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• Pure (3 Colours Red album)
• Justin Driscoll
• Debenhams Group
• Concord (entertainment company)
• Humana
• Shimon Slavin
• Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama
• Thomas Duff (businessman)
• The Ocean Cleanup
• Binance
• Gary Dunham
• Ira Magaziner
• Lori Andrews
• Hopewell Fund
• Nemenhah
• Studley Royal Park
• Timothy Ely
• Priya Thomas
• Caroline Castigliano
• Rana Rahimpour

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Pure (3 Colours Red album)

nme rating

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

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

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

Justin Driscoll

Career Section Request

I have a new request, this time about updating the Career section.

I'm hoping that editors would be amenable to lightly restructuring this section to provide a chronological accounting of Mr. Driscoll's career. The current content jumps around in time ("before becoming," "prior to that," etc.) and is thus hard to follow.

There's also one misleading claim near the end of this section that states Mr. Driscoll was "[a]n early opponent to the Build Public Renewables Act." That wording makes it seem like he was ideologically opposed to renewables. The cited source, however, makes it clear that his "opposition" was simply concern about the feasibility of implementation: "Driscoll early on opposed the legislation, saying NYPA wouldn’t be able to develop green energy at a lower cost than private companies. Large state agencies typically operate under layers of regulations, which makes it hard to compete with the private sector."

I put together a draft that presents Mr. Driscoll's career chronologically and adds the identified context about the Build Public Renewables Act. I also added a few new details that have been mentioned in media coverage.

Updated Career section

After receiving his law degree from New York Law School in 1981, Driscoll entered private practice. In 1984, he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. He then practiced within the civil branch of the Supreme Court for New York and Bronx counties. During his years of private practice, Driscoll represented large companies, governmental entities, and energy providers.

From 1995 to 2003, he represented the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York as outside litigation counsel. From 2005 to 2007, he served as senior vice president and general counsel of the New York State Housing Finance Agency and the State of New York Mortgage Agency.

From 2008 to 2014, Driscoll was a partner at the lobbying firm Brown & Weinraub, where he specialized in "government relations, litigation, and public finance" according to Westchester magazine.

In September 2014, Driscoll became executive vice president and general counsel for the New York Power Authority, the largest state public power organization in the United States. His oversight responsibility included the NYPA’s Ethics and Compliance division. Driscoll served in this role for seven years.

In November 2021, NYPA president and CEO Gil Quiniones resigned and Driscoll assumed both roles in an interim capacity. In July 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul nominated Driscoll to take over both roles permanently. Driscoll, a Republican, faced resistance to his confirmation from New York City Democratic Socialists and the Public Power NY coalition, in part due to his perceived resistance to the Build Public Renewables Act. The Times Union stated that Driscoll initially opposed the legislation because he was concerned that "NYPA wouldn’t be able to develop green energy at a lower cost than private companies."

In August 2023, Driscoll formally assumed the NYPA positions. As president and CEO, Driscoll oversees the NYPA's thousands of circuit-miles of high-voltage transmission and 17 generation facilities. He directs the public benefit corporation's function as a project developer and energy supplier for its state customers. In 2025, City & State noted that Driscoll is "bringing the New York Power Authority back to its nuclear roots" by implementing Governor Hochul's nuclear power directives. In December 2025, the NYPA updated its renewable energy plan and increased its goals for solar, wind, and energy storage.

Driscoll is also a board member of several energy-related organizations, including the Alliance to Save Energy, the Electric Power Research Institute, and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

References

I'm hoping that DMartin or another editor can review what I've put together. And thank you for your time, I know this is a volunteer-led site. I'm simply trying to help ensure the information here is accurate and encyclopedic.TN NYPA (talk) 17:52, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Debenhams Group

COI Edit Request: Update Chief Executive/CEO Leadership

* Account holding COI: MaxF_360 * Target article: Debenhams Group

=== Proposed changes ===
The article currently omits the appointment of Dan Finley as Group CEO and has an outdated reference to Carol Kane as Chief Executive in the "Business operations" section. I am requesting the following two factual updates:

1. History section
Please add the following sentence after the paragraph beginning "In December 2024, Boohoo shareholders blocked Mike Ashley and an associate from joining its board..."
 : Proposed text: On 1 November 2024, Dan Finley was appointed Group CEO, succeeding John Lyttle.
 : Rationale: This fills a chronological gap. The article already includes other recent corporate developments such as board changes and the March 2025 rebrand.

2. Business operations section
Please update the opening sentence of the section to reflect Carol Kane's current role.
 : Current text: "According to Chief executive Carol Kane, Boohoo can differentiate itself from its closest rivals..."
 : Proposed text: "According to Group Executive Director Carol Kane, Boohoo can differentiate itself from its closest rivals..."
 : Rationale: This aligns the prose with information already present elsewhere in the article.

No changes are requested to the infobox, which is already up to date.

=== Supporting sources ===
* Reuters: British retailer Boohoo appoints Dan Finley CEO amid demands from Mike Ashley (1 November 2024) * London Stock Exchange RNS announcement (via Financial Times Markets)

Thank you for reviewing this request. MaxF 360 (talk) 16:10, 4 June 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!

Humana

Operations section addition

After recent feedback, I wanted to present editors with a diff of all the changes I plan on suggesting to improve this page. If you'd like to leave notes on the whole thing, feel free to leave feedback on this post or the draft's Talk page.

For now, I wanted to start off small with a proposal to add an Operations section. This includes content about the company, including leadership, company size, and functions/subsidiaries.

Operations
Executive leadership includes Jim Rechtin (CEO), Japan Mehta (chief information officer), and Celeste Mellet (chief financial officer). It is headquartered at the Humana Waterside and Clocktower in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.

Humana is the second-biggest Medicare Advantage insurer in the United States, as of 2025. It has both an insurance segment and pharmacy and primary care subsidiary called CenterWell.

References

Let me know if there is any feedback. Thanks! E Humana (talk) 19:03, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Shimon Slavin

The 2017 suspension

I agree that this article has substantial room for improvement, and I can understand many of the recent edits. I'm here to help improving the article as a COI editor affiliated with the subject.

I would like to suggest a clarification to the lead and the recently added information about his license suspension. The Jerusalem Post source appears to support inclusion of the suspension and clinic closure. My concern is only that the subsequent restoration of the license does not appear to be reflected.

The current lead describes Slavin as a "former" Israeli physician, mentioning the suspension of his medical license in 2017. However, official Ministry of Health documentation shows that the suspension was for a defined period only and that license no. 8909 was indeed subsequently restored.

Therefore, I suggest that this is clarified in the lead completeness, neutrality and accuracy to something like the following:

Shimon Slavin (Hebrew: שמעון סלוין; born 17 May 1941) is an Israeli professor of medicine. Slavin served as the head of bone-marrow transplantation at Hadassah Medical Center until his retirement in 2007. He later started International Center for Cellular Medicine and Cancer Immunotherapy, a private clinic in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The clinic was ordered to shut down by the Israeli Ministry of Health in 2016, and in 2017, his medical license was suspended for six months and subsequently restored.

