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Hello User:DASonnenfeld and User:Marquardtika! Thanks again for your guidance as I learn more about editing Wikipedia, particularly in a COI situation. The banner on the page calls attention to the many improperly formatted, and often dead, links on the page. I would like to repair them (I think there are 39). What is the best way to do that? I can confirm they support the statement in the article, reformat them and test them to make sure they go to an actual news article or book. Should I then post them on the talk page for you to review? Then perhaps one of you can repost them. (I am also willing to do that if you trust me to do so.)

Here are five I have confirmed, repaired and tested. (No. 61 is used 3 times in the final paragraph of the article. Doesn’t it make more sense to use it just one time at the end of the paragraph?)

61. [1]

Note: this is the one that is cited 3 times in the same paragraph.

60. [2]

59. [3]

58. [4]

57. [5]

References
  1. ^ Spencer, Malla (April 20, 2014). "PennEnvironment, Sierra Club sue PPG over Ford City site". Pittsburgh Business Times.
  2. ^ Sapatkin, Don (January 4, 2013). "Smog in Phila.'s air actually worse than people think, environmental group says". Philly.com.
  3. ^ Adkins, Jared (January 1, 2012). "Pennsylvania Water 7th Most Polluted in Nation". PennEnvironment.
  4. ^ Portnoy, Jenna (October 8, 2011). "DEP blocks Pa. counties from collecting recycling fees". The Morning Call.
  5. ^ "Exxon Mobil sued over oil refinery, air laws". NBC News. December 14, 2010.

Let me know how to proceed. I am happy to do anything that needs to be done to improve the accuracy of the article. CleanWater17 (talk) 17:47, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CleanWater17, Thanks for your note. The way to avoid duplication of references is to use the 'name' parameter within the '<ref>' tag. From my point of view, it would be a service to Wikipedia & its readers for you to correct the references. If there are editors who believe the resultant, updated article is biased, that can be noted and discussed here. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 17:57, 8 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the feedback. I've updated the last five footnotes and will work my way through verifying and reformatting the remaining references that have problems. CleanWater17 (talk) 00:27, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Eight references remain to be cleaned up, as of this date. Thanks, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 12:58, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I've corrected most of the remaining footnote problems, but I'm not sure what to do with a few of the remaining issues. Can you give me some guidance?

Footnote 38. I don’t know how to document this fact except by citing the Environment America website. Should I delete this information, which I think is useful because it indicates that the following examples are a subset of a larger group, or may I cite the Environment America website? Footnote 43. I’d like to delete this footnote. The fact is already documented in another footnote, plus I can’t find the article cited in footnote 43, which comes from a less-than-ideal source ("Wandermelon") anyway. May I delete this footnote? Footnote 45. I could correct this footnote format, but I think the article would be more accurate if I could delete the footnote and the information the footnote refers to. Footnotes 45 and 46 refer to the same Environment California report that was covered in two different news outlets, and the focus of the report was on solar projects on school campuses and only tangentially about “energy consumption of public schools.” May I delete this information and the related footnote? Thank you for your help. CleanWater17 (talk) 21:48, 30 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

COI editor seeks revert of apparent vandalism

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Hello there my name is Dan Cook. I am a paid editor hired to improve the main Public Interest Research Group article and others related to it. I would like to request a revert of an edit made to the Aims and Activities section of the Environment America page. The reason for the request is that it was made by an anonymous user Blorpfiend and appears to be vandalism. The text added by this user is untrue and unsupported by the reference included. In fact, Environment America has a long-standing and very public record for endorsing candidates. The endorsement of Barack Obama was simply one of many such endorsements.

So my COI edit request is as follows:

LIST OF PROPOSED CHANGES
Current text Replace with
In 2012, Environment America contributed $550,000 to Fair Share Action, an independent expenditure committee also funded by Tim Gill. The group conducted get-out-the-vote efforts in support of President Barack Obama during his 2012 reelection campaign in spite of routinely claiming that, as an organization, they do not endorse political candidates.[1] In 2012, Environment America contributed $550,000 to Fair Share Action, an independent expenditure committee also funded by Tim Gill. The group conducted get-out-the-vote efforts in support of President Barack Obama during his 2012 reelection campaign.[2]

Thanks in advance for your assistance. DanDavidCook (talk) 17:59, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ Karen Crummy, Democratic activist Tim Gill heavily funded federal super PAC, Denver Post (October 27, 2012).
  2. ^ Karen Crummy, Democratic activist Tim Gill heavily funded federal super PAC, Denver Post (October 27, 2012).
 Done – Thjarkur (talk) 18:29, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! DanDavidCook (talk) 19:05, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

COI editor requesting correction to "Ratings" section

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Hi @DASonnenfeld and other volunteer editors-

I’m an editor with a conflict of interest, which I’ve also disclosed on my talk page, and I’d like to help improve this page. I recently discovered an error in the “Ratings” section and would like help fixing it. The text in that section refers to Environment America Research & Policy Center, a 501(c)(3) organization that is separate from, though related to, Environment America, a 501(c)(4) (as noted in the text box). I’ve corrected the information and links in the text box. Can someone help with edits to the article?

I propose:

1) Updating the “State affiliates” section to be “State affiliates and related organizations.”
2) Adding a subsection called “Environment America Research & Policy Center.”
3) Moving and revising the information in the current “Ratings” section to this new subsection. The revised version would be:
Environment America Research & Policy Center is a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with Environment America.[1] In its evaluation of Environment America Research & Policy Center’s 2020 IRS Form 990, Charity Navigator gave the organization two of four stars, with 69/100 for "financial" and 85/100 for "accountability and transparency."[2]
4) Deleting the second sentence of the existing "Ratings" section. This information is no longer up to date and I can't find it on the Charity Navigator website.
5) Deleting the now-empty "Ratings" section.

Thank you for your help with fixing this incorrect information on the page. CleanWater17 (talk) 23:47, 4 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Environment America Research & Policy Center". Retrieved 2022-09-04.
  2. ^ "Charity Navigator - Rating for Environment America Research and Policy Center". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
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