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Victor Vescovo03:57, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
Edward,

I see that you have established a tag on the Victor Vescovo article. I would like to help satisfy your concerns, as I believe that his recent activities in the Challenger Deep are an important event in history. My book, "Deepest Pioneer", the history of the Bathyscaph Trieste will be distributed later this year by the US Naval Institute Press, and its concluding chapter compares the early technology of the Trieste when it made its dive to the bottom of the world's oceans in 1960, to the technological revolution displayed by Vescovo's tour-de-force at the Challenger Deep in 2019.

Many state that the Earth's final frontier is in the polar regions, and they may very well be right -- but if so, then the deep oceans are not a frontier, but rather mankind's first glimpse of an alien world. Vescovo's aggressive employment of revolutionary deep ocean technology is demonstrating that this alien world can now be entered safely at modest cost.

I'm sure that Lindbergh and Earhart were originally called self-promoters and adventurers, but their history-making flights demonstrated to the general population that manned-flight had come of age and would soon be entering the common weal. They are both now cultural icons and rightfully warrant long encyclopedic biographic articles. Vescovo is another of that ilk, at least in my opinion.

Recently, the Guinness Book of Records recognized him as holding the record for deepest manned dive -[1] This should be compared to Lindbergh's non-stop flight across the Atlantic; and Earhart's first women to fly non-stop to Europe as a demonstration of maturing technology.

Using this new technology, Vescovo (in 2020) returned to the Challenger Deep and escorted the first woman -- Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan -- to the bottom of the world's oceans. This and other dives may look like promotion, but they serve to educate a public to a new capability. A new capability with consequences just as unforeseeable as were those of Lindbergh's first long distance flight.

Under my nom-de-wiki "Gwyncann" you can find some of my work recording all of the research vessels that have investigated the Challenger Deep. I'm not a very experienced participant in the Wikipedia project, but I want to ensure that the historical importance of the recent radical improvement in deep sea technology is recognized and documented on Wikipedia -- including a proper biography of its most visible proponent today -- Victor Vescovo.

Can you educate me and guide me in the proper tone of academic disinterest for the Vescovo article? What, specifically, are the elements that need to be addressed in the present write-up?

When I contacted Wiki editor Samholt6 with the same question, he replied:

Reply to|Gwyncann}} hello, and thanks for reaching out with this concern. As far as the Victor Vescovo article is concerned, my edit history there is very brief - I visited the article in September of 2019 in the wake of a WP:COIN investigation and tagged it for containing undisclosed paid editing, but later was successfully engaged by User:Vlvescovo (the discussion can be read here), and convinced to remove my tag. I have not edited the article since then, and the tag currently on the article was added in this edit this June. The article in question remains on my watchlist, but for now I have other topics I would like to focus on and as such will likely not be playing an active role in this process. As far as advice I can give you, I recommend you start a talk page discussion on why you feel the tag should be removed. As for any changes to the text of the article, you can be WP:BOLD add any content you feel should be included (keeping in mind WP:COI, which discourages but does not disallow editors with a conflict of interest from editing relevant topics) keeping WP:BRD in mind. Alternately, you can use Wikipedia's edit request feature to discuss potential changes on the article talk page. Wishing the best, as you clearly have an interest in improving Wikipedia. SamHolt6 (talk) 02:14, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

I am prepared to start a talk page as Sam suggests, but thought you might have some thoughts on what specifically needs to be addressed to remove the existing tag.

Thank you in advance,

Lee Mathers (Gwyncann) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwyncann (talk • contribs) 18:57, 7 August 2020 (UTC)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwyncann (talk • contribs)

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Luiza Trajano
Hey there, regarding the Luiza Trajano article. I would like to understand how you think your edit has improved it quality-wise. I get the point about not naming children unless they're independently notable. One of them is, but... regardless. Your edit of the article's headline cut at least four hyperlinks (businessperson, chairperson, retail and corporate group) I thought helped cross-reference Wikipedia's content. You did leave other hyperlinks in the headline so I'm assuming this is generally not against Wikipedia's manual of style.