References

I hope this makes sense. I'll leave it to uninvolved editors to consider. I may be overlooking sources or context, so I would welcome other editors' views. Thanks. /Urbourbo (talk) 21:47, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

It's unclear why the license removal belongs in the lede at all, let alone the first sentence. That needs to be addressed. Primary sources generally deserve little or no weight, especially for BLP info. --Hipal (talk) 16:57, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

@Hipal Thanks for weighing in, fair point.

My immediate concern was that, if the suspension needs to be mentioned in the lead, its subsequent restoration appears relevant for completeness and accuracy. However, I agree that the more fundamental question may be whether the suspension belongs in the lead at all.

Pending that discussion, would it perhaps make sense to move the suggested suspension paragraph from the lead to a dedicated section further down in the article, to avoid giving undue prominence to the issue in the meantime?

Re the Ministry registry ref, I intended it only as verification of the straightforward fact that the license was subsequently restored, not for any broader interpretive purpose.

Thanks, /Urbourbo (talk) 11:26, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama

Proposed addition of sourced Alabama context to History section

I have a disclosed conflict of interest as a member/supporter of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, so I am not editing the article directly. I am requesting review by uninvolved editors.

I am not asking to remove sourced criticism, federal-recognition information, or the opposition of federally recognized Cherokee tribes. I am requesting a limited addition of sourced historical and institutional context to the History section.

Proposed addition after the current History-section passage discussing the group’s 1980 organization, 1984 state recognition, and headquarters in Falkville:

“According to the Encyclopedia of Alabama, members of the group formally chose the name ‘Echota’ at a meeting in Opelika, Alabama, on March 16, 1980, and incorporation papers were drawn up at that meeting, making the group a legal entity with written bylaws and a mission statement. The same source states that the group supported the creation of the Alabama Indian Affairs Commission and gained state recognition through the Davis-Strong Act process in 1984. The Encyclopedia of Alabama also describes the group as maintaining a tribal office in Falkville, owning land in St. Clair and Cullman Counties, having a representative on the Alabama Indian Affairs Commission, and participating in Indian education programs related to Cherokee language, history, and culture.”

Reason for the change: This addition would not state disputed ancestry claims in Wikipedia’s voice and would not remove existing criticism or recognition-related controversy. It would add sourced institutional and historical context from a secondary Alabama reference source, including the 1980 organization meeting, incorporation, state-recognition context, AIAC representation, land/office information, and education-program activity. BrownTown779 (talk) 06:12, 5 June 2026 (UTC) BrownTown779 (talk) 06:12, 5 June 2026 (UTC) BrownTown779 (talk) 06:12, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Proposed revision to lead sentence and sourcing

I have a disclosed COI as a member of this tribe (see my user page), so I'm proposing this change rather than making it directly.

The article's opening sentence describes the tribe as a "Cherokee heritage group," cited to several sources that are now dead links and that originate from Cherokee Nation advocacy materials (lists of groups it deems fraudulent). Per WP:NPOV and WP:V, contested characterizations sourced to one party in a dispute shouldn't be stated in Wikipedia's voice, especially in the lead.

A scholarly source directly addresses this: Mark Edwin Miller, Claiming Tribal Identity: The Five Tribes and the Politics of Federal Acknowledgment (University of Oklahoma Press, 2013). Miller describes the Cherokee Nation's "Fraudulent Indian Task Force" as a campaign by the Cherokee Nation to publicly oppose groups its leaders considered fraudulent and to "reclaim from the government the 'pleasure of defining' themselves" (pp. 4–6, 22). Miller himself refers to the Echota Cherokee Tribe as one of the tribes recognized by the Alabama Indian Affairs Commission (p. 73) and as one of the original state-recognized tribes at the AIAC's creation in 1984 (p. 233), and does not include it among the groups discussed in his chapter on fraudulent-group claims.

I propose: 1. Opening sentence: "The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama is a state-recognized tribe in Alabama," retaining the existing sourced material on state recognition under the 1984 Davis-Strong Act. 2. The federally recognized Cherokee tribes' opposition moved from the opening sentence to a "Recognition status" section, presented as an attributed dispute per NPOV, citing Miller: [proposed text below]

"The Cherokee Nation and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the federally recognized Cherokee tribes, do not recognize state-recognized groups identifying as Cherokee. The Cherokee Nation created the Fraudulent Indian Task Force, which historian Mark Edwin Miller describes as an effort to publicly campaign against groups its leaders considered fraudulent and to 'reclaim from the government the "pleasure of defining" themselves.'"

If there are no objections I'll implement this in about a week. Comments welcome. BrownTown779 (talk) 15:52, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

BrownTown779 (talk) 15:52, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Thomas Duff (businessman)

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

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

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

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

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

Specifically:

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

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

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

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

The Ocean Cleanup

Proposed content updates (reformatted request 2)

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

Proposed update #1

Location: History section – opening sentence

Current text:

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

Proposed text:

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

Rationale

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

Proposed update #2

Location: History section – end of the opening paragraph

Current text:

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

Proposed text:

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

Rationale

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

Proposed update #3

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

Proposed addition:

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

Using as the reference:

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

Proposed update #4

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

Current text:

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

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

Proposed text:

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

Rationale

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

Source note

The Science reference is not necessary and has been removed.

Proposed update #5

Location: History section – System 001 subsection

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

Rationale

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

Proposed update #6

Location: History section – System 001 subsection

Current text:

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

Proposed text:

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

Rationale

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

Proposed update #7

Location: History section – System 001 subsection

Add the following citation:

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

at the end of the sentence:

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

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

Binance

Paxos, Binance USD, and Binance-Peg BUSD

It seems the last request has reached a consensus, so I would like to present a new topic for consideration. For the History section, I would like to propose the addition of the following paragraph for consideration:

Paxos and Binance announced a partnership to launch a stablecoin, Binance USD (BUSD), in 2019. The coin, based on the Ethereum network, was Paxos-owned and operated but licensed the Binance brand. Binance had its own, separate token that was similarly named Binance-Peg BUSD, which was a wrapped coin issued on multiple blockchains.

References

The Binance USD subsection of the Tokens section does discuss this coin, but several key points are missing, including:

• When the coin was launched
• That the coin licensed the Binance brand but was Paxos-owned and operated
• Establishing the difference between this coin and the similarly named Binance-Peg BUSD.

This last point is important because the information in Binance USD goes on to conflate the two coins, so this distinction should be made.

Since the partnership with Paxos was launched in 2019, I propose the content should go in the History section after the paragraph that starts with, "In June 2018,". I did not suggest it for the Tokens section because later I plan to make suggestions that would make this section redundant, which you can see more context for in my user space draft.

Tagging Grayfell, Jtbobwaysf and Sibshops as usual. Please let me know what you think. KB at Binance (talk) 08:22, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

No consensus. You may continue to discuss, but do not reopen the template until consensus has been formed.

Based on the 'access-date' field, you copied these sources from some other article. Where did they come from?

The article already mentions that BUSD was issued by Paxos on behalf of Binance. This level of detail is unnecessary and distracting (especially for a defunct stablecoin). Mentioning the year is an improvement, but it's too vague.

This also looks like a lopsided use of sources. Look at the Gizmodo source. Do not just summarize the bits which are of interest to your employers. This source focuses on why the stablecoin was discontinued. Grayfell (talk) 09:07, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the review! As mentioned, the Binance USD subsection of the Tokens section does discuss some of this information; any sources replicated come from there. I was proposing moving this content into History and adding information that was currently missing.

