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Matt Novak (May 3, 2023). "Wikipedia Editor Says They Were Paid To Change Vivek Ramaswamy's Page". Forbes. Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur vying to be the Republican candidate for president in 2024, allegedly paid to change the Wikipedia page about him, according to a disclosure made on the community encyclopedia. The changes include scrubbing the fact that Ramaswamy received the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans in 2011 and Ramaswamy's role in the Ohio Covid-19 Response Team... Ramaswamy's Wikipedia page is currently flagged as being in dispute for not having a neutral point of view. It's unclear if the paid contributions are what got Ramaswamy's page flagged. Wikipedia editors have started to debate whether Ramaswamy's page should be placed into a protective status in order to minimize alterations made.
Isaac Schorr (May 3, 2023). "Exclusive: Vivek Ramaswamy Paid to Have His Soros Fellowship and Covid-Era Role Scrubbed from Wikipedia Page". Mediaite. Ramaswamy himself has made an intentional effort to conceal his own biography, even paying a Wikipedia editor to remove potentially politically damaging details about his past from his page...The editor's conflict of interest was debated by Wikipedia users and editors after the alterations were made; the reference to Ramaswamy's fellowship was later added back to the page, although his tenure on the Ohio Covid Team remains absent.
Taegan Goddard (May 3, 2023). "Ramaswamy Scrubbed References to Soros Fellowship". Taegan Goddard's Political Wire. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy paid a Wikipedia editor to remove lines about him receiving a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans in 2011.
"Vivek Ramaswamy paid to erase Soros connection from Wikipedia page: report". The Bharat Express News. May 3, 2023.
David Moye (May 3, 2023). "Vivek Ramaswamy Paid To Get Soros Connection Erased From Wikipedia Page: Report". Huffpost.
Brittany Bernstein (August 22, 2023). "Ramaswamy Paid Wikipedia Editor to Delete Reference to Harvard Vaccine Scientist 'Mentor' Days before Announcing Campaign". National Review.
Priyanka Pandey (September 15, 2023). "Vivek Ramaswamy Hired Wikipedia Editors to Remove References to His Soros Fellowship and COVID Work". Inquisitr. There is a current disagreement flag on Ramaswamy's Wikipedia because it lacks objectivity. The paid donations may or may not have triggered the flagging of his page. There has been some discussion among Wikipedia's editors over whether Ramaswamy's article should be protected.
Rhiannon Ruff (March 6, 2024). "Why Wikipedia can be a PR problem for political campaigns". PR Daily. Retrieved March 6, 2024. This all may seem like old news, but the story never changes. Last May, shortly before announcing his candidacy for president, Vivek Ramaswamy paid an editor to remove information on his Wikipedia page that he thought might damage his candidacy.

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DFL..democratic farm labor...the twin cities mpls / St paul have hijacked the state...one of the few states west of the mississippi river that is blue in the midwest...they dont represent the workers anymore...on Hannity you said..multi national diversity..thats America....please find a way to take this stae back...Fairmont,Brainerd,any Minnesota river vally city...the iron range...waseca... 65.128.224.157 (talk) 02:12, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Add the following under Activism:

Activist investor Vivek Ramaswamy has acquired a 7.7% stake in Buzzfeed, making him the fourth-largest shareholder.^[1] Ramaswamy aims to shift the media company's direction by encouraging political diversity and suggesting high-profile hires like Tucker Carlson and Bill Maher.^[2] His investment strategy emphasizes moving away from "woke" politics and potentially adopting a more balanced editorial stance.^[3] This shift could significantly alter Buzzfeed's content and editorial approach, aiming for a broader political spectrum and possibly attracting a more diverse audience.^[4]

I have used very good RS' for the above and wrote in a NPOV.

2601:19E:427E:5BB0:1124:42C:5DDD:78CF (talk) 15:44, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Partly done; the article already had a sentence regarding his stake under a different section, so putting it there instead. Also, the Washington Post and AP sources are exactly the same, with the AP source not verifying the sentence it's sourcing, so not adding that. The rest is good, though. ZionniThePeruser (talk) 14:13, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Why is this article extended protected?

I'm relatively new to wikipedia editing so this is a genuine question, also forgive me if I'm doing this wrong with how I'm creating the talk page question, but why does this article have extended protection? Ramaswamy isn't that notable of a politician compared to someone like J.D. Vance, where their extended protection was turned back into semi-protection, despite being a much more notable politician and larger figurehead for the republican party, so why is extended protection necessary? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Partey Lover (talk • contribs) 22:56, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

climate change

the word "falsely" should be removed as there is debate

"and asserted, falsely, that "more people are dying from climate policies than actual climate change."

https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-change-heat-cold-deaths-medical-journal-health-risk-energy-cost-fossil-fuels-11631741045

https://unherd.com/newsroom/bjorn-lomborg-how-global-warming-will-save-lives/

https://www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-will-rising-temperatures-mean-more-lives-are-saved-than-lost/

Anvil Jenkins (talk) 21:32, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree it's debated but in an earlier thread False Claims wording some editors decided it's okay. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 13:59, 24 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would be OK with removing "falsely" to read and asserted ~~, falsely,~~ that "more people are dying from climate policies than actual climate change". It is a hard statement to quantify and fact check. The main point is that Ramaswamy's position is deliberately at odds with the scientific consensus on climate change. This is why he inveighs against locutions such as "climate change agenda" and "climate change policies." (Note that the links posted above are irrelevant.) So I suggest it could be better to elide "falsely" and add a sentence to the effect that Ramaswamy's positions are at odds with the consensus. -- M.boli (talk) 01:45, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request

The short sentence "Roivant has never been profitable" is out of date and inaccurate, and somewhat a non-sequitur in the context of the paragraph. For example, see https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/23/roche-telavant-roivant/ from some months later.

Slightly more accurate would be that Roivant was not profitable while he was CEO. 148.59.186.35 (talk) 19:34, 25 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Changed to "During Ramaswamy's time ... had never been profitable." -- M.boli (talk) 01:45, 26 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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[2] ttps://www.axios.com/pro/media-deals/2024/05/28/vivek-ramaswamy-buzzfeed-plan

[3] ttps://apnews.com/article/vivek-ramaswamy-buzzfeed-22a838d00c545dcf88728a579fdd35f5

[4] ttps://www.ft.com/content/6588f873-487f-4ae3-9878-2086c4c8a68d

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