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This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Hi! Boredathome101 hasn't been on-Wiki for three weeks, so opening a new request for a few small items I think got missed in the last round. (I have a COI: I'm here as a paid editor representing Yang.)

• Newsbreak.com: It may may make sense to eliminate this one-sentence section entirely and just add Newsbreak.com (Advisor) (2015–)[1] to the subsequent list of board seats – or just delete it entirely, since it's only an advisor role and not a full board seat. (Swapped in a TechCrunch source instead of the News Break blog post sourced in the article, since News Break is a deprecated source.)

 Done As a founder of Newsbreak, it is significant info, so lets keep the sentence. I will replace the news source. NewsBreak is actually considered an unreliable source by wikipedians.Boredathome101 (talk) 00:52, 14 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Boredathome101: Thanks so much for your help! Just to clarify – Yang isn't a founder of Newsbreak. This was a misunderstanding of the source, which states, "Founded in Silicon Valley in 2015, with Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang as Chief Advisor". The source is describing Yang as a co-founder of Yahoo, and I believe that got misunderstood as describing him as a co-founder of Newsbreak. The TechCrunch source used above corroborates this. Mary Gaulke (talk) 12:27, 14 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

• Philanthropy and impact: In 2021, he was among the co-founders of The Asian American Foundation,^[2] a $250 million initiative to address racism against Asian Americans^[3] and provide services to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.^[2] Yang sits on the board of the foundation, described by its organizers as the largest-ever philanthropic effort to support the AAPI community.^[4]

 Done Boredathome101 (talk) 00:57, 14 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

• Board seats: Yang assumed the role of Chair of the Stanford University Board of Trustees on July 1.^[5][6] Would it be possible to add (Chair) to that item? The 2017 term should also be open-ended, i.e. "2017– ".

 Done Boredathome101 (talk) 00:57, 14 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your time/help! Mary Gaulke (talk) 23:58, 25 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

 Done Boredathome101 (talk) 00:57, 14 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Hi! COI editor for Mr. Yang here. Sorry to post again but I see that Boredathome101, with whom I was working before, has been blocked from editing. Reposting this unaddressed item from above:

Newsbreak.com: I think it makes sense to eliminate this one-sentence section entirely and just add Newsbreak.com (Advisor) (2015–)[1] to the subsequent list of board seats – or just delete it entirely, since it's only an advisor role and not a full board seat.

That's it – thanks for your time/help! Mary Gaulke (talk) 16:52, 20 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

 Done Spencer^T•C 06:45, 16 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Valjean: Hi! Saw you reverted my edit re: News Break. I'm pretty confident Newsbreak (magazine) is a different organization; per that article, it was founded in 2001, whereas Yang's News Break was founded in 2015. It looks like Newsbreak, the magazine, used to reside at newsbreak.com.ph (judging by the references in that article), and now publishes at rappler.com/newsbreak. Newsbreak (disambiguation) also distinguishes between the two. Mary Gaulke (talk) 13:29, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Also! Noting in this post as above that I've been a COI editor for Yang in the past, although I'm not currently working for him. Mary Gaulke (talk) 13:30, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi Mary. For the purposes of this discussion, your COI is no obstacle. It might even mean you are a subject matter expert! I don't know the history of Newsbreak/News Break, and that is my only interest here. Jerry Yang was not originally an interest of mine. I am trying to fix some links in different places, and any light you can shine on the history of the newsbreak.com domain name will help.

I'm wondering if the domain name was sold or repurposed. That can happen. Currently, it's a deprecated source (not just discouraged, but full deprecation!!) at WP:RSP. Maybe we should go there and discuss this. I suspect we'll get a lot more eyes on the matter and also get in contact with some editors who know a lot more. I'll start a discussion there, and I'll copy this discussion to start it. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 21:12, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

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! Longtime COI editor for Mr. Yang here, once again making an appearance after a few years to request a few updates to this article:

• Update

• Stanford University Chair of Board of Trustees (2005–2015; 2017– )^[1][2][3]

to

• Stanford University Board of Trustees (2005–2015; 2017– );^[4] Chair (2021–2025)^[5][6]

Per the added Stanford Daily source, Yang's tenure as Chair is ending July 1, but he is remaining on the board.

• Update

• Lenovo Group Limited (2013– )^[7][8]

to

• Lenovo Group Limited (2013–2023)^[7][9]

• Update

• NewsBreak (advisor) (2015–)^[10][11]

to

• NewsBreak (advisor) (2015–2024)^[12][13]

This one is tricky because the date didn't get any publicity, but Yang is clearly no longer an advisor to NewsBreak. Archived copies of that page list Yang until May 26, 2024; he is no longer listed in the copy dated June 27, 2024. If these sources are insufficient, I suggest removing this item entirely; the lack of RS coverage of board changes to me indicates questionable notability.

• Add to end of section:

Yang and Yamakazi were among the awardees at the 2023 Asia Game Changer Awards.^[14]

Thank you for your time! Mary Gaulke (talk) 03:09, 15 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Go ahead: I have reviewed these proposed changes and suggest that you go ahead and make the proposed changes to the page. GoldRomean (talk) 03:54, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thank you kindly! I've now implemented the changes. I opted to remove NewsBreak from "Board seats" rather than lean on subpar sources, but happy to adjust if a different approach is preferred. Mary Gaulke (talk) 15:00, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply