Solution includes hosted versions of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (UCM), Cisco Unified Contact Center, Cisco Unified Mobility, Cisco Unified Presence, Cisco Unity Connection (unified messaging) and Cisco Webex Meeting Center.

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Cisco provides networking hardware, software, and services for enterprise, service-provider, and public-sector customers. Its offerings span networking infrastructure, cybersecurity, collaboration software, data center and cloud systems, observability platforms, and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies.=== Networking ===Cisco’s core business is the development of networking infrastructure used to connect and manage data networks. The company produces routers, switches, and network operating systems for enterprise and service-provider environments, including its '''Catalyst''' and '''Nexus''' switching platforms, which are widely used in corporate and data center networks.=== Security ===Cisco offers cybersecurity products designed to protect networks, users, and applications across on-premises and cloud environments. Its security portfolio includes network and identity security tools such as '''Cisco Secure''' platforms and '''Duo''', which provides multi-factor authentication and access control services.=== Collaboration === Cisco provides collaboration and communications software for businesses, including tools for video conferencing, messaging, and enterprise calling. Its '''Webex''' platform supports virtual meetings, cloud calling, and contact center services, and is used by organizations for internal communication and customer engagement.=== Data center and cloud infrastructure ===Cisco develops data center and cloud infrastructure products that support compute, storage networking, and application delivery. The company’s '''Unified Computing System (UCS)''' integrates compute, networking, and management software and is used in on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.=== Observability and analytics ===Cisco offers software platforms for monitoring, observability, and data analytics that help organizations analyze application performance and system reliability. This includes '''Splunk''', an analytics and observability platform acquired by Cisco in 2024, which is used to analyze machine data and support IT and security operations.=== Internet of Things (IoT) ===Cisco provides networking and connectivity technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, focusing on connecting and managing devices at the network edge. Its IoT offerings include industrial networking solutions used in sectors such as manufacturing, transportation, and critical infrastructure.

SBCornelius (talk) 19:13, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

 Not done Thanks for the contribution. This adds too much detail for a products and services and reads more like promotional material instead of an encyclopedic summary. Wikipedia shouldn't provide a breakdown of Cisco's current product lines. ◦ Sibshops (talk) 17:57, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

Suggested edit to the Certifications and Corporate Affairs sections

Hello once again and thanks to @Sibshops for contributing to the discussion above. I've declared my COI and have a few more suggestions for the Certifications and Corporate Affairs sections. I am tagging this for COI review in case additional editors would like to weigh in. Thanks again, and all feedback is appreciated.

Certifications - first paragraph update

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Cisco Systems also sponsors a line of [[Professional certification (computer technology)|IT professional certifications]] for Cisco products. There are five (path to [[network planning and design|network designers]]) levels of certification: Entry (CCT), Associate ([[Cisco CCNA|CCNA]]/CCDA), Specialist (Cisco Certified Specialist), Professional (CCNP/CCDP), Expert (CCIE/CCDE), and recently Architect (CCAr: CCDE previous), as well as eight different paths, Collaboration, CyberOps, Data Center, DevNet, Enterprise, Security, and Service Provider.

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Cisco Systems also sponsors a line of [[Professional certification (computer technology)|IT professional certifications]] for Cisco products. There are four (path to [[Network planning and design|network designers]]) levels of certification: Entry (CCST), Associate ([[Cisco CCNA|CCNA]]), Professional (CCNP), Expert (CCIE/CCDE), as well as eight different paths, Collaboration, CyberOps, Data Center, DevNet, Enterprise, Security, and Service Provider.In 2022, the company launched Cisco U, a digital learning platform that provides training, skills development, and certification preparation for network and IT professionals. The platform offers online and in-person learning tools, including skills assessments, role- and goal-based learning paths, project-based training, and access to lab environments, and forms part of Cisco’s broader education and certification programs.

Corporate affairs
New section - Leadership

Chuck Robbins has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cisco Systems since 2015, guiding the company through strategic transitions and growth in networking, security, and software-driven markets.

Mark Patterson is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, assuming the CFO role in July 2025 after a long tenure at Cisco that spans finance, strategy, and operations.

Jeetu Patel became President and Chief Product Officer in 2025.

Edit to Facilities subsection

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Cisco is headquartered in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California]] at 170 West Tasman Dr. with dozens of buildings comprising its corporate campus. Over 15,000 full-time employees are based at the San Jose campus and the surrounding [[Bay Area]]. Cisco's second largest campus in the United States is located at [[Research Triangle Park]] in [[North Carolina]] with 7,000 employees spanning across 12 buildings.

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Cisco is headquartered in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California]] at 170 West Tasman Dr. with dozens of buildings comprising its corporate campus. Cisco's second largest campus in the United States is located at [[Research Triangle Park]] in [[North Carolina]].

Edit to Awards and accolades subsection

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Cisco products, including IP phones and Telepresence, have been seen in movies and TV series. The company was featured in the documentary film ''[[Something Ventured]]'' which premiered in 2011. Cisco was a 2002–03 recipient of the [[Ron Brown Award]], a U.S. presidential honor to recognize companies "for the exemplary quality of their relationships with employees and communities". Cisco ranked number one in Great Place to Work's World's Best Workplaces 2019. In 2020, ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine ranked Cisco Systems at number four on their Fortune List of the Top 100 Companies to Work For in 2020 based on an employee survey of satisfaction. According to a report by technology consulting firm [[LexInnova Technologies|LexInnova]], Cisco was one of the leading recipients of network security-related patents with the largest portfolio within other companies (6,442 security-related patents) in 2015. In 2024, Cisco was awarded Best Office Phone for its CP-8861 model by PhonePrices.co.uk.

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Cisco products, including IP phones and Telepresence, have been seen in movies and TV series. The company was featured in the documentary film ''[[Something Ventured]]'' which premiered in 2011. Cisco was a 2002–03 recipient of the [[Ron Brown Award]], a U.S. presidential honor to recognize companies "for the exemplary quality of their relationships with employees and communities". Cisco ranked number one in Great Place to Work's World's Best Workplaces 2019. In 2025, ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine ranked Cisco Systems at number three on their Fortune List of the Top 100 Companies to Work For in 2025 based on an employee survey of satisfaction. According to a report by technology consulting firm [[LexInnova Technologies|LexInnova]], Cisco was one of the leading recipients of network security-related patents with the largest portfolio within other companies (6,442 security-related patents) in 2015. In 2024, Cisco was awarded Best Office Phone for its CP-8861 model by PhonePrices.co.uk.

SBCornelius (talk) 22:07, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi @Sibshops! I hope all is well. I have a few suggestions for the Certifications and Corporate Affairs sections. Could you provide feedback since you've been previously involved with this article? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you! SBCornelius (talk) 16:17, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

ClimateWorks Foundation

Requesting infobox edits

Hi, this is a request that I'm making as an employee of ClimateWorks Foundation, acting on the organization's behalf.

Starting small, I want to suggest two additions to the infobox table that seem to be commonly included in other non-profit organization Wikipedia articles:

• Legal status: 501(c)(3) organization
• Type: Non-profit, foundation

Also, the logo in the infobox is our old logo. Our new logo file is here: https://www.climateworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/cw-logo-white-bg.svg

Could someone review and make these updates? If there's anything I can do to help, let me know. I'm planning more requests to help add better sourcing to this article and correct and update information about the organization, so if editors have any pointers, that would be appreciated. TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 18:50, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello! I've  Implemented the infobox changes, though for the new logo, you will need to upload it to Commons first via the upload wizard, and file a VRT ticket (the upload wizard will provide instructions for how to do so.) monkey_smashing^keyboards (talk) 18:55, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, User:MSK! Can I ask: is it possible to add "foundation" in the Type, as well as "non-profit"? Also, I was able to upload the logo on Wikimedia Commons, here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ClimateWorks_Logo_2026.svg

Would you mind adding this to the infobox now? Thanks! TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 22:24, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done monkey_smashing^keyboards (talk) 23:48, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, User:MSK! If you're around, I hope you'll be able to look at my future requests. TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 18:06, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Requesting Organization addition and changes to Partnerships and donors

Hi, this is another request that I'm making as an employee of ClimateWorks Foundation, acting on the organization's behalf.

For this request, I suggest adding a section that provides an overview of how the foundation is organized. I suggest keeping a short summary about leadership within this section and removing the overly detailed paragraph about past leadership from the History. I also suggest putting the section about donors as a subsection within this one. In short, the draft below includes:

• A summary of how the foundation is organized and the geographic split of its work
• Summary of leadership (allowing the details about leadership from the History to be cut, since they seem too in the weeds about those individuals’ past and future roles)
• Moved the section about donors to be a subsection of this suggested new section
• Retitled "Partnerships and donors" to "Donors and grantees"; the current content and my suggested update don't include any actual "partnerships", so it feels more accurate and less confusing to title this "Donors and grantees"
• Rewritten content about donors, to summarize major donors
• A paragraph summarizing regional grantees, which would replace the sentences about Greenpeace India (which feels more appropriate for that organization's article; the funding was not a major grant for ClimateWorks) and Energy Foundation and Green Tech, since that one is flagged as not having a reliable source, and is less recent

Organization & Donors and grantees

Organization

ClimateWorks is organized as a non-profit foundation that provides grants to grantees globally that focus on climate change. As of 2020, work supported by the foundation's grants was split as approximately 56% global, 12% within the United States, and 32% in other countries.

The organization is led by Helen Mountford, who became the foundation's president and chief executive officer in 2022. Past leadership has included Hal Harvey, Charlotte Pera, and Chris DeCardy.

Donors and grantees

The foundation's donors have included the Hewlett Foundation, the Packard Foundation, and the McKnight Foundation, which were its initial funders and the largest donors as of 2009, the year following ClimateWorks' founding. Other donors have included Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bezos Earth Fund, the Ford Foundation, the Oak Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation.

The organization's grantees include regional non-profits such as the African Climate Foundation, the European Climate Foundation, Instituto Clima e Sociedade in Brazil and ViriyaENB in Indonesia.

References

Current content this would replace

From History: Hal Harvey left ClimateWorks Foundation in December 2011. Harvey is now serving as the new CEO of Energy Innovation and is also a published author of Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy. He was succeeded by Julie Blunden as the foundation's new chief executive officer, president, and director of ClimateWorks on May 21, 2012. Blunden has 25 years of experience in the energy industry and is a well-known energy policy expert with a background in both the industrial and nonprofit sectors.

Partnerships and donors

ClimateWorks Foundation has partnered with other organizations through one-time donations and continued sponsorship. For example, the Oak Foundation has funded ClimateWorks Foundation with $75 million for the development of "responsible global and local governance mechanisms, which will have important ramifications socially as well as environmentally."

ClimateWorks Foundation is funded mainly by the Hewlett Foundation, Packard Foundation, and the McKnight Foundation located in Minnesota.

ClimateWorks Foundation has provided funding to Greenpeace India, along with funding from Greenpeace international. ClimateWorks Foundation grants composed about 30% of the organization's funding in June 2015.

The organization also funded around $170 million to the Energy Foundation and $1,520,000 to Green Tech.

