Talk:W. R. Grace and Company/Archives/2019

Outdated Information for W. R. Grace & Co.
Hello Wikipedia,

I am someone with a Conflict of Interest (COI) and I am starting a new section in Talk to hopefully simplify my request that Wikipedia correct important facts about W. R. Grace & Co.

Each of the following short edits are supported by filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (sec.gov) linked to below. I tried to follow your request edit template (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Request_edit)

Please consider five edits relating to matters of fact: 1) Description of the company 2) New CEO, 3) Proper legal name, 4) Current logo, and 5) Current business segments

Edit 1 (In the first line of description)

Information to be added or removed: In the first line of description, change “W. R. Grace and Company is an American chemical conglomerate...” with: “W. R. Grace & Co. is an global specialty chemicals company...”

Explanation: In the first decade of this century, Grace sold off holdings in all non-chemical business segments and vastly reduced its portfolio of businesses to focus on specialty chemicals.

References and supporting change: Wall Street Journal, Feb. 11, 2015 https://www.wsj.com/articles/w-r-grace-the-end-of-an-empire-1423701744

Sec.gov 10-K filing (Feb. 22, 2018) http://investor.grace.com/node/15686/html

Edit 2 (In the call-out box on the right)

Information to be added or removed: Replace “Alfred Festa, Chairman & CEO” with “Hudson La Force, President and Chief Executive Officer”

Explanation: Festa retired and was succeeded by Hudson La Force on November 8, 2018.

References supporting change: sec.gov 8-K filing (Nov. 8, 2018): https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045309/000104530918000113/november20185028-k.htm

Seeking Alpha: https://seekingalpha.com/news/3407728-w-r-grace-selects-la-force-new-president-ceo

Edit 3 (All referencs)

Information to be added or removed: Replace all instances of “W. R. Grace and Company” with “W. R. Grace & Co.”

Explanation of issue: This is the proper legal name for the company.

References supporting change: sec.gov most recent 10-Q filing (Sept. 30, 2018): https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045309/000104530918000111/a3q18form10-q.htm Baltimore Sun (first sentence): https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/columbia/ph-ho-cf-grace-1106-20141031-story.html

Edit 4 (In the call-out box on the right)

Information to be added or removed: Replace the logo with tagline “Enriching Lives Everywhere” with the following: https://grace.com/en-us/newsroom/PublishingImages/Grace-logo-with-tag-COLOR.jpg

Explanation of issue: Grace updated the logo/tagline six years ago.

References supporting change: https://grace.com/en-us/newsroom/logo-and-images

Edit 5 (Under Subsidiaries and products)

Information to be added or removed: Replace the bullet “industrial catalysts, such as Raney nickel” with the following:

•	“Refining Catalysts including FCC and hydroprocessing catalysts (marketed under ART Hydroprocessing™, Grace’s Joint Venture with Chevron); and Specialty Catalysts including polyolefin catalysts and UNIPOL PP Process Technology”

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Replace the bullet “silica products” with the following:

•	“Various silica-based products for consumer products ingredients and processing aids, and for industrial additives and processing aids; fine chemicals and pharmaceutical manufacturing, as well as custom intermediates, excipients, and chromatography media”

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Remove “Grace Construction Products” (and sub-bullets),

Remove “Darex” (and sub-bullet)

Remove “Residential Building Materials” (and sub-bullet)

Explanation of issue: As is noted on the article page under History (last sentence) W. R. Grace & Co. is no longer in the construction products business. Our current three lines of businesses are described in the updated text above.

References supporting change: sec.gov most recent 10-Q filing (Sept. 30, 2018): https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1045309/000104530918000111/a3q18form10-q.htm

Yahoo Finance: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GRA/profile?p=GRA

Thank you, Mark Nebesky - Digital Media Manager, W. R. Grace & Co. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.207.73.130 (talk) 22:08, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Reply 09-JAN-2019
Your edit request could not be reviewed because the provided references are not formatted correctly. The citation style predominantly used by the W.R. Grace and Company article (>51%) is Citation Style 1 (CS1). The citation style used in the edit request consists of bare URL's. Any requested edit of yours which may be implemented will need to resemble the current style already in use in the article – in this case, CS1. (See WP:CITEVAR.) In the extended section below titled Citation style, I have illustrated two examples: one showing how the edit request was submitted, and another showing how requests should be submitted in the future:

Plain Reference Style Formatting: The Sun's diameter is 864,337.3 miles, while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles. The Sun's temperature is 5,778 degrees Kelvin.

References

1. 2.  3.

