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This article makes the person sound like a bitch, especially with her ultra conservative politics and killing a woman.
Is there not some better things to write about her?
The frankness about the crimes is a good thing, but I wonder why she drinks so much? 71.237.232.90 ( talk) 01:23, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
Where are the sources on the crimes she has been convicted of? 68.119.81.55 09:42, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Right here: http://www.forbesautos.com/advice/toptens/billionaire/09-alice_walton.html
-- Gloriamarie 05:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
The philanthropy section doesn't have a single source cited. - Xcuref1endx ( talk) 20:51, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
The following has elements of OR & can't go into the bio as is. Nevertheless, it's fun & interesting, and almost certainly true in its essentials:
Tulsa is rich in Walmart stores, and the pastor of a church my long-term Tulsa sister used to belong to noticed a long vacant one on East 71st St, on the way west to the Arkansas River. On a hunch, he called Walmart in Bentonville to inquire about converting the store to a church & community center.
Tulsa World story: Open Bible Fellowship Moves Into Former Wal-Mart Store, February 25, 1998. I happened to drive by the church, on my way to the River Park in Feb 2017, and asked my sister about it.
A woman with a deep-country Arkie accent answered, and the pastor asked about the vacant store. "Well, how much can you afford to pay" he was asked. He replied that he'd hoped the company would donate the old store. "Can't do it. Shareholders." he was told, but the woman did some calculations. "We could sell it for $2.5 million," she said, adding that that was about the value of the underlying land. Pastor Joel Budd talked to his congregation and then to bankers, who agreed to a loan, and Walmart agreed to sell for $2.3 million.. The store was remodelled, and attracts up to 1,000 worshippers on busy Sundays. Pastor Budd noted that there's always plenty of free parking.
Budd later found out that the woman who'd answered the phone, figured a price and sold him the old store was Alice Walton, by far the wealthiest woman in America. He's been dining out on the story ever since. Pete Tillman ( talk) 20:37, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
While this is a well-documented personal problem & failing, I question whether it should occupy 1/3 of the lede of our wikibio. For instance, no lede mention of her extensive Art collection. -- Pete Tillman ( talk) 20:45, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hi! I am working to update this page throughout and I noticed the formatting differs from other biography articles I have seen on Wikipedia. For instance, this article would better conform with other Wikipedia biographies if Education and career was separated into different sections. To that end I have created a proposed Early life and education section.
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Walton was born in Newport, Arkansas. [1] She graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a B.A. in economics and finance in 1971. [2] |
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My hope is that an editor can create this new section, remove these details from the existing Education and career section and rename the existing section Career.
Are there editors who can assist with this? I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 15:24, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hi! Continuing my work to update this article, I noticed Career needed attention. Most of Career is unsourced. Additionally, it is outdated. For example, Ms. Walton listed Rocking W Ranch for sale in 2015 and moved to Fort Worth, Texas, to focus on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. I created a proposed Career section that tidies up the existing content, sources everything and adds a few extra details.
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In her early career, Walton was an equity analyst and money manager for First Commerce Corporation [1] and headed investment activities at Arvest Bank Group. [2] She was also a broker for E.F. Hutton. [3] In 1988, Walton founded Llama Company, an investment bank, where she was president, chairwoman and CEO. [1] [2] Walton was the first person to chair the Northwest Arkansas Council and played a major role in the development of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, which opened in 1998. [4] At the time, the business and civic leaders of Northwest Arkansas Council found a need for the $109 million regional airport in their corner of the state. [5] Walton provided $15 million in initial funding for construction. [5] Her company, Llama Company, underwrote a $79.5 million bond. [5] The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority recognized Walton's contributions to the creation of the airport and named the terminal the Alice L. Walton Terminal Building. [6] She was inducted into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2001. [7] In the late 1990s, Llama Co. closed and, in 1998, Walton moved to a ranch in Millsap, Texas, named Walton's Rocking W Ranch. [3] [8] [9] An avid horse-lover, she was known for having an eye for determining which 2-month-olds would grow to be champion cutters. [10] Walton listed the farm for sale in 2015 and moved to Fort Worth, Texas, citing the need to focus on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Bentonville, Arkansas, art museum she founded that opened in 2011. [11] [12] [13] In his 1992 autobiography Made in America, Sam Walton remarked that Alice was "the most like me—a maverick—but even more volatile than I am." [4] |
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==Career== Walton was the first person to chair the [[Northwest Arkansas Council]] and played a major role in the development of the [[Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport]], which opened in 1998.<ref name="The New Yorker">{{cite news |title= Alice's Wonderland: A Walmart Heiress Builds a Museum in the Ozarks |last= Mead |first= Rebecca |work= The New Yorker |date= June 27, 2011}}</ref> At the time, the business and civic leaders of Northwest Arkansas Council found a need for the $109 million regional airport in their corner of the state.<ref name="AP May 1999">{{cite news |title=Group to consider naming airport terminal after Wal-Mart heiress |url=https://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3X4J-M5X0-00HV-6105&csi=8399&oc=00240&perma=true |newspaper=[[The Associated Press]] |date=8 August 1999 |accessdate=8 May 2017}}</ref> Walton provided $15 million in initial funding for construction.<ref name="AP May 1999"/> Her company, Llama Company, underwrote a $79.5 million bond.<ref name="AP May 1999"/> The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority recognized Walton's contributions to the creation of the airport and named the terminal the Alice L. Walton Terminal Building.<ref name="AP August 1999">{{cite news |title=Airport board names terminal after Alice Walton |url=https://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3X5H-T190-00HV-60MP&csi=8399&oc=00240&perma=true |newspaper=[[The Associated Press]] |date=13 August 1999 |accessdate=8 May 2017}}</ref> She was inducted into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2001.<ref name="Cottingham 10">{{cite news |title=Alice Walton: Working to bring the world to Arkansas' door |last1=Cottingham |first1=Jan |url=http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/37302/alice-walton-working-to-bring-the-world-to-arkansas-door?page=all |newspaper=[[Arkansas Business]] |date=29 March 2010 |accessdate=8 May 2017}}</ref> In the late 1990s, Llama Co. closed and, in 1998, Walton moved to a ranch in [[Millsap, Texas]], named Walton's Rocking W Ranch.<ref name="OConnor2013"/><ref name="Paul 06">{{cite news |title=Alice Walton's big picture: The Wal-Mart heir turns her eye, and her money, to art collecting |last1=Paul |first1=Steve |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2006/12/10/alice-waltons-big-picture-span-classbankheadthe-wal-mart-heir-turns-her-eye-and-her-money-to-art-collectingspan/231bcb7a-a011-43d0-81a0-d7155997d1e6/?utm_term=.c0458f00fda6 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=10 December 2006 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="AP December 1999">{{cite news |title=Wal-Mart heiress loves cutting horses |url=https://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3Y4X-F4X0-009F-S3J1&csi=280434&oc=00240&perma=true |newspaper=[[The Associated Press]] |date=19 December 1999 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> An avid horse-lover, she was known for having an eye for determining which 2-month-olds would grow to be champion [[Cutting (sport)|cutters]].<ref name="Kansas City Star">{{cite news |title= Alice L. Walton, Making a Grand Dream a Reality: The Jet-Setter Is Parlaying Her Wealth into a Hometown Museum |last= Paul |first= Steven |work= [[The Kansas City Star]] |date= November 19, 2006}}</ref> Walton listed the farm for sale in 2015 and moved to [[Fort Worth, Texas]], citing the need to focus on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Bentonville, Arkansas, art museum she founded that opened in 2011.<ref name="Baker 16">{{cite news |title=Alice Walton cuts prices on two ranch properties |last1=Baker |first1=Max B. |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article87248437.html |newspaper=[[Star-Telegram]] |date=1 July 2016 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="Sherman 15">{{cite news |title=Wal-Mart heiress selling these 'iconic' ranches for $48 million |last1=Sherman |first1=Erik |url=http://fortune.com/2015/09/17/walmart-alice-walton-ranch/ |newspaper=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=17 September 2015 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="NPR 11">{{cite news |title=Wal-Mart heiress brings art museum to the Ozarks |url=http://www.npr.org/2011/11/08/142019716/wal-mart-heiress-brings-art-museum-to-the-ozarks |newspaper=[[NPR]] |date=8 November 2011 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> In his 1992 autobiography ''Made in America'', [[Sam Walton]] remarked that Alice was "the most like me—a maverick—but even more volatile than I am."<ref name="The New Yorker">{{cite news |title= Alice's Wonderland: A Walmart Heiress Builds a Museum in the Ozarks |last= Mead |first= Rebecca |work= The New Yorker |date= June 27, 2011}}</ref> |
Are there editors who can assist with this? (Pinging Altamel, who responded to previous edit request). I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 19:03, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hi! Continuing along. Art is fairly well developed. There are, however, a few places that could be tidier. Here's what I'm thinking.
