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Greetings! The photo currently in use on this page is Colleen Bell's temporary State Dept. photo taken before she assumed her current role as U.S. ambassador to Hungary. I'd like to suggest updating this with her official portrait, which I have uploaded to Commons. The filename is Colleen_Bell_State_Dept_portrait.png. Why have I not added it to the article myself? Simple answer: I am working on behalf of Ms. Bell through the firm SKD Knickerbocker to propose some changes to the page, starting here. If you see this request, will you consider making this change? Thanks, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 16:04, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
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Hello again, during my time away from this page I've completed a draft to fully update this article, which is now posted in my user space. Assuming it makes this easier, I will propose section-by-section updates here so we can focus on one thing at a time. First, I'd like any new editors to this page to know that I have a financial conflict of interest: I am working on behalf of Ms. Bell through my firm, Beutler Ink, and SKD Knickerbocker.
I'd like to start out here by fleshing out the Producing career section. There's currently nothing there about Bell's role on The Bold and the Beautiful, other than to say that she's a producer. Since this is an encyclopedia entry on Colleen Bell and not the show, this section should focus more on her work with the program, and less about the program itself. I'd like to propose replacing this section with the following:
References
As I've mentioned earlier, I prefer not to make edits where I have a conflict of interest, so I'm looking to get other editors' input and assistance. Would anyone be willing to make these changes in the article if they think they seem reasonable? I'm open to any feedback or suggestions. Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 19:39, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
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Greetings again! I'd like to offer a slightly revised, better-cited version of the Early life and education section. I've omitted just one detail I couldn't properly source (graduating with honors) and included just a few more details (graduation year, study at St. Andrews, first job after college). Here's what it looks like and, for convenience, the underlying markup for the new language and citations:
References
As stated before, I have a financial conflict of interest: I am working on behalf of Amb. Bell through my firm, Beutler Ink, and SKD Knickerbocker. I will not make any direct edits myself so I'm looking for others' input and assistance in making the changes if they seem reasonable. Looking forward to any and all feedback! Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 21:22, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
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Hello, once more! With this request I propose a rewritten version that would replace the existing Political career section. I suggest we begin by renaming it. A title such as Advocacy and political involvement would better encapsulate the breadth of Ms. Bell's activities. "Political career" is perhaps not the best way to describe someone who has never stood for elective office, and who serves on boards for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art or the UCLA Rape Treatment Center.
Additionally, I have rewritten the section to make it more concise, focusing more on Amb. Bell's work than that of organizations and individuals she has been affiliated with. The most significant removal is her involvement with the Natural Resources Defense Council—the current article uses primary sources, and I could not find a suitable replacement—as well as an unsourced mention that Bell was on the National Finance Committee for President Obama's 2012 campaign. However, this draft does add more detail on her fundraising efforts for Obama in 2011 and 2012. Here's what I recommend:
Bell has been active in advocacy and philanthropy during her career. In 2007, Bell visited Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress on global warming as part of a delegation from the Leadership Council, a Los Angeles County group focused on environmental issues. [1]
Bell was named to President Barack Obama's Advisory Committee on the Arts in 2010. In 2011, she was elected as the group's chair. [2] Obama appointed Bell to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees in 2012. [3] Additionally, she has served as trustee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Music Center, vice chair of the Children's Institute Inc. [4] and member of UCLA Rape Treatment Center's advisory board. [5]
Bell is also active with the Democratic Party. She served as an at-large delegate to the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. [6] As a " bundler", Bell helped raise more than $2.1 million for Obama's 2012 presidential campaign throughout 2011 and 2012. [7] In February 2012, Bell and her husband, The Bold and the Beautiful executive producer and head writer Bradley Phillip Bell, hosted a fundraiser for Obama at their home with actor Will Ferrell and his wife, Viveca Paulin. [8] The event featured a speech by the president and a short concert by the Foo Fighters and was attended by approximately 1,000 people. [9]References
Logan11
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Allgov14
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Mulcahy14
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Bell has been active in advocacy and philanthropy during her career. In 2007, Bell visited [[Washington, D.C.]], to lobby [[United States Congress|Congress]] on [[global warming]] as part of a delegation from the Leadership Council, a [[Los Angeles County]] group focused on environmental issues.<ref name=Williams07>{{cite news |title=Washington Feels Hollywood's Heat |last1=Williams |first1=Alex |last2= |first2= |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/fashion/21wives.html?pagewanted=1&n=Top/News/Science/Topics/Global%20Warming&_r=0 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=21 October 2007 |accessdate=2 November 2015}}</ref>