In the example above there are three URL's provided with the claim statements, but these URL's have not been placed using Citation Style 1, which is the style predominantly used by the W.R. Grace and Company article. Using this style, the WikiFormatted text would resemble the following:

Citation Style 1 Formatting: The Sun's diameter is 864,337.3 miles, while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles. The Sun's temperature is 5,778 degrees Kelvin. Displays as: The Sun's diameter is 864,337.3 miles,[1] while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles.[2] The Sun's temperature is 5,778 degrees Kelvin.[3]

References

^ Sjöblad, Tristan. . Academic Press, 2018, p. 1. ^ Duvalier, Gabrielle. , Scientific American, 51(78):46. ^ Uemura, Shū. . Academic Press, 2018, p. 2. 

In the example above the references have been formatted according to Citation Style 1, which shows the author, the source's name, date, etc., all information which is lost when only the links are provided. As Wikipedia is a volunteer project, larger edit requests such yours are generally expected to have this formatting done before the request is submitted for review.

Kindly rewrite your edit request so that it aligns more with the second example shown in the collapsed section above. Also, the COI editor is reminded of the need to complete WP:COIDISCLOSE in the manner usually done on these pages, that is, to place the template on the talk page. Feel free to re-submit that edit request at your earliest convenience. If you have any questions about this formatting please don't hesitate to ask myself or another editor. Regards,  Spintendo   03:14, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Outdated Information for W. R. Grace & Co. (Resubmitting)
Hello Wikipedia,

I am resubmitting with the hope I got provided references formatting correct. Apologies for not doing that properly before.

I am someone with a Conflict of Interest (COI) and I am starting a new section in Talk to hopefully simplify my request that Wikipedia correct important facts about W. R. Grace & Co. Each of the following short edits are supported by filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (sec.gov) linked to below. I tried to follow your request edit template.

Please consider five edits relating to matters of fact: 1) Description of the company 2) New CEO, 3) Proper legal name, 4) Current logo, and 5) Current business segments

Edit 1 (In the first line of description)

Information to be added or removed: In the first line of description, change “W. R. Grace and Company is an American chemical conglomerate...” with: “W. R. Grace & Co. is an global specialty chemicals company...”

Explanation: In the first decade of this century, Grace sold off holdings in all non-chemical business segments and vastly reduced its portfolio of businesses to focus on specialty chemicals. Edit 2 (In the call-out box on the right)

Information to be added or removed: Replace “Alfred Festa, Chairman & CEO” with “Hudson La Force, President and Chief Executive Officer”

Explanation: Festa retired and was succeeded by Hudson La Force on November 8, 2018. Edit 3 (All references)

Information to be added or removed: Replace all instances of “W. R. Grace and Company” with “W. R. Grace & Co.” Explanation of issue: This is the proper legal name for the company. Edit 4 (In the call-out box on the right)

Information to be added or removed: Replace the logo with tagline “Enriching Lives Everywhere” with the following: https://grace.com/en-us/newsroom/PublishingImages/Grace-logo-with-tag-COLOR.jpg

Explanation of issue: Grace updated the logo/tagline six years ago. Edit 5 (Under Subsidiaries and products)

Information to be added or removed: Replace the bullet “industrial catalysts, such as Raney nickel” with the following:

•	“Refining Catalysts including FCC and hydroprocessing catalysts (marketed under ART Hydroprocessing™, Grace’s Joint Venture with Chevron); and Specialty Catalysts including polyolefin catalysts and UNIPOL PP Process Technology”

---

Replace the bullet “silica products” with the following:

•	“Various silica-based products for consumer products ingredients and processing aids, and for industrial additives and processing aids; fine chemicals and pharmaceutical manufacturing, as well as custom intermediates, excipients, and chromatography media”

---

Remove “Grace Construction Products” (and sub-bullets),

Remove “Darex” (and sub-bullet)

Remove “Residential Building Materials” (and sub-bullet)

Explanation of issue: As is noted on the article page under History (last sentence) W. R. Grace & Co. is no longer in the construction products business. Our current three lines of businesses are described in the updated text above.

65.207.73.130 (talk) 17:53, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Reply 10-JAN-2019
Below you will see where proposals from your request have been quoted with reviewer decisions and feedback inserted underneath, either accepting, declining or otherwise commenting upon your proposal(s). Please read the enclosed notes within the proposal review section below for information on each request. Also note that for future reference, COI edit requests from this anonymous IP will not be accepted without a detailed COI disclosure made indicating who is paying the contributor.  Spintendo   04:13, 11 January 2019 (UTC)