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Hayes Barnard is the CEO of Paramount Equity. Several partner companies of Paramount Equity have Wikipedia entries for their CEO's, I'm not clear as to why this was scheduled for deletion.
Anon8781 ( talk) 21:28, 11 January 2012 (UTC)anon8781
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because <replace these words with your reason>. — Anon8781 ( talk) 21:31, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia allows for CEO's of various companies to have a Wikipedia entry. Is there a specific reason why the CEO of Paramount Equity cannot be an entry?
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Hi. I am Jesse, and I work for Hayes Barnard and GoodLeap. I would like to work together with a Wikipedia editor to clean up the Hayes Barnard biography so that the paid editing tag can be removed. I have outlined the following suggestions how to accomplish that, which follow below. I am also open to hearing any additional suggestions so the article adheres to all Wikipedia standards about neutrality and promotional language. Anything else you feel will improve the article so it can be considered a quality biography of a living person on Wikipedia will be happily received.
Hayes Barnard is an American entrepreneur, business owner and philanthropist. He is currently the founder, chairman, and CEO of GoodLeap, a technology-based finance company. Barnard is also the founder, chairman, and CEO of GivePower, a nonprofit that facilitates solar powered projects to provide clean water and energy systems to underserved communities.
In 2016, Barnard left SolarCity and took on the role of chairman and CEO of Loanpal, a financial technology platform that provides financing for clean energy products. Thank you for your help, JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 15:06, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi, this is Jesse again. I am requesting a few straightforward edits. I am calling on Clayoquot to look them over, since she advised me a few weeks ago on how to best improve the article, and I took her advice. Now I am hoping she can continue to be helpful.
Barnard was born and raised by a single mother in Creve Coeur, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. [1] He graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in management and marketing. [2] [3]
Barnard lives in Austin, [1] Texas with his wife and three children. [4]
In 2021, Loanpal rebranded to GoodLeap. [5] Thank you for all your help. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 16:11, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
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Hi, this is Jesse again. Thank you Clayoquot for implementing my edit request above. Sorry about the Crunchbase source, I will be sure to not use it in the future. The Bloomberg source supports the BA from the University of Missouri, but not the specific degree in management and marketing. But here is the LinkedIn source that does. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayesbarnard/ I have a few additional edits I would like made to the page, as follows:
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Thanks so much. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 17:52, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
@ JesseGoodLeap: and others, can you point me to independent sources that describe Barnard as a philanthropist? He's done some great non-profit work - there is no question about that - but for a claim to be in the first sentence of an article it needs strong sourcing and the claim needs to be prominent within those sources. Clayoquot ( talk | contribs) 17:44, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
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Hello, it's Jesse again. I have a few requests as follows:
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If the above edits are okay with EMsmile I am happy to make them directly. Thank you for all your help. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 14:26, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
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Hi. Please add the following as a new paragraph to the "Personal life" section or let me know if this is approved for me to make the addition:
References
Thanks! JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 18:32, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
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Hello. I would like to suggest the following three edits to add information and update the page, all based on the same Financial Times article.
References
Thanks so much. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 14:08, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
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parameter to accomplish this.Regards, Spintendo 22:04, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
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Barnard was a dyslexic child being brought up by a single mother who struggled to pay the rent.
Barnard left when Musk's Tesla bought SolarCity in 2016, but began working on a "moonshot" plan to overhaul his old mortgage business.
At a company meeting in a Sacramento theatre in early 2018 he told its 1,500 people they were going to build "the largest fintech for sustainable solutions." Instead of leasing or selling solar systems, they would finance homeowners' purchases, letting them install the costly equipment with little or no cash upfront and pay off the competitively priced loans over several years.