Regarding other information reported in these articles , I was trying to keep the request short and simple, but this information I was going to propose further down in the History section.

• The New York Department of Financial Services issued an order to Paxos to stop minting new BUSD tokens in February 2023. At this time, Binance also announced it would also stop minting Binance-Peg BUSD. Prior to this announcement, Bloomberg reported in January 2023 that Binance-Peg BUSD had been undercollateralized at times during 2020 and 2021 and had a gap larger than $1 billion three separate times.

References

However, suggesting this information was going to bloat the request because it also would require some reshaping of Tokens, since some of this information is in the Wikipedia article but heavily relies on large quotes from the source material.

Moving forward, would you prefer small, paragraph sized requests or larger ones that focus on the topic as a whole?

Additionally, regardless of the above, the current article still does not establish that Binance BUSD coin and Binance-Peg BUSD are not the same, referring to the latter coin in a section about the former.

Pinging Grayfell, Jtbobwaysf and Sibshops. Thanks KB at Binance (talk) 13:42, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

You didn't actually answer my question about where you copied those sources from. For example, the Gizmodo source lists '1 August 20205' as the access date, but this source isn't in the article and the article was not even edited on that date. Another example is the Mengqi WSJ source, which lists 22 October 2025 as the access date, but that source was not in the article until I added it after you posted it here. Copying content from other articles, can, potentially, introduce issues per Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. More generally, getting sloppy with sources is a bad idea. Grayfell (talk) 21:13, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Sorry for the lack of clarity. Those sources you called out I did not use from another article, those access dates are correct. You'll see that my proposed user space draft was published in December of 2025. I was in fact slowly working on this draft in August and October 2025; references in this proposal were not borrowed from another Wikipedia article. Let me know if you have any other questions! KB at Binance (talk) 10:18, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

We routinely copy sources from one article to another, thats not the same as copying content. I think we need to WP:AGF even with this COI editor. Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 17:42, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Do not copy sources without verifying them directly. Always check that sources you've copied support the attached claims, that the links work, that the source is reliable in the new context, etc. This has always been important, but now also because of WP:LLMs. Too often people use chatbots to find sources and those chatbots misrepresent those sources, assume they even exist. If you copy a source, and have verified it, update the 'accessed' info to show that you are the one citing it, not someone else at some other article. Grayfell (talk) 19:18, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Thats true, we editors are just going to be checking LLM work more and more, until maybe we all fatigue of it. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 05:29, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the input Jtbobwaysf and Grayfell. Were there any thoughts on the request to clarify the difference between Binance BUSD coin and Binance-Peg BUSD?

Hoping to receive guidance to my earlier question about moving forward and presenting either small, paragraph sized requests or larger ones that focus on the topic as a whole.

Thanks! KB at Binance (talk) 11:44, 10 April 2026 (UTC)

I went through above and have a request, could you please refrain from using ai to write these requests. You are trying to add a distinction between BUSD and something like peg-USD? Do we have sources that explain the difference? You are saying there are Paxos, Binance USD, and Binance-Peg BUSD, right? Do each of these have different tickers? I think you should start by telling us in plain English (without ai). What are the tickers and why is this important? Jtbobwaysf (talk) 06:55, 25 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for going through this again! For clarity, I have not once used AI in any part of my work on Wikipedia. It hasn't been used in any of the drafts I proposed, was not used to find sources, and was not used to make these requests.

For your question on a source that explains the difference, the Gizmodo source above does clarify this: "According to Binance, BUSD is owned and issued by Paxos, who licenses the Binance brand. Though Binance does have another coin called Binance-Peg BUSD. The former is only issued on the Ethereum blockchain, while the latter is a wrapped coin issued on multiple other blockchains. The Binance-Peg BUSD has lost its financial backing on several occasions, though the company claimed this was due to a 'timing mismatch' between when itself and Paxos list prices."

For your question about the ticker, this adds to the confusion because they are both BUSD (though sometimes places use a different one for clarity, such as CoinDesk using BPBUSD for Binance-Peg BUSD)

For your question about why this is important: While they are similar, they are two different entities that get confused with each other often. A large difference is that Paxos minted BUSD and Binance minted Binance-Peg BUSD. NYSDFS issued an order that said BUSD could not be minted anymore. Binance stopped minting Binance-Peg BUSD as a response to this, but was not ordered to do so. Binance-Peg BUSD was also the specific coin a Bloomberg report found to be undercollateralized in 2020 and 2021.

I don't think all of these points need to be this fleshed out, for what it's worth. Simply rewritten to have the distinction clear so that these are two separate coins with two separate histories. The current section "Binance USD" starts with BUSD and the next sentence moves to Binance-Peg BUSD without any indication they are different, it reads like they are the same thing and "Binance-Peg" is just added details for the same coin. I think my proposal resolves this without going too in depth into the explanation.

Let me know if you have any other questions! KB at Binance (talk) 13:43, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I think it would be useful. Certainly the distinction between the Binance corp operated stablecoin and the paxos coin that is operated under license. @Grayfell: thoughts? Thanks! Jtbobwaysf (talk) 07:45, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Glad to provide clarity! Let me know Grayfell and Jtbobwaysf if there are any other questions. KB at Binance (talk) 15:08, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Checking in here with Grayfell and Jtbobwaysf on next steps here: Should this move forward, or should I put a simplified proposal in the COI queue to get more input? Thanks! KB at Binance (talk) 14:38, 20 May 2026 (UTC)

I think this one isnt going to proceed. I would prepare another request for a smaller change. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 20:12, 22 May 2026 (UTC)

Recent updates from Binance

Hello, I would like to present some new language for the History section based on reporting from this week about a large change that Binance has introduced. See the following:

The exchange started to allow trading of United States stocks and ETFs in June 2026. The trading option launched with over 7,000 stocks and ETFs. Binance allows purchases with digital currency, such as stablecoins USDC and USDT. Share purchases are facilitated through a broker dealer, Nest Trading, and firm Alpaca.

References

As always, pinging Grayfell and Jtbobwaysf. Let me know if there are any questions. KB at Binance (talk) 13:55, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Gary Dunham

COI edit request: sourced rewrite and death update

I have a family connection to Gary Dunham, so I am disclosing that conflict of interest and requesting review rather than editing the article directly. I am not being paid to edit Wikipedia. The current article has sourcing and notability issues, and it also needs to be updated because Gary Dunham died on May 30, 2026. I have prepared a sourced rewrite here: User:Dunham82/Gary Dunham rewrite I am requesting that an uninvolved editor review the draft and either replace the current article with the sourced version or incorporate the portions that editors find appropriate. The draft addresses the concerns raised in the deletion discussion by adding independent and verifiable sources, including: a 1981 feature profile in ‘‘Contemporary Christian Music’’; a 1980 profile in ‘‘Christian Life’’; independent newspaper coverage from the ‘‘St. Joseph News-Press’’, ‘‘The Tampa Tribune’’, ‘‘Great Falls Tribune’’, and ‘‘Fredericksburg Standard’’; chart information from ‘‘Hot Hits: Christian Hit Radio’’; album, songbook, and recording credits for his work as a songwriter, recording artist, keyboardist, and background vocalist. I understand that editors may choose to implement all, part, or none of the draft. I would also appreciate review of whether the existing notability and sourcing tags should remain after the article is expanded and cited. Thank you.