Bell was named to [[Barack Obama|President Barack Obama]]'s Advisory Committee on the Arts in 2010. In 2011, she was elected as the group's chair.<ref name=Logan11/> Obama appointed Bell to the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] [[Board of Trustees]] in 2012.<ref name=Allgov14/> Additionally, she has served as trustee of the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]], [[Los Angeles Music Center]], vice chair of the [[Children's Institute Inc.]]<ref name=Johnson13>{{cite news |title=Obama Nominated Producer Colleen Bell to be Ambassador to Hungary |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |last2= |first2= |url=http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/colleen-bell-nominated-by-obama-as-ambassador-to-hungary-1200802945/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=6 November 2013 |accessdate=2 November 2015}}</ref> and member of [[UCLA]] [[UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica|Rape Treatment Center]]'s advisory board.<ref name=Mulcahy14/>
Lastly, the existing Political career section currently includes a subsection titled Ambassadorial appointment to Hungary secured by cloture in the US Senate. My next proposal for this article will be a new section on Ms. Bell's ambassadorship to Hungary, so I ask: do others think it best to leave this subsection as it is and we can revisit it later, or move it to a new full section now?
As noted previously, I have a financial conflict of interest: I am working on behalf of Ms. Bell through my firm, Beutler Ink, and SKD Knickerbocker. I will not make any direct edits myself so I'm looking for others' input and assistance in making the changes if they seem reasonable. Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 15:35, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
I made a few improvements to this article which was becoming a bit promotional. Her career as ambassador has been 2 years long and yet 60% of this bio contains the details of a variety of rather incidental prepared speeches simply echoing, as ambassadorial speeches are wont to do, extant USG policy. This is highly UNDUE. I also deleted the sources WeLoveSoaps.Net and AllGov.com (a volunteer-written site whose editor runs a part-time sci-fi museum) as non-RS. LavaBaron ( talk) 02:56, 30 May 2016 (UTC)
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This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
Greetings! The photo currently in use on this page is Colleen Bell's temporary State Dept. photo taken before she assumed her current role as U.S. ambassador to Hungary. I'd like to suggest updating this with her official portrait, which I have uploaded to Commons. The filename is Colleen_Bell_State_Dept_portrait.png. Why have I not added it to the article myself? Simple answer: I am working on behalf of Ms. Bell through the firm SKD Knickerbocker to propose some changes to the page, starting here. If you see this request, will you consider making this change? Thanks, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 16:04, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
Hello again, during my time away from this page I've completed a draft to fully update this article, which is now posted in my user space. Assuming it makes this easier, I will propose section-by-section updates here so we can focus on one thing at a time. First, I'd like any new editors to this page to know that I have a financial conflict of interest: I am working on behalf of Ms. Bell through my firm, Beutler Ink, and SKD Knickerbocker.
I'd like to start out here by fleshing out the Producing career section. There's currently nothing there about Bell's role on The Bold and the Beautiful, other than to say that she's a producer. Since this is an encyclopedia entry on Colleen Bell and not the show, this section should focus more on her work with the program, and less about the program itself. I'd like to propose replacing this section with the following:
References
As I've mentioned earlier, I prefer not to make edits where I have a conflict of interest, so I'm looking to get other editors' input and assistance. Would anyone be willing to make these changes in the article if they think they seem reasonable? I'm open to any feedback or suggestions. Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 19:39, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
Greetings again! I'd like to offer a slightly revised, better-cited version of the Early life and education section. I've omitted just one detail I couldn't properly source (graduating with honors) and included just a few more details (graduation year, study at St. Andrews, first job after college). Here's what it looks like and, for convenience, the underlying markup for the new language and citations:
References
As stated before, I have a financial conflict of interest: I am working on behalf of Amb. Bell through my firm, Beutler Ink, and SKD Knickerbocker. I will not make any direct edits myself so I'm looking for others' input and assistance in making the changes if they seem reasonable. Looking forward to any and all feedback! Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 21:22, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
Hello, once more! With this request I propose a rewritten version that would replace the existing Political career section. I suggest we begin by renaming it. A title such as Advocacy and political involvement would better encapsulate the breadth of Ms. Bell's activities. "Political career" is perhaps not the best way to describe someone who has never stood for elective office, and who serves on boards for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art or the UCLA Rape Treatment Center.