References

Could someone review the draft and make these changes? Let me know if I can answer any questions or help with anything. TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 17:48, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi User:MSK, would you be willing to review this request too? Thanks! TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 22:24, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello! A question, is ClimateWorks is organized as a non-profit foundation [...] intentional? If it isn't, then ClimateWorks is a non-profit foundation [...] is more grammatical. msk 22:40, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for replying so soon, User:MSK! Yes, it was intentional as a formal way to state that the foundation is officially registered as a non-profit, but either phrasing is fine. If you think it's better to say "is a non-profit" that works just as well. Do you have any other feedback about the request? TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 03:43, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

I think "is a non-profit" probably is enough, since the infobox and lead make it clear enough that ClimateWorks isn't some kind of unregistered non-profit (which iirc the guidelines disallows anyways). I'll hopefully finish reviewing and implementing your suggested edits tomorrow. Cheers! msk 04:03, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Should be  Done. msk 19:52, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, User:MSK, it looks great! TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 23:36, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Requesting History changes

Hi, this is my next request that I'm making as an employee of ClimateWorks Foundation representing the organization.

For this new request, I suggest updating the History for a full summary of the organization. Right now, the History heavily focuses on the founders and gives a lot of weight to details that could be summarized or even trimmed. In short, the draft below:

• Summarizes the founding history, removing the overly detailed explanation of the initial strategy
• Removes the paragraph about two former leaders sourced from a press release and a profile page
• Removes the sentence about a discussion at Climate Week in 2018 since this seems like a minor/non encyclopedic detail
• Adds sources and details about the foundation's developments to present day

History

ClimateWorks Foundation was founded in 2008 by the Hewlett Foundation, McKnight Foundation, and Packard Foundation. The three organizations collectively pledged $1 billion over the following five years to combat climate change, focusing on reducing carbon emissions, and established ClimateWorks to lead that effort.

The foundation was created after a report called "Design to Win", financed by the three founders of ClimateWorks and three other charitable foundations, examined how philanthropists could combat global warming. The study outlined the zones that produced the most carbon emissions and laid out an approach to the "30 by 30" goal of reducing 30 gigatons of annual heat emissions by the year 2030. The foundation, led by CEO Hal Harvey at the time, based its initial strategy on this 2007 report.

In 2010, the foundation created the Climate and Land Use Alliance, a funding group that supports efforts related to forest conservation and land use.

In 2012, Charlotte Pera became the foundation's president and CEO. The organization shifted its approach to supporting multinational initiatives and created programs in areas such as carbon dioxide removal, cooling, and road transportation. For example, in 2015, the foundation established an initiative focused on zero-emission transportation and electric vehicles. The organization also provided resources for donors such as funder learning communities.

In 2016 the nonprofit was listed in Forbes Magazine as one of the 100 largest U.S. charities.

Around 2020, the foundation began to focus more on people and the impact of climate change. It continued to provide funds to grantees and support for funders.

In the early 2020s, the organization was criticized for its "technocratic" and "rigid" approach with a focus on major advocacy work rather than supporting grassroots organizations and smaller-scale initiatives that can benefit communities. According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, ClimateWorks had begun to change its approach and incorporate more support for grassroots organizations and efforts as of 2022. Also in 2022, Inside Philanthropy noted that the foundation had increased decentralized grantmaking for community impact in response to critiques.

The foundation then established the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program, later known as the Clean Cooling Collaborative. The joint-action fund aims to reduce the use of refrigerants and supports changes to help people access cooling. In 2021, the foundation launched the Drive Electric Campaign, an initiative aimed at broader adoption of electric vehicles.

The organization appointed Chris DeCardy as interim CEO in 2021, who was then succeeded by Helen Mountford as CEO in January 2022. By 2022, the foundation had distributed $1.3 billion in funding to grantees.

In late 2023 and early 2024, the foundation was part of two groups of funders that signed calls to action to commit more funding for climate change adaptation. The December 2023 call to action called for a "tenfold increase" in funding for climate adaptation and resilience.

As of 2026, the foundation had made around $2 billion in grants to organizations and initiatives globally.

References

Current content this would replace

ClimateWorks Foundation was conceptualized and founded by Hal Harvey for a 2007 “Design to Win” report financed by the Hewlett Foundation and other foundations to examine how philanthropists can fight against global warming. Hal Harvey's plan behind ClimateWorks Foundation is a sketched "Sudoku" plan divided into 5 economic sectors: Power, Industry, Buildings, Transport, and Forest. The plan is meant to address emissions of the world's six heaviest CO₂ consuming regions; such as: the United States, China, India, Europe, and Latin America.

The study outlines the zones that produce the most carbon emissions in the planet and systematically approaches the “30 by 30” goal of reducing 30 gigatons of annual heat emissions by the year 2030. Each square from the "Sudoku" plan depicts how many gigatons of carbon could be saved by nation. Dubbed the “ClimateWorks Sudoku”, the Foundation uses this plan in their annual reports and in 2011, reported that China had the potential to save 9.6 gigatons by 2030, while the United States had the potential to save 3.6 gigatons.

Hal Harvey left ClimateWorks Foundation in December 2011. Harvey is now serving as the new CEO of Energy Innovation and is also a published author of Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy. He was succeeded by Julie Blunden as the foundation's new chief executive officer, president, and director of ClimateWorks on May 21, 2012. Blunden has 25 years of experience in the energy industry and is a well-known energy policy expert with a background in both the industrial and nonprofit sectors.

ClimateWorks Foundation hosted a discussion on "accelerating global climate action" in 2018 at Climate Week NYC.

References

I've tried to keep this succinct to help reviewers. Please let me know if there are additional details I can share. TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 18:39, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi there, User:MSK and thanks again for the help so far. Would you be able to review this update, too? Thanks in advance! TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 18:20, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm a bit busy right now with other (some of it onwiki) stuff right now so I won't be able to fully review this in the near future, however some at first glance suggestions.

• first 3 sentences are all about the founding of CW and are a bit redundant to each other
• There might be too much detail on the Design to Win report, some of it could probably be trimmed
• The sentence on criticism in the 2020s could probably be expanded to explain the explicit rationale behind the criticism.
• The "By XXXX, the organization had _____ billion in grants" might do better moved to the donors and grantees section.

Cheers, msk 18:59, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply, User:MSK. I'll work on making some updates to the draft with this feedback and get back to you soon. Appreciate your help. TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 23:39, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks again for that initial feedback, User:MSK. Below is an updated version that:

• Trims down the first few sentences to make it less repetitive
• Reduce details about the Design to Win report. I had included more because of the article's current level of detail, but it's fine to briefly mention the report if you think that’s best.
• Added a line to explain the 2020 critiques
• Removed the sentences about the amount of grants awarded. Could this sentence be added to Donors and grantees? As of 2026, the foundation had made around $2 billion in grants to organizations and initiatives globally.

Thanks! TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 19:18, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

History v2

ClimateWorks Foundation was founded in 2008 by the Hewlett Foundation, McKnight Foundation, and Packard Foundation. The three organizations collectively pledged $1 billion over the following five years to combat climate change, focusing on reducing carbon emissions. These founders had financed a report called "Design to Win" that laid out an approach for reducing 30 gigatons of annual heat emissions by the year 2030. The foundation, led by CEO Hal Harvey at the time, based its initial strategy on this 2007 report.

In 2010, the foundation created the Climate and Land Use Alliance, a funding group that supports efforts related to forest conservation and land use.

In 2012, Charlotte Pera became the foundation's president and CEO. The organization shifted its approach to supporting multinational initiatives and created programs in areas such as carbon dioxide removal, cooling, and road transportation. For example, in 2015, the foundation established an initiative focused on zero-emission transportation and electric vehicles. The organization also provided resources for donors such as funder learning communities.

In 2016 the nonprofit was listed in Forbes Magazine as one of the 100 largest U.S. charities.

Around 2020, the foundation began to focus more on people and the impact of climate change. It continued to provide funds to grantees and support for funders.

In the early 2020s, the organization was criticized for its "technocratic" and "rigid" approach that focused on major advocacy work rather than supporting grassroots organizations and smaller-scale initiatives that can benefit communities. Critics argued that the organization often gave to the same large organizations and didn't provide enough support to smaller community-based organizations. According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, ClimateWorks had begun to change its approach and incorporate more support for grassroots organizations and efforts as of 2022. Also in 2022, Inside Philanthropy noted that the foundation had increased decentralized grantmaking for community impact in response to critiques.

During this period the foundation established the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program, later known as the Clean Cooling Collaborative. The joint-action fund aims to reduce the use of refrigerants and supports changes to help people access cooling. In 2021, the foundation launched the Drive Electric Campaign, an initiative aimed at broader adoption of electric vehicles.

The organization appointed Chris DeCardy as interim CEO in 2021, who was then succeeded by Helen Mountford as CEO in January 2022.

In late 2023 and early 2024, the foundation was part of two groups of funders that signed calls to action to commit more funding for climate change adaptation. The December 2023 call to action called for a "tenfold increase" in funding for climate adaptation and resilience.

References

Hi again, User:MSK. A quick note here that I'll be reaching out to WikiProject Climate Change to see if anyone has time to review this. Your review is very welcome if you have the time, but understand if you're busy. TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 17:38, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

@TDM for ClimateWorks Thanks for going through the process, I have posted the update -- I removed a few sentences, that seem to put undo emphasis on initiatives or practices "specific to ClimeateWorks's self-identity". I did a couple of fact checks and links, but for future updates:

• it would be great to have more external coverage if you have it, especially about the impact of specific programs.

Sadads (talk) 22:21, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

 DoneSadads (talk) 22:23, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, User:Sadads! All the changes you made make sense to me. I'll definitely keep your suggestion in mind for future updates, though I'm happy to see the page updated for now. Thanks for reviewing this. TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 21:03, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Requesting introduction changes and infobox correction

Hi, this is a new request that I'm making as an employee of ClimateWorks Foundation representing the organization.

Now that the rest of the article has been updated, I have a small correction for the infobox and I also suggest cleaning up the introduction and providing a straightforward overview of ClimateWorks Foundation.

For the infobox, as the History discusses and as confirmed by multiple sources, the founders of ClimateWorks are the three foundations: Hewlett Foundation, McKnight Foundation and Packard Foundation. Can the "founder" entry in the infobox be changed from Hal Harvey (who was the first CEO) to:

• Founders: Hewlett Foundation
  McKnight Foundation
  Packard Foundation

For the introduction, the draft below:

• Removes the outdated sentence about the organization's mission, replacing it with a simple statement that the foundation focuses on climate change
• Adds a sentence noting the organization's founders
• Removes sentence about the 2016 listing as a Top 100 Charity by Forbes, as this is included in the History but doesn't seem important enough for the introduction
• Removed the sentence about the Partner Circle, as while this is correct this doesn't feel important enough for the introduction and doesn't have an independent souce
• Added a simple statement to note that ClimateWorks provides grants and support to other organizations
• Added a sentence that notes the amount of grants given as of 2026

Introduction

ClimateWorks Foundation ("ClimateWorks") is a nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco that focuses on climate change. The organization was founded by the Hewlett Foundation, McKnight Foundation, and Packard Foundation in 2008.

ClimateWorks provides funding and support to U.S. and international organizations and initiatives that aim to accelerate climate efforts. As of 2026, the foundation had granted nearly $2 billion to organizations and initiatives.

