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[edit]Hi Fulbert
I have tried to make some minor edits and these have been rejected and rolled back - why?
I have also tried to make major edits to the main text to make it readable and interesting as the current version is garbage. I have now changed the edit to be neutral and want to try again.
Please can you help on the above.
Thanks
Wikimedia Foundation Bulletin 2026 Issue 1
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[edit]- News and notes: Wikipedia's 25th anniversary is here!
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Article on Sean Williams (entrepreneur)
[edit]I am new here so forgive me if I have missed something. You have flagged the article "Sean Williams (entrepreneur)" that I submitted as "possibly incorporating text from a large language model". This is simply not true. All of the text was written by me. It is all meticulously referenced. You have also flagged it as "possibly not meeting notability guidelines". The notability guidelines state: "People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject." The coverage included in the references to the article include some of the oldest and most respected print media in the world - The Sunday Times, The Evening Standard as well as some of the most read tech sites - VentureBeat, Tech EU. All independent of the subject, reliable and independent of each other. WikiLoginOne (talk) 11:50, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
- @WikiLoginOne Thanks for your reply, and welcome to Wikipedia. I think there can be a case that AutogenAI is notable, but the article you wrote is not about that, but about the founder. I do not think there was enough in the article to demonstrate the founder is notable in himself. The reliable sources you cited all support AutogenAI being notable. If you are able to demonstrate that they also mention the founder by name in association with the company, then that would be enough to demonstrate his notability and I will happily remove the tags I added and mark the article as reviewed. FULBERT (talk) 07:51, 17 January 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you.
- All of the articles specifically mention Sean Williams...
- From the Sunday Times article:
- https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-100-tech/software-profile/article/autogenai-z2m90rhxx
- "Companies turn to AutogenAI to help them speed up the creation of procurement bids and proposals. It says its tools allow the process to be completed in hours instead of weeks — free from the errors common to mainstream large language models. More than half of the government’s 39 strategic suppliers use the company’s software. The co-founders, Sean Williams, 46, chief executive, and Raj Khaira, 40, deputy chief executive, started AutogenAI in 2022."
- From the THI announcement:
- https://thi-investments.com/corndel-announces-investment-from-thi-investments/
- “Corndel is an outstanding business with a singular focus on quality for its learners, its clients and its trainers. With our support, Sean and his highly capable team will be able to extend this to a wider pool of learners by continuing to succeed with its existing course offerings, as well as launching new courses and non levy-funded offerings. We are looking forward to supporting Sean and his team on the next stage of their journey.”
- From the Evening Standard article:
- https://www.standard.co.uk/business/meet-the-winners-of-london-s-ai-revolution-elevenlabs-autogenai-b1106420.html
- "And Sean Williams, founder of London-based AutogenAI, which generates draft proposals for government procurement bids, is estimated by the Standard to be worth as much as £48 million, after the firm completed a £17 million funding round in July."
- From Listnr: https://articles.listnr.com/news/can-artificial-intelligence-create-jobs-autogenai-ceo-explains/
- "The company went to market six weeks before ChatGPT, led by founder and CEO Sean Williams who started his career as a bid writer."
- From VentureBeat:
- "Founded by serial entrepreneur and CEO Sean Williams, who began his journey as a bid writer, AutogenAI has rapidly evolved into one of the fastest-growing generative AI companies in the UK."
- Hopefully that is all the evidence that you require but let me know if you need more. I also intend to expand the article with more independent sources but want to be confident that the basic article is acceptable before continuing. I will also consider an article about AutogenAI.
- Many thanks for your help. WikiLoginOne (talk) 21:48, 17 January 2026 (UTC)
- @WikiLoginOne Is there a way to bring some of that into the article? As it is now, the citations in question do not seem to demonstrate this. Perhaps some of that can be worked in? FULBERT (talk) 13:28, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
- Okay - I have put the source text into the main body of the article and added additional sources from the Guardian newspaper as well as UK parliamentary records. I am now removing the flag. WikiLoginOne (talk) 15:45, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
- @WikiLoginOne Nicely improved. FULBERT (talk) 16:41, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
- Okay - I have put the source text into the main body of the article and added additional sources from the Guardian newspaper as well as UK parliamentary records. I am now removing the flag. WikiLoginOne (talk) 15:45, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
- @WikiLoginOne Is there a way to bring some of that into the article? As it is now, the citations in question do not seem to demonstrate this. Perhaps some of that can be worked in? FULBERT (talk) 13:28, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
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[edit]Good morning Fulbert, hope you are doing well. I created the BIO of one person from cargo industry. Its in my sandbox and now its not very clear to me, how I can ask for review and publication. Please can review it and help? Many thanks in advance. With regards Matus --Matuscigan (talk) 07:35, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
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