Dunham82 (talk) 15:25, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

•  Done except I couldn't include the revised intro as the copyvio tool was showing it as copyvio, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 23:59, 26 June 2026 (UTC)

Ira Magaziner

Refine language to make it more accurate

• What I think should be changed (include citations): Suggest adding text to the summary section at the top of the page to be more accurate about Magaziner's life and career. Suggested text:

Ira Magaziner (born November 8, 1947) is an American business consultant, public policy advisor and non-profit CEO. He was born in New York City, U.S. After being a student activist and business consultant, Magaziner became the senior advisor for policy development for President Clinton, focusing on health care and internet policy. He then co-founded the Clinton Health Access Initiative in 2002 with former President Clinton and served as the organization’s CEO for 20 years. He also co-founded the Clinton Climate Initiative and served as its CEO for five years. He now serves as an advisor to major foundations on global health and environmental programs and as a corporate strategy consultant.

• Why it should be changed: It provides updated and more specific information about Ira's life and career.

• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button): I will provide citations/references as needed to the next requests, which deal with the main body of the text in the page, in my next change requests.

Ckoukkos (talk) 16:38, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

References

Add details and accuracy to the Education section

• What I think should be changed (include citations): I suggest changes to the Education section to add more accurate language.
• Add language about what the New Curriculum means (allows students to choose what they will study) and that it's still used today.
• Add a phrase describing the topic of his valedictory address (social justice), with a link to the Life magazine issue that published the address as a citation
• Suggest change to the section about Magaziner's time at Oxford. The current language makes it sound like he dropped out to organize protests, when in fact Magaziner chose to study on his own rather than following a degree program, and organized protests while he was studying.
• in the post-Oxford section, edit language to be more specific and accurate about why Magaziner and his compatriots abandoned the Brockton project, as described in .
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While a student at Brown University, Magaziner was one of the two architects of the "New Curriculum", a liberal academic approach which allows students to choose what they will study, encourages interdisciplinary studies and eliminates core requirements outside of the concentration the student pursues. As president of Brown’s Undergraduate Council of Students, Magaziner led the effort that resulted in the faculty approving the new curriculum, which is still in effect today. He also negotiated with university administration after the 1968 black student walkout. Magaziner graduated from Brown in 1969 as the valedictorian of his class. His valedictory address, which focused on social justice, was featured in a 1969 Life magazine special on student leaders. After his address, Magaziner led the students in turning their backs on Henry Kissinger, who was receiving an honorary degree.

After graduating from Brown, Magaziner enrolled at Balliol College at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, where he studied political philosophy and economics under Isaiah Berlin. While at Oxford, he befriended Clinton, who was also a Rhodes Scholar at the time. Magaziner chose to pursue an independent reading program at Oxford rather than an established degree program. While at Oxford, Magaziner also organized protest rallies against the Vietnam war.

After Oxford, Magaziner and a group of fellow former Brown students attempted to implement social democratic reforms in the city of Brockton, Massachusetts, before abandoning the efforts after realizing that foreign business competition and other forces beyond their influence were the main source of the town’s economic problems.

• Why it should be changed: It provides updated and more specific information about Magaziner's education

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Ckoukkos (talk) 17:16, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

References

Ckoukkos (talk) 17:16, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Add details and new sections to Career section

• What I think should be changed (include citations): Suggest adding significant details about Career.
• I suggest adjusting sections into "Pre-White House Career" (or "Consulting"), "Clinton Administration", and "Post-White House Career" (Or "Post-White House") in order to allow for appropriate sub-headers, as below.
• Add detail about what his consulting company (Telesis) did, when/to whom it was sold.
• Add detail about his consulting clients, and both the topics and reception of his reports and recommendations. This detail shows his global experiences, policy thinking and influence before he joined the Clinton administration, for which his is best known. Highlight influences on Swedish () and Irish ( and ) industrial policy.
• add text indicating that RI is his home state.
• add text indicating that the Greenhouse Compact was initially popular with business, civic and labor leaders in addition to state legislators, as noted in this article: . The current language makes it sound like only legislators liked it.
• Add publish dates for books he co-authored. Add a citation about the "critical acclaim" claim (). Add a more detailed and accurate summary of the content of the books. See suggested language below.
• Add the previously unmentioned work on the Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, including a link to its official report (, the fact that Hillary Clinton was also on the task force (foreshadowing their work together during Bill Clinton's administration) and that they co-authored an article about this work .
• Refine the language about his work on the Healthcare Task Force during the Clinton administration, including removing charged (and uncited) language like "blunt and domineering" and "attacking critics." Suggested language below.
• Update the (broken) link to Brad DeLong's Typepad page to a Wayback Machine link:
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• replace the current last paragraph of the "Clinton Administration" section (which starts "Magaziner stayed in the administration and worked to develop an E-Commerce policy initiative...) with a new section, called "The Internet," which describes this work in greater detail.
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• Describe Magaziner's work on US e-commerce policy , , including specific legislation he worked on that passed Congress
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• Include and cite a quote by a spokesperson for the Internet Alliance crediting Magaziner for his work in helping to establish a regulatory framework for the Internet.
• Add a new section: Post-White House Career, with appropriate subsections (see below)
• Update the text about CHAI to indicate that he co-founded it and served as CEO until 2021.
• Add a section about the Clinton Climate Initiative, which he also co-founded in 2006 and ran until 2011.

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• To the CCI section, add text about what CCI did (developed climate projects and programs with partners around the world - suggested text below), with each project and program cited:

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• add info about his other children in addition to Seth: Jonathan, who is a managing director in a clean energy fund; and Sarah, who is a pediatrician. Suggested text: "They have three children, including Seth Magaziner, who has served as the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district since January 2023; Jonathan, who is a managing director in a clean energy fund; and Sarah, who is a pediatrician."
• add details about Magaziner's interactions with Jeffrey Epstein to be more accurate and represent more fully the information in the ProJo article cited. Suggested text: "While establishing CHAI in 2002 and 2003, Magaziner met Jeffrey Epstein twice, briefly, when Epstein’s plane was used to ferry dozens of people to Africa and around China. Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were introduced to Magaziner as potential donors to CHAI. Magaziner explained the plans for CHAI and Maxwell took down his name, address and phone number, and said they would be in touch about a possible donation. Magaziner says he had no role in organizing those plane flights, and Epstein and Maxwell never donated."

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Lori Andrews

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'Lori B. Andrews is a novelist and an American professor of law.  She is an internationally recognized expert on social, legal, and ethical impacts of emerging technologies, including reproductive technologies, genetics, biotechnologies, computer technologies, and artificial intelligence. The 2011 Chicago Magazine article,  "Law Prof and Novelist Lori Andrews Untangles Today’s Strangest Biotech Cases, https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/february-2011/law-prof-and-novelist-lori-andrews-untangles-todays-strangest-biotech-cases/"  described her as "one of the world’s foremost legal authorities on the most contentious technological and bioethical issues of our time." The American Bar Association Journals Newsmakers of the year 2007 and 2008 cover story, https://web.archive.org/web/20110413172447/https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/newsmakers_of_the_year_2007_and_2008/  , by Siobhan Morrisey, posted Jan. 1, 2008,

described Andrews as "a lawyer with a literary bent who has the scientific chops to rival any CSI investigator" and "a genetics expert of international renown, whose influence in the legal ethics surrounding genetics doesn't stop at the border." The Chicago Tribune Magazine said, "One of Andrews' talents is the ability to cut through the most complex, emergent technology with common sense disarmingly delivered."