References

Current content this would replace

ClimateWorks Foundation is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization founded in 2008. ClimateWorks Foundation's mission is to slow global warming by funding other organizations internationally to help find best practice solutions to cut down on carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions.

In 2016 the nonprofit was listed as one of the Top 100 Largest U.S. Charities by Forbes Magazine. The ClimateWorks Foundation is part of the Partner Circle of the Foundations Platform F20, an international network of foundations and philanthropic organizations.

References

User:MSK or User:Sadads would either of you be able to review this request? Thanks! TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 17:50, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi User:MSK, sorry if you've already seen this, but I'm hoping that you might have time to review this as it's a smaller request? TDM for ClimateWorks (talk) 23:12, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Cloudflare

Proposed short addition about CVE-2026-14440 / Universal SSL CAA issue

Disclosure: I am David Osipov, the independent researcher credited in CVE-2026-14440. Because of this conflict of interest, I am not adding the text directly to the article. I would like uninvolved editors to review whether a short, neutral addition is appropriate.

The current article is about Cloudflare, Inc. and already has an “Outages and issues” section, including an “ACME WAF bypass” subsection. I think CVE-2026-14440 may fit there as a short security-issue entry, because it concerns Cloudflare Universal SSL and is publicly tracked by NVD, the CVE Program, GitHub Advisory Database, and CISA enrichment data. I am not proposing a separate article or a long section.

• Requested location: Please add the following subsection under “Outages and issues”, preferably near the existing “ACME WAF bypass” subsection.

Text to add:

Universal SSL CAA issue

In July 2026, CVE-2026-14440 was published for an issue in Cloudflare Universal SSL. The issue involved CAA records, which are DNS records that help determine which certificate authorities may issue TLS certificates for a domain. According to NVD, in some Universal SSL configurations Cloudflare’s authoritative DNS could serve automatically managed CAA records instead of stricter CAA records configured by the domain owner. As a result, RFC 8657 restrictions such as accounturi and validationmethods, which can bind certificate issuance to a specific account or validation method, might not be enforced end-to-end. Successful exploitation could allow issuance of a browser-trusted TLS certificate and enable a man-in-the-middle attack, although exploitation was described as non-trivial. The NVD record credits independent researcher David Osipov with reporting the issue.

• Optional additional sentence, if editors think mitigation context is useful:

Cloudflare’s documented workaround for strict RFC 8657 enforcement was to disable Universal SSL on the affected zone; Cloudflare’s documentation warns that customers should have another valid edge certificate, such as a custom certificate or Advanced Certificate Manager certificate, before disabling Universal SSL to avoid TLS errors.

Reason for the change:

• The issue has an official CVE identifier and is listed by NVD and GitHub Advisory Database.
• It concerns a Cloudflare product/function, Universal SSL, rather than only a third-party configuration.
• The proposed text is short and avoids claims of active exploitation, breach, or impact on all Cloudflare customers.
• The proposed wording does not claim that all Cloudflare customers are affected.
• I have intentionally not cited my own website in the proposed article text. If editors think a primary technical write-up is useful as background, I can provide it separately, but I agree that independent or official sources should carry the main article claim.

References supporting the change:

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14440
• GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vrv9-rjp4-w93c
• CVE Record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14440
• RFC 8657: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8657
• Cloudflare documentation on CAA records: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/caa-records/
• Cloudflare documentation on disabling Universal SSL: https://developers.cloudflare.com/ssl/edge-certificates/universal-ssl/disable-universal-ssl/
• Technical research background, not proposed as an article citation unless editors think it is useful: https://david-osipov.vision/en/blog/cybersecurity/cloudflare-ssl-mitm-flaw-2026/

Open questions for editors:

• Is this sufficiently relevant for a short entry under “Outages and issues”?
• Should the subsection title be “Universal SSL CAA issue”, “Universal SSL CAA vulnerability”, or something else?
• Should the optional mitigation sentence be included, or is it too detailed for the Cloudflare article?
• Should the researcher credit be included, given that it appears in the official vulnerability records, or should the paragraph omit the name to keep the article more focused on Cloudflare?

Codarts

Edit request: Add Shin Mizutani to notable alumni

Hello,

I have a conflict of interest because I am the subject of the related biography, so I am not editing the article directly.

I would like to request that an uninvolved editor consider adding Shin Mizutani to the notable alumni section of the Codarts article, if it is considered appropriate.

Reliable sources indicating that Shin Mizutani studied at Codarts include:

• Donemus composer profile: https://donemus.nl/composer/shin-mizutani/
• Shin Mizutani's English Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Mizutani

Thank you for considering this request.

~2026-38274-52 (talk) 08:42, 4 July 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)

Compare the Market

Paid edit request - remove date from Compare the Meerkat section

• What I think should be changed: In section 'Compare the Meerkat campaign' remove 'on November 18, 2023.' and changed to 'in 2022'.
• Why it should be changed: As it stands, date is uncited and incorrect, suggest either removing date or changing to 2022.
• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

Ehjefferson (talk) 10:59, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

References

 Done Removed the date since it's unsourced. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:08, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

Paid edit request - add clarifications to History & Controversy section re court case

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

After this sentence in History - "In September 2017, it was announced the company was under investigation by the competition regulator surrounding allegations regarding most favoured nation clauses with home insurance providers." add "Initially, the investigation ruled against Comparethemarket. However, this was overturned on appeal in August 2022."

And in Controversy, after existing paragraphs add: "However, BGL filed an appeal in February 2021 and, in August 2022, a Competition Appeal Tribunal found in favour of BGL, overturning the CMA’s decision and its fine.

A Comparethemarket spokesperson commented: “We fully support the work the CMA does as vital to protecting the integrity of markets. We are pleased that this matter is now concluded and are, of course, happy with the outcome. We look forward to continuing our work to help people save money at a time when we are needed more than ever.”"

• Why it should be changed: As it stands page is inaccurate as only includes details of the original court case and not the outcome of the appeal.

• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

Ehjefferson (talk) 11:00, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

References

 Not done: Please cite secondary sources and avoid interviews. Reference 1 is reliable, but not secondary; source 2 is a direct quote and not independent in this regard. Best regards, -- Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 19:10, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

Paid edit request - add CEO

• What I think should be changed: Add "CEO – Mark Bailie" to Infobox data
• Why it should be changed: Standard information for company wikipedia pages
• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

Ehjefferson (talk) 11:00, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

References

 Done Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 19:11, 6 May 2023 (UTC)

What I think should be changed: style for Compare the Market

Comparethemarket.com is used in the main heading. Comparethemarket is used in the first line of the first paragraph, first line under the Comparison products sub-heading, and in three places under the Controversy sub-heading. This should be changed throughout to Compare the Market as this is the correct style for the company. Refs: https://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/news/compare-the-market-boss-gives-update-on-motor-insurance-taskforce/1456821.article https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/25/city-dinosaurs-driving-innovators-abroad-compare-the-market/ StickyContent (talk) 14:20, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Reply 22-MAY-2026

  Edit request resolved  

• Since this went to WP:RM#CM, the request is moot. Setting the request template to "answered".  Spintendo  20:55, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Paid edit requests: miscellaneous

What I think should be changed

Replace ‘Finance and insurance’ with ‘Price comparison’ in the Industry section of the info box

Add Douw Steyn to founders section in info box ¹

Add ‘The company describes its purpose as ‘making great financial decision-making a breeze for everyone’ after the first paragraph ²

Add: ‘In the UK, Compare the Market works in partnership with charities National Numeracy and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.’ After the current paragraph. ^{3, 4}

After this addition, add: ‘It is authorised and regulated for insurance distribution by the UK Financial Conduct Authority.’ ⁵

Add the following 2 paragraphs after current paragraph 5: In 2019, ‘simples’, the catchphrase associated with Compare the Market advertisements, was added to the Oxford English Dictionary. ⁶

In 2023, the company became principal sponsors of The Hundred cricket competition.⁷

Edit list of other products that can be switched to make it up to date. So after ‘that can be switched, a new sentence should read: ‘These include energy, broadband, and digital TV and mobile phone packages, as well as a range of financial products such as loans, credit cards, current accounts, savings and mortgages. ^8,9

After this paragraph add: ‘As well as prices, Compare the Market customers can also compare key features, such as levels of cover, fees and service. The UK website also features comparison guides’ ¹⁰

After this paragraph add: ‘The company receives fees from providers when customers buy products after clicking through from its comparison results. ¹¹

Refs

¹ Comparethemarket founder worth £600m Insurance Times. Retrieved 27 February 2026

² Our purpose Compare the Market. Retrieved 27 February 2026

³ Compare the Market: a new partnership National Numeracy. Retrieved 27 February 2026

⁴ Meet our corporate partners DofE. Retrieved 27 February 2026

⁵ Compare the Market Limited Financial Conduct Authority. Retrieved 27 February 2026

⁶ Simples, whatevs and Jedi added to Oxford English Dictionary BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2026

⁷ Our partners The Hundred. Retrieved 27 February

⁸ Comparethemarket moves into mobile market with new service The Money Pages. Retrieved 27 February 2026 Mobile phone deals Compare the Market Retrieved 27 February

⁹ Find an account that could grow your savings faster Compare the Market. Retrieved 27 February

¹⁰ How we operate at Compare the Market Compare the Market. Retrieved 27 February

¹¹ How we operate at Compare the Market Compare the Market. Retrieved 27 February

Why it should be changed

These changes are necessary in order to keep the Compare the Market entry up to date, as well as to give a more complete picture of the company’s activities.

CKingsley1985 (talk) 12:15, 3 March 2026 (UTC)

Computational neuroscience

Proposed addition on biologically constrained models of language

Requested change: In the section "Cognition, discrimination, and learning", add the following as a new paragraph after the first paragraph:

Task-performing neural network models have been used in cognitive computational neuroscience to test hypotheses about how cognitive functions may be implemented in the brain. In one biologically constrained recurrent model of the cerebellar circuit trained for next-word prediction, intermediate-layer activity was reported to separate subject, verb, and object roles; blocking the recurrent pathway reduced context-dependent prediction and the separation of syntactic categories.

Reason: The section currently gives only general and older examples of computational modeling of higher cognition. The first sentence is supported by an independent review that is already cited elsewhere in the article. The affiliated primary paper is used only for one narrowly described model result. I welcome revisions to the wording or omission of the affiliated source if editors consider it to give the study undue weight.

Vetxsy (talk) 06:09, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

Concord (entertainment company)

Requested Edits June 2026

I have suggestions for improving this page. I have a WP:COI as an employee of Concord.

1. What I think should be changed:

Please replace the first sentence of the lead paragraph:

From:

Alchemy Copyrights, LLC, doing business as Concord, is an independent American entertainment company.

To:

Concord (incorporated as Alchemy Copyrights LLC) is an independent entertainment company, headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

Why I think it should be changed:

The company is consistently referred to as “Concord” in secondary sources, Starting the lead sentence with “Concord” improves clarity and reflects common usage. I also replaced the citations in the existing first sentence, replacing a non-independent primary source, Apollo.com, an investor in the company, as well as a dead link.

2. What I think should be changed:

In the History section, in the “Concord Music Group (2004–2015)” subsection, please add a hatnote linking to the standalone article:

Main article: Concord Music Group

Why I think it should be changed:

This subsection summarizes the period when the company operated as a different entity, Concord Music Group, which is covered in greater detail in the standalone article. Adding a hatnote follows WP:SUMMARYSTYLE, since the section covers a distinct subject with its own page.

