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I first started this page following news of the agency's creation (I also worked on the tangentially related USAID and State Department wikis). I have not revisited the page in a while and I noticed that it has indeed taken on a promotional tone and flair. However, I think this can be rectified and that the page is still meaningful given the subject matter and likely growth thereof.-- Zurkhardo ( talk) 21:14, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
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Pursuant to the change in Administration on 1/20/2021 I'd like to propose edits to the sidebar to reflect that Adam S. Boehler is no longer DFC CEO and that the position is currently vacant. Please add a "Preceded by" line to include Mr. Boehler and list the current "Agency executive" as "Vacant"
Sdbenedict ( talk) 20:46, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
I'd like to see details added about DFC's annual budget and investment volume, their changes over time, and preferably broken down by investment type (equity, loan, etc.), region, and program. Qzekrom (she/her • talk) 01:23, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
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Hello editors -- DFC's new CEO has been sworn in and I'd like to request edits to components of the page to reflect the change. Mr. Dev Jagadesan is no longer acting CEO as of February 11, 2022. Mr. Scott A. Nathan has been sworn in as DFC's second CEO.
Could editors please update in the side panel as well as the leadership section?
Sdbenedict ( talk) 20:34, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
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Hello,
I have requested smaller COI edits in the past, but would like to try to help correct many of the errors on this page, correct/remove the promotional language that is flagged, as well as improve the general information about DFC.
To this end I’d like to suggest several bigger edits, listed below. For ease, I am breaking them up by section, but please let me know if there is a better way to move this forward. I’m looking forward to working with the editors to help improve the page!
Thanks in advance!
2X Women's Initiative
Connect Africa
Advancing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Response to COVID-19
2020 Kosovo–Serbia agreement
References
Sdbenedict ( talk) 21:36, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I'm happy to help out with this over the next few days. If you have a moment, one thing that can help speed things along is filling citations out to more than just the bare URLs. There are automated and semi-automated tools for doing so (I just had a bot give a run at it, but because a lot of them are PDFs, it didn't do much), and at the top of the editing screen you should see a toolbar with "Advanced" "Special characters" "Help" and "Cite" tabs, the latter possibly being helpful for some cases (a lot of the above references can just be treated under the Web template). Filling out Template:cite report manually also may be useful (that's a template for inputting information from, in this case, a report like the Congressional Research Foundation files you listed; you can copy/paste the parameters and place them within <ref> ref tags</ref> and they'll populate as full references). See also: Template:cite web, Template:Cite press release, etc. WhinyTheYounger (WtY)( talk, contribs) 02:24, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Partly done: I have done some of these, not others, in the Intro; see below. I can continue to work through these edits in the coming week. The majority of the sources you cite are DFC itself, and while not disallowed, this presents a problem from the standpoint of Wikipedia editing and citation standards. Wherever there is a secondary source — the CRS reports being excellent here — that can provide the same information, we always prefer that over one directly tied to the subject. Insofar as it takes a significant amount of time for me to cross-check and look through CRS reports to verify what is being said by DRC, that slows the process down, and this can go much quicker if you're able to be specific about where you are citing information from beyond just a bare URL.
Also, note that there are not set page lines in Wikipedia; the width of the text expands with a user's browser window, so it's best practice to be more specific (e.g. the paragraph beginning with "such-and-such..."). Intro
I am happy to continue with this, though, again, it will be much faster if you can adjust your requests per some of the feedback above. WhinyTheYounger (WtY)( talk, contribs) 23:34, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
Update, 21 March 2022 — as you may have noticed, I have further edited the article. There is a wealth of secondary coverage of the DFC, the BUILD Act, etc., which was relatively easy to find. Wikipedia as a general rule prefers such independent descriptions over content directly produced by the subjects in question; to that end, I made edits that have rendered your requests for the History and The BUILD Act sections obsolete, so they are Not done. Please note that while you may prefer an interpretation of the DFC based on primary source documents, such as the text of the legislation, we do not prefer such sources over commentary by analysts, to use your words. For example, analysts (and reporters, and researchers) are uniform in their assessment that the primary impetus for the passage of The BUILD Act and the establishment of the DFC was to counter China, even though the word "China" does not appear in the legislative text.
WhinyTheYounger (WtY)(
talk,
contribs)
02:27, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
The DFC lists innovation, sustainable jobs, workers' protection, women's economic empowerment, and bolstering global supply chains as broader themes in its investment priorities.(cf. something like "The DFC's investment strategy supports innovation, sustainable jobs..."). Finally, I am not the god of this article or Wikipedia; I am (like you!) an editor. You are free to disagree with my edits and make suggestions according to your view of Wikipedia policy, and if there is sustained disagreement, we can call in an uninvolved editor for a third opinion, and proceed from there as well (which I don't think will be an issue). Let me know if there's something in this article or re: Wikipedia policy/guidelines generally that's confusing, happy to answer questions! WhinyTheYounger (WtY)( talk, contribs) 16:34, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
Any suggestions are welcome! Trying to remove any previous copy that was deemed “too promotional.” GranolaType ( talk) 21:46, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
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I first started this page following news of the agency's creation (I also worked on the tangentially related USAID and State Department wikis). I have not revisited the page in a while and I noticed that it has indeed taken on a promotional tone and flair. However, I think this can be rectified and that the page is still meaningful given the subject matter and likely growth thereof.-- Zurkhardo ( talk) 21:14, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
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Pursuant to the change in Administration on 1/20/2021 I'd like to propose edits to the sidebar to reflect that Adam S. Boehler is no longer DFC CEO and that the position is currently vacant. Please add a "Preceded by" line to include Mr. Boehler and list the current "Agency executive" as "Vacant"
Sdbenedict ( talk) 20:46, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
I'd like to see details added about DFC's annual budget and investment volume, their changes over time, and preferably broken down by investment type (equity, loan, etc.), region, and program. Qzekrom (she/her • talk) 01:23, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
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Hello editors -- DFC's new CEO has been sworn in and I'd like to request edits to components of the page to reflect the change. Mr. Dev Jagadesan is no longer acting CEO as of February 11, 2022. Mr. Scott A. Nathan has been sworn in as DFC's second CEO.