Andrews is a Distinguished Professor of Law on the faculty https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/faculty-scholarship/faculty-directory/lori-b-andrews of Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law and serves as Director of IIT's Institute for Science, Law, and Technology https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/faculty-scholarship/centers-institutes/institute-science-law-technology. She’s been a visiting professor https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/faculty-scholarship/faculty-directory/lori-b-andrews at Princeton University and Case Western Reserve University School of Law https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/faculty-scholarship/faculty-directory/lori-b-andrews. She received her B.A. summa cum laude from Yale College and her J.D. from Yale Law School https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/3538/. Andrews is a Fellow of the Hastings Center https://www.thehastingscenter.org/who-we-are/our-team/hastings-center-fellows/ and an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine https://aclm.org/aclm-honorary-fellowship/.  In a 2023 Chicago Tribune op ed,  "How my Barbie dolls led me to become a lawyer,"  https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/07/21/lori-andrews-how-my-barbie-dolls-led-me-to-become-a-lawyer/  she disclosed how her successful complaint letter to Mattel about her balding Ken doll when she was 10 years old led to a legal career in consumer advocacy.

Career[edit]

Professor Andrews undertakes in-depth, interdisciplinary research on the impact of new technologies on individuals, relationships, communities, social institutions, and the law.  Her studies can take unusual approaches.  She posed as a woman interested in getting sperm from the Nobel Prize Sperm Bank in order to address issues about regulation of sperm banks and about complexity of intellectual achievement  https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/february-2011/law-prof-and-novelist-lori-andrews-untangles-todays-strangest-biotech-cases/ .  In another project https://share.google/d2Xr34w2IRMIaq813 , she created an advisory committee that included a Nobel Laureate, several MacArthur genius award winners, a federal judge, artists and two novelists (Michael Crichton and Richard Powers) for out-of-the-box thinking about biotech policy.  

More generally, Andrews undertakes in-depth multi-year interdisciplinary studies, namely, An alternative strategy for studying adverse events in medical care, 349 Lancet 309 (1997) (with Carol Stocking, Thomas Krizek, Lawrence Gottlieb, Claudette Krizek, Thomas Vargish and Mark Siegler, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140673696082682, and  “Studying Medical Error in Situ: Implications for Malpractice Law and Policy,” 54 DePaul Law Review 357 (2005) https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/fac_schol/21/. In a study of medical errors, she headed a team that followed surgeons for a year, categorized their mistakes, assessed the hospital’s response, analyzed what caused patients to sue, and traced the lawsuits through their conclusions 15 years later  An alternative strategy for studying adverse events in medical care, 349 Lancet 309 (1997) (with Carol Stocking, Thomas Krizek, Lawrence Gottlieb, Claudette Krizek, Thomas Vargish and Mark Siegler, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0140673696082682, and  “Studying Medical Error in Situ: Implications for Malpractice Law and Policy,” 54 DePaul Law Review 357 (2005) https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/fac_schol/21/ .

Her recent studies focus on issues of internet privacy and artificial intelligence.  Because federal regulations protecting health information do not protect the personal health information consumers enter into medical apps, Andrews and her colleague Sarah Blenner and their research assistants downloaded and analyzed hundreds of medical apps and used a proxy server to determine where users’ private information was being sent and whether the medical advice provided by the apps was correct. They learned that 77% of the apps disclosed private health information to third parties, including data aggregators and marketing companies. The medical app study,

Privacy Policies of Android Diabetes Apps and Sharing of Health Information,

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2499265 was published in 2016 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and was covered by over 100 media outlets around the world, including Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/health-apps-often-lack-privacy-policies-and-share-our-data-idUSL1N16G1KI/, CBS News https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-apps-may-pose-major-privacy-concerns/, The Times of London https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/diabetes-apps-put-private-data-at-risk-fc0k9lhgj, Politico https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2016/03/apps-routinely-share-diabetics-health-information-researchers-find-068598, El País, Live Science, Fox News and U.S. News & World Report https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/diabetes-apps-put-private-data-at-risk-fc0k9lhgj, STAT News https://www.statnews.com/2016/03/08/health-apps-sell-medical-data/, Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160308133108.htm, and Mintz https://www.mintz.com/insights-center/viewpoints/2146/2016-03-16-mobile-health-apps-continue-make-headlines.  Andrews similarly found that even with sensitive information entered into psychiatric apps (including suicidal thoughts), the information was widely shared with third parties, including marketing companies, without the consumers’ consent, in her 2018 article,  “A New Privacy Paradigm in the Age of Apps,” 53 Wake Forest Law Review 421 (2018) https://www.wakeforestlawreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/53WakeForestLRev421.pdf.

Her recent work, such as the article,  “The Technology Enterprise: Systemic Bias Against Women,” 9 UC Irvine Law Review 1035 (2019) https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1b40z73v , also highlights how technology fails women. In a 2022 Cardozo Law Review article https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol44/iss1/5/ , Andrews and co-author Hannah Bucher report on their multi-year study on AI hiring tools (resume scanning, one-way video interviews, and use of computer games).  They found that the use of AI and machine learning in hiring discriminates against women and that current employment laws fall short in protecting women.  They propose a new policy approach to regulating AI and machine learning that could serve as a basis for the regulation of other technologies as well.

In 2026, her work addressed the issues raised by romantic relationships between humans and AI (chatbots, avatars and robots), which the Chicago Tribune article,  “People are turning to AI chatbots for companionship. Is this robot love risky?” https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/16/opinion-alexa-marriage-proposals-ai-relationships/  highlights. She explored whether, as with interracial and same sex marriages, AI/human unions will ultimately be legally recognized. She also addressed the confounding notion that a person’s AI spouse is “owned” by the company that created it and she explored legal remedies for the grieving human if the company deletes the AI companion. Libbymandy (talk) 23:16, 23 May 2026 (UTC)

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Public Policy

Andrews has also been involved in setting policies for technologies. She has been an adviser to the United States Congress, the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, and several foreign nations. She served as chair of the federal Working Group on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project. When Dolly the sheep was cloned, she was asked by President Clinton’s bioethics commission for a formal opinion on the advisability and legality of creating cloned human beings. Andrews began to think of this as the Bill Gates problem:  What if a wealthy individual such as Bill Gates wanted to clone himself, perhaps making Gates 2.0, 14.0, 25.0, and so forth—or if Gates’ barber cloned him from a hair follicle and sued him for child support?  Andrews’ 113-page legal opinion, CLONING HUMAN BEINGS: The Current and Future Legal Status of Cloning https://govinfo.library.unt.edu/nbac/pubs/cloning2/cc6.pdf , covered the family law, criminal law, estates law, human research law, contract law, constitutional law, human rights law, and torts law implications of human reproductive cloning. The National Bioethics Advisory Commission’s (NBAC) 1997 report, Cloning Human Beings, https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/nbac/pubs/cloning1/cloning.pdf  cited Andrews’ opinion in its recommendation for a federal ban on human reproductive cloning.

