Spencer

Help with Mike Volpi article?

Hi Spencer, I just wanted to let you know that I replied to your comment about finding a replacement for the NNDB source. Please let me know if this new source works. I also posted a new request about the Career section subheads. Any feedback would be welcome. RH at Hanabi (talk) 23:52, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi again Spencer. Thank you for helping me address the sourcing issues on the Mike Volpi page and resolve the warning tag. I do have a new request posted about correcting subhead errors. I'm aware that I've leaned on you a lot already; it just seems like there aren't many editors following the talk page and the COI queue is backlogged with 500+ requests. RH at Hanabi (talk) 20:03, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

I just replied on the article talk page. Best, Spencer^T•C 15:56, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you again for your ongoing help, Spencer. I posted a new request on the Talk page about adding a Hanabi Capital subsection. If you have time to review it would be much appreciated. Also, please let me know if there's anything else I can provide to help update and improve the article. RH at Hanabi (talk) 21:50, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

I have replied on the article talk page. Best, Spencer^T•C 03:44, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

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