3. What I think should be changed:

In the History section, please change the name of the “Concord (2017–present)” subsection.

Change to:

“Concord Music (2017–2019)”

Why I think it should be changed:

The company stopped using the name Concord Music in 2019, verified by source 62 .

5. What I think should be changed:

In the History section, in the subsection that should now be named “Concord Music (2017–2019)” , please delete the first sentence of the fifth paragraph:

The name Concord Music remained in use until early 2019.

Why I think it should be changed:

The information is redundant with the sentence that it (“By May 1, 2019, the company was rebranded as Concord. “) and cites a primary source.

6. What I think should be changed:

In the History section, in the subsection that should now be named “Concord Music (2017–2019)”, please replace what should now be the first sentence of the fifth paragraph:

Change from:

By May 1, 2019, the company was restyled as Concord.

Change to:

By May 1, 2019, the company was rebranded as Concord.

Why I think it should be changed:

Rewritten to remove jargon/promo language.

7. What I think should be changed:

In the History section, in the subsection that should now be named “Concord Music (2017–2019)”, create a new subsection above the sentence “By May 1, 2019…” Here’s what it would look like with the sentence:

“Concord (2019 - present)”

By May 1, 2019, the company was rebranded as Concord.

Why I think it should be changed:

Creating this subsection provides accurate delineation in the company’s history. I’ve changed “restyled” to “rebranded” for NPOV.

8. What I think should be changed:

In the History section, beneath the “Concord (2019 – present),” please add a new 15th paragraph:

In 2024, Concord agreed to acquire the Hipgnosis Songs Fund, a music catalog investment company for approximately $1.4 billion. Concord was later outbid by the investment firm Blackstone, which acquired Hipgnosis for $1.6 billion.

Why I think it should be changed:

The initial deal and subsequent outbidding was heavily covered in the press, making it a notable point in the company’s history.

Thanks for taking the time to review! Snoopywoodstock2 (talk) 17:22, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

@That Article Editing Guy: @Nattasorn2001: - letting you know about these as you’re the editors most recently active on the page. Thanks!

Concordian International School

Independent secondary sources to improve referencing

Disclosure: I am a connected/paid contributor (I am employed as Head of School). I am not editing the article directly. The article currently relies mainly on primary or affiliated sources. Below are independent, secondary sources, grouped by the claim they support, that editors may wish to use. Full citation templates are provided so they can be dropped straight in. I have tried to keep the suggested wording neutral; please reword as you see fit.

Founding and founder

The school was founded in 2001 by Varnnee Chearavanont Ross, who has been the subject of independent profiles discussing the school's founding and its trilingual, IB-based educational philosophy.

Ownership / background

The school was established by a member of the Chearavanont family and is frequently cited in Thai business coverage of family-owned international schools.

Facilities

In December 2018 the school opened a sports complex, an event reported by several independent Thai outlets.

Community / programmes

Concordian students have taken part in externally-reported education and environmental activities. A 20th-anniversary feature on the school also appeared in the Thai edition of HELLO! magazine.

If the article does not already have a reference-list template at the bottom, the citations above will need `

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Laurentgoetschmann (talk) 06:25, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Construction robots

COI edit request: expansion of "Earthmoving" section

Before submitting this request, I substantially expanded all the article (diff). I did not edit the Earthmoving section directly due to my conflict of interest with one of the companies mentioned — Bedrock Robotics. I am now asking an independent editor to review this proposed addition to the Earthmoving section – a balanced overview covering all major market players.

Proposed expanded text for Earthmoving

• In 2008, Komatsu Limited deployed the FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) at the Gabriela Mistral copper mine operated by Codelco in Chile — the world's first commercial autonomous haulage deployment. Driverless dump trucks equipped with GPS, radar, and collision detection transported material without human operators.

• Between 2019 and 2021, Mortenson Construction and Black & Veatch were among the first construction contractors to deploy autonomous excavation technology on commercial projects, using systems developed by Built Robotics. Mortenson used the technology for wind turbine foundation excavation in Colorado. Black & Veatch deployed autonomous excavators on a solar energy project in Florida, digging 1,000 linear feet of trenches.

• In 2025, Sundt Construction carried out mass excavation at a 130-acre industrial site in Arizona: Caterpillar excavators equipped with retrofit kits developed by Bedrock Robotics — comprising LiDAR, cameras, and onboard computing systems — operated autonomously, moving over 65,000 cubic yards of earth and rock. This was described as the industry's largest-known supervised autonomy deployment at the time.

References

Wiki Markup (to copy + paste)

* In 2008, [[Komatsu Limited]] deployed the FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) at the Gabriela Mistral copper mine operated by [[Codelco]] in Chile — the world's first commercial autonomous haulage deployment. Driverless dump trucks equipped with GPS, radar, and collision detection transported material without human operators.<ref>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Komatsu FrontRunner hits milestone |url=https://www.miningmagazine.com/fleets/news/1351723/komatsu-frontrunner-hits-milestone |work=Mining Magazine |date=2018-11-23 |access-date=2026-03-22}}</ref>

* Between 2019 and 2021, [[Mortenson Construction]] and [[Black & Veatch]] were among the first construction contractors to deploy autonomous excavation technology on commercial projects, using systems developed by [[Built Robotics]]. Mortenson used the technology for wind turbine foundation excavation in Colorado. Black & Veatch deployed autonomous excavators on a solar energy project in Florida, digging 1,000 linear feet of trenches.<ref>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Liebeskind |first=Ken |title=Construction Jobs Accelerate With Autonomous Robot Use |url=https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/construction-jobs-accelerate-with-autonomous-robot-use/51398 |work=Construction Equipment Guide |date=2021-02-25 |access-date=2026-03-22}}</ref>

* In 2025, Sundt Construction carried out mass excavation at a 130-acre industrial site in Arizona: [[Caterpillar Inc.|Caterpillar]] excavators equipped with retrofit kits developed by Bedrock Robotics — comprising LiDAR, cameras, and onboard computing systems — operated autonomously, moving over 65,000 cubic yards of earth and rock. <ref>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Bedrock Robotics Moves Earth with Autonomous Excavators |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/62211-bedrock-robotics-moves-earth-with-autonomous-excavators |work=Engineering News-Record |date=2025-12-15 |access-date=2026-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260322091304/https://www.enr.com/articles/62211-bedrock-robotics-moves-earth-with-autonomous-excavators |archive-date=2026-03-22}}</ref> This was described as the industry's largest-known supervised autonomy deployment at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|last=Waldschmidt |first=Jordanne |title=Bedrock Robotics Deploys Industry's Largest Supervised Autonomous Excavator Test |url=https://www.equipmentworld.com/equipment-controls/autonomous/article/15772863/bedrock-robotics-leads-major-autonomous-excavation-push |work=Equipment World |date=2025-12-03 |access-date=2026-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260212111317/https://www.equipmentworld.com/equipment-controls/autonomous/article/15772863/bedrock-robotics-leads-major-autonomous-excavation-push |archive-date=2026-02-12}}</ref>

Thank you for your time and consideration! Alexandra Goncharik ^-sms- 10:17, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

@Nirmaljoshi: Hello Nirmaljoshi, Would you have time to review an edit request above? You appear to be the creator this article and my fellow-participant in WikiProject Engineering, so I decided to ping you. I recently expanded the article substantially, restructuring all sections and adding sourced coverage of notable deployments.

Your original references to Japanese articles, books, and research sent me down an unexpected path: I ended up finding 1988 symposium proceedings describing the MARK robot, which was already finishing concrete floors autonomously in 1984 — the year I was born. Amazing! I tracked down the original PDF from the IAARC archive and added it to the article.

Thank you for laying the foundation! No pressure at all regarding my request. I just thought you might find it interesting. Alexandra Goncharik ^-sms- 10:42, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Convent & Stuart Hall

• Specific text to be added or removed: REPLACE EXISTING WITH:

Convent & Stuart Hall is an independent Catholic K-12 school in the city of San Francisco. The school was founded in 1887 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, also known as the Society of the Sacred Heart^[1]. The school consists of four divisions: Convent of the Sacred Heart High School, Stuart Hall High School, Convent Elementary School, and Stuart Hall for Boys. The school also operates under the name of Schools of the Sacred Heart, San Francisco offering single-sex and coeducational classes. It is part of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools.

• Reason for the change: I am part of the faculty at Convent & Stuart Hall and would like to propose the above changes to the current article to better reflect the actual structure and nature of the school
• References supporting change: https://www.sacredsf.org/about/history-network-of-sacred-heart-schools

Coulson Aviation

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Request to update history section

{{Edit COI|summary=Request to update history section}}

My name is Grace Nakazawa, and I work with Coulson Aviation as a marketing and communications consultant. I am ''thrilled'' to see that editors like [[User:AllegedlyAPhotographer|AllegedlyAPhotographer]] are trying to update this article! I thought I could help by providing some additional details about Coulson's history.

The current history section in this article is essentially a series of bullet points. To be honest, it's missing a lot of information, especially about Coulson's origin and international expansion. I put together a draft that provides a more encyclopedic-style summary.

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=== Early history ===

Coulson Aviation traces its origins to Coulson Forest Products Ltd, which was established in 1960 by Cliff Coulson.<ref name=DiTrapani>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Di Trapani |first=Antonio |date=March 13, 2025 |title=How This Company Became The 1st In The World To Operate A Unique Pair Of Boeing 737s |work=Simple Flying |publisher=Valnet Publishing Group

|url=https://simpleflying.com/company-1st-world-unique-boeing-737s/}}</ref> Coulson had served in [[World War II]], where he learned to operate [[tank|tanks]] and other heavy equipment.<ref name=Wise>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Wise |first=Jeff |date=August 5, 2021 |title=To Fight Wildfires, California Turns to a Family With a Fleet of $8,000-an-Hour Helicopters |work=Bloomberg

|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-08-05/california-wildfire-coulson-aviation-s-night-flying-helicopters-bring-advantage}}</ref> After the war, he acquired a [[bulldozer]] and other equipment to support [[logging|logging operations]].<ref name=Wise/> Through Coulson Forest Products, he contracted for this equipment to be used by harvesters operating in [[British Columbia]].<ref name=Wise/> By 1978, the company had around 15 employees.<ref name=Wise/>

In 1982, Cliff Coulson suffered a stroke and his son, Wayne Coulson, took over leadership of the company.<ref name=Wise/> In 1985, the company added aircraft to its logging equipment, initially focusing on heavy-lift helicopters.<ref name=DiTrapani/>

=== Transition to aviation ===

Coulson Aircrane Ltd. was founded in 1985 as the core aviation entity under the Coulson Group.<ref name=CCC>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Coulson: Global leaders in aerial firefighting |publisher=Canadian Commercial Corporation |date=June 2023

|url=https://www.ccc.ca/en/resources/coulson-customer-profile/}}</ref> Coulson Aircrane soon expanded into [[aerial firefighting]] with [[Helicopter|helicopters]] and large [[Fixed-wing aircraft|fixed-wing]] operations.<ref name=DiTrapani/><ref name=Wise/><ref name=Tharawat>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title=The Coulson Group: Unique by Design |publisher=Tharawat Magazine |date=May 9, 2019

|url=https://www.tharawat-magazine.com/online-magazine/coulson-group-unique-design/}}</ref> The aerial fleet also grew to support [[heli-logging]] operations in [[Alaska]].<ref name=Swartz>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Swartz |first=Kenneth I. |title=Multi Mission Operator |work=Skies |publisher=MHM Publishing |date=May 7, 2014

|url=https://skiesmag.com/news/multimissionoperator/}}</ref>

In 1989, Coulson launched Coulson Manufacturing, a lumber manufacturing facility in [[Port Alberni]] that produced siding and other wood products.<ref name=Kolenko>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Kolenko |first=Sean |title=Family business report: Vancouver Island forest products business rooted in family values |work=Business Intelligence for B.C. |publisher=Business in Vancouver |date=December 16, 2013

|url=https://www.biv.com/news/resources-agriculture/family-business-report-vancouver-island-forest-pro-8238463}}</ref> By the early 1990s, the facility had nearly 900 employees and operated around the clock.<ref name=EDC>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Coulson Aviation: Fighting wildfires from the air; managing risks on the ground |publisher=[[Export Development Canada]] |date=May 12, 2024

|url=https://www.edc.ca/en/success-stories/coulson-aviation-indo-pacific-expansion.html}}</ref><ref name=Tharawat/>

In 1990, Coulson Aviation USA was founded as a subsidiary of Coulson Aircrane to provide aerial fire suppression aircraft to the [[United States Forest Service]].<ref name=AP>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|title=Firefighting plane owned by Oregon company crashes in Australia; 3 Americans killed |work=The Associated Press |via=The Oregonian |date=January 23, 2020

|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/01/firefighting-plane-from-oregon-crashes-in-australia-3-killed.html}}</ref><ref name=DiTrapani>  Aerial firefighting contracts with state and federal agencies proved to be a more stable source of revenue than timber operations.<ref name=Wise/><ref name=Tharawat/> Wayne Coulson soon sold the majority of the Coulson Group's businesses to focus on [[firefighting]].<ref name=EDC>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Coulson Aviation: Fighting wildfires from the air; managing risks on the ground |publisher=[[Export Development Canada]]

|url=https://www.edc.ca/en/success-stories/coulson-aviation-indo-pacific-expansion.html}}</ref> Many of the Coulson Group's logging helicopters were retrofitted for aerial fire suppression,<ref name=EDC/> though the company did continue some heli-logging and other non-fire operations, including [[offshore drilling]] rig support.<ref name=Swartz/>

=== Growth and international expansion  ===

In 2005, Coulson was contracted to provide aerial fire suppression support to Australia's [[National Aerial Firefighting Centre]]  and the state of [[Victoria_(state)|Victoria]].<ref name=Swartz/> Coulson Aviation Australia was founded in 2010 to support Coulson Aircrane's long-term operations in the country.<ref name=ATSB>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Collision with terrain involving Lockheed Martin EC-130Q, N134CG |publisher=Australian Transport Safety Board |date=August 29, 2022

|url=https://www.atsb.gov.au/sites/default/files/media/5781842/ao-2020-007-final.pdf

}}</ref>

In September 2019, Coulson signed an agreement with the Bolivian government to support aerial fire suppression efforts in the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]].<ref name=BCAC>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title=B.C. aviation company sends helicopters to fight fires in Amazon |publisher=British Columbia Aviation Council |date=September 5, 2019

|url=https://www.bcaviationcouncil.org/b-c-aviation-company-sends-helicopters-to-fight-fires-in-amazon/}}</ref> In February 2023, Coulson expanded its operations in [[South America]] through a contract to provide aerial firefighting support to Argentina’s [[Ministry_of_the_Environment_and_Sustainable_Development_(Argentina)|Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development]].<ref name=Wings>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|title=Coulson Aviation provides aerial firefighting support to Argentina |work=Wings |publisher=Annex Business Media |date=February 22, 2023

|url=https://www.wingsmagazine.com/coulson-aviation-provides-aerial-firefighting-support-to-argentina/}}</ref> In November of that same year, Coulson won a three-year contract with Chile’s [[National Forest Corporation|Corporación Nacional Forestal]] for aerial fire suppression support.<ref name=Hoey>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Hoey |first=Iain |title=Coulson Aviation expands aerial firefighting services in South America |work=International Fire & Safety Journal |publisher=Centurian Media |date=November 15, 2023

|url=https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/coulson-aviation-expands-aerial-firefighting-services-in-south-america/}}</ref>

In 2007, Coulson acquired two of the remaining [[Martin JRM Mars]] planes when it purchased Flying Tankers Inc from TimberWest.<ref name=AF>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|title=Coulson’s Martin Mars Finds New Home With BC Aviation Museum |work=Aerial Fire |publisher=Marsayl Media |date=March 29, 2024

|url=https://aerialfiremag.com/2024/03/29/coulsons-martin-mars-finds-new-home-with-bc-aviation-museum/}}</ref> These massive planes had served as "water bombers" for decades, and Coulson continued to use them for wildfire suppression.<ref name=DiTrapani/><ref name=Swartz/>

In 2013, Coulson Aviation purchased an ex-military [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130 Hercules aircraft]] and modified it for aerial firefighting missions.<ref name=SanDiego>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|title=Ex-Navy plane being revamped to fight fires |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=March 14, 2013 |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2013/03/14/ex-navy-plane-being-revamped-to-fight-fires/}}</ref> The revamped plane operated on a California wildfire in September of that year.<ref name=Swartz/> In 2019, Coulson won a contract from the [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]] to install the company's retardant delivery system on seven C-130 Hercules aircraft.<ref name=Airforce>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Coulson receives USAF contract for firefighting system on C-130H |work=Airforce Technology |publisher=GlobalData |date=November 28, 2019

|url=https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/coulson-usaf-firefighting-system/}}</ref> Coulson continued to acquire and modify its own C-130 Hercules aircraft, and by 2025 had obtained a fleet of ten.<ref name=Stock>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Stock |first=Jaryd |title=Coulson Aviation purchases New Zealand C-130 Hercules aircraft |work=Aviation Photography Digest |url=https://aviationphotodigest.com/31791-2/}}</ref><ref name=Stock>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Four RNZAF C-130H Hercules aircraft sold to US aerial firefighting company |publisher=New Zealand Defence Force |date=April 11, 2025

|url=https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/four-rnzaf-c-130h-hercules-aircraft-sold-to-us-aerial-firefighting-company/}}</ref>

In May 2017, Coulson Aviation acquired six [[Boeing_737|Boeing 737-300s]] from [[Southwest Airlines]] and announced plans to convert them into 4,000-gallon “FireLiner” air tankers.<ref name=Nadalet>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Nadalet |first=Ivan |title=Coulson Aviation converts Southwest B737s into firefighters |work=ch-aviation |publisher=ch-aviation GmbH |date=May 25, 2017

|url=https://www.ch-aviation.com/news/56246-coulson-aviation-converts-southwest-b737s-into-firefighters}}</ref><ref name=Forrest>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Forrest |first=Ben |title=Coulson Aviation lands first Fireliner |work=Skies |publisher=MHM Publishing |date=May 29, 2017

|url=https://skiesmag.com/news/coulson-aviation-lands-first-fireliner/}}</ref> The first converted jet became operational in 2018 and was used to fight a wildfire in [[Australia]].<ref name=Memom>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Memon |first=Omar |title=Fireliner: 5 Fast Facts About The Boeing 737 Air Tanker |work=Simple Flying |publisher=Valnet Publishing Group |date=July 12, 2024 |url=https://simpleflying.com/boeing-737-fireliner-facts-list/}}</ref><ref name=BBC>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|title=Modified Boeing 737 used to fight wildfire for first time |work=BBC |date=November 22, 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46312633}}</ref> The 737 FireLiner was part of the large air tanker fleet that was used extensively during the [[2019–20 Australian bushfire season|2019–20 "Black Summer" bushfire season]].<ref name=Mason2023>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Mason |first=Ryan |title=New South Wales Rural Fire Service – Setting the Stage |work=Aerial FIre |publisher=Marsayl Media |date=July 3, 2023 |url=https://aerialfiremag.com/2023/07/03/new-south-wales-rural-fire-service-setting-the-stage/}}</ref>

In 2018, Coulson Aviation began night aerial firefighting tests in Australia.<ref name=Gabbet>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Gabbet |first=Bill |title=Trial of dropping water on a wildfire at night begins in Australia |work=Wildfire Today |publisher=International Association of Wildland Fire |date=February 27, 2018

|url=https://wildfiretoday.com/trial-dropping-water-wildfire-night-begins-australia/}}</ref>

In 2019, Coulson Aviation began supporting firefighting operations in Chile through a partnership with PESCO, a Chilean equipment and machinery company.<ref name=Chile>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|title=Coulson Moves Firefighting Assets to Chile |work=Aerial Fire |publisher=Marsayl Media  |date=November 15, 2019 |url=https://aerialfiremag.com/2019/11/15/coulson-moves-firefighting-assets-to-chile/}}</ref> In November 2023, Coulson Aviation expanded its operations in the country through a three-year firefighting contract with Chile’s [[National_Forest_Corporation|Corporación Nacional Forestal]].<ref name=Mason>{{Cite news |no-tracking=true|last=Mason |first=Ryan |title=Coulson Aviation Awarded 3-yr Aerial Firefighting Contract with Chile for C-130 and Citation 550 |work=Aerial Fire  |publisher=Marsayl Media  |date=November 14, 2023

|url=https://aerialfiremag.com/2023/11/14/coulson-aviation-awarded-3-yr-aerial-firefighting-contract-with-chile-for-c-130-and-citation-550/}}</ref>

In 2020, Coulson Aviation won an aerial firefighting contract with the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management, marking the company's expansion into the [[Asia-Pacific]] region.<ref name=Langfield>{{Cite web |no-tracking=true|title=Aerial firefighting in the Asia-Pacific region |last=Langfield |first=Mandy |work=AirMed&Rescue |publisher=Voyageur Publishing & Events |date=April 2021

|url=https://www.airmedandrescue.com/latest/long-read/aerial-firefighting-asia-pacific-region}}</ref>  

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As you can see, I split the content into three subsections:

*''Early history''

**This subsection spans the period from the establishment of Coulson Forest Products in 1960 to Wayne Coulson's assumption of leadership of the company in the early 1980s.

*''Transition to aviation''

**This subsection covers the period from Coulson Aircrane's founding in 1985 to the founding of Coulson Aviation USA in 1990. This section includes a short paragraph about the Coulson Manufacturing lumber manufacturing facility in Port Alberni, which is not strictly necessary for this section but does serve to flesh out details about this period and contextualize references to the Coulson Group's historical operations outside of aviation.

*''Growth and international expansion''

**Per the title, this subsection covers the period from the early 2000s to the present day during which Coulson expanded its operations across the globe.

The core factual claims were largely pulled from media coverage, e.g. profile pieces about Coulson like [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-08-05/california-wildfire-coulson-aviation-s-night-flying-helicopters-bring-advantage this one] from Bloomberg and [https://simpleflying.com/company-1st-world-unique-boeing-737s/ this one] from Simple Flying.