Andrews worked with legislatures to develop laws to give people the same rights to privacy, freedom of speech, and freedom of association online that they have offline. She also served as a consultant to the science ministers of twelve countries on the issues of embryo stem cells, gene patents, and DNA banking. She has advised artists who want to use genetic engineering to become creators with a capital "C" and invent new living species.

Pro Bono Cases

           Throughout her legal career, Andrews has been involved in David-versus-Goliath-type pro bono cases on behalf of ordinary people fighting institutions and corporations in the arena of technology, ranging from York v. Jones, 717 F. Supp. 421 (E.D. Va. 1989) https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/717/421/1584239/ , a case where an in vitro fertilization clinic would not allow a couple to transfer their embryo to their new doctor, ^[1] and Lifchez v. Hartigan, 735 F. Supp. 1361 (N.D. Ill. 1990) https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/735/1361/1459541/ a case where a state tried to ban in vitro fertilization^[2], to cases where researchers and corporations patented the genes from people’s bodies without their consent and in violation of the patent law rule that forbids patents on substances that occur in nature as opposed to actual inventions, namely, Greenberg v. Miami Childrens Hospital, 264 F. Supp. 2d 1064 (S.D. Fla. 2003), and Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., 569 U.S. 576 (2013) https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep569/usrep569576/usrep569576.pdf

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.^[3]  In her brief to the Supreme Court, https://www.ama-assn.org/sites/ama-assn.org/files/corp/media-browser/public/legal-issues/amp-v-uspto-fed_0.pdf in a case that ultimately declared the breast cancer gene was not patentable, Assoc. for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., 569 U.S. 576 (2013) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/569/576/

she cited the findings from her decade-long research on how patents on genes do not meet legal standards and how they increase the cost of genetic tests, decrease the quality, and impede research on cures for genetic disorders.^[4]  Her path-breaking pro bono litigation on reproductive and genetic technologies caused the National Law Journal to list her as one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America" https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bclt/past-events/2012-conferences/march-2012-social-networking-and-privacy/ (in 1991).

Publications

Andrews is the author of eleven non-fiction books, three mystery novels, and more than one hundred scholarly articles, monographs, and book chapters on subjects including informed consent, internet privacy, and technology policy.^[5] In her nonfiction work The Clone Age, published in 2000, Andrews offers a highly critical account of the motives and methods of a new breed of biological scientists. She expresses concerns about the role of venture capital in medical research and what she sees as technology racing ahead of legal and ethical ground rules.

Her book co-authored with sociologist Dorothy Nelkin, Body Bazaar: The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age (Crown Publishers) discusses the psychological, social and financial impacts of the commercialization of human tissue. Future Perfect: Confronting Decisions About Genetics (Columbia University Press) outlines the policy models that Andrews recommends for consideration as we enter an age of increasing knowledge of the human genome.

In recent years, Andrews focused on issues involving social media, apps, internet privacy and machine learning. In her book I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy (Free Press, 2012) she explained how individuals' rights are being violated by the use of their online information and she proposed a Constitution for social networks and the internet. She followed up with articles on the subject in law reviews, medical journals, consumer publications and a 2012 op ed in The New York Times, “Facebook is Using You” https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/facebook-is-using-you.html ^[6] Using a proxy server, she undertook numerous studies exploring where people’s information actually went when they entered it into apps.

Andrews is the author of three mystery novels featuring a female geneticist and military lawyer. The Silent Assassin (2007), the second novel in the Dr. Alexandra Blake series, revolves around graffiti-covered enemy skulls brought back from the Vietnam War by American soldiers. This story line was based on existing Vietnamese skulls made into ashtrays and candleholders that were brought back during the war.  On June 22, 2007, Andrews published an op-ed in The New York Times, The Bones We Carried, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/opinion/22andrews.html in response to the White House visit of Vietnamese president Nguyen Minh Triet. She urged President Bush to return the "trophy skulls."^[7]

In September 2008, Andrews released the third installment of her mystery series, Immunity. The book involves a geneticist and DEA agent who work feverishly to stop an epidemic in the Southwest United States.  Because the book presciently involved a pandemic during a presidential election campaign, her publishers re-issued the book in 2020 during the COVID pandemic https://bookandfilmglobe.com/fiction/medical-mysteries-in-the-pandemic-age/  http://www.immunityanovel.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Immunity-Novel-Alexandra-Blake-Novels/dp/1504063538 .  

Media Coverage

“When octuplets are born in Houston, when a dead man fathers a baby in Los Angeles, when ‘twins’ of different races are born after a medical mix-up in Manhattan, whom are you going to call?  Lori Andrews definitely is on the short list” says USA Today http://www.socialnetworkconstitution.com/about.html .  A frequent guest on Nightline, 60 Minutes https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5095257/ , CBS Morning News, Oprah https://search.worldcat.org/title/Oprah-:-Prof.-Lori-Andrews-May-22-2003/oclc/808313554 , and various other programs https://news.wttw.com/tags/lori-andrews https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5095257/ , Andrews is often interviewed about bioethics https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/items/71481d03-fc36-419d-b55d-c04fe52e0c3e https://freshairarchive.org/segments/lori-b-andrews-discusses-clone-age https://bioethics.jhu.edu/moral-histories/explore-the-collection/lori-andrews-jd/ https://www.pbs.org/bloodlines/themes/ethics.html , privacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZGkMyg8Y_M , https://www.c-span.org/program/the-communicators/the-communicators-with-lori-andrews/317760  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPjnIe3Hu4 https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/big-story-war-for-the-web , and emerging technologies https://www.youtube.com/user/loriandrewsauthor https://freshairarchive.org/segments/lori-b-andrews-discusses-clone-age . She’s written for The New York Times Magazine, New York, Playboy, Parade, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and other publications, as well as for a television legal drama https://kentlaw.iit.edu/law/faculty-scholarship/faculty-directory/lori-b-andrews https://www.pbs.org/bloodlines/themes/ethics.html . A documentary, "Frozen Angels" http://www.frozenangels.org/index.html which describes her work https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/frozen-angels-1200527695/ , premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival http://www.frozenangels.org/festivals.html .  In a cover story about her in the Chicago Tribune Magazine, Professor Lori Andrews explained, "As a lawyer, I’m always dealing with legal cases where things have gone wrong, so I tend to focus on the negative. But I absolutely acknowledge the value of medical research. I just want to be sure the benefits are distributed fairly and there is disclosure of the risks."