Also, and more importantly, you changed businessperson and chairperson to businesswoman and chair, respectively. As it happens, Wikipedia recognises the former as primary spellings (check their article titles). I think Wikipedia is right. Businessperson is gender-neutral while chairperson is less informal than 'chair', and still gender-neutral.

Finally, you forgot to add a full stop at the end of the headline, but I'm happy to fix that in case you don't have plans to continue editing it.

As I intend to keep helping Wikipedia, it's important that I get the right feedback from more experienced editors so I can learn how to make fewer mistakes and contribute more lasting edits. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing back from you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Somerset145 (talk • contribs) 14:26, 25 September 2020 (UTC)
 * All good questions. With regard to trimming some wikilinks, the relevant advice is MOS:OVERLINK. To some extent, what to link and what not to link is a judgment call, but broadly speaking, too many links or a "sea of blue" devalues all the links. I think all four of those terms are likely to be well-enough understood by anyone wanting to read her article. In any event, it is easy enough to copy and paste a term into the search box. On reflection, I will change "businesswoman" back to "businessperson".  My reasoning for that sort of change is that for many en.Wikipedia readers, Luiza Trajano may not obviously be a woman's name, so "businesswoman" would make that clear.  But, with an image alongside, a gender-neutral term should be preferred.  However, "businessperson" followed by "chairperson" seems inelegant. And "chair" is gender-neutral. Full stop added. I have also unlinked "feminist".  Another familiar term; and as the final sentence of MOS:OVERLINK points out, "The purpose of linking is to clarify, not emphasize. Do not link solely to draw attention to certain words or ideas, or as a mark of respect."  Hope that helps. Edwardx (talk) 13:36, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I have done a bit more editing. See MOS:LWQ and MOS:SEAOFBLUE for reasoning. Edwardx (talk) 13:47, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
 * All right, thank you. Somerset145 (talk) 16:09, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of Abby Lakew for deletion
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Question
Hello Edwardx, do you think she deserve an entry Nurit_Shany ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.230.85.63 (talk) 20:30, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
 * The most relevant policy is WP:ARTIST. None of the exhibitions were in notable galleries (ie no WP article) - that is usually a warning sign. None of the collections in which her work is held are notable either. If we look at the talkpage of the editor who created it, User talk:אור פ, we note several deletions at AfD. Also an ongoing COI/paid editing discussion at Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard. We have too many pages for non-notable contemporary artists, and this looks like another one. Have therefore nominated it at Articles for deletion/Nurit Shany. Edwardx (talk) 21:32, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Gerberian Shepsky
Hello Edwardx, I am not sure if you received the ping but I left a reply to your vote at Talk:List of dog crossbreeds. Your understanding of what has occurred may be mistaken so I would urge you to revisit the discussion and review the sources cited, a single source does not impart notability. Regards, Cavalryman (talk) 13:07, 11 October 2020 (UTC).
 * Yes, I saw it. Alas, not enough hours in the day to try to save everything, and there is too much vandalism and promotional editing elsewhere to deal with. Edwardx (talk) 21:35, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Harold I. Pratt
Edward do some research reguarding Pratt and his affair before changing stuff you don’t know. Anyway. I hope you enjoy pushing bs propaganda — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100C:B00C:7EE6:C152:8BEF:F333:B668 (talk) 15:47, 12 March 2020 (UTC)
 * I presume this is in connection with Harold I. Pratt. Just because someone is long dead, we still need to cite negative content such as you added. I could find nothing to support your claim. I see you added it again, and someone else removed it too. Please refere to Citing sources, and Reliable sources. Edwardx (talk) 21:53, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

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Nomination of Business Initiative Directions for deletion or help
Help please with Business Initiative Directions entry/article. Hi Edward,