I'm posting all of this content to the talk page so that independent editors can review. I'm hoping what I put together is useful, because it took me a long time to research & write and then figure out how to share on Wikipedia.

I've also started to upload Coulson-related photos to Wikimedia Commons that might be helpful. I'll share those as soon as I can. GN Coulson (talk) 20:35, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

I haven't looked through most of this, and I'm not sure that I will end up reviewing it as I'm still inexperienced but I would like to inform you that Simple Flying as a source has been depreciated. See Wikipedia:SIMPLEFLYING for more information. - AllegedlyAPhotographer_(talk) 20:40, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi, super cool to see real public information officers here. I'll do my best to help out. Independentgeoscience (talk) 21:33, 21 May 2026 (UTC)

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Revised request to update history section

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This is Grace Nakazawa again. Per my last post, I work with Coulson Aviation as a marketing and communications consultant.

I updated my proposed draft to replace the Simply Flying citations. I apologize, I was not aware that website could not be used.

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Early history

Coulson Aviation traces its origins to Coulson Forest Products Ltd, which was established in 1960 by Cliff Coulson. Coulson had served in World War II, where he learned to operate tanks and other heavy equipment. After the war, he acquired a bulldozer and other equipment to support logging operations. Through Coulson Forest Products, he contracted for this equipment to be used by harvesters operating in British Columbia. By 1978, the company had around 15 employees.

In 1982, Cliff Coulson suffered a stroke and his son, Wayne Coulson, took over leadership of the company. In 1985, the company added aircraft to its logging equipment.

Transition to aviation

Coulson Aircrane Ltd. was founded in 1985 as the core aviation entity under the Coulson Group. Coulson Aircrane soon expanded into aerial firefighting with helicopters and large fixed-wing operations. The aerial fleet also grew to support heli-logging operations in Alaska.

In 1989, Coulson launched Coulson Manufacturing, a lumber manufacturing facility in Port Alberni that produced siding and other wood products. By the early 1990s, the facility had nearly 900 employees and operated around the clock.

In 1990, Coulson Aviation USA was founded as a subsidiary of Coulson Aircrane to provide aerial fire suppression aircraft to the United States Forest Service. Aerial firefighting contracts with state and federal agencies proved to be a more stable source of revenue than timber operations. Wayne Coulson soon sold the majority of the Coulson Group's businesses to focus on firefighting. Many of the Coulson Group's logging helicopters were retrofitted for aerial fire suppression, though the company did continue some heli-logging and other non-fire operations, including offshore drilling rig support.

Growth and international expansion

In 2005, Coulson was contracted to provide aerial fire suppression support to Australia's National Aerial Firefighting Centre and the state of Victoria. Coulson Aviation Australia was founded in 2010 to support Coulson Aircrane's long-term operations in the country.

In September 2019, Coulson signed an agreement with the Bolivian government to support aerial fire suppression efforts in the Amazon. In February 2023, Coulson expanded its operations in South America through a contract to provide aerial firefighting support to Argentina’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development. In November of that same year, Coulson won a three-year contract with Chile’s Corporación Nacional Forestal for aerial fire suppression support.

In 2007, Coulson acquired two of the remaining Martin JRM Mars planes when it purchased Flying Tankers Inc from TimberWest. These massive planes had served as "water bombers" for decades, and Coulson continued to use them for wildfire suppression.

In 2013, Coulson Aviation purchased an ex-military C-130 Hercules aircraft and modified it for aerial firefighting missions. The revamped plane operated on a California wildfire in September of that year. In 2019, Coulson won a contract from the US Air Force to install the company's retardant delivery system on seven C-130 Hercules aircraft. Coulson continued to acquire and modify its own C-130 Hercules aircraft, and by 2025 had obtained a fleet of ten.

In May 2017, Coulson Aviation acquired six Boeing 737-300s from Southwest Airlines and announced plans to convert them into 4,000-gallon “FireLiner” air tankers. The first converted jet became operational in 2018 and was used to fight a wildfire in Australia. The 737 FireLiner was part of the large air tanker fleet that was used extensively during the 2019–20 "Black Summer" bushfire season.

In 2018, Coulson Aviation began night aerial firefighting tests in Australia.

In 2019, Coulson Aviation began supporting firefighting operations in Chile through a partnership with PESCO, a Chilean equipment and machinery company. In November 2023, Coulson Aviation expanded its operations in the country through a three-year firefighting contract with Chile’s Corporación Nacional Forestal.

In 2020, Coulson Aviation won an aerial firefighting contract with the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management, marking the company's expansion into the Asia-Pacific region. {{reflist-talk}} {{collapse bottom}}

As you can see, I split the content into three subsections:

• Early history
  • This subsection spans the period from the establishment of Coulson Forest Products in 1960 to Wayne Coulson's assumption of leadership of the company in the early 1980s.
• Transition to aviation
  • This subsection covers the period from Coulson Aircrane's founding in 1985 to the founding of Coulson Aviation USA in 1990. This section includes a short paragraph about the Coulson Manufacturing lumber manufacturing facility in Port Alberni, which is not strictly necessary for this section but does serve to flesh out details about this period and contextualize references to the Coulson Group's historical operations outside of aviation.
• Growth and international expansion
  • Per the title, this subsection covers the period from the early 2000s to the present day during which Coulson expanded its operations across the globe.

Thank you again for reviewing this! GN Coulson (talk) 15:28, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Checking to see if AllegedlyAPhotographer, Independentgeoscience, or any other editor active on this Talk page have had a chance to review this history request. I understand that editors might not want use everything I drafted, but there are passages here that directly address chronological gaps and sourcing issues in the current history section, especially the citation needed tag in the first paragraph. There's also no information in the existing history section about support for firefighting operations in Chile and other examples of international expansion that have been documented in media coverage. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help improve content here. I think it would be amazing if editors were able to elevate this article to good article status! GN Coulson (talk) 15:32, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

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Request to add Operations section

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This is Grace Nakazawa again. I'm hoping that editors would consider adding an Operations section to this article that provides a brief, encyclopedic summary of Coulson's business model, key products & services, geographic areas of operation, and other organizational details. Some of this information is currently scattered across the article in different sections but it would feel more encyclopedic (in my opinion) if it were consolidated and updated for accuracy. I see Operations sections like this in other Wikipedia articles about firefighting companies (e.g. Bridger Aerospace) and organizations (e.g. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection).

I put together a draft of what this could look like:

{{collapse top|title=Proposed Operations section}} Coulson Aviation is a Canadian company that operates an aerial firefighting and heavy-lift fleet, with operations in North America, South America, and Australia. Coulson’s primary business is providing large air tanker (LAT) and Type 1 helicopter support for government agencies managing wildland fire using both fixed‑wing aircraft and large helicopters. The company also conducts industrial heavy‑lift operations and related missions, building on its origins in helicopter logging, power‑line construction, and other aerial construction work. The company designs and manufactures its own Retardant Aerial Delivery System (RADS) tanks, which are FAA‑approved internal systems used on both fixed‑wing and rotary‑wing aircraft.

Coulson Aviation operates globally under contract with multiple government and firefighting agencies. Its North American operations include deployments with the U.S. Forest Service and CAL FIRE, while its Southern Hemisphere work spans Australia, supporting the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, and South America, collaborating with the Chilean National Forestry Corporation. Aircraft and personnel are based primarily at Coulson’s headquarters in Port Alberni, British Columbia, with additional forward-deployed bases established seasonally to support wildfire campaigns. Coulson also maintains offices in Thermal, California and Bankstown, New South Wales.

Coulson Aviation operates a Transport Canada–approved training academy that provides instruction for pilots, maintenance engineers, and firefighting specialists. Training includes standard aerial firefighting operations as well as specialized programs for night operations and large-aircraft tactics. {{reflist-talk}} {{collapse bottom}}

Thank you again for reviewing this and please let me know if you have any questions. GN Coulson (talk) 22:28, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Covista

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Update of content needed throughout - basic information incorrect

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I am disclosing that I am a global communications manager for Adtalem Global Education and I am suggesting some factual changes. The logo on the page is out of date. The opening summary about Adtalem includes incorrect company names or names that are out of date. The former names are also consistently incorrect listed under Subsidiaries and History (i.e., DeVry Brasil is Adtalem Educacional do Brasil, Chamberlin College of Nursing is Chamberlain University, missing Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists,etc.) Please reference the biolerplate on our latest news release for a complete list of our companies and for the most up-to-date logo - also attached here for use.[File:Adtalem logo RGB.jpg|thumb|Adtalem Global Education]

We are also no longer based in Downers Grove, Ill., but now in Chicago, Ill., since December 2017

The DeVry Education Group subsidiaries subhead should be adjusted to say Adtalem Global Education subsidiaries, and the company names should be updated to reflect what is listed in our boilerplate .Cindy Comm Mgr (talk) 14:24, 20 April 2018 (UTC) -- adding this now per Help Desk instruction by {{reply to|Arch dude}} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cindy Comm Mgr (talk • contribs) 15:59, 19 June 2018 (UTC) {{reflist-talk}}

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Draft article

On behalf of Adtalem Global Education and as part of my work at Beutler Ink, I am submitting a series of COI edit requests in an attempt to improve this entry from a Wikipedia perspective. As evidenced by the two warning banners at the top of the article, which have flagged the presence of problematic sources and text for over a decade, this article is in much need of improvement. There are entirely unsourced paragraphs, some inaccurate and outdated details, and information that is more applicable to subsidiary entries. The article uses multiple press releases and multiple primary sources as citations. There are also instances in which the parent company and subsidiaries are conflated.

For these reasons, I have worked to draft an expanded and updated entry, which is focused on the subject and based on Wikipedia-appropriate sources. I will be submitting requests seeking to replace the current article's content appropriately bit by bit, but wanted to share the full draft for transparency.

Removal requests

{{Edit COI|answered=yes}} First, I'd like to propose the removal of select problematic content in an attempt to clean the slate:

1. In the History section, please remove the following text, which is mostly unsourced and also focused on DeVry University, not Adtalem Global Education: {{Font color|red|Adtalem Global Education was a successor to two separate entities: DeVry Institutes and the Keller-Taylor Corporation, doing business as Keller Graduate School of Management. DeVry Technical Institute was acquired by the Bell & Howell company in 1966, and became part of its Education Group division. The school was renamed to DeVry Institute of Technology in 1968. In 1984, the education division was renamed DeVry, Inc. ("Old DeVry"), and became publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange.}}
2. In the same section, please remove the second paragraph, which is entirely unsourced: {{Font color|red|The Keller-Taylor Corporation was formed in 1973 by Dennis Keller and Ronald Taylor. Keller-Taylor was the holding company of CBA Institute in Chicago, which later became Keller Graduate School of Management. In 1987 Keller-Taylor acquired the DeVry Institutes from Bell & Howell and merged it with Keller Graduate School of Management. The holding company's name changed to DeVry, Inc.}}
3. In the same section, please remove the following paragraph, which is not based on original journalistic reporting and is specific to Ross University School of Medicine (not Adtalem Global Education): {{Font color|red|In 2019, Adtalem partnered with Dillard University, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, and Tuskegee University to increase physician diversity and entered into the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Partnership Challenge, created by the Bipartisan Congressional HBCU Caucus, to increase diversity in key workforce sectors.}}
4. In the Controversies section, please remove the following sentence, which uses a citation that does not even mention Adtalem Global Education or any of its current or former subsidiaries in any capacity: {{Font color|red|The Department of Education decided to forgive $6 billion in debt to students who claimed they were misled by schools, including American University of the Caribbean and Ross University owned by Adtalem.}}

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I will be proposing text additions related to the company's origins and evolution, based on the draft I've shared above, but for now removing these pieces of text would help clear some confusion about the company's early history. I generally avoid editing the main space and ask editors to review and implement proposed changes on my behalf. Thanks in advance for any assistance, Inkian Jason (talk) 22:27, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} Encoded  Talk 💬 17:55, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for reviewing this request. Inkian Jason (talk) 18:07, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

History: Origins

{{Edit COI|answered=yes}}

Hi again! I had hoped to get some of the problematic text in the History section removed in the above request, but I'll go ahead and move forward with a proposal to improve the part of the section focused on Adtalem's origins.

