Talk:Tom Steinberg

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The article is actually fairly factual - I would suggest someone removes the 'conflict of interest' box at the top, it is rather old anyway. I would remove it myself but I do a small amount of volunteering work for MySociety and I don't ant to get into a long debate about whether I have a 'COI' or not. John Cross (talk) 10:30, 24 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Factual, significantly changed since the template was added (Tom_Steinberg&oldid=392340398), and the account in question hasn't edited since. I'll remove. Failedwizard (talk) 23:12, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Bringing it up to date

 * Specific text to be added or removed: 'Tom Steinberg is a nonprofit leader and author, with a career history mainly in public interest technology, and in the profession of grantmaking. He is the co-author of the book 'Modern Grantmaking: A Guide for Funders Who Believe Better is Possible' and is a Co-Director and Founding Editor of Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age, an open access education project.'
 * Reason for the change: The page feels about a decade out of date, and I have been told that it is confusing for people who know me in more modern guises. The photo also shows me at a much younger age than I am now!
 * References supporting change: Source that shows I wrote Modern Grantmaking - https://moderngrantmaking.com/ . Source that shows my status within TPSDA - https://www.teachingpublicservice.digital/en/about . CC licensed image of me that you have my permission to post - https://moderngrantmaking.com/images/tom-steinberg.jpg
 * It looks like this was done by User:JohnNealon. For the CC-licensed image, I am unable to see the licensing information in the given link; I would recommend you upload the file to Wikimedia Commons here, and you may need to email to provide confirmation of the license to them here. Once done, you are approved to go ahead and add the newly uploaded image to the article without making a new edit request. Best,  Spencer T• C 22:40, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Remove old info

 * Specific text to be added or removed: Remove 'member of the board of advisors for Code for America'
 * Reason for the change: I'm not on it any more!
 * ✅  Spencer T• C 22:31, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Remove voting preference?

 * Specific text to be added or removed: Please consider removing " In doing so, he wrote:[12]

I regret that I seem to have allowed the impression to arise that I must myself be a conservative, who was trying to get the Tories elected. I'm not, and was not. I've never voted for a conservative party either in the UK or the US. I am a left-of-centre moderate who doesn't talk much about his personal politics because I don't enjoy the abuse you get when you do. Plus, the great majority of the technological advice I give is equally valid for governments of the left and right."


 * Reason for the change: I would argue that I no longer hold a position where my UK voting intention is a matter of public interest (which it was back when I ran transparency and accountability websites). As someone who is more of an ordinary citizen now, this feels like quite personal information that could have negative impacts on me, with no real counterveiling public interest value.
 * ❌ I understand what you are requesting, but given that the article does mention your past experiences in those areas, the quote does provide context to the article. Although you mention that this information is "personal information", it is sourced to what appears to be your publicly available blog . If you had additional comments, such as that the quote is taking out of context or misrepresents you, please remove the "|D" in the above request edit to reopen the request for someone else to review.  Spencer T• C 22:36, 4 February 2022 (UTC)