Talk:Liv Garfield

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"Unsourced puff piece, probably written by the person herself or her associates"

Copied from my talk page for convenience. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 14:54, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Referring to the following edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Liv_Garfield&diff=834410419&oldid=833276909&diffmode=source

I made the changes to show how a living person can use Wikipedia to advertise him/herself. You said my comment was not sourced. Sure, but almost the whole article about Liv Garfield is unsourced. It can be seen only as a puff piece, probably written by the person herself or her associates. If you wished to make similar edits to the whole article I would be most grateful — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.153.156.190 (talk) 04:04, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I honestly appreciate your intention! Just please do not disrupt Wikipedia to make a point. Instead, please be bold and remove anything from the article that is not reliably sourced and seems to be promotional. Make sure to explain each removal in the edit summary, so that this is not mistaken to be "vandalism". It's late here, I might have a closer look tomorrow. :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 04:16, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I wrote most of the Liv Garfield article, as I write a lot of business related pieces for Wikipedia. I have no known connection to her or any of her associated businesses. Without trying to sound arrogant, many of my articles have been highly praised, being awarded Good Article status. Tom (talk) 19:19, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I will further add that she is noteworthy as one of the leading businesswomen in Britain. Tom (talk) 19:21, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Having a closer look again, lack of sources also doesn't really seem to be a problem here. Maybe the IP should point out specific problems. :/ ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:45, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I'm afraid I have to disagree. Examples of e.g. wanting to be a Blue Peter presenter or her grandfather being groundsman at Goodison Park are wholly unverifiable, irrelevant and are just forms of boasting. The most you could really say about this person is that she is CEO of whatever. Even adding "leading businesswoman" is entirely unfactual. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.153.156.190 (talk) 06:13, 27 April 2018 (UTC) Worth adding also that the sources used are in themselves puff pieces - so, using an extremely complementary piece in her home town newspaper to verify that she was born in that hometown is nonsense. There are no decent sources to this article. In reality the subject is unworthy of anything more than a stub. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.153.156.190 (talk) 06:22, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

I have updated the section on her time at Severn Trent to reflect in the same year she recieved a CBE for services to the water industry, the company she was in charge of was dumping millions of litres of sewage into rivers and streams. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RLS 84 (talk • contribs) 16:27, 21 August 2022 (UTC)

Liv Garfield updates - 2 sentences to be added but had been deleted

Proposing text regarding Liv Garfield Wikipedia page. Please can you consider these changes to be allowed - they were added but have been taken out. I did contact the editor but no response in last 24 hours so thought I would ask here. I added two sentences as this information is highly relevant to the subject's career because it shows that although there were, and are, problems in the UK water sector - under Garfield’s leadership Severn Trent was a high performer and did some good things for society too.

The two sentences I wanted to add are below with the reliable, independent secondary sources that verify the sentences.

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Sentence 1: In Garfield’s 12 years the company’s market cap grew, taking Severn Trent from the lower edges of the FTSE 100 to be in the FTSE 50. The company consistently outperformed peers and earned recognition as the top operational performer for 11 of 12 years and the leading environmental performer for six consecutive year.

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/water-minister-at-british-water-conference

Sentence 2: Under Garfield’s leadership the company also doubled the size of its workforce and implemented social mobility strategies to support marginalised groups across the Midlands, including care leavers, ex-offenders and young people looking for opportunities.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/care-leavers-and-ex-offenders-in-the-west-midlands-helped-into-jobs-through-new-partnership-between-government-and-leading-businesses

Please let me know if this text looks neutral and acceptable. Thank you for considering this. Harrishbay (talk) 08:12, 7 August 2026 (UTC)