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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.

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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

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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Ajay Piramal

Hi, I had made an edit to this page and added Harvard Business School to his alma mater. You say that it's a six week program, which it is but it gives you alumni status of HBS. Please see this link below - https://www.exed.hbs.edu/advanced-management-program/?&utm_campaign=IN%20-%20Brand%20-%20CLP&utm_medium=SEM&utm_source=google&utm_term=+harvard%20+advanced%20+management&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjMSqtcLc3wIVQyUrCh25BQ0IEAAYAiAAEgJXlvD_BwE Please understand that Wikipedia is taken very seriously by people all over the world and facts can twist important career aspirations of people. I am in no way connected to this man but still find myself standing up for this issue. Nuttyprofessor2016 (talk) 20:36, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Nuttyprofessor2016 Perhaps we can consider a more nuanced approach for articles such as Ajay Piramal. Just because HBS allows people who have paid $73,000 for the 6-week AMP to consider themselves part of the "alumni network", it does not mean that we should include them in our alumni category. And note the careful wording that HBS have chosen - they are not saying that people who have attended a 6-week course actually are HBS alumni! Please see the discussion at Talk:Harvard_Business_School#Harvard_Business_School_alumni, where you might prefer to comment if you want to reach a wider audience. 21:02, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks for the prompt reply Edward, what is the verdict on people who have dropped out of colleges in that case? Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Mukesh Ambani are all drop outs of big universities. What happens to them on Wikipedia? If a university has you on their alumni list, shouldn't that be good enough?Nuttyprofessor2016 (talk) 21:17, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

No, receiving a degree makes you an alumnus. Philafrenzy (talk) 22:07, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

For sales and marketing purposes, universities may well wish to include the names of anyone famous who studied there, however briefly. Wikipedia has its own rules, which need to be applied consistently across all of our articles, regardless of the practices of any individual university, college or school. Edwardx (talk) 22:25, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

I see our own article is more equivocal than me, nonetheless, I don't see how the public would understand six weeks as making someone an alumnus. As you say. it's obvious what is going on there. Philafrenzy (talk) 22:37, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

(talk) - You are wrong about alumnus being only those that got their degree, a lot of people have spent a lot of time in universities and didn't graduate but they are considered alumnus. Got the fact that Wikipedia has it's own rules. Thanks.:) Nuttyprofessor2016 (talk) 12:21, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

@Nuttyprofessor2016: Then we are going to need to add to each article where this applies "X paid $73,000 to attend a 6-week course at Harvard Business School for which there are no academic entry requirements and which did not include any examination or confer a degree" in order not to mislead the reader. To which articles have you added the alumni category please? Philafrenzy (talk) 13:50, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Hey, so I just removed "drop out" from the info-box of Mukesh Ambani. He went to Stanford and didn't graduate but was enrolled in the MBA programme there. I followed the trends of all drop outs and did this. Another thing, there is an academic admission programme for these courses and it could be how far they have come in their careers and Harvard being a renowned college has taken this up seriously. I am a beginner on Wiki but believe that if a University makes someone an alum, they are an alum. Lot of people from these programmes actually give back to these universities. Each alum is proud to be associated with their respective university and receives correspondence and invitations regularly. Alumni level courses are not a joke and are transformative. That is my humble submission. Nuttyprofessor2016 (talk) 15:44, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

I noticed that Harvard University has been removed from Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg and I just want to point out that they have been conferred with honorary degrees/doctorates from Harvard and were drop outs from degree courses, I think it should be reinstated with "dropped out" ahead of their alma mater. Nuttyprofessor2016 (talk) 10:22, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

@Nuttyprofessor2016: To allow others to more easily contribute, I have responded at Talk:Harvard_Business_School#Harvard_Business_School_alumni. Edwardx (talk) 11:39, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

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Category:Harvard Business School alumni

Dear Edwardx

Thank you for your edits. You removed an AMPer from the Harvard Business School Alumni category. The AMP program is not a 6 week program, its a 13 week program which is highly competitive to be accepted. AMPers are given HBS Alumni Status. See HBS Alumni Assoication bylaws. The Advanced Management Program (AMP) and the Advanced Management Program/International Senior Mangement Program (AMP/ISMP) are current HBS Programs that are granted Alumni Status.

HBS has also honored a number of AMP for Alumni Achievement Awards. In addition, The HBS Alumni Bulletin, has a whole section dedicated to AMPers. Any AMPer can be found in the HBS Alumni website using the alumni directory search function.