Currently, the Adtalem Global Education entry has some information about the history of DeVry University, which is a former subsidiary of Adtalem. The text is confusing because it conflates Adtalem and DeVry University, despite there being a standalone entry for DeVry University. Some of the text is entirely unsourced. I've supplied replacement text further below.

First, here's a copy of the current section's first four paragraphs:

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{{Font color|red|Adtalem Global Education was a successor to two separate entities: DeVry Institutes and the Keller-Taylor Corporation, doing business as Keller Graduate School of Management. DeVry Technical Institute was acquired by the Bell & Howell company in 1966, and became part of its Education Group division. The school was renamed to DeVry Institute of Technology in 1968. In 1984, the education division was renamed DeVry, Inc. ("Old DeVry"), and became publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange.}}

{{Font color|red|The Keller-Taylor Corporation was formed in 1973 by Dennis Keller and Ronald Taylor. Keller-Taylor was the holding company of CBA Institute in Chicago, which later became Keller Graduate School of Management. In 1987 Keller-Taylor acquired the DeVry Institutes from Bell & Howell and merged it with Keller Graduate School of Management. The holding company's name changed to DeVry, Inc.}}

{{Font color|red|In 1991, DeVry became the first publicly traded education provider with an initial public offering on the NASDAQ stock exchange. In 1995, DeVry moved to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and began trading under the symbol DV ({{NYSE was|DV}}). In 2017, the company changed its ticker symbol to ATGE ({{nyse|ATGE}}). In 1996 DeVry acquired Becker CPA Review, now Becker Professional Education. In 2002 DeVry Institute of Technology and Keller Graduate School of Management became DeVry University. The company diversified into healthcare in 2003 with the acquisition of Ross University and added Chamberlain College of Nursing (then Deaconess College of Nursing) in 2005.}}

{{Font color|red|In 2007, DeVry expanded its reach into online education with the addition of Advanced Academics, an online secondary education that partners with schools and school districts across the United States. Carrington College, formerly known as Apollo College and Western Career College, joined DeVry in 2008. In 2009, DeVry acquired a majority stake in Fanor, later known as DeVry Brasil, a provider of post-secondary education with campuses located in northeastern Brazil. In June 2009, Standard and Poor's added Devry Inc. to its index of stocks, replacing newly-bankrupt General Motors.}}

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Generally speaking, this text is poorly sourced (the first two paragraphs are almost entirely unsourced, hence why I submitted a text removal request above). There is some appropriate information about acquisitions, but I will be submitting a draft section specifically focused on acquisitions and divestitures (and based on better sources) in the near future.

In terms of improving coverage of Adtalem's origins, I suggest replacing the red-colored text above with the following, which is based on reliable news sources and is specifically focused on DeVry Inc. / DeVry Education Group (not DeVry University):

{{Box| {{fake heading|sub=3|Origins}}

{{Font color|green|DeVry Inc. was created in 1987 with the merger of DeVry Institute of Technology (DIT) and the Keller Graduate School of Management. DIT was established in Chicago as the DeForest Training School in 1931 and was acquired by Bell & Howell in 1967. Keller was started by two DIT teachers in 1973; the company acquired DIT from Bell & Howell in 1987. DeVry Inc. went public in 1991, moved to the New York Stock Exchange in 1995, and became known as DeVry Education Group in 2013. The company was previously based in Downers Grove, Illinois.}}

{{Font color|green|In 2012, the company moved 150 jobs from its campus in Roscoe Village to a new office in Chicago's West Loop. The company had additional offices in Oak Brook, as of 2013. In 2015, the company opened another office in the West Loop, after the city approved a $1 million subsidy for the company in the form of tax increment financing in 2012.}}

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I propose using this replacement text to create an Origins subsection of History. I intend to propose replacement text for Adtalem's later history separately. Reviewing editors can see the big picture of what I'm hoping to accomplish for this section at User:Inkian_Jason/Adtalem_Global_Education#History. I would like to think this is a clear improvement over the existing text, but I generally avoid editing the main space and seek help from other editors to review and update the article appropriately on my behalf. Again, my overall goal with this request is to improve sourcing and keep the content focused on the parent company Adtalem, not the former subsidiary DeVry University. I'm happy to address any questions and thanks for any assistance with reviewing the request and improving the article. Inkian Jason (talk) 17:27, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} Encoded  Talk 💬 17:57, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks again! Inkian Jason (talk) 18:07, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Leadership

{{Edit COI|answered=yes}}

I'd like to propose another text improvement and update focused on the company's executive leadership. Currently, the Infobox mentions Stephen Beard, but without any sources and with no confirmation in the article body. The History section briefly mentions the resignation of Daniel Hamburger and the appointment of Lisa Wardell, who is no longer the president and CEO. To bring this article more up to date, I suggest removing the following two sentences from the History section:

• {{Font color|red|Daniel Hamburger resigned in 2016 as CEO of DeVry with a payout of 5.3 million dollars. Eight-year board member, Lisa Wardell was appointed president and CEO of DeVry Education Group.}}

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I propose replacing this sentence with the following standalone section:

{{Collapse top}} {{Box| {{fake heading|sub=2|Leadership}}

{{Font color|green|Stephen Beard, who was previously Adtalem's chief operating officer, became the chief executive officer (CEO) in 2021. He was appointed the chair of the board of directors in November 2024, succeeding Michael W. Malafronte. Beard was included in Time magazine's 2025 "Time100 Health" list of influential people in the healthcare industry, which subsequently earned him a Congressional proclamation.}}

{{Font color|green|Chris Begley was the board chair in 2016. Daniel Hamburger and Lisa Wardell have previously held the CEO role. Wardell was appointed in 2016. She was the only Black woman to lead a Fortune 1000 company in 2018, according to Crain's Chicago Business. Wardell was also the board chair in 2019. In 2021, an analysis by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ranked Adtalem in the top five Illinois-based public firms for both gender and racial diversity on the board.}}

{{Reflist-talk}} }} {{Collapse bottom}} This section is focused on current and former president/CEOs and board chairs, based on Wikipedia-appropriate sources. I've also included a claim about board composition I thought was noteworthy. I generally avoid editing articles directly, so I'm asking reviewing editors to update the article appropriately on my behalf. As always, I am happy to address any questions and concerns about this request. Thanks again! Inkian Jason (talk) 17:47, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} Encoded  Talk 💬 17:59, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

@Encoded Thank you for reviewing these requests. Your assistance is much appreciated. May I ask, did you mean to leave out the first paragraph here re: current CEO and board chair Stephen Beard? Inkian Jason (talk) 18:07, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Apologies I did not mean to leave it out, thanks for flagging! Encoded  Talk 💬 18:09, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

@Encoded Thank you for taking another look! I appreciate your help and fast reply here. Inkian Jason (talk) 18:10, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Acquisitions and divestitures

{{Edit COI|answered=yes}} Much thanks to User:Encoded for reviewing the above requests. Next, I'd like to focus on the second half of the History section, which is mostly about acquisitions and divestitures but based on press releases and Adtalem's website.

Specifically, the following claims are poorly sourced:

• {{Font color|red|In December 2018, Adtalem completed transferral of DeVry University and Keller Graduate School of Management properties to Cogswell Education LLC. This was completed just days after the transfer of Carrington College to San Joaquin Valley College.}}
• {{Font color|red|In September 2020, Adtalem Global Education Inc announced that it began the process of purchasing Walden University for US$1.48 billion in cash. According to Higher Education Dive "Two investment firms, Engine Capital and Hawk Ridge Partners, wrote in an open letter...that they were "severely disappointed" with the board's decision to purchase Walden, calling the college a 'substantially inferior asset.'"}}
• {{Font color|red|In August 2021, Adtalem Global Education Inc completed its acquisition of Walden University.}}
• {{Font color|red|In 2022, Adtalem sold the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, Becker Professional Education and OnCourse Learning to Wendel Group and Colibri Group, respectively.}}

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These are all press releases, with the exception of Higher Ed Dive, which I'm not sure editors would consider a reliable source (not to mention, it is used to source a claim about two non-notable companies). I propose removing these red-highlighted claims and replacing with the following an Acquisitions and divestitures section based on reputable journalistic sources. As seen in the draft I've shared previously, here's a copy of the proposed text for this section:

{{Box| {{fake heading|sub=2|Acquisitions and divestitures}} Adtalem acquired Becker CPA Review (now known as Becker Professional Education), which prepared students for the Certified Public Accountant exam, in 1996. Adtalem acquired Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2003, Chamberlain University (then Deaconess School of Nursing) in 2005, and American University of the Caribbean in 2011. Adtalem agreed to purchase Walden University for approximately $1.5 billion in September 2020. The agreement required approval by the U.S. Department of Education and the Higher Learning Commission. When the deal closed in August 2021, Adtalem became the largest provider of graduate and undergraduate degrees in nursing.

Adtalem began selling business units unrelated to healthcare education in 2017 and consolidated focus on the industry during 2019–2020, when there was a shortage of health professionals. In 2018, the company sold Carrington College to San Joaquin Valley College, as well as DeVry University to Cogswell Education. In 2019, Kaplan, Inc. acquired Becker's healthcare test preparation assets. Kaplan also agreed to provide Adtalem with U.S. Medical Licensing Examination review programs to Ross University School of Medicine and American University of the Caribbean. In 2022, Colibri Group acquired Becker and OnCourse Learning from Adtalem. Adtalem also sold the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists to the French investment company Wendel. The specific purchase terms were not disclosed, but Adtalem confirmed that its financial services segment, which included ACAMLS, Becker, and OnCourse, sold for $1 billion. Since selling its financial services education business, Adtalem has focused primarily on healthcare education.