Bibliography[edit]

Non-Fiction:

·       New Conceptions: A Consumer's Guide to the Newest Infertility Treatments, Including in Vitro Fertilization, Artificial Insemination,& Surrogate Mother. New York: St. Martins, 1984. ISBN 0-312-56610-7

·       State Laws and Regulations Governing Newborn Screening. National Center for Education in Maternal & Child Health, Georgetown University, 1985. ISBN 0-910059-04-7

·       Between Strangers: Surrogate Mothers, Expectant Fathers, and Brave New Babies. Harper & Row, 1989. ISBN 0-06-016058-6

·       Assessing Genetic Risks: Implications for Health and Social Policy. National Academy Press, 1994. Co-edited with Jane E. Fullarton, Neil A. Holtzman, and Arno G. Motulsky. ISBN 0-309-04798-6

·       The Clone Age: Adventures in the New World of Reproductive Technology. Holt, 2000. ISBN 0-8050-6446-X

·       Black Power, White Blood: The Life and Times of Johnny Spain. Temple University Press, revised edition, 2000. ISBN 1-56639-750-2

·       Body Bazaar: The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age. New York: Crown, 2001. With Dorothy Nelkin. ISBN 0-609-60540-2

·       Future Perfect. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-231-12163-6

·       Genetics: Ethics, Law and Policy. St. Paul: West, 2002, 2nd edition, 2006, 3rd edition, 2010. With Mark Rothstein and Maxwell Mehlman. ISBN 0-314-91186-3

·       I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy. New York: Free Press, 2012. ISBN 1-4516-5051-5  Published in Japanese (East Press Co. Ltd., 2013), Arabic (Obeikan Research & Development, 2015), Korean (Youngjin, 2016), and Chinese (Hangzhou Blue Lion Cultural & Creative, 2016).

Fiction:

·       Sequence. New York: St. Martin's, 2006. ISBN 0-312-94245-1 published in Japanese (Hayakawa Publishing, Inc. 2008), in German as The Killer Code (Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH 2006) and in Dutch as Bloedproef (House of Books/ECI 2006, paperback 2007) https://www.boekbeschrijvingen.nl/andrews-lori/andrews.html .

·       The Silent Assassin. New York: St. Martin's, 2007. ISBN 0-312-35271-9 published in Japanese (Hayakawa Publishing, Inc. 2008) and in Dutch as De Stille Moordenaar (House of Books 2008) https://www.boekbeschrijvingen.nl/andrews-lori/andrews.html .

Immunity. New York: St. Martin's, 2008. ISBN 0-312-35272-7 Open Media Books 2020. Published in German as Epidemie (Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH 2008 and 2020) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53632030-epidemie#?ref=nav_comm and in Dutch as IMMUUN (House of Books 2008) https://www.boekbeschrijvingen.nl/andrews-lori/andrews.html.

·       Epidemie (in 2008 and 2020).

External links[edit]

·       Lori Andrews Social Network Constitution website. socialnetworkconstitution.com.

References[edit]

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^[1] York v. Jones, 717 F. Supp. 421 (E.D. Va. 1989).

^[2] Lifchez v. Hartigan, 735 F. Supp. 1361 (N.D. Ill. 1990).

^[3] Greenberg v. Miami Childrens Hospital, 264 F. Supp. 2d 1064 (S.D. Fla. 2003): Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., 569 U.S. 576 (2013).

^[4] Amicus Brief of American Medical Association,” Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., 569 U.S. 576 (2013).

^[5] Lori Andrews resume, https://kentlaw.iit.edu/sites/default/files/2025-08/lori_andrews_cv_2025.pdf

^[6] “Facebook is Using You,” The New York Times, Op-Ed, February 4, 2012.

^[7] “The Bones We Carried,” The New York Times, Op-Ed, June 22, 2007. Libbymandy (talk) 17:02, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Hopewell Fund

Requesting infobox edits

As this is my first post here, a little introduction: My name is Jonathan and I'm the chief of staff at the Hopewell Fund. I'm here to make requests on behalf of the organization. I added a connected contributor banner to the top of this page to fully disclose my conflict of interest. Per Wikipedia guidelines, I will only make talk page requests and not edit directly.

I have three initial requested updates for the infobox:

1. Adding a Key people line and including Hopewell's President, Anna Brower (suggested citation)
2. Updating the Revenue per the most recent public filings to $208 million (2024) (suggested citation though the current citation also confirms this)
3. Update "Arabella Advisors" to "Sunflower Services" in the list of Affiliations, as the former dissolved and its operations now function under the latter new name. Per that cited Chronicle of Philanthropy article, Sixteen Thirty Fund and North Fund should be removed from the list, as there's no longer any relationship between these organizations and Hopewell Fund.

Are these updates possible?

JB at Hopewell Fund (talk) 18:09, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

• @JB at Hopewell Fund:: Regarding #1, the link doesn't work. #2, I updated the number and left the ProPublica citation. #3, I added Sunflower Services to the affiliations list but did not remove Sixteen Thirty Fund and North Fund because the Chronicle of Philanthropy article is behind a paywall so I can't confirm that info. I could confirm the rebranding to Sunflower based on what little I can see from the CoP article plus sources used on Arabella Advisors. APK hi :-) (talk) 21:46, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Nemenhah

COI edit request: neutral wording and fuller summary of 2009 AP source

Disclosure: I am a regionally elected chief in the Nemenhah and publisher of the Nemenhah Record, so I have a conflict of interest and am requesting review rather than editing the article directly.

I am requesting a narrow, source-based change to improve neutrality and accuracy.

The current article describes Phillip “Cloudpiler” Landis in Wikipedia’s voice as a “convicted fraudster.” This wording seems unnecessarily loaded for the lead sentence. The cited Associated Press/NBC source does mention prior fraud charges and prison time, but it also identifies Landis in the context of his role with the Nemenhah and includes his statements about the Daniel Hauser matter.

I propose replacing the current lead wording with more neutral wording such as:

“The Nemenhah Band is a religious group associated with Phillip ‘Cloudpiler’ Landis, who told the Associated Press in 2009 that he had been elected the group’s principal medicine chief.”

I also propose revising the controversy paragraph so it reflects the cited source more fully. Suggested wording:

“In 2009, news coverage connected the Nemenhah Band with the Daniel Hauser chemotherapy case after Hauser’s mother was reported to have joined the group a few months earlier. Landis told the Associated Press that he had never met Hauser or her son, urged them to return home, and said he could not support her committing a felony.”