This draft below includes all of the aforementioned changes.
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![]() Walton purchased her first piece of art when she was about ten years old. It was a reproduction of Picasso's Blue Nude she got from her father's Ben Franklin Dime-Store. [2] She and her mother would often paint watercolors on camping trips. [2] Her interest in art led to her spearheading the Walton Family Foundation's involvement in developing Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in the heart of Bentonville, Arkansas. [2] [3] Crystal Bridges opened in November 2011 with hundreds of millions of dollars in art housed in 50,000 square feet of gallery space. [1] In December 2004, the art collection of Daniel Fraad and wife, Rita, went up for public auction at Sotheby's in New York. [2] Collectors at the well-attended auction questioned who was placing successful bids over the telephone. [2] It was later learned that Walton purchased at least $20 million worth of art that day, including “Spring,” by Winslow Homer; “A French Music Hall,” by Everett Shinn; “The Studio,” by George Bellows; “The Indian and the Lily,” by George de Forest Brush; and “October Interior,” a by Fairfield Porter. [2] She bid for most of the items while on a three-year-old gelding named IC LAD preparing to compete in the first qualifying round of the National Cutting Horse Association Futurity at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Ft. Worth, Texas. [2] In 2005, Walton purchased Asher Brown Durand's celebrated painting, Kindred Spirits, for a purported US$35 million. [2] The 1849 painting, a tribute to Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole, had been given to the New York Public Library in 1904 by Julia Bryant, the daughter of Romantic poet and New York newspaper publisher William Cullen Bryant (who is depicted in the painting with Cole). [4] She has also purchased works by American painter Edward Hopper, as well as a notable portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale. [5] In 2009 at an undisclosed price, Crystal Bridges museum acquired Norman Rockwell's iconic " Rosie the Riveter" painting for its permanent collection. [6] [7] John Wilmerding, an advisor and board member to Crystal Bridges said Walton has collected the work of some artists in depth, quietly buying substantial bodies of work by Martin Johnson Heade, Stuart Davis, George Bellows and John Singer Sargent. [8] Walton's attempt to quit smoking led to the purchase of two great smoking paintings by Alfred Maurer and Tom Wesselman. [2] In a 2011 interview, she spoke about acquiring great works by other artists. She described Marsden Hartley as "one of my favorite artists—he was a very complex guy, somewhat tormented, but a very spiritual person, and love the emotion and the feel and the spirituality of his work". She went on to say, "and Andrew Wyeth—the mystery and loneliness that is expressed. How do you paint loneliness?" [2] |
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==Art== In December 2004, the art collection of Daniel Fraad and wife, Rita, went up for public auction at [[Sotheby's]] in New York.<ref name="The New Yorker" /> Collectors at the well-attended auction questioned who was placing successful bids over the telephone.<ref name="The New Yorker" /> It was later learned that Walton purchased at least $20 million worth of art that day, including “Spring,” by [[Winslow Homer]]; “A French Music Hall,” by [[Everett Shinn]]; “The Studio,” by [[George Bellows]]; “The Indian and the Lily,” by [[George de Forest Brush]]; and “October Interior,” a by [[Fairfield Porter]].<ref name="The New Yorker" /> She bid for most of the items while on a three-year-old gelding named IC LAD preparing to compete in the first qualifying round of the National Cutting Horse Association Futurity at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Ft. Worth, Texas.<ref name="The New Yorker" /> In 2005, Walton purchased [[Asher Brown Durand]]'s celebrated painting, ''[[Kindred Spirits (painting)|Kindred Spirits]]'', for a purported US$35 million.<ref name="The New Yorker" /> The 1849 painting, a tribute to [[Hudson River School]] painter [[Thomas Cole]], had been given to the [[New York Public Library]] in 1904 by Julia Bryant, the daughter of Romantic poet and New York newspaper publisher [[William Cullen Bryant]] (who is depicted in the painting with Cole).<ref name="Kindred Spirits">{{cite web |url= http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/durandinfo.shtm |title= Asher B. Durand's 'Kindred Spirits' |department= Exhibitions |publisher= National Gallery of Art}}</ref> She has also purchased works by American painter [[Edward Hopper]], as well as a notable portrait of [[George Washington]] by [[Charles Willson Peale]].<ref name="Vogel 05">{{cite news |title=A determined heiress plots an art collection |last1=Vogel |first1=Carol |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/14/arts/design/a-determined-heiress-plots-an-art-collection.html?_r=0 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 May 2005 |accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> In 2009 at an undisclosed price, Crystal Bridges museum acquired [[Norman Rockwell]]'s iconic "[[Rosie the Riveter#Saturday Evening Post|Rosie the Riveter]]" painting for its permanent collection.<ref>[http://www.rosietheriveter.org/painting.htm Rosie the Riveter] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207091017/http://www.rosietheriveter.org/painting.htm |date=February 7, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Brantley 09">{{cite news |title='Rosie the Riveter' to Crystal Bridges |last1=Brantley |first1=Max |url=https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2009/06/08/rosie-the-riveter-to-crystal-bridges |newspaper=[[Arkansas Times]] |date=8 June 2009 |accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> [[John Wilmerding]], an advisor and board member to Crystal Bridges said Walton has collected the work of some artists in depth, quietly buying substantial bodies of work by [[Martin Johnson Heade]], [[Stuart Davis (painter)|Stuart Davis]], [[George Bellows]] and [[John Singer Sargent]].<ref name="Vogel 11">{{cite news |title= A Billionaire's Eye for Art Shapes Her Singular Museum |work= The New York Times
|date= June 16, 2011 |first= Carol |last= Vogel |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/arts/design/alice-walton-on-her-crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art.html }}</ref> Walton's attempt to quit smoking led to the purchase of two great smoking paintings by [[Alfred Maurer]] and [[Tom Wesselman]].<ref name="The New Yorker" /> In a 2011 interview, she spoke about acquiring great works by other artists. She described [[Marsden Hartley]] as "one of my favorite artists—he was a very complex guy, somewhat tormented, but a very spiritual person, and love the emotion and the feel and the spirituality of his work". She went on to say, "and [[Andrew Wyeth]]—the mystery and loneliness that is expressed. How do you paint loneliness?"<ref name="The New Yorker" /> |
Are there editors who can assist with this? (Pinging Altamel and st170e, who responded to previous edit requests). I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 18:38, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
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I appreciate that editors are still considering my previous requests. While those remain open, I’d like to address the Automobile incidents portion of Personal life by bringing to your attention three points: 1) It details two car accidents that never resulted in charges, so I question their appropriateness in an encyclopedia; 2) The language used convicts Ms. Walton of a crime for which she was never charged nor convicted; and 3) It includes speculation. Here are points for your consideration:
With the above in mind and especially considering the two Wikipedia policies noted, I prepared a draft for your consideration. I appreciate your willingness to review and consider the suggested draft below.
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In a 1989 incident, Walton was driving when she struck and killed 50-year-old Oleta Hardin, who had stepped into a Fayetteville, Arkansas, road. [1] [2] Walton was not charged in the accident. [3] In a 1998 incident, she was reported to have hit a gas meter while driving under the influence. She paid a $925 fine. [4] [5] |
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I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 16:14, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
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In an April 1989 incident, she struck and killed 50-year-old Oleta Hardin, who had stepped onto a road. Witnesses stated that Walton was speeding at the time of the accident, but no charges were filed. [1] In a 1998 incident, she was reported to have hit a gas meter while driving under the influence. She paid a $925 fine and served no jail time. [2] [3]
"arrested for"in either incident is moot because those statements, when read to their conclusions, leave no doubt that while she may have been detained by law enforement — she was ultimately not charged by the legal authorities in those areas.
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Under discussion at WP:BLPN#Alice Walton. -- GRuban ( talk) 16:11, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
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Hi! Another request here. This time I would like to finish out updating Personal life. I propose we replace the introduction to this section and the Family section with the following, while keeping the existing Automobile incidents section at the end.
The existing Personal life section begins with Ms. Walton's divorces and it seems to me that these are not particularly noteworthy. So you'll see in my draft that I have begun Personal life with information on Ms. Walton and her family, followed by net worth, residence, and a shortened sentence on her divorces.
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Alice Walton is the only daughter and youngest child of Walmart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton. [1] She has three brothers, Rob Walton, Jim Walton, and the late John T. Walton. [1] [2] She is niece of James "Bud" Walton [1] [3] and first cousin of Ann Walton Kroenke, Nancy Walton Laurie, and Sybil Robson Orr. [1] [4] As a Walmart heiress, Walton's net worth was $33.8 billion at the time of Forbes' annual The World's Billionaires list in 2017, making her the 17th richest person in the world, and the second-richest woman. [5] She lives in Fort Worth, Texas. [6] She married and divorced twice. [7] |
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==Personal life== She is niece of [[James "Bud" Walton]]<ref name="Business Insider 13"/><ref name="Vinton 16">{{cite news |title=Walton family members' fortune climbs $8.7 billion after strong quarter for Wal-Mart |last1=Vinton |first1=Kate |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2016/05/19/walton-family-members-fortune-climbs-8-7-billion-after-strong-quarter-for-wal-mart/#7a150a6d79c3 |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=19 May 2016 |accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> and first cousin of [[Ann Walton Kroenke]], [[Nancy Walton Laurie]], and [[Sybil Robson Orr]].<ref name="Business Insider 13"/><ref name="Peacock 13">{{cite news |title=Keith Haring sculpture debuts at Crystal Bridges |last1=Peacock |first1=Leslie Newell |url=https://www.arktimes.com/RockCandy/archives/2013/04/24/keith-haring-sculpture-debuts-at-crystal-bridges |newspaper=[[Arkansas Times]] |date=24 April 2013 |accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> As a Walmart heiress, Walton's net worth was $33.8 billion at the time of ''Forbes''' annual The World's Billionaires list in 2017, making her the 17th richest person in the world, and the second-richest woman.<ref name ="ForbesBillionaires"/> She lives in Fort Worth, Texas.<ref name="Baker 16"/> She married and divorced twice.<ref name="OConnor2013"/> |
Are there editors who can assist with this? I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 19:23, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
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I'm leaving this template open to solicit other editor's responses. The COI editor wishes to replace information in this article regarding the descriptions of the subject's ex-husbands. That information is worded " Shortly thereafter she married a contractor who built her swimming pool, but they too quickly divorced."
. Accordingly, I seek consensus on the wording as it stands now, and whether it should be altered. I put that question forward to other editors who may see this notice, and ask for their feedback. The passage in question is under the Personal life heading in the article. Regards,
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I can debate further, but it may not be useful. @ Kt2011: does the "who built her swimming pool" part make any difference to you? Or would changing to profession and dates of marriage be just as bad to you? (... assuming we can find the dates; I admit a bit of web searching doesn't reveal more than that one sentence, honestly...) -- GRuban ( talk) 16:36, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
It's been four days since any input was received, and there still seems to be no consensus here for these changes. I think your suggestion of
WP:BLPN is an excellent idea.
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Hi! An editor added the 2011 automobile incident back into the article. As discussed on this talk page and Biographies of living persons in 2017, this incident never resulted in charges and was, in fact, expunged from the record. I'm bringing this to the attention of User:GRuban again as I believe this issue may fall under BLP guidelines. I welcome input from editors who are experienced in this area. I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 17:46, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
Sorry, Paul, don't know why I missed your comment on the 18th. Maybe try {{ping|GRuban}}? Anyway, Kt2011 basically has it right. WP:BLP says "Biographies of living persons ("BLPs") must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy." That doesn't mean we shouldn't include negative things about the subject if they're important, but we should leave them out if they're trivial. We discussed this incident on Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard/Archive263#Alice_Walton, where you'll see Kt2011 argue that all the automobile accidents that didn't result in charges should be removed, and I argued that the 1983 Acacupulco accident should be kept, since, even if it didn't result in charges and didn't affect anyone else, it resulted in noticeable long term or even permanent damage to the subject, including continuous pain and an injured leg, as the Dallas News writes about, above, and probably will for the rest of her life, so it's hard to argue it's not important. That's where we ended up. This 2011 arrest isn't important in that way; it didn't result in charges, it didn't affect anyone else, and it even had the arrest records expunged. Lots of people are arrested for traffic law violations, without it affecting them much at all, this seems to be one of these. Ms. Walton has the good or bad fortune of being notable enough that stories get written about events that affect her that generally wouldn't be written about if they had happened to anyone else. Have you seen the celebrity magazine articles about "movie star A spotted on beach!" "movie star B seen going to restaurant!" and other perfectly normal activities? We don't write about those either. Being arrested for a traffic law violation is, hopefully, not as common as going to a beach or restaurant, but I'd say it's closer to that than to a life changing event that should be forever inscribed on a person's biography. OK? -- GRuban ( talk) 18:17, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi! An IP editor added the 2011 automobile incident and more detail about the 1998 incident. I wanted to bring this to the attention of User:GRuban and User:Paul F Villerius, who have discussed these issues with me here previously. As discussed on this talk page and Biographies of living persons in 2017, the 2011 incident never resulted in charges and was, in fact, expunged from the record. I still believe this issue may fall under BLP guidelines. Here's the part of the guideline that I believe applies. WP:BLP: "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives." As GRuban wrote here previously, "the due process resulted in (a) no charges, and even (b) expungement. Even without the expungement I don't think random traffic stops deserve mention in an encyclopedia article".
I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 19:33, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi! An editor added this edit to the introduction of the article. This does not seem typical to me; can editors look and see if this should be removed? I'm bringing this to the attention of User:GRuban as I believe this issue may fall under BLP guidelines. Also, this incident is discussed later in the article. I welcome input from editors who are experienced in this area. I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 19:06, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi! An IP editor added this edit to "Personal life". This topic has been discussed on this talk page and Biographies of living persons in 2017, and again on this talk page in December 2019. The 2011 incident never resulted in charges and was, in fact, expunged from the record. I still believe this issue may fall under BLP guidelines. Here's the part of the guideline that I believe applies. WP:BLP: "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives." Also, User:GRuban wrote here previously, "the due process resulted in (a) no charges, and even (b) expungement. Even without the expungement I don't think random traffic stops deserve mention in an encyclopedia article".
I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 17:11, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm removing the part that says her family is largely Republican because it is not accurate: https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2020/10/07/walmarts-political-dichotomy-is-no-surprise/?sh=1ed82b1c2981 — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiscoStu42 ( talk • contribs) 01:39, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
This family is great family. More of God blessings upon them. Bodengo ( talk) 14:31, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi! An IP editor added these edits to "Personal life." This topic has been discussed several times on this talk page in 2017, 2019, and 2020, as well as Biographies of living persons in 2017. The 2011 incident never resulted in charges and was, in fact, expunged from the record. I still believe this issue may fall under BLP guidelines. Here's the part of the guideline that I believe applies. WP:BLP:
Also, User:GRuban wrote here previously, "the due process resulted in (a) no charges, and even (b) expungement. Even without the expungement I don't think random traffic stops deserve mention in an encyclopedia article".
I will not directly edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 16:33, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
What is alice walton's email name? 116.206.31.64 ( talk) 17:53, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
Hello I received an email stating you are wanting to BLESS me with money there are so many scams ,I am afraid to trust it anything. if this is not true please forgive me ,if you are in search on me reply back
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Hi! I'm returning to suggest another round of updates to this article, which has become somewhat out of date over the past couple of years. To start, I propose adding a section on Ms. Walton's philanthropic work. I've prepared this content, the first sentence is moved from Political contributions:
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In 2016, Walton and other Walmart heirs donated $407 million in Walmart shares to a Family Trust which finances its philanthropy. [1] Walton formed both the Art Bridges foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation in 2017. [2] [3] The Alice L. Walton Foundation promotes arts, education, health, and improving economic opportunity. [2] In May 2020, the foundation gave a $1.28 million grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to expand its program to provide healthy food in schools. [4] Her foundation gave a $3.5 million grant to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank in October 2022: $3 million to support construction of a food distribution center, and $500,000 to buy and distribute food. [5] In 2020, the foundation gave the University of Central Arkansas $3 million in funding for its fine arts program. [6] The foundation gave $10 million to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in 2022 to support the museum's internship program to improve representation in arts leadership. [7] Art Bridges partners with small and regional museums with less access to cultural resources. The foundation provides funding, collection loans and traveling exhibits, and creates art programs with museums. Walton has said her goal is to reduce the amount of art kept in storage. As of September 2021, the foundation had approximately 30 exhibits traveling throughout the United States. [3] The foundation also has a fellowship program for people from historically underrepresented groups to work with its museum partners. Additionally, Walton has partnered with the Ford Foundation through Art Bridges to fund programs to improve diversity in museum leadership. [2] Healthcare In 2021, the Alice L. Walton Foundation partnered with the Cleveland Clinic to evaluate health care in Northwest Arkansas. Following that evaluation, in 2022, the foundation and Washington Regional Medical System announced plans to create a nonprofit medical system aimed at training doctors in specialty care fields such as oncology, cardiology, and neurology. [8] In 2019, Walton established the Whole Health Institute. The institute works with health systems, employers and communities to build and expand access to holistic healthcare. [2] In March 2021, Walton announced that the institute would build a nonprofit medical school in Bentonville called the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine. The school will focus on allopathic medicine and graduates will receive a doctor of medicine degree. [9] The campus will be located near Crystal Bridges. Construction is expected to begin in 2023, with the first class enrolling in 2025. [10] References
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I invite editors to review and give feedback or suggest changes. If you'd like to see all changes I plan to request, you can see them here. User:GRuban, you and I have worked together in the past and I'd welcome your assistance again.
I will not directly edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 17:03, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
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In 2016, Walton donated $225 million among a total $447 million from Walmart heirs to the Walton Family Holdings Trust, which finances the family's philanthropy. [1] Walton formed the Alice L. Walton Foundation in 2017. [2] [3] The foundation promotes arts, education, health, and improving economic opportunity. [2] In 2020, the foundation gave the University of Central Arkansas $3 million in funding for its fine arts program. [4] That year, the foundation also gave a $1.28 million grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to expand its program to provide healthy food in schools. [5] In 2022, Walton's foundation gave a $3.5 million grant to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank: $3 million to support construction of a food distribution center, and $500,000 to buy and distribute food. [6] Also in 2017, Walton formed the Art Bridges foundation. It partners with small and regional museums with less access to cultural resources. The foundation provides funding, collection loans and traveling exhibits, and creates art programs with museums. Walton has said her goal is to reduce the amount of art kept in storage. As of September 2021, the foundation had approximately 30 exhibits traveling throughout the United States. [3] The Arts Bridges Fellows Program provides opportunities for people from historically underrepresented groups to work with its museum partners. Additionally, Walton has given $10 million to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and partnered with the Ford Foundation through Art Bridges to fund programs to improve diversity in arts leadership. [7] [2] Healthcare In 2019, Walton established the Whole Health Institute. The institute works with health systems, employers and communities to build and expand access to holistic healthcare. [2] In March 2021, Walton announced that the institute would build a nonprofit medical school in Bentonville called the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine. The school will focus on allopathic medicine and graduates will receive a doctor of medicine degree. [8] The campus will be located near Crystal Bridges. Construction is expected to begin in 2023, with the first class enrolling in 2025, pending accreditation. [9] In 2021, the Alice L. Walton Foundation partnered with the Cleveland Clinic to evaluate health care in Northwest Arkansas. Following that evaluation, in 2022, the foundation and Washington Regional Medical System announced plans to create a nonprofit medical system aimed at training doctors in specialty care fields such as oncology, cardiology, and neurology. [10] References
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Hi! My next request is for the Art section. In the updated section below, I've incorporated my suggested changed with the existing article content:
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Walton and her mother would often paint watercolors on camping trips. [1] The first piece of art Walton purchased was a print of Picasso's Blue Nude when she was ten years old. In the late 1980s, she purchased a pair of display-quality Winslow Homer watercolors. [2] Her interest in art led to the Walton Family Foundation developing the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The architect Moshe Safdie designed the 200,000 square foot museum, which was built on 120 acres of Walton family land. The museum opened in 2011 and has been visited more than 5 million times as of 2021. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Walton said, "The motivation for Crystal Bridges was access for all and particularly for people who never had it." [3] [4] In December 2004, Walton purchased art sold from the collection of Daniel Fraad and Rita Fraad at Sotheby's, in New York. [1] She acquired Asher Brown Durand's celebrated painting, Kindred Spirits, in a sealed-bid auction for a purported US$35 million in 2005. [5] The 1849 painting, a tribute to Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole, had been given to the New York Public Library in 1904 by Julia Bryant, the daughter of Romantic poet and New York newspaper publisher William Cullen Bryant, who is depicted in the painting with Cole. [6] She has also purchased works by American painters Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper, as well as a notable portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, [7] in preparation for the opening of Crystal Bridges. [8] In 2009, Walton acquired Norman Rockwell's " Rosie the Riveter" for $4.9 million. [9] Walton's attempt to quit smoking inspired her to purchase a painting reminiscent of an earlier painting by John Singer Sargent by Alfred Maurer which depicts a full-length woman smoking. [1] Another painting, by Tom Wesselmann, is titled "Smoker #9" [10] and depicts a hyper realistic, disembodied hand and mouth smoking a cigarette. [1] In a 2011 interview, she spoke about acquiring great works by other artists. She described Marsden Hartley as "one of my favorite artists-he was a very complex guy, somewhat tormented, but a very spiritual person, and I love the emotion and the feel and the spirituality of his work." She went on to say, "and Andrew Wyeth-the mystery and loneliness that is expressed. How do you paint loneliness?" [1] Other artists whose work Walton has purchased include Georgia O'Keeffe, Mark Rothko, Edward Hopper, Kehinde Wiley, and Titus Kaphar. [4] References
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I invite editors to review and give feedback or suggest changes. If you'd like to see all changes I plan to request, you can see them here. User:GRuban, are you up for reviewing another one of my requests?
I will not directly edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 14:34, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
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Hi! I've got a few more changes to suggest for the article.
Below is how I imagine the Personal life section would look with the moves and addition, and the recognitions that could be added to the article.
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Personal life Walton married a prominent Louisiana investment banker in 1974 at age 24, but they were divorced 21⁄2 years later. According to Forbes, she married "the contractor who built her swimming pool" soon after, "but they, too, divorced quickly". [1] [2] [3] Walton has been involved in multiple automobile accidents, one of them fatal. She lost control of a rented Jeep during a 1983 Thanksgiving family reunion near Acapulco and plunged into a ravine, shattering her leg. She was airlifted out of Mexico and underwent more than two dozen surgeries; she suffers lingering pain from her injuries. [1] In April 1989, she struck and killed 50-year-old Oleta Hardin, who had stepped onto a road in Fayetteville, Arkansas. [1] In 1998, she hit a gas meter while driving under the influence of alcohol. She paid a $925 fine. [1] [4] In 1998, Walton moved to a ranch in Millsap, Texas, named Walton's Rocking W Ranch. [1] [5] An avid horse-lover, she was known for having an eye for determining which 2-month-olds would grow to be champion cutters. [6] Walton listed the farm for sale in 2015 and moved to Fort Worth, Texas, citing the need to focus on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. [7] [8] [9] She moved back to Bentonville in 2020. [10] Recognition
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One other question: the picture in the Infobox is quite old, would editors be open to replacing it with the picture seen here? I've got permission to donate it to Wikimedia, and wanted to check in before I go through that process.
Feedback and questions are welcome here or on my Talk page.
@ GRuban: Thank you for all of your help here and with Rob Walton's birthday! If you've got time for one more request, your help is much appreciated.
As always, I will not directly edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 14:52, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
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Kt2011: Done. I cropped the image to focus on her (the sides were rather blurry and didn't add much), and moved the previous image down since it does show her looking noticeably different, and you didn't say she outright hated it, just preferred this one. If she does want it gone entirely we can probably do that, it doesn't add that much, she isn't notable for her visual appearance. I also added a few links to Recognition, and notice one of the references was about her receiving an honorary degree from a college, that's not nothing, want that there too? --
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Hi editors, I noticed that an editor recently made an edit similar to others made in the past. This content has been discussed fairly often ( in 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021, as well as on the Biographies of living persons noticeboard in 2017) and each time has been removed for ultimately being non-encyclopedic and going against this clause in WP:BLP: "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives."
GRuban, would you be willing to revert this change? As always, I won't make direct changes due to my conflict of interest.
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Hi editors, I noticed that a pair of edits were recently made that are pretty clear vandalism, adding a random name and phone number.
GRuban, I hate to bother you again so soon, but would you be willing to revert this change? As always, I won't make direct changes due to my conflict of interest. Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 14:13, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
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Hello editors, I noticed some recent edits by an IP editor that seem to be pretty clear cases of vandalism, changing dates and the abbreviation for the United States. @ DanCherek and GRuban: would either of you be willing to review and revert these changes? I'd appreciate it. Due to my COI I'll hold off on fixing this myself. Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 16:07, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi! The "Personal life" section was edited again to include an incident that has been discussed several times on this talk page in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 as well as Biographies of living persons in 2017. The 2011 incident never resulted in charges and was, in fact, expunged from the record. I still believe this issue may fall under WP:BLP guidelines, particularly:
Also, User:GRuban wrote here previously, "the due process resulted in (a) no charges, and even (b) expungement. Even without the expungement I don't think random traffic stops deserve mention in an encyclopedia article".
I will not directly edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 19:56, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
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This article makes the person sound like a bitch, especially with her ultra conservative politics and killing a woman.
Is there not some better things to write about her?
The frankness about the crimes is a good thing, but I wonder why she drinks so much? 71.237.232.90 ( talk) 01:23, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
Where are the sources on the crimes she has been convicted of? 68.119.81.55 09:42, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Right here: http://www.forbesautos.com/advice/toptens/billionaire/09-alice_walton.html
-- Gloriamarie 05:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
The philanthropy section doesn't have a single source cited. - Xcuref1endx ( talk) 20:51, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
The following has elements of OR & can't go into the bio as is. Nevertheless, it's fun & interesting, and almost certainly true in its essentials:
Tulsa is rich in Walmart stores, and the pastor of a church my long-term Tulsa sister used to belong to noticed a long vacant one on East 71st St, on the way west to the Arkansas River. On a hunch, he called Walmart in Bentonville to inquire about converting the store to a church & community center.
Tulsa World story: Open Bible Fellowship Moves Into Former Wal-Mart Store, February 25, 1998. I happened to drive by the church, on my way to the River Park in Feb 2017, and asked my sister about it.
A woman with a deep-country Arkie accent answered, and the pastor asked about the vacant store. "Well, how much can you afford to pay" he was asked. He replied that he'd hoped the company would donate the old store. "Can't do it. Shareholders." he was told, but the woman did some calculations. "We could sell it for $2.5 million," she said, adding that that was about the value of the underlying land. Pastor Joel Budd talked to his congregation and then to bankers, who agreed to a loan, and Walmart agreed to sell for $2.3 million.. The store was remodelled, and attracts up to 1,000 worshippers on busy Sundays. Pastor Budd noted that there's always plenty of free parking.
Budd later found out that the woman who'd answered the phone, figured a price and sold him the old store was Alice Walton, by far the wealthiest woman in America. He's been dining out on the story ever since. Pete Tillman ( talk) 20:37, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
While this is a well-documented personal problem & failing, I question whether it should occupy 1/3 of the lede of our wikibio. For instance, no lede mention of her extensive Art collection. -- Pete Tillman ( talk) 20:45, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
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Hi! I am working to update this page throughout and I noticed the formatting differs from other biography articles I have seen on Wikipedia. For instance, this article would better conform with other Wikipedia biographies if Education and career was separated into different sections. To that end I have created a proposed Early life and education section.
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Walton was born in Newport, Arkansas. [1] She graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a B.A. in economics and finance in 1971. [2] |
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My hope is that an editor can create this new section, remove these details from the existing Education and career section and rename the existing section Career.
Are there editors who can assist with this? I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 15:24, 7 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hi! Continuing my work to update this article, I noticed Career needed attention. Most of Career is unsourced. Additionally, it is outdated. For example, Ms. Walton listed Rocking W Ranch for sale in 2015 and moved to Fort Worth, Texas, to focus on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. I created a proposed Career section that tidies up the existing content, sources everything and adds a few extra details.
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In her early career, Walton was an equity analyst and money manager for First Commerce Corporation [1] and headed investment activities at Arvest Bank Group. [2] She was also a broker for E.F. Hutton. [3] In 1988, Walton founded Llama Company, an investment bank, where she was president, chairwoman and CEO. [1] [2] Walton was the first person to chair the Northwest Arkansas Council and played a major role in the development of the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport, which opened in 1998. [4] At the time, the business and civic leaders of Northwest Arkansas Council found a need for the $109 million regional airport in their corner of the state. [5] Walton provided $15 million in initial funding for construction. [5] Her company, Llama Company, underwrote a $79.5 million bond. [5] The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority recognized Walton's contributions to the creation of the airport and named the terminal the Alice L. Walton Terminal Building. [6] She was inducted into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2001. [7] In the late 1990s, Llama Co. closed and, in 1998, Walton moved to a ranch in Millsap, Texas, named Walton's Rocking W Ranch. [3] [8] [9] An avid horse-lover, she was known for having an eye for determining which 2-month-olds would grow to be champion cutters. [10] Walton listed the farm for sale in 2015 and moved to Fort Worth, Texas, citing the need to focus on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Bentonville, Arkansas, art museum she founded that opened in 2011. [11] [12] [13] In his 1992 autobiography Made in America, Sam Walton remarked that Alice was "the most like me—a maverick—but even more volatile than I am." [4] |
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==Career== Walton was the first person to chair the [[Northwest Arkansas Council]] and played a major role in the development of the [[Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport]], which opened in 1998.<ref name="The New Yorker">{{cite news |title= Alice's Wonderland: A Walmart Heiress Builds a Museum in the Ozarks |last= Mead |first= Rebecca |work= The New Yorker |date= June 27, 2011}}</ref> At the time, the business and civic leaders of Northwest Arkansas Council found a need for the $109 million regional airport in their corner of the state.<ref name="AP May 1999">{{cite news |title=Group to consider naming airport terminal after Wal-Mart heiress |url=https://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3X4J-M5X0-00HV-6105&csi=8399&oc=00240&perma=true |newspaper=[[The Associated Press]] |date=8 August 1999 |accessdate=8 May 2017}}</ref> Walton provided $15 million in initial funding for construction.<ref name="AP May 1999"/> Her company, Llama Company, underwrote a $79.5 million bond.<ref name="AP May 1999"/> The Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority recognized Walton's contributions to the creation of the airport and named the terminal the Alice L. Walton Terminal Building.<ref name="AP August 1999">{{cite news |title=Airport board names terminal after Alice Walton |url=https://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3X5H-T190-00HV-60MP&csi=8399&oc=00240&perma=true |newspaper=[[The Associated Press]] |date=13 August 1999 |accessdate=8 May 2017}}</ref> She was inducted into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame in 2001.<ref name="Cottingham 10">{{cite news |title=Alice Walton: Working to bring the world to Arkansas' door |last1=Cottingham |first1=Jan |url=http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/37302/alice-walton-working-to-bring-the-world-to-arkansas-door?page=all |newspaper=[[Arkansas Business]] |date=29 March 2010 |accessdate=8 May 2017}}</ref> In the late 1990s, Llama Co. closed and, in 1998, Walton moved to a ranch in [[Millsap, Texas]], named Walton's Rocking W Ranch.<ref name="OConnor2013"/><ref name="Paul 06">{{cite news |title=Alice Walton's big picture: The Wal-Mart heir turns her eye, and her money, to art collecting |last1=Paul |first1=Steve |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2006/12/10/alice-waltons-big-picture-span-classbankheadthe-wal-mart-heir-turns-her-eye-and-her-money-to-art-collectingspan/231bcb7a-a011-43d0-81a0-d7155997d1e6/?utm_term=.c0458f00fda6 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=10 December 2006 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="AP December 1999">{{cite news |title=Wal-Mart heiress loves cutting horses |url=https://www.nexis.com/docview/getDocForCuiReq?lni=3Y4X-F4X0-009F-S3J1&csi=280434&oc=00240&perma=true |newspaper=[[The Associated Press]] |date=19 December 1999 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> An avid horse-lover, she was known for having an eye for determining which 2-month-olds would grow to be champion [[Cutting (sport)|cutters]].<ref name="Kansas City Star">{{cite news |title= Alice L. Walton, Making a Grand Dream a Reality: The Jet-Setter Is Parlaying Her Wealth into a Hometown Museum |last= Paul |first= Steven |work= [[The Kansas City Star]] |date= November 19, 2006}}</ref> Walton listed the farm for sale in 2015 and moved to [[Fort Worth, Texas]], citing the need to focus on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Bentonville, Arkansas, art museum she founded that opened in 2011.<ref name="Baker 16">{{cite news |title=Alice Walton cuts prices on two ranch properties |last1=Baker |first1=Max B. |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/article87248437.html |newspaper=[[Star-Telegram]] |date=1 July 2016 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="Sherman 15">{{cite news |title=Wal-Mart heiress selling these 'iconic' ranches for $48 million |last1=Sherman |first1=Erik |url=http://fortune.com/2015/09/17/walmart-alice-walton-ranch/ |newspaper=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=17 September 2015 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="NPR 11">{{cite news |title=Wal-Mart heiress brings art museum to the Ozarks |url=http://www.npr.org/2011/11/08/142019716/wal-mart-heiress-brings-art-museum-to-the-ozarks |newspaper=[[NPR]] |date=8 November 2011 |accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> In his 1992 autobiography ''Made in America'', [[Sam Walton]] remarked that Alice was "the most like me—a maverick—but even more volatile than I am."<ref name="The New Yorker">{{cite news |title= Alice's Wonderland: A Walmart Heiress Builds a Museum in the Ozarks |last= Mead |first= Rebecca |work= The New Yorker |date= June 27, 2011}}</ref> |
Are there editors who can assist with this? (Pinging Altamel, who responded to previous edit request). I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 19:03, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
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Hi! Continuing along. Art is fairly well developed. There are, however, a few places that could be tidier. Here's what I'm thinking.
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![]() Walton purchased her first piece of art when she was about ten years old. It was a reproduction of Picasso's Blue Nude she got from her father's Ben Franklin Dime-Store. [2] She and her mother would often paint watercolors on camping trips. [2] Her interest in art led to her spearheading the Walton Family Foundation's involvement in developing Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in the heart of Bentonville, Arkansas. [2] [3] Crystal Bridges opened in November 2011 with hundreds of millions of dollars in art housed in 50,000 square feet of gallery space. [1] In December 2004, the art collection of Daniel Fraad and wife, Rita, went up for public auction at Sotheby's in New York. [2] Collectors at the well-attended auction questioned who was placing successful bids over the telephone. [2] It was later learned that Walton purchased at least $20 million worth of art that day, including “Spring,” by Winslow Homer; “A French Music Hall,” by Everett Shinn; “The Studio,” by George Bellows; “The Indian and the Lily,” by George de Forest Brush; and “October Interior,” a by Fairfield Porter. [2] She bid for most of the items while on a three-year-old gelding named IC LAD preparing to compete in the first qualifying round of the National Cutting Horse Association Futurity at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Ft. Worth, Texas. [2] In 2005, Walton purchased Asher Brown Durand's celebrated painting, Kindred Spirits, for a purported US$35 million. [2] The 1849 painting, a tribute to Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole, had been given to the New York Public Library in 1904 by Julia Bryant, the daughter of Romantic poet and New York newspaper publisher William Cullen Bryant (who is depicted in the painting with Cole). [4] She has also purchased works by American painter Edward Hopper, as well as a notable portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale. [5] In 2009 at an undisclosed price, Crystal Bridges museum acquired Norman Rockwell's iconic " Rosie the Riveter" painting for its permanent collection. [6] [7] John Wilmerding, an advisor and board member to Crystal Bridges said Walton has collected the work of some artists in depth, quietly buying substantial bodies of work by Martin Johnson Heade, Stuart Davis, George Bellows and John Singer Sargent. [8] Walton's attempt to quit smoking led to the purchase of two great smoking paintings by Alfred Maurer and Tom Wesselman. [2] In a 2011 interview, she spoke about acquiring great works by other artists. She described Marsden Hartley as "one of my favorite artists—he was a very complex guy, somewhat tormented, but a very spiritual person, and love the emotion and the feel and the spirituality of his work". She went on to say, "and Andrew Wyeth—the mystery and loneliness that is expressed. How do you paint loneliness?" [2] |
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==Art== In December 2004, the art collection of Daniel Fraad and wife, Rita, went up for public auction at [[Sotheby's]] in New York.<ref name="The New Yorker" /> Collectors at the well-attended auction questioned who was placing successful bids over the telephone.<ref name="The New Yorker" /> It was later learned that Walton purchased at least $20 million worth of art that day, including “Spring,” by [[Winslow Homer]]; “A French Music Hall,” by [[Everett Shinn]]; “The Studio,” by [[George Bellows]]; “The Indian and the Lily,” by [[George de Forest Brush]]; and “October Interior,” a by [[Fairfield Porter]].<ref name="The New Yorker" /> She bid for most of the items while on a three-year-old gelding named IC LAD preparing to compete in the first qualifying round of the National Cutting Horse Association Futurity at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Ft. Worth, Texas.<ref name="The New Yorker" /> In 2005, Walton purchased [[Asher Brown Durand]]'s celebrated painting, ''[[Kindred Spirits (painting)|Kindred Spirits]]'', for a purported US$35 million.<ref name="The New Yorker" /> The 1849 painting, a tribute to [[Hudson River School]] painter [[Thomas Cole]], had been given to the [[New York Public Library]] in 1904 by Julia Bryant, the daughter of Romantic poet and New York newspaper publisher [[William Cullen Bryant]] (who is depicted in the painting with Cole).<ref name="Kindred Spirits">{{cite web |url= http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/durandinfo.shtm |title= Asher B. Durand's 'Kindred Spirits' |department= Exhibitions |publisher= National Gallery of Art}}</ref> She has also purchased works by American painter [[Edward Hopper]], as well as a notable portrait of [[George Washington]] by [[Charles Willson Peale]].<ref name="Vogel 05">{{cite news |title=A determined heiress plots an art collection |last1=Vogel |first1=Carol |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/14/arts/design/a-determined-heiress-plots-an-art-collection.html?_r=0 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 May 2005 |accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> In 2009 at an undisclosed price, Crystal Bridges museum acquired [[Norman Rockwell]]'s iconic "[[Rosie the Riveter#Saturday Evening Post|Rosie the Riveter]]" painting for its permanent collection.<ref>[http://www.rosietheriveter.org/painting.htm Rosie the Riveter] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207091017/http://www.rosietheriveter.org/painting.htm |date=February 7, 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Brantley 09">{{cite news |title='Rosie the Riveter' to Crystal Bridges |last1=Brantley |first1=Max |url=https://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2009/06/08/rosie-the-riveter-to-crystal-bridges |newspaper=[[Arkansas Times]] |date=8 June 2009 |accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> [[John Wilmerding]], an advisor and board member to Crystal Bridges said Walton has collected the work of some artists in depth, quietly buying substantial bodies of work by [[Martin Johnson Heade]], [[Stuart Davis (painter)|Stuart Davis]], [[George Bellows]] and [[John Singer Sargent]].<ref name="Vogel 11">{{cite news |title= A Billionaire's Eye for Art Shapes Her Singular Museum |work= The New York Times
|date= June 16, 2011 |first= Carol |last= Vogel |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/arts/design/alice-walton-on-her-crystal-bridges-museum-of-american-art.html }}</ref> Walton's attempt to quit smoking led to the purchase of two great smoking paintings by [[Alfred Maurer]] and [[Tom Wesselman]].<ref name="The New Yorker" /> In a 2011 interview, she spoke about acquiring great works by other artists. She described [[Marsden Hartley]] as "one of my favorite artists—he was a very complex guy, somewhat tormented, but a very spiritual person, and love the emotion and the feel and the spirituality of his work". She went on to say, "and [[Andrew Wyeth]]—the mystery and loneliness that is expressed. How do you paint loneliness?"<ref name="The New Yorker" /> |
Are there editors who can assist with this? (Pinging Altamel and st170e, who responded to previous edit requests). I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 18:38, 8 August 2017 (UTC)
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I appreciate that editors are still considering my previous requests. While those remain open, I’d like to address the Automobile incidents portion of Personal life by bringing to your attention three points: 1) It details two car accidents that never resulted in charges, so I question their appropriateness in an encyclopedia; 2) The language used convicts Ms. Walton of a crime for which she was never charged nor convicted; and 3) It includes speculation. Here are points for your consideration:
With the above in mind and especially considering the two Wikipedia policies noted, I prepared a draft for your consideration. I appreciate your willingness to review and consider the suggested draft below.
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In a 1989 incident, Walton was driving when she struck and killed 50-year-old Oleta Hardin, who had stepped into a Fayetteville, Arkansas, road. [1] [2] Walton was not charged in the accident. [3] In a 1998 incident, she was reported to have hit a gas meter while driving under the influence. She paid a $925 fine. [4] [5] |
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In an April 1989 incident, she struck and killed 50-year-old Oleta Hardin, who had stepped onto a road. Witnesses stated that Walton was speeding at the time of the accident, but no charges were filed. [1] In a 1998 incident, she was reported to have hit a gas meter while driving under the influence. She paid a $925 fine and served no jail time. [2] [3]
"arrested for"in either incident is moot because those statements, when read to their conclusions, leave no doubt that while she may have been detained by law enforement — she was ultimately not charged by the legal authorities in those areas.
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Under discussion at WP:BLPN#Alice Walton. -- GRuban ( talk) 16:11, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
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Hi! Another request here. This time I would like to finish out updating Personal life. I propose we replace the introduction to this section and the Family section with the following, while keeping the existing Automobile incidents section at the end.
The existing Personal life section begins with Ms. Walton's divorces and it seems to me that these are not particularly noteworthy. So you'll see in my draft that I have begun Personal life with information on Ms. Walton and her family, followed by net worth, residence, and a shortened sentence on her divorces.
