Talk:Tamara Gustavson

Requested Edit Review
Note: As of February 1, 2023, Items #3, #4 and the second half of Item #5 remain to be reviewed. Wiki64gus (talk) 23:06, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

Hello. I have a personal connection to Tamara Gustavson, and would like to request a few updates to this article. I have conflict-of-interest. Let me know if I can assist in any way.

1. The info box is outdated and missing key information and sources, such as occupation, net worth, and birth date. Can it please be updated to:


 * birth_date        = 1961


 * known_for         = Public Storage executive and board member


 * occupation        = Board member, Public Storage and American Homes 4 Rent


 * education         = University of Southern California,  B.S.,  public affairs.


 * alma_mater        = University of Southern California


 * children          = 2

2. The lead is missing key information, and there are repeating sources, or sources that don’t add context or information. In the replacement language, I’ve added reliable sourcing and more information to bring the article in line with Wikipedia policy and WP:GA format. I’ve also removed unsourced information, like being the wealthiest in Kentucky in 2016. Please update the lead to:

Tamara Hughes Gustavson is an American business executive. The daughter of Public Storage co-founder and chairman B. Wayne Hughes, Gustavson is Public Storage’s largest shareholder, owning 11% of the company. As of August 2022, she ranked #251 on the Forbes 400 with a net worth of $8 billion.

3. To better format this article, following WP: BLP Please create a new subsection called “Early life and education” before this sentence:

In 1983, she graduated from the University of Southern California with a BS degree in public affairs.

4. In the new “Early life and education” subsection, the existing sentence has a dead link. There is also more information and reliable sourcing available - I’ve provided an update that includes her birthdate, parents, and new, reliable sources and revised wiki links. I used one primary source, from the University of Southern California website, but only for very basic facts so I think it’s ok under WP:PRIMARY.

Gustavson was born in 1961 to B. Wayne Hughes and Marjorie McKechnie. She has one older brother, B. Wayne Hughes Jr. She graduated from San Marino High School in 1979. Gustavson attended the University of Southern California, and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. She graduated in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in public affairs.

5. After Early life and education, please add a new subsection called Career. I’ve replaced the dead link and provided a comprehensive timeline of Gustavson’s career, supported by reliable sourcing. It also better follows Wikipedia format and WP:GA guidelines:

Since 2008, she has been a board director of Public Storage.

In May 2019, she was named as chairwoman of the board of trustees for American Homes 4 Rent.

With:

Gustavson joined Public Storage in 1983. She worked at the company for twenty years, rising to senior vice president before leaving in 2003. She joined the company’s board of trustees in 2008 and, as of 2022, was the largest shareholder with an 11% stake.

Gustavson was named to the University of Southern California board of trustees in 2010, and served until 2020.

In 2016, Gustavson joined the board of American Homes 4 Rent, a publicly traded REIT specializing in single-family rental homes founded by B. Wayne Hughes. She became chairwoman of its board of trustees in 2019.

Gustavson was named Kentucky’s wealthiest person in 2016.

6. After the Career subsection, please add a new section called “Philanthropy,” which is usually included in WP:GA articles about the very wealthy who are also significant philanthropists. The coverage in the Forbes 400 list should be sufficient to WP:VERIFY. One philanthropic endeavor is sourced only to the USC website but I think it’s basic enough to fit within WP:Primary.

Gustavson was on the board of directors of the USC-CHLA Institute for Pediatric Clinical Research from 2004 to 2008, and has served as Director of the William Lawrence & Blanche Hughes Foundation.

7. Please add a new subsection after “Philanthropy” called “Personal life,”

Gustavson married her husband Eric in 1993. They have two children and live in Lexington, Kentucky. She and her husband own Spendthrift Farm, a Thoroughbred race horse breeding farm in Kentucky that is home to ten Kentucky Derby winners and the Hall of Fame mare Beholder. Wiki64gus (talk) 16:22, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your help on making the changes to B. Wayne Hughes. Are you also able to take a look at the requests above? Thanks.Wiki64gus (talk) 16:30, 30 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi.


 * Hi. I'm a bit swamped at the moment, but would be happy to take a look perhaps on a shorter basis, e.g. I can review of a few of your more pressing ones, as you wait for other eyes to have a look? PK650 (talk) 07:51, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi . Sure - are you able to review # 2, 5 and 7? Thanks.Wiki64gus (talk) 19:46, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I've started some of these, hopefully this helps. Didn't finish all of # 5. PK650 (talk) 04:55, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

For future editors, #1, 3, 4 and half of #5 are still not reviewed.Wiki64gus (talk) 20:38, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I only added the first info (birth year and children). I think adding "board member" as an occupation is bit overkill. The article passes as a biography as it stands, and, besides, biographies cannot read as a resume.  Wylie pedia  @ 23:41, 9 November 2022 (UTC)


 * As of now, #3, #4 and the second half of #5 remain to be reviewed. Wiki64gus (talk) 06:29, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ #3. #4: I was unable to verify that she attended San Marino High School. If you have a direct link/a different source, please feel free to open a new edit request and ping me! It appears that 5 is ✔️. HouseBlastertalk 22:47, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Requested Edit Review, March 2023
Thanks for your review! I’m pinging you as suggested. (Note: I disclosed CO I above)


 * I found a somewhat weaker source to verify that she attended San Marino High School. And I am also pasting in excerpt from the original source below as well.

Here’s the excerpt from the San Marino Tribune:

Tammy attended Carver and Huntington schools and graduated in 1979 from San Marino High School. At [sic] University of Southern California, she became a member of the Pi Beta Phi, graduating in 1983…

And here is the proposed sentence again with the additional new citation:

She graduated from San Marino High School in 1979.


 * Also, no one reviewed Request #6 in my previous post above. Would you possibly be willing to consider that one here as well? For convenience’s sake, here it is again:

After the Career subsection, please add a new section called “Philanthropy,” which is usually included in WP:GA articles about the very wealthy who are also significant philanthropists. The coverage in the Forbes 400 list should be sufficient to WP:VERIFY. One philanthropic endeavor is sourced only to the USC website but I think it’s basic enough to fit within WP:Primary.

Gustavson was on the board of directors of the USC-CHLA Institute for Pediatric Clinical Research from 2004 to 2008, and has served as Director of the William Lawrence & Blanche Hughes Foundation.

Thanks very much for your time. Wiki64gus (talk) 19:57, 8 March 2023 (UTC) Wiki64gus (talk) 19:57, 8 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Finally, User:Wyliepedia declined part of Request #1 above to list her occupation in the Infobox as “Public Storage Executive and Board Member”. The current occupation listed in the Infobox, “Director of Public Storage”, is not accurate – in fact, she is a trustee, not the director. But she also owns and runs a large thoroughbred breeding farm with her husband, as detailed on the Wikipedia page, and she is Chair of the Board of American Homes 4 Rent, which is a publicly-traded company. So I would suggest as an alternative Occupation the more general term “Business Executive”, which as she is characterized in the article lead.
 * ✅ with the exception of a philanthropy section, as I do not believe an entire section would be WP:DUE in this short-ish article. Instead, I have added the proposed information to #Career. HouseBlastertalk 02:26, 9 March 2023 (UTC)