First of all sorry if I'm writing in the wrong place and sorry for my poor English (I'm not an English native speaker) I write to you because you wrote me back, and I have not been able to contact with someone else inside Wikipedia. Neither I understand the way this website works... I find no chat boxes nor anything. I must confess I'm and old man, and perhaps because of that I found this site incredible hostile. I write to you because since august someone posted an entry on Business Initiative Directions. Its a Spanish marketing agency that sells different products and services (I have no economic relation with them, except for the fact that the owner is an old friend and an old man like I) I want to be clear on the fact that yes, I know this company, and yes, 30 years ago (or more I don't recall) I worked with them several times. It's a marketing company, but the entry accuse them of selling "fake awards". They don't sell awards at all. They do advertising and corporate events. In their events they charge a fee, this is no secret, neither is illegal in anyway. They have 50 years operating inside Spain and now inside the European Union legal framework. Their HQ is located behind the Ministry of Defense in Madrid... every soul there knows them. They offer international business gatherings, and charge a fee for that (among other things more related to traditional marketing, like flyers, magazines and banners... they don't do digital because most of them are old people that don't even have social media) This article is destroying them... based on nothing at all but the opinion of a company that got the invitation to the event and got mad because they wanted to go to an business convention in Paris for free... this people then wrote to a so called NGO that decided to wage war on this small Spanish marketing agency. They created the Wikipedia post and used all the bad press against the company to destroy their prestige...everybody has bad press... this is not fair, neither I humbly believe, was the idea behind Wikipedia. I think Wikipedia was meant to be an encyclopedia for humanity. Not a corporate revenge instrument. Please, help us and guide us on how to deal with this. My friend is asking me if their version of the post could be taken into consideration. All complains of the NGO are addressed there, and even a mixed version will be acceptable for them, but what is cruel and brutal for this company reputation is to post only the NGO version... that is not fair.
 * I recall that this was some months ago, so will reply in order that the bot can archive this thread. Another would-be contributor who should first read WP:COI. Edwardx (talk) 21:55, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Season's greetings!

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re DYK Gatti
Re your kind thanks. Cheers, Edwardx, nice article
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About the Everette Taylor article
Hi, I am writing concerning the UPE tag on the Everette Taylor article. I wish to remove it as I have actively edited the page, adding info and citations and I didn't collect a dime for my edits, I don't want my reputation smeared over some other editor's mistake. I hope my work on the page is adequate enough for you to consider taking off the banner. Thanks
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Majid Al Futtaim : "too promotionnal issues"
Information are directly extracted from regional media sources but also from the US (e.g CNN, Bloomberg). Since the beginning of my intervention on this page (but also before if I am right), several sections have been taken off because they were "too promotional".

In most of the cases, my interventions are objective bullet points, they are simply presenting and don't have any subjective elements. It is simply not consistent and coherent to systematically remove them. They respect the rules of Wikipedia. Shall I request third parties to step in in order to validate the extracts in question ?

-- Wikicapitaineben (talk) 18:01, 14 December 2018 (CEST) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:CB00:D7:E000:E092:830E:467B:AE52 (talk)
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Proposed deletion of Jay Adair


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Undid revision 986199460 by Edwardx (talk) Edited for accuracy
There is no reason to delete this edit as it is entirely accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrentham (talk • contribs) 15:38, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:European Society for Quality Research


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Nomination of Kate Shand for deletion
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Leonard Lauder
Thank you!Edwardx, I appreciate you. Mithila (talk) 12:05, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

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Proposed deletion of Carol Harlow


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Hope its not a rainy day

 * Sun is shining today, despite Tier 4. You are too kind Whispyhistory. My level of contribution has been lower this year, whilst yours is on the up and up! Thank you especially for all the unexpected QPQs. I shall have to have a good think about how best to use my Wiki time in 2021. Edwardx (talk) 11:14, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Plenty of London streets to do. Philafrenzy (talk) 14:10, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Svetlana Lloyd
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DYK for Kinnerton Street
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 6 January 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Whaddon House for deletion
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DYK nomination of Alligator Rainwear
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DYK nomination of Svetlana Lloyd
Hello! Your submission of Svetlana Lloyd at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) at your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! SL93 (talk) 03:18, 17 January 2021 (UTC)