This request is not asking editors to accept private knowledge. It is based on the article’s existing cited source and is intended to bring the article closer to neutral wording and a fuller summary of the source.

~~~~ Raforsyth (talk) 19:16, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Please disclose your COI on your user page as well(User:Raforsyth).

I have removed the reference to "convicted fraudster" because that was not described in the provided source.

I'm leaving this request open to see if someone else can have more luck in accessing the other sources for the paragraph you're asking be changed. I'm actually wondering if your group merits an article at all according to our criteria, but I'm leaving that aside for now. 331dot (talk) 19:29, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. I have disclosed my conflict of interest on my user page as requested. I appreciate the removal of the unsupported wording. Raforsyth (talk) 19:32, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Studley Royal Park

Edit request: sourced note on separate shooting rights ownership

I have a conflict of interest because I do work related to Studley Royal Shoot, so I’m not editing directly. I’d like to request consideration of the following addition to the “Public ownership” section, after the sentence noting the National Trust’s 1983 acquisition:

"The National Trust states that the freehold shooting rights at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal are separately owned by Studley Royal Shoot, which operates independently of the Trust."

This is supported by the National Trust’s page “The Shoot at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal”, which states that Studley Royal Shoot owns the freehold shooting rights and is entirely separate from the National Trust.

If editors think this is undue weight or better phrased another way, please adjust or decline. ~~~~ Sjvdm (talk) 20:30, 5 June 2026 (UTC)

Timothy Ely

I am friends with Tim Ely but do not receive any financial benefit from helping this page improve. Have been attempting to improve it for almost a decade now but reverted all changes and posted them here — because that's what we're supposed to do. EXCEPT — nothing has happened since 2019 — there isn't enough activity for anyone to make changes.

I have added a significant number of references to Tim Ely's self-published blog which gives biographical background. Hoping this begins to alleviate the problems with the page. Dsgarnett (talk) 18:17, 29 April 2019 (UTC) dsgarnett

I have been in discussions with MrOllie about this page and his concerns about my involvement. My work is on behalf of the Timothy Ely — the subject of this BLP. My goal is simply to get accurate depth onto the page — including if anyone would like to add additional opinions about Mr. Ely's work.

For clarity, I help him with his Blog as well — but this is not "for fee" work. We are old friends and I bring help to him in this kind of work. That said, I am not being paid either directly or indirectly for assisting him with his Wikipedia page. (My income sources are elsewhere.)

Please let me know if you have concerns.

Dsgarnett (talk) 00:12, 21 February 2020 (UTC)dsgarnett

@Dsgarnett: talk page comments like this, on a low-traffic talk page, can go unseen for a very long time, as I think you're finding out. You should instead be making edit requests (click on that link to find out more), which go into a live queue and are likely to get a much faster response. There is also a wizard at WP:ERW which helps you post a request.

I'm taking down the admin help request flag, as this matter requires no administrative action.

Best, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 08:16, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

I recommend adding the following as it uses independent sources which discuss Mr. Ely's work to help the Wikipedia reader understand his unique imagery:

Priya Thomas

Proposed updated version (fully sourced)

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

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

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

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

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

Early life and education

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

Academic career

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

Music career

Priya Thomas performing at The Spitz in London

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

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

Dance and theatre

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

Discography

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

External links

• Official website
• Faculty profile – Brock University

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

See also

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

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

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

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

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

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

Requested edits:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

@STEMinfo:

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

1. Lead paragraph:

Replace with:

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

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

@STEMinfo:

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

1. LEAD PARAGRAPH

Current text:

[please replace the current lead paragraph]

Replace with:

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

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

Current text:

Thomas trained as a dancer under Priyamvada Sankar in Montreal.

Replace with:

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

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3. CHOREOGRAPHY / THEATRE WORK (restore with sourcing)

Current text:

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

Replace with:

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

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4. V. RAGHAVAN CONTEXT (additional citation)

Add citation supporting V. Raghavan’s significance:

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

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

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

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

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

2. Academic career:

Add:

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

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

3. Dance and theatre:

Replace / expand with:

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

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

4. Music section:

Please retain current structure but include sourced reception:

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

Sources: Wheeler (2008); Sakamoto (2008)

5. Iroquois Falls:

Clarify as:

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

6. Remove outdated sentence:

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

7. Discography:

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

Additional sources for dance lineage:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional sourced updates for dance/theatre background

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

Suggested wording:

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

Supporting sources:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Regarding theatre/choreography involvement:

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

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

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

Thank you again for your work on the article.

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

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

References

Caroline Castigliano

Conflict of interest edits

I am the marketing representative for Caroline Castigliano and have declared my conflict of interest on my user page as required by Wikipedia policy. The edits I have made are factual, fully cited to independent reliable sources including The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mirror, Hello! magazine, Tatler, The Times, and Vogue UK, and are intended to bring an outdated article up to date rather than to advertise. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss which specific elements are considered promotional so they can be addressed. I am happy to work collaboratively to produce a neutral version of the article. BridesUK (talk) 12:09, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Finally. Okay, please stop editing the article, because it's clear you have no idea what constitutes neutral additions to an encyclopaedia article. Instead, propose your edits – in bite-size lumps – on this talk page, one at a time, waiting between each one for a reply from a neutral editor. Use the {{Edit COI}} template like this:

1. Click Add topic on the talk page, and add a subject like Some proposed changes
2. In the large empty text area, type {{edit COI}} (do not indent the template with : or *)
3. Underneath this, write out the specific changes you want made to the article. Volunteers are less likely to respond to unclear or open-ended requests. Using {{TextDiff|1=Existing text|2=Your proposed text}} here will help make your intent clear.
4. At the end, sign the post using four tildes: ~~~~
5. Click on the Show preview button and have a look to make sure the request appears the way you want it to
6. If you wish to make any corrections or additions, you may do so in the edit box below the preview (scroll down to see this box); preview your post as many times as you wish, and when you are satisfied, click on the Publish changes button

Remember: this is an encyclopaedia. It is not a venue for advertising your client. • a frantic turtle 🐢 12:34, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. I think all understood. I have submitted my first proposed update below. BridesUK (talk) 13:51, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

New edit request: early career correction and birth year removal

Following guidance from Spintendo (above), I am resubmitting both proposals in the requested format. Request 1: Early career correction 1. Please replace the entire second paragraph of the article, which currently reads: "In 1990, she returned to the UK and opened a bespoke bridalwear retail business and in the mid nineties worked with Jasper Conran. In 1996 she launched her first high end bridal dress collection." 2. Please replace it with: "She returned to the United Kingdom in 1991 and opened her first bridal boutique in Esher, Surrey, followed by a second boutique in central London in 1993. Shortly after opening, she invited the designer Jasper Conran to collaborate on a dedicated bridal collection, released under the joint label Jasper Conran for Caroline Castigliano. Its success coincided with the 1994 wedding of Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones, daughter of Princess Margaret, to Daniel Chatto, at which Lady Sarah wore a Jasper Conran gown. It was during this collaboration that Castigliano decided to launch her own eponymous collection, which followed six months later. By 1995, Castigliano had also become consultant to Liberty. The first dedicated Caroline Castigliano collection launched in 1996, and the brand subsequently expanded to fifteen boutiques across the United Kingdom, including concessions at Harrods and Liberty in London." 3. References: * Samuel, Kathryn (16 January 1995). "Royal Connections". The Daily Telegraph. p. 15. * "Behind the brand: Caroline Castigliano". Bridal Buyer. Retrieved 1 March 2026. https://bridalbuyer.com/collections/behind-the-brand-caroline-castigliano-11983 * Mulley, Laura (27 April 2014). "Caroline Castigliano has designed dresses for Kate Middleton's friends". Daily Express. https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/style/472389/Caroline-Castigliano-has-designed-dresses-for-Kate-Middleton-s-friends 4. Reason for change: The current text contains factual inaccuracies. The return date of 1990 is incorrect — the 1995 Daily Telegraph source confirms 1991. The Jasper Conran collaboration, Liberty consultancy, and expansion to Harrods and Liberty concessions are all unsourced in the current text but confirmed by independent sources listed above. Request 2: Birth year removal 1. Please remove "(c.1960 -)" from the opening line of the article, which currently reads: "Caroline Castigliano (c.1960 -) is a British fashion designer" 2. Please replace it with: "Caroline Castigliano is a British fashion designer" 3. Also please remove from the article categories and replace with 4. Reason for change: There is no cited source anywhere in the article supporting 1960 as the birth year. Under Wikipedia's Biographies of Living Persons policy, unsourced personal information about living people must be removed. ChrisAtCC (talk) 13:09, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

The alleged year of birth is clearly unsupported and has been removed. —C.Fred (talk) 13:13, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Rana Rahimpour

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

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

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

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