• To allow a wider discussion, it would be better if you raised your concerns at Talk:Harvard_Business_School#Harvard_Business_School_alumni. Just because HBS allows people who have paid $82,000 for the 6/7 week AMP to consider themselves part of the "alumni network", it does not mean that we should include them in our alumni category. And note the careful wording that HBS have chosen - they are not saying that people who have attended a 6-week course actually are HBS alumni! For 2019, AMPs run from Sunday 31 March to Thursday 16 May, and Sunday 8 September to Thursday 24 October. That is 6 to 7 weeks. Some time ago, the AMP may have been spread over 13 weeks, but not for some years. And unlike the two-year full-time MBA, it is not "highly competitive". Edwardx (talk) 11:38, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

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	Thank you for a magnificent donation of deltiological delights! Philafrenzy (talk) 22:02, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

You are too kind, and still a net donor at the monthly collectibles exchange. Edwardx (talk) 22:59, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

P.S. An inspection of the book table on my return journey revealed most gone already. The Art of Conversation was still there, surprisingly since it was an almost new hardback, but perhaps thats because it's not done to talk to strangers on the tube. Philafrenzy (talk) 23:52, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

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Request for your advice

Hi Edwardx, I have seen on your user page that you publish a lot of articles of American businesspeople, so I figured maybe you can give me advice on how to fix my problem. I am trying to publish an article of an American CEO here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Rice_Powell. However, Wikipedians have repeatedly declined the article for missing reliable sources and notability. As you can see, every single fact is verified by a reliable source in the references and I do not see insufficient notability speaking of a CEO who runs a world leading firm that has 114,000 employees in around 50 countries worldwide. Perhaps you can help me, since I am feeling a little stuck here. Your opinion on this would be much appreciated, thank you. --Stefanie at FMC CorpCom (talk) 15:38, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Ref Fill tool

Careful with that tool; occasionally domain squatters will grab abandoned domains and redirect them to the most interesting of places. Kuru (talk) 03:21, 17 February 2019 (UTC)

Unexplained content removal?

Hi. You asked why content was removed in this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soren_Kaplan. Seemed redundant since the content and citation was exactly the same as in the section below it. Verbatim002 (talk) 08:05, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

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• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 19 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 20 February. It will be on all wikis from 21 February (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 20 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• There is a proposal to add a red link to mobile search results if there is no page with that name. This is how it works on desktop. You can leave feedback. [4]

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23:13, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Amit Munjal

Request: Hello, edward. you recently had made a request for deleting the Amit Munjal Page. I am impressed by your glorious history with wikipedia and will appreciate if you could take a second look at it. I am not connected to him but do read about him and watch his interviews in media. i think people like him definitely need to be covered on wikipedia as many readers are interested in knowing about them. Nevada2020 (talk) 08:35, 19 February 2019 (UTC)Nevada2020

Talk to us about talking

The Wikimedia Foundation is planning a global consultation about communication. The goal is to bring Wikimedians and wiki-minded people together to improve tools for communication.

We want all contributors to be able to talk to each other on the wikis, whatever their experience, their skills or their devices.

We are looking for input from as many different parts of the Wikimedia community as possible. It will come from multiple projects, in multiple languages, and with multiple perspectives.

We are currently planning the consultation. We need your help.

We need volunteers to help talk to their communities or user groups.

You can help by hosting a discussion at your wiki. Here's what to do:

1. First, sign up your group here.
2. Next, create a page (or a section on a Village pump, or an e-mail thread – whatever is natural for your group) to collect information from other people in your group. This is not a vote or decision-making discussion: we are just collecting feedback.
3. Then ask people what they think about communication processes. We want to hear stories and other information about how people communicate with each other on and off wiki. Please consider asking these five questions:
   1. When you want to discuss a topic with your community, what tools work for you, and what problems block you?
   2. What about talk pages works for newcomers, and what blocks them?
   3. What do others struggle with in your community about talk pages?
   4. What do you wish you could do on talk pages, but can't due to the technical limitations?
   5. What are the important aspects of a "wiki discussion"?
4. Finally, please go to Talk pages consultation 2019 on Mediawiki.org and report what you learned from your group. Please include links if the discussion is available to the public.

You can also help build the list of the many different ways people talk to each other.

Not all groups active on wikis or around wikis use the same way to discuss things: it can happen on wiki, on social networks, through external tools... Tell us how your group communicates.

You can read more about the overall process on mediawiki.org. If you have questions or ideas, you can leave feedback about the consultation process in the language you prefer.

Thank you! We're looking forward to talking with you.

Trizek (WMF) 15:08, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

Tech News: 2019-09

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

• There is a new version of the iOS Wikipedia app. It has for example syntax highlighting and new toolbars to make it easier to write wikitext. It also has night mode, a find-on-page function and other things. You can give feedback and suggestions. [5]

Changes later this week

• When you look at your watchlist or the recent changes page you can use the new filters for edit review. There you can choose tags to filter different edits. Empty tags will no longer be shown. [6]
• The new version of MediaWiki will be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from 26 February. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from 27 February. It will be on all wikis from 28 February (calendar).

Meetings

• You can join the technical advice meeting on IRC. During the meeting, volunteer developers can ask for advice. The meeting will be on 27 February at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

• The Wikipedia app for Android will invite users to add Wikidata descriptions to Wikidata objects that have Wikipedia articles but no Wikidata descriptions. It will only invite users who have added a number of Wikidata descriptions in the app without being reverted. This is to avoid spam and bad edits. You can read more and leave feedback.

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21:16, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Books & Bytes, Issue 32

The Wikipedia Library

Books & Bytes
Issue 32, January – February 2019

• #1Lib1Ref
• New and expanded partners
• Wikimedia and Libraries User Group update
• Global branches update
• Bytes in brief

French version of Books & Bytes is now available on meta!

Read the full newsletter

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:30, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

27 Feb

Hi, Can you please explain why did you undo my last edit on this article? HBM Iqbal