Could editors please update in the side panel as well as the leadership section?
Sdbenedict ( talk) 20:34, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
![]() | The following Wikipedia contributor may be personally or professionally connected to the subject of this article. Relevant policies and guidelines may include
conflict of interest,
autobiography, and
neutral point of view.
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![]() | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered. |
Hello,
I have requested smaller COI edits in the past, but would like to try to help correct many of the errors on this page, correct/remove the promotional language that is flagged, as well as improve the general information about DFC.
To this end I’d like to suggest several bigger edits, listed below. For ease, I am breaking them up by section, but please let me know if there is a better way to move this forward. I’m looking forward to working with the editors to help improve the page!
Thanks in advance!
2X Women's Initiative
Connect Africa
Advancing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Response to COVID-19
2020 Kosovo–Serbia agreement
References
Sdbenedict ( talk) 21:36, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
Hi, I'm happy to help out with this over the next few days. If you have a moment, one thing that can help speed things along is filling citations out to more than just the bare URLs. There are automated and semi-automated tools for doing so (I just had a bot give a run at it, but because a lot of them are PDFs, it didn't do much), and at the top of the editing screen you should see a toolbar with "Advanced" "Special characters" "Help" and "Cite" tabs, the latter possibly being helpful for some cases (a lot of the above references can just be treated under the Web template). Filling out Template:cite report manually also may be useful (that's a template for inputting information from, in this case, a report like the Congressional Research Foundation files you listed; you can copy/paste the parameters and place them within <ref> ref tags</ref> and they'll populate as full references). See also: Template:cite web, Template:Cite press release, etc. WhinyTheYounger (WtY)( talk, contribs) 02:24, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Partly done: I have done some of these, not others, in the Intro; see below. I can continue to work through these edits in the coming week. The majority of the sources you cite are DFC itself, and while not disallowed, this presents a problem from the standpoint of Wikipedia editing and citation standards. Wherever there is a secondary source — the CRS reports being excellent here — that can provide the same information, we always prefer that over one directly tied to the subject. Insofar as it takes a significant amount of time for me to cross-check and look through CRS reports to verify what is being said by DRC, that slows the process down, and this can go much quicker if you're able to be specific about where you are citing information from beyond just a bare URL.
Also, note that there are not set page lines in Wikipedia; the width of the text expands with a user's browser window, so it's best practice to be more specific (e.g. the paragraph beginning with "such-and-such..."). Intro
I am happy to continue with this, though, again, it will be much faster if you can adjust your requests per some of the feedback above. WhinyTheYounger (WtY)( talk, contribs) 23:34, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
Update, 21 March 2022 — as you may have noticed, I have further edited the article. There is a wealth of secondary coverage of the DFC, the BUILD Act, etc., which was relatively easy to find. Wikipedia as a general rule prefers such independent descriptions over content directly produced by the subjects in question; to that end, I made edits that have rendered your requests for the History and The BUILD Act sections obsolete, so they are Not done. Please note that while you may prefer an interpretation of the DFC based on primary source documents, such as the text of the legislation, we do not prefer such sources over commentary by analysts, to use your words. For example, analysts (and reporters, and researchers) are uniform in their assessment that the primary impetus for the passage of The BUILD Act and the establishment of the DFC was to counter China, even though the word "China" does not appear in the legislative text.
WhinyTheYounger (WtY)(
talk,
contribs)
02:27, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
The DFC lists innovation, sustainable jobs, workers' protection, women's economic empowerment, and bolstering global supply chains as broader themes in its investment priorities.(cf. something like "The DFC's investment strategy supports innovation, sustainable jobs..."). Finally, I am not the god of this article or Wikipedia; I am (like you!) an editor. You are free to disagree with my edits and make suggestions according to your view of Wikipedia policy, and if there is sustained disagreement, we can call in an uninvolved editor for a third opinion, and proceed from there as well (which I don't think will be an issue). Let me know if there's something in this article or re: Wikipedia policy/guidelines generally that's confusing, happy to answer questions! WhinyTheYounger (WtY)( talk, contribs) 16:34, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
Any suggestions are welcome! Trying to remove any previous copy that was deemed “too promotional.” GranolaType ( talk) 21:46, 14 December 2023 (UTC)