Thanks again. If you need anything else, please let me know. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 19:03, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
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Hello. Please remove the last sentence at the end of the "Career" section which begins "Growing numbers of GoodLeap customers…" The Time magazine source describes allegations made by consumers against many companies, including GoodLeap, but does not include Hayes in those allegations. Therefore, this story does not belong on the Hayes article. Thank you. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 12:49, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Over the past few years, a handful of people got rich off of Americans who were told they could simultaneously save money and save the planet. For example, Hayes Barnard, GoodLeap’s founder and chairman, was named by Forbes as one of the 400 richest people in the world in 2023. The idea that we need to convince tens of thousands of Americans who can’t afford it to put solar on their rooftops shifts the responsibility for addressing the climate crisis from the entities who could really make a difference[[...]]
and onto individuals who are good targets for financing companies., emphasis mine. If you disagree, please re-open the request and I'll let another reviewer take it. NotAGenious ( talk) 15:47, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
NotAGenious, buidhe and Lightoil, thanks again for all your input. I must admit, I am surprised by your conclusions and ask that you please reconsider this matter carefully, keeping in mind the sensitivities laid out in WP:BLP. The Time article covers allegations against GoodLeap and a dozen other companies, and the information is already included in the company's Wikipedia article. Barnard was not implicated in the allegations, and WP:BLPBALANCE specifically says the community should "beware of claims that rely on guilt by association". Similarly, WP:PUBLICFIGURE states that allegations should be included only if there are multiple reliable third-party sources documenting the allegation- in this case, there isn't even one, as the person in question is not being accused. Thank you again for your time and consideration. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 13:18, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Does the last sentence at the end of the ‘Career’ section which begins "As of 2024, dozens of litigation and arbitration cases…" belong on this page? JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 20:07, 14 May 2024 (UTC)
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Hayes Barnard is the CEO of Paramount Equity. Several partner companies of Paramount Equity have Wikipedia entries for their CEO's, I'm not clear as to why this was scheduled for deletion.
Anon8781 ( talk) 21:28, 11 January 2012 (UTC)anon8781
This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because <replace these words with your reason>. — Anon8781 ( talk) 21:31, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia allows for CEO's of various companies to have a Wikipedia entry. Is there a specific reason why the CEO of Paramount Equity cannot be an entry?
This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Wikipedia's
terms of use. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's
content policies, particularly
neutral point of view. (September 2020) |
![]() | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
Hi. I am Jesse, and I work for Hayes Barnard and GoodLeap. I would like to work together with a Wikipedia editor to clean up the Hayes Barnard biography so that the paid editing tag can be removed. I have outlined the following suggestions how to accomplish that, which follow below. I am also open to hearing any additional suggestions so the article adheres to all Wikipedia standards about neutrality and promotional language. Anything else you feel will improve the article so it can be considered a quality biography of a living person on Wikipedia will be happily received.
Hayes Barnard is an American entrepreneur, business owner and philanthropist. He is currently the founder, chairman, and CEO of GoodLeap, a technology-based finance company. Barnard is also the founder, chairman, and CEO of GivePower, a nonprofit that facilitates solar powered projects to provide clean water and energy systems to underserved communities.
In 2016, Barnard left SolarCity and took on the role of chairman and CEO of Loanpal, a financial technology platform that provides financing for clean energy products. Thank you for your help, JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 15:06, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
Hi, this is Jesse again. I am requesting a few straightforward edits. I am calling on Clayoquot to look them over, since she advised me a few weeks ago on how to best improve the article, and I took her advice. Now I am hoping she can continue to be helpful.