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This replacement text covers the same topics but is more complete and uses better sources. I don't think any of the claims are particularly contentious but given my conflict of interest I am asking other editors to review and update the article appropriately. Again, you can view how this text fits into the draft at large here. Thanks in advance to any editors who are able to help. Happy to address questions or concerns here or on my user Talk page. Inkian Jason (talk) 21:49, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} Encoded  Talk 💬 17:42, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

{{Ping|Encoded}} Thank you for reviewing this request and updating the article, Inkian Jason (talk) 15:51, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

History: Adtalem Global Education

{{Edit COI|answered=yes}} Related to the above request, I would like to continue addressing the article's History section. If all of the red-colored text in the above request were removed, then only the following text would be left of the second half of History:

• {{Font color|red|In 2011, DeVry continued its international reach with the acquisition of ATC International (a subsidiary of Becker Professional Education), which provides professional finance and accounting training in Central and Eastern Europe as well as Central Asia; and American University of the Caribbean, a medical school located in St. Maarten. In November 2013, DeVry Inc. was renamed DeVry Education Group.}}

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The Business Week source indeed verifies the acquisition of American University of the Caribbean, but this is already mentioned in the proposed Acquisitions and divestitures section above. For this reason, I propose removal to avoid redundancy. The claim about the name change is accurate, and I've included it in the following proposed replacement text for the second half of the History section:

{{Box| {{fake heading|sub=3|Adtalem Global Education}} DeVry Education Group sold DeVry University and Keller Graduate School of Management in 2017, and became known as Adtalem Global Education that same year. The company underwent a rebrand and the ticker symbol was changed to "ATGE". Of the 225,000 students enrolled in its schools at the time, approximately half were based in Brazil and approximately one fifth were studying healthcare. Inside Higher Ed said, "Even before the new name change, the company has sought to differentiate itself publicly from the rest of the for-profit sector. It has responded to increased regulatory scrutiny -- and negative headlines -- for the sector by announcing self-imposed reforms such as voluntarily limiting the amount of revenue it takes in from federal aid."

The company's headquarters were later relocated from Downers Grove to 500 West Monroe Street in the West Loop Gate. In 2024, Crain's Chicago Business said Adtalem had become "the largest health care educator in the nation during a post-COVID period in which the health care sector has faced severe labor shortages". In November 2024, Adtalem announced plans to expand office capacity by moving to an 84,000-square-foot space in Willis Tower in early 2025. In late 2024, Adtalem partnered with Hippocratic AI to train health care professionals on using artificial intelligence. In 2025, Adtalem and Google Cloud partnered to develop a credentials program preparing students and healthcare workers to use artificial intelligence in the clinical environment, starting in 2026.

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My goal for this request is to expand and update the History section with information about the company as a whole outside of acquisitions and divestitures. You can see how I've organized text about Origins, Adtalem Global Education (post-name change), and Acquisitions and divestitures in the full draft I've published here, though I understand editors may decide to group details differently. Given my conflict of interest, I'm asking editors to review and implement the replacement text appropriately. Thanks in advance for any help and please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Inkian Jason (talk) 22:15, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} Encoded  Talk 💬 17:46, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help here, Inkian Jason (talk) 15:51, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Campuses and enrollment

{{Edit COI|answered=yes}}

For my next request, I'd like to propose adding a Campuses and enrollment section with an overview of Adtalem's campuses and enrollment figures (as a whole, not individual institutions). The following summary describes the number of campuses and locations, plus a few student body statistics, based on Wikipedia-appropriate sources:

{{Box| {{fake heading|sub=2|Campuses and enrollment}} Adtalem's institutions operated approximately 130 campuses globally in 2018. Twelve of the 90 U.S. campuses were located in Illinois. In 2020, Adtalem's businesses operated 26 campuses in four countries and fifteen U.S. states. Approximately 90,000 students attended schools with a combined 6,100 faculty members. According to Adtalem, 34 percent of the students were Black. The company also claimed to be the largest provider of Master's, doctorate, and nursing degrees for African Americans. As of 2021, approximately 82 percent of the 140,000 students enrolled at Adtalem schools learned via distance education. In 2022, Adtalem operated 27 campuses and offered courses in 209 countries and territories. }} {{Reflist-talk}}

This information is lacking in the current article. As always, I generally avoid editing directly and seek assistance from others to review and update the article appropriately. You can view how this section fits into the larger draft I've shared here, if helpful.

Thanks again, Inkian Jason (talk) 14:59, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} Folded into new "Operations" section for readability. Encoded  Talk 💬 17:50, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing and updating the article, Inkian Jason (talk) 15:51, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Finances

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Since this article is lacking information about the company's finances, I have drafted the following text for editor consideration, which is based on Wikipedia-appropriate sources:

{{Box| {{fake heading|sub=2|Finances}} In 2017, Adtalem lost approximately $4.6 million from the impacts of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. The company made a profit of $95.6 million in 2019 and lost $85.8 million in 2020, suffering from enrollment declines during the COVID-19 pandemic. In early 2024, Adtalem was targeted by a short seller and the company announced a $300 million repurchase program. In late 2024, Investor's Business Daily said Adtalem saw an average sales growth of fourteen percent over the last three years. For the 2024 fiscal year, Adtalem repurchased 5.446 million shares for approximately $261 million. In May 2025, the repurchase was completed and a new stock buyback program of up to $150 million through May 2028 was launched. }} {{Reflist-talk}}

Same as above, I'm seeking help from others to review and update the article appropriately. You can view how this section fits into the larger draft I've shared here, if helpful. Happy to address any questions or concerns.

Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 15:08, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

{{Respond|greencheck2|Done}} Folded into new "Operations" section for readability. Encoded  Talk 💬 17:50, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks again for your help here! Inkian Jason (talk) 15:51, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Let's be careful with these COI edits

I made some recent edits to the article to try to better reflect the history of the firm as I found it in the sources. I just now saw this draft article and am concerned. This firm was found to have harmed a large number of consumers, paid a very large settlement. It then renamed itself and shifted to a new sector of the industry. The details selected/left out in Inkian Jason's draft put the company in substantially better light than an article reflecting WP:RS weights on the firm's history. Chris vLS (talk) 16:45, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

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Logo update

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Related to the above update, I have uploaded the company's new logo: File:Covista logo.jpg. I'm hoping someone can update the article's Infobox on my behalf, given my COI. {{Ping|Maxime Vernier}} Might you or another editor be willing to help with this time-sensitive request (since fair use images get deleted if not used)?

Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 20:10, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

{{Done}} Maxime Vernier (talk) 20:31, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

{{Ping| Maxime Vernier}} Thank you! Inkian Jason (talk) 21:08, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

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Introduction

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Continuing my series of requests for this article, which I am submitting on behalf of Covista, I'd like to turn focus to the first paragraph of the Introduction. Here's a copy of the current text:

{{Box| Covista Inc. previously Adtalem Global Education Inc. is a US corporation based in Chicago, Illinois, that operates for-profit higher education institutions, including American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, and Walden University. {{Reflist-talk}} }}

I propose replacing this paragraph with the following, which describes the business as a healthcare education company (instead of a "US corporation") and as a parent company. Additionally, the proposed paragraph adds mention of independently notable businesses that previously operated under the parent. Proposed text:

{{Box| Covista Inc., previously Adtalem Global Education, is a healthcare education company based in Chicago, Illinois. Covista is the parent company of American University of the Caribbean, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, and Walden University. Previously, the company owned Becker Professional Education, Carrington College and DeVry University. {{Reflist-talk}} }}

You'll notice I've kept (and properly formatted) the already used Chicago Tribune citation, since the source confirms a Chicago headquarters and also says the company's recent name change reflects a "pivot toward health care education". The proposed replacement text also removes use of the company's official website.

If editors consider this an improvement, I'm hoping someone can update the article on my behalf. Thanks for your consideration, Inkian Jason (talk) 14:28, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

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Infobox updates

{{Edit COI}} I'd like to submit another request for updating this article, specifically the Infobox:

• Please add "{{font color|green|Adtalem Global Education Inc.}}" to the "Formerly" field
• Please add "{{font color|green|Health care}}" to the "Industry" field
  • Related to the above COI edit request, recently published sources verify a focus on this industry.
• Please remove "{{font color|red|1973; 53 years ago}}" from the "Founded" field
  • Reason: This is the founding date of Keller Graduate School of Management.
• Please change "{{Font color|red|Stephen W. Beard (President and CEO)}}" to "{{Font color|green|Stephen Beard (Chair, CEO)}}" in the "Key people" field
  • Reason: These are his current titles, as mentioned in the article body and on the company's official website.

If editors prefer to include a list of notable subsidiaries in the Infobox, then the following could be added:

• American University of the Caribbean
• Chamberlain University
• Ross University School of Medicine
• Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
• Walden University

I'll let editors decide what's most important to include in the Infobox, but I'd like to think all of these proposed changes are not contentious and consistent with the article body. Given my COI, I'm seeking help from others to review and implement this request appropriately. Thanks again! Inkian Jason (talk) 16:15, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Based on User:Spintendo's feedback below, I'd like to clarify that Adtalem Global Education Inc. should be added to the "|former_name=" parameter. Inkian Jason (talk) 13:26, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

I would also like to clarify that the founding date in the infobox is for Keller Graduate School of Management, not Adtalem/Covista. The article's prose says, "DeVry Inc. was created in 1987 with the merger of DeVry Institute of Technology (DIT) and the Keller Graduate School of Management." I am trying to make the infobox consistent with the article body. Thanks, Inkian Jason (talk) 13:29, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Crosswalk.com

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COI edit request: add sourced history of Goshen.net and ChristianShareware.net

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I would like to propose a sourced addition to the Crosswalk.com article concerning Crosswalk.com's 1999 acquisition of Wike Associates/Goshen.net and related GOSHEN resource sites.

Disclosure: I am Robert Woeger. I have a historical connection to the GOSHEN Christian Shareware Library / ChristianShareware.net ecosystem. The proposed article text below does not mention me. I am disclosing this connection and requesting review by uninvolved editors for neutrality, sourcing, and due weight.

Reason for request: The current article is very short and does not appear to include Crosswalk.com's acquisition of Wike Associates/Goshen.net, even though this acquisition is documented in The Washington Post and Christianity Today. Additional scholarly and archival sources show that Goshen.net and ChristianShareware.net were part of the documented Christian Internet resource environment of the late 1990s.

Suggested placement: Please add the following under a new or existing "History" section.

Proposed text:

In 1999, Crosswalk.com acquired Wike Associates Inc. of Roanoke, Virginia, a Christian publishing and direct-mail company that owned Goshen.net. Goshen.net had been developed by Media Management as a website and email service primarily for Christian leaders and was later incorporated into Crosswalk.com. Christianity Today reported that Media Management created Goshen.net as the Internet began to grow, offering information, links, and email bulletins to Christian leaders, and that the success of Goshen.net led Crosswalk to buy Wike's business in 1999.

Goshen.net was also cited in academic and reference literature on Christian Internet use. A 1999 review in Electronic Resources Review described "Bible Study Tools on GOSHEN" as a free Media Management website containing Bible dictionaries, commentaries, concordances, lexicons, an interlinear Bible, sermon helps, historical Christian texts, creeds, confessions, catechisms, church histories, and a combined search engine. Michael Jerome Laney's 1998 University of Tennessee dissertation on Christian website users used the Goshen Net Directory as the sampling frame for a survey of 912 respondents who visited Christian church websites listed in the directory.

GOSHEN also operated ChristianShareware.net, a Christian software and file-download site. A 1999 archived capture identified it as the "GOSHEN Christian Shareware library site", stated that it was "owned and managed by GOSHEN", directed visitors to Goshen.net, and displayed Crosswalk.com copyright and branding. ChristianShareware.net was later listed in Mohamed Taher's reference book Cyber Worship in Multifaith Perspectives, which surveyed religious and spiritual practice on the Internet.

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

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RobertWoeger (talk) 08:40, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

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