Improvement
Hi, Edwardx! Hope you are doing fine. Just updated the article of Samata and neutralize it as much as possible. If you see it enough for removing the cleanup tag i will really appreciate it. Setreis (talk) 16:15, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Mark Lanier
Can you explain why you reverted my additions of this subject's accolades? They are legitimate and noteworthy are deserve to be there according to WP:BIO criteria. 50.233.66.15 (talk) 09:22, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Answered at Talk:W. Mark Lanier. Edwardx (talk) 11:07, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

Kenneth Copeland
Hello Edward,

Good job in ensuring religious BLP articles on up to Wikipedia standards and has a clean tone. Please can you look at Kenneth Copeland? I read the article and it felt like it was written to put him in bad light.HandsomeBoy (talk) 14:43, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your kind words HandsomeBoy. The Copeland article seems broadly reasonable to me. And looking at Talk:Kenneth Copeland, there appear to be a range of views, including "reeks of manipulation from a public relations team". That talkpage is where you should detail your specific concerns. Edwardx (talk) 17:31, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Ha ha. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:31, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * @Edward Thank you for the reply still not satisfied but I will let it slide. HandsomeBoy (talk) 18:33, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Has nice teeth doesn't he? Must be all that prosperity. Philafrenzy (talk) 18:49, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Svetlana Lloyd
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Alligator Rainwear
Edwardx, it looks like either pings aren't getting through to you about this nomination of yours or you're ignoring them—this is the oldest extant DYK nomination. At this point, you need to respond the next time you're doing any editing. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 06:41, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I have responded. Edwardx (talk) 13:02, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Rosalind Pitt-Rivers
In this edit in 2013, you changed the birth date of Rosalind Pitt-Rivers in the infobox, and the anomaly has remained in the article ever since. This is of interest to me because I was trying to list her featured picture to be POTD on her birthday, but the March 4th slots, this year and next, are not available anyway, so I have listed it on February 16th, 2021 instead, see Template:POTD/2021-02-16. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:11, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Cwmhiraeth. Looks like it was a typo on my part, as ODNB (even without logging in) has "was born on 4 March 1907". I have corrected the infobox, and added ODNB in the body text as a source for her DOB, as it is to be preferred to the current non-RS. Even if I cannot help you, at least the article has been improved. Edwardx (talk) 14:45, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
 * That's fine. Thank you. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 17:46, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

Nomination of Brian Rose (podcaster) for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Brian Rose (podcaster) is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Brian Rose (podcaster) until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Nomination of Henry A. V. Post for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Henry A. V. Post is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Articles for deletion/Henry A. V. Post until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Eddie891 Talk Work 16:42, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

Lee Rowley
Please reflect carefully on contributions from Impsfan who wages a campaign breaching neutral point of view in editing politician’s pages with excessive and absurd detail, repeating sensationalist accusations without balance and often unsupported by the primary material. Impsfan’s attempts to imply I have a COI are absurd and simply the result of my actions to protect this page from his vandalism. BingBong2001 (talk) 21:35, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

See also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Impsfan#Recent_edits_to_MP_articles BingBong2001 (talk) 21:38, 30 January 2021 (UTC)

New message from Narutolovehinata5
Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 01:00, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

About your DYK nominations
Hello Edward, and thank you for your contributions to DYK. I have noticed that in a number of cases, you have not been very responsive in your nominations in spite of talk page messages and/or pings from other editors, leading to longer reviews and the stalling of efforts to address any concerns. If this pattern continues, there is a real risk that your nominations may need to be rejected due to non-responsiveness and staleness. In the future, please make sure to respond as soon as possible to DYK comments and check back on them regularly. Thank you and happy editing. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 16:23, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Net Worth
Hi Edwardx, Just wanted to tell you stop removing Bloomberg on Net Worth & replace it with Forbes. Best Regards, Loh Shi San LohShiSan2004 (talk) 06:04, 5 February 2021 (UTC)