Barnard was born and raised by a single mother in Creve Coeur, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. [1] He graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in management and marketing. [2] [3]
Barnard lives in Austin, [1] Texas with his wife and three children. [4]
In 2021, Loanpal rebranded to GoodLeap. [5] Thank you for all your help. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 16:11, 14 February 2022 (UTC)
References
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cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (
link)
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (
link)
{{
cite web}}
: CS1 maint: url-status (
link)
![]() | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. |
Hi, this is Jesse again. Thank you Clayoquot for implementing my edit request above. Sorry about the Crunchbase source, I will be sure to not use it in the future. The Bloomberg source supports the BA from the University of Missouri, but not the specific degree in management and marketing. But here is the LinkedIn source that does. https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayesbarnard/ I have a few additional edits I would like made to the page, as follows:
References
Thanks so much. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 17:52, 21 February 2022 (UTC)
@ JesseGoodLeap: and others, can you point me to independent sources that describe Barnard as a philanthropist? He's done some great non-profit work - there is no question about that - but for a claim to be in the first sentence of an article it needs strong sourcing and the claim needs to be prominent within those sources. Clayoquot ( talk | contribs) 17:44, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
![]() | An impartial editor has reviewed the proposed edit(s) and asked the editor with a conflict of interest to go ahead and make the suggested changes. |
Hello, it's Jesse again. I have a few requests as follows:
References
If the above edits are okay with EMsmile I am happy to make them directly. Thank you for all your help. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 14:26, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
![]() | An impartial editor has reviewed the proposed edit(s) and asked the editor with a conflict of interest to go ahead and make the suggested changes. |
Hi. Please add the following as a new paragraph to the "Personal life" section or let me know if this is approved for me to make the addition:
References
Thanks! JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 18:32, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
![]() | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. The proposed reference exists behind a paywall. The COI editor is asked to provide the verbatim text from that source which confirms the proposed information. |
Hello. I would like to suggest the following three edits to add information and update the page, all based on the same Financial Times article.
References
Thanks so much. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 14:08, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
|quote=
parameter to accomplish this.Regards, Spintendo 22:04, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
References
Barnard was a dyslexic child being brought up by a single mother who struggled to pay the rent.
Barnard left when Musk's Tesla bought SolarCity in 2016, but began working on a "moonshot" plan to overhaul his old mortgage business.
At a company meeting in a Sacramento theatre in early 2018 he told its 1,500 people they were going to build "the largest fintech for sustainable solutions." Instead of leasing or selling solar systems, they would finance homeowners' purchases, letting them install the costly equipment with little or no cash upfront and pay off the competitively priced loans over several years.
Thanks again. If you need anything else, please let me know. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 19:03, 2 October 2023 (UTC)
![]() | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. |
Hello. Please remove the last sentence at the end of the "Career" section which begins "Growing numbers of GoodLeap customers…" The Time magazine source describes allegations made by consumers against many companies, including GoodLeap, but does not include Hayes in those allegations. Therefore, this story does not belong on the Hayes article. Thank you. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 12:49, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
Over the past few years, a handful of people got rich off of Americans who were told they could simultaneously save money and save the planet. For example, Hayes Barnard, GoodLeap’s founder and chairman, was named by Forbes as one of the 400 richest people in the world in 2023. The idea that we need to convince tens of thousands of Americans who can’t afford it to put solar on their rooftops shifts the responsibility for addressing the climate crisis from the entities who could really make a difference[[...]]
and onto individuals who are good targets for financing companies., emphasis mine. If you disagree, please re-open the request and I'll let another reviewer take it. NotAGenious ( talk) 15:47, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
NotAGenious, buidhe and Lightoil, thanks again for all your input. I must admit, I am surprised by your conclusions and ask that you please reconsider this matter carefully, keeping in mind the sensitivities laid out in WP:BLP. The Time article covers allegations against GoodLeap and a dozen other companies, and the information is already included in the company's Wikipedia article. Barnard was not implicated in the allegations, and WP:BLPBALANCE specifically says the community should "beware of claims that rely on guilt by association". Similarly, WP:PUBLICFIGURE states that allegations should be included only if there are multiple reliable third-party sources documenting the allegation- in this case, there isn't even one, as the person in question is not being accused. Thank you again for your time and consideration. JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 13:18, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Does the last sentence at the end of the ‘Career’ section which begins "As of 2024, dozens of litigation and arbitration cases…" belong on this page? JesseGoodLeap ( talk) 20:07, 14 May 2024 (UTC)