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Alice Walton is the only daughter and youngest child of Walmart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton. [1] She has three brothers, Rob Walton, Jim Walton, and the late John T. Walton. [1] [2] She is niece of James "Bud" Walton [1] [3] and first cousin of Ann Walton Kroenke, Nancy Walton Laurie, and Sybil Robson Orr. [1] [4] As a Walmart heiress, Walton's net worth was $33.8 billion at the time of Forbes' annual The World's Billionaires list in 2017, making her the 17th richest person in the world, and the second-richest woman. [5] She lives in Fort Worth, Texas. [6] She married and divorced twice. [7] |
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==Personal life== She is niece of [[James "Bud" Walton]]<ref name="Business Insider 13"/><ref name="Vinton 16">{{cite news |title=Walton family members' fortune climbs $8.7 billion after strong quarter for Wal-Mart |last1=Vinton |first1=Kate |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/katevinton/2016/05/19/walton-family-members-fortune-climbs-8-7-billion-after-strong-quarter-for-wal-mart/#7a150a6d79c3 |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=19 May 2016 |accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> and first cousin of [[Ann Walton Kroenke]], [[Nancy Walton Laurie]], and [[Sybil Robson Orr]].<ref name="Business Insider 13"/><ref name="Peacock 13">{{cite news |title=Keith Haring sculpture debuts at Crystal Bridges |last1=Peacock |first1=Leslie Newell |url=https://www.arktimes.com/RockCandy/archives/2013/04/24/keith-haring-sculpture-debuts-at-crystal-bridges |newspaper=[[Arkansas Times]] |date=24 April 2013 |accessdate=11 May 2017}}</ref> As a Walmart heiress, Walton's net worth was $33.8 billion at the time of ''Forbes''' annual The World's Billionaires list in 2017, making her the 17th richest person in the world, and the second-richest woman.<ref name ="ForbesBillionaires"/> She lives in Fort Worth, Texas.<ref name="Baker 16"/> She married and divorced twice.<ref name="OConnor2013"/> |
Are there editors who can assist with this? I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 19:23, 30 January 2018 (UTC)
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I'm leaving this template open to solicit other editor's responses. The COI editor wishes to replace information in this article regarding the descriptions of the subject's ex-husbands. That information is worded " Shortly thereafter she married a contractor who built her swimming pool, but they too quickly divorced."
. Accordingly, I seek consensus on the wording as it stands now, and whether it should be altered. I put that question forward to other editors who may see this notice, and ask for their feedback. The passage in question is under the Personal life heading in the article. Regards,
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I can debate further, but it may not be useful. @ Kt2011: does the "who built her swimming pool" part make any difference to you? Or would changing to profession and dates of marriage be just as bad to you? (... assuming we can find the dates; I admit a bit of web searching doesn't reveal more than that one sentence, honestly...) -- GRuban ( talk) 16:36, 31 January 2018 (UTC)
It's been four days since any input was received, and there still seems to be no consensus here for these changes. I think your suggestion of
WP:BLPN is an excellent idea.
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Hi! An editor added the 2011 automobile incident back into the article. As discussed on this talk page and Biographies of living persons in 2017, this incident never resulted in charges and was, in fact, expunged from the record. I'm bringing this to the attention of User:GRuban again as I believe this issue may fall under BLP guidelines. I welcome input from editors who are experienced in this area. I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 17:46, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
Sorry, Paul, don't know why I missed your comment on the 18th. Maybe try {{ping|GRuban}}? Anyway, Kt2011 basically has it right. WP:BLP says "Biographies of living persons ("BLPs") must be written conservatively and with regard for the subject's privacy." That doesn't mean we shouldn't include negative things about the subject if they're important, but we should leave them out if they're trivial. We discussed this incident on Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard/Archive263#Alice_Walton, where you'll see Kt2011 argue that all the automobile accidents that didn't result in charges should be removed, and I argued that the 1983 Acacupulco accident should be kept, since, even if it didn't result in charges and didn't affect anyone else, it resulted in noticeable long term or even permanent damage to the subject, including continuous pain and an injured leg, as the Dallas News writes about, above, and probably will for the rest of her life, so it's hard to argue it's not important. That's where we ended up. This 2011 arrest isn't important in that way; it didn't result in charges, it didn't affect anyone else, and it even had the arrest records expunged. Lots of people are arrested for traffic law violations, without it affecting them much at all, this seems to be one of these. Ms. Walton has the good or bad fortune of being notable enough that stories get written about events that affect her that generally wouldn't be written about if they had happened to anyone else. Have you seen the celebrity magazine articles about "movie star A spotted on beach!" "movie star B seen going to restaurant!" and other perfectly normal activities? We don't write about those either. Being arrested for a traffic law violation is, hopefully, not as common as going to a beach or restaurant, but I'd say it's closer to that than to a life changing event that should be forever inscribed on a person's biography. OK? -- GRuban ( talk) 18:17, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
Hi! An IP editor added the 2011 automobile incident and more detail about the 1998 incident. I wanted to bring this to the attention of User:GRuban and User:Paul F Villerius, who have discussed these issues with me here previously. As discussed on this talk page and Biographies of living persons in 2017, the 2011 incident never resulted in charges and was, in fact, expunged from the record. I still believe this issue may fall under BLP guidelines. Here's the part of the guideline that I believe applies. WP:BLP: "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives." As GRuban wrote here previously, "the due process resulted in (a) no charges, and even (b) expungement. Even without the expungement I don't think random traffic stops deserve mention in an encyclopedia article".
I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 19:33, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Hi! An editor added this edit to the introduction of the article. This does not seem typical to me; can editors look and see if this should be removed? I'm bringing this to the attention of User:GRuban as I believe this issue may fall under BLP guidelines. Also, this incident is discussed later in the article. I welcome input from editors who are experienced in this area. I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared above. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 19:06, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi! An IP editor added this edit to "Personal life". This topic has been discussed on this talk page and Biographies of living persons in 2017, and again on this talk page in December 2019. The 2011 incident never resulted in charges and was, in fact, expunged from the record. I still believe this issue may fall under BLP guidelines. Here's the part of the guideline that I believe applies. WP:BLP: "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives." Also, User:GRuban wrote here previously, "the due process resulted in (a) no charges, and even (b) expungement. Even without the expungement I don't think random traffic stops deserve mention in an encyclopedia article".
I will not direct edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 17:11, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm removing the part that says her family is largely Republican because it is not accurate: https://www.forbes.com/sites/walterloeb/2020/10/07/walmarts-political-dichotomy-is-no-surprise/?sh=1ed82b1c2981 — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiscoStu42 ( talk • contribs) 01:39, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
This family is great family. More of God blessings upon them. Bodengo ( talk) 14:31, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Hi! An IP editor added these edits to "Personal life." This topic has been discussed several times on this talk page in 2017, 2019, and 2020, as well as Biographies of living persons in 2017. The 2011 incident never resulted in charges and was, in fact, expunged from the record. I still believe this issue may fall under BLP guidelines. Here's the part of the guideline that I believe applies. WP:BLP:
Also, User:GRuban wrote here previously, "the due process resulted in (a) no charges, and even (b) expungement. Even without the expungement I don't think random traffic stops deserve mention in an encyclopedia article".
I will not directly edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 16:33, 28 October 2021 (UTC)
What is alice walton's email name? 116.206.31.64 ( talk) 17:53, 5 February 2022 (UTC)
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Hi! I'm returning to suggest another round of updates to this article, which has become somewhat out of date over the past couple of years. To start, I propose adding a section on Ms. Walton's philanthropic work. I've prepared this content, the first sentence is moved from Political contributions:
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In 2016, Walton and other Walmart heirs donated $407 million in Walmart shares to a Family Trust which finances its philanthropy. [1] Walton formed both the Art Bridges foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation in 2017. [2] [3] The Alice L. Walton Foundation promotes arts, education, health, and improving economic opportunity. [2] In May 2020, the foundation gave a $1.28 million grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to expand its program to provide healthy food in schools. [4] Her foundation gave a $3.5 million grant to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank in October 2022: $3 million to support construction of a food distribution center, and $500,000 to buy and distribute food. [5] In 2020, the foundation gave the University of Central Arkansas $3 million in funding for its fine arts program. [6] The foundation gave $10 million to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in 2022 to support the museum's internship program to improve representation in arts leadership. [7] Art Bridges partners with small and regional museums with less access to cultural resources. The foundation provides funding, collection loans and traveling exhibits, and creates art programs with museums. Walton has said her goal is to reduce the amount of art kept in storage. As of September 2021, the foundation had approximately 30 exhibits traveling throughout the United States. [3] The foundation also has a fellowship program for people from historically underrepresented groups to work with its museum partners. Additionally, Walton has partnered with the Ford Foundation through Art Bridges to fund programs to improve diversity in museum leadership. [2] Healthcare In 2021, the Alice L. Walton Foundation partnered with the Cleveland Clinic to evaluate health care in Northwest Arkansas. Following that evaluation, in 2022, the foundation and Washington Regional Medical System announced plans to create a nonprofit medical system aimed at training doctors in specialty care fields such as oncology, cardiology, and neurology. [8] In 2019, Walton established the Whole Health Institute. The institute works with health systems, employers and communities to build and expand access to holistic healthcare. [2] In March 2021, Walton announced that the institute would build a nonprofit medical school in Bentonville called the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine. The school will focus on allopathic medicine and graduates will receive a doctor of medicine degree. [9] The campus will be located near Crystal Bridges. Construction is expected to begin in 2023, with the first class enrolling in 2025. [10] References
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I invite editors to review and give feedback or suggest changes. If you'd like to see all changes I plan to request, you can see them here. User:GRuban, you and I have worked together in the past and I'd welcome your assistance again.