Additionally, I have rewritten the section to make it more concise, focusing more on Amb. Bell's work than that of organizations and individuals she has been affiliated with. The most significant removal is her involvement with the Natural Resources Defense Council—the current article uses primary sources, and I could not find a suitable replacement—as well as an unsourced mention that Bell was on the National Finance Committee for President Obama's 2012 campaign. However, this draft does add more detail on her fundraising efforts for Obama in 2011 and 2012. Here's what I recommend:
Bell has been active in advocacy and philanthropy during her career. In 2007, Bell visited Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress on global warming as part of a delegation from the Leadership Council, a Los Angeles County group focused on environmental issues. [1]
Bell was named to President Barack Obama's Advisory Committee on the Arts in 2010. In 2011, she was elected as the group's chair. [2] Obama appointed Bell to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees in 2012. [3] Additionally, she has served as trustee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Music Center, vice chair of the Children's Institute Inc. [4] and member of UCLA Rape Treatment Center's advisory board. [5]
Bell is also active with the Democratic Party. She served as an at-large delegate to the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. [6] As a " bundler", Bell helped raise more than $2.1 million for Obama's 2012 presidential campaign throughout 2011 and 2012. [7] In February 2012, Bell and her husband, The Bold and the Beautiful executive producer and head writer Bradley Phillip Bell, hosted a fundraiser for Obama at their home with actor Will Ferrell and his wife, Viveca Paulin. [8] The event featured a speech by the president and a short concert by the Foo Fighters and was attended by approximately 1,000 people. [9]References
Logan11
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Allgov14
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Mulcahy14
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Bell has been active in advocacy and philanthropy during her career. In 2007, Bell visited [[Washington, D.C.]], to lobby [[United States Congress|Congress]] on [[global warming]] as part of a delegation from the Leadership Council, a [[Los Angeles County]] group focused on environmental issues.<ref name=Williams07>{{cite news |title=Washington Feels Hollywood's Heat |last1=Williams |first1=Alex |last2= |first2= |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/fashion/21wives.html?pagewanted=1&n=Top/News/Science/Topics/Global%20Warming&_r=0 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=21 October 2007 |accessdate=2 November 2015}}</ref>
Bell was named to [[Barack Obama|President Barack Obama]]'s Advisory Committee on the Arts in 2010. In 2011, she was elected as the group's chair.<ref name=Logan11/> Obama appointed Bell to the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] [[Board of Trustees]] in 2012.<ref name=Allgov14/> Additionally, she has served as trustee of the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]], [[Los Angeles Music Center]], vice chair of the [[Children's Institute Inc.]]<ref name=Johnson13>{{cite news |title=Obama Nominated Producer Colleen Bell to be Ambassador to Hungary |last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |last2= |first2= |url=http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/colleen-bell-nominated-by-obama-as-ambassador-to-hungary-1200802945/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=6 November 2013 |accessdate=2 November 2015}}</ref> and member of [[UCLA]] [[UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica|Rape Treatment Center]]'s advisory board.<ref name=Mulcahy14/>
Lastly, the existing Political career section currently includes a subsection titled Ambassadorial appointment to Hungary secured by cloture in the US Senate. My next proposal for this article will be a new section on Ms. Bell's ambassadorship to Hungary, so I ask: do others think it best to leave this subsection as it is and we can revisit it later, or move it to a new full section now?
As noted previously, I have a financial conflict of interest: I am working on behalf of Ms. Bell through my firm, Beutler Ink, and SKD Knickerbocker. I will not make any direct edits myself so I'm looking for others' input and assistance in making the changes if they seem reasonable. Cheers, WWB Too ( Talk · COI) 15:35, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
I made a few improvements to this article which was becoming a bit promotional. Her career as ambassador has been 2 years long and yet 60% of this bio contains the details of a variety of rather incidental prepared speeches simply echoing, as ambassadorial speeches are wont to do, extant USG policy. This is highly UNDUE. I also deleted the sources WeLoveSoaps.Net and AllGov.com (a volunteer-written site whose editor runs a part-time sci-fi museum) as non-RS. LavaBaron ( talk) 02:56, 30 May 2016 (UTC)