I will not directly edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 17:03, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
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In 2016, Walton donated $225 million among a total $447 million from Walmart heirs to the Walton Family Holdings Trust, which finances the family's philanthropy. [1] Walton formed the Alice L. Walton Foundation in 2017. [2] [3] The foundation promotes arts, education, health, and improving economic opportunity. [2] In 2020, the foundation gave the University of Central Arkansas $3 million in funding for its fine arts program. [4] That year, the foundation also gave a $1.28 million grant to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to expand its program to provide healthy food in schools. [5] In 2022, Walton's foundation gave a $3.5 million grant to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank: $3 million to support construction of a food distribution center, and $500,000 to buy and distribute food. [6] Also in 2017, Walton formed the Art Bridges foundation. It partners with small and regional museums with less access to cultural resources. The foundation provides funding, collection loans and traveling exhibits, and creates art programs with museums. Walton has said her goal is to reduce the amount of art kept in storage. As of September 2021, the foundation had approximately 30 exhibits traveling throughout the United States. [3] The Arts Bridges Fellows Program provides opportunities for people from historically underrepresented groups to work with its museum partners. Additionally, Walton has given $10 million to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and partnered with the Ford Foundation through Art Bridges to fund programs to improve diversity in arts leadership. [7] [2] Healthcare In 2019, Walton established the Whole Health Institute. The institute works with health systems, employers and communities to build and expand access to holistic healthcare. [2] In March 2021, Walton announced that the institute would build a nonprofit medical school in Bentonville called the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine. The school will focus on allopathic medicine and graduates will receive a doctor of medicine degree. [8] The campus will be located near Crystal Bridges. Construction is expected to begin in 2023, with the first class enrolling in 2025, pending accreditation. [9] In 2021, the Alice L. Walton Foundation partnered with the Cleveland Clinic to evaluate health care in Northwest Arkansas. Following that evaluation, in 2022, the foundation and Washington Regional Medical System announced plans to create a nonprofit medical system aimed at training doctors in specialty care fields such as oncology, cardiology, and neurology. [10] References
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Hi! My next request is for the Art section. In the updated section below, I've incorporated my suggested changed with the existing article content:
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Walton and her mother would often paint watercolors on camping trips. [1] The first piece of art Walton purchased was a print of Picasso's Blue Nude when she was ten years old. In the late 1980s, she purchased a pair of display-quality Winslow Homer watercolors. [2] Her interest in art led to the Walton Family Foundation developing the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The architect Moshe Safdie designed the 200,000 square foot museum, which was built on 120 acres of Walton family land. The museum opened in 2011 and has been visited more than 5 million times as of 2021. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Walton said, "The motivation for Crystal Bridges was access for all and particularly for people who never had it." [3] [4] In December 2004, Walton purchased art sold from the collection of Daniel Fraad and Rita Fraad at Sotheby's, in New York. [1] She acquired Asher Brown Durand's celebrated painting, Kindred Spirits, in a sealed-bid auction for a purported US$35 million in 2005. [5] The 1849 painting, a tribute to Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole, had been given to the New York Public Library in 1904 by Julia Bryant, the daughter of Romantic poet and New York newspaper publisher William Cullen Bryant, who is depicted in the painting with Cole. [6] She has also purchased works by American painters Winslow Homer and Edward Hopper, as well as a notable portrait of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, [7] in preparation for the opening of Crystal Bridges. [8] In 2009, Walton acquired Norman Rockwell's " Rosie the Riveter" for $4.9 million. [9] Walton's attempt to quit smoking inspired her to purchase a painting reminiscent of an earlier painting by John Singer Sargent by Alfred Maurer which depicts a full-length woman smoking. [1] Another painting, by Tom Wesselmann, is titled "Smoker #9" [10] and depicts a hyper realistic, disembodied hand and mouth smoking a cigarette. [1] In a 2011 interview, she spoke about acquiring great works by other artists. She described Marsden Hartley as "one of my favorite artists-he was a very complex guy, somewhat tormented, but a very spiritual person, and I love the emotion and the feel and the spirituality of his work." She went on to say, "and Andrew Wyeth-the mystery and loneliness that is expressed. How do you paint loneliness?" [1] Other artists whose work Walton has purchased include Georgia O'Keeffe, Mark Rothko, Edward Hopper, Kehinde Wiley, and Titus Kaphar. [4] References
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I invite editors to review and give feedback or suggest changes. If you'd like to see all changes I plan to request, you can see them here. User:GRuban, are you up for reviewing another one of my requests?
I will not directly edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 14:34, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
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Hi! I've got a few more changes to suggest for the article.
Below is how I imagine the Personal life section would look with the moves and addition, and the recognitions that could be added to the article.
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Personal life Walton married a prominent Louisiana investment banker in 1974 at age 24, but they were divorced 21⁄2 years later. According to Forbes, she married "the contractor who built her swimming pool" soon after, "but they, too, divorced quickly". [1] [2] [3] Walton has been involved in multiple automobile accidents, one of them fatal. She lost control of a rented Jeep during a 1983 Thanksgiving family reunion near Acapulco and plunged into a ravine, shattering her leg. She was airlifted out of Mexico and underwent more than two dozen surgeries; she suffers lingering pain from her injuries. [1] In April 1989, she struck and killed 50-year-old Oleta Hardin, who had stepped onto a road in Fayetteville, Arkansas. [1] In 1998, she hit a gas meter while driving under the influence of alcohol. She paid a $925 fine. [1] [4] In 1998, Walton moved to a ranch in Millsap, Texas, named Walton's Rocking W Ranch. [1] [5] An avid horse-lover, she was known for having an eye for determining which 2-month-olds would grow to be champion cutters. [6] Walton listed the farm for sale in 2015 and moved to Fort Worth, Texas, citing the need to focus on the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. [7] [8] [9] She moved back to Bentonville in 2020. [10] Recognition
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One other question: the picture in the Infobox is quite old, would editors be open to replacing it with the picture seen here? I've got permission to donate it to Wikimedia, and wanted to check in before I go through that process.
Feedback and questions are welcome here or on my Talk page.
@ GRuban: Thank you for all of your help here and with Rob Walton's birthday! If you've got time for one more request, your help is much appreciated.
As always, I will not directly edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 14:52, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
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Kt2011: Done. I cropped the image to focus on her (the sides were rather blurry and didn't add much), and moved the previous image down since it does show her looking noticeably different, and you didn't say she outright hated it, just preferred this one. If she does want it gone entirely we can probably do that, it doesn't add that much, she isn't notable for her visual appearance. I also added a few links to Recognition, and notice one of the references was about her receiving an honorary degree from a college, that's not nothing, want that there too? --
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Hi editors, I noticed that an editor recently made an edit similar to others made in the past. This content has been discussed fairly often ( in 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2021, as well as on the Biographies of living persons noticeboard in 2017) and each time has been removed for ultimately being non-encyclopedic and going against this clause in WP:BLP: "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid: it is not Wikipedia's job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives."
GRuban, would you be willing to revert this change? As always, I won't make direct changes due to my conflict of interest.
Kt2011 (
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Hi editors, I noticed that a pair of edits were recently made that are pretty clear vandalism, adding a random name and phone number.
GRuban, I hate to bother you again so soon, but would you be willing to revert this change? As always, I won't make direct changes due to my conflict of interest. Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 14:13, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
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Hello editors, I noticed some recent edits by an IP editor that seem to be pretty clear cases of vandalism, changing dates and the abbreviation for the United States. @ DanCherek and GRuban: would either of you be willing to review and revert these changes? I'd appreciate it. Due to my COI I'll hold off on fixing this myself. Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 16:07, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi! The "Personal life" section was edited again to include an incident that has been discussed several times on this talk page in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 as well as Biographies of living persons in 2017. The 2011 incident never resulted in charges and was, in fact, expunged from the record. I still believe this issue may fall under WP:BLP guidelines, particularly:
Also, User:GRuban wrote here previously, "the due process resulted in (a) no charges, and even (b) expungement. Even without the expungement I don't think random traffic stops deserve mention in an encyclopedia article".
I will not directly edit this page because I have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest; I work with the Walton family office, as I disclosed on my user page and declared on this talk page. Thanks, Kt2011 ( Talk · COI:Walton family) 19:56, 22 May 2024 (UTC)