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On the UK gov't website this agency is consistently called Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA), so that's what I've gone for also. I think the article should now also be moved to 'Advanced Research & Invention Agency' or, if the acronym is absolutely needed in the title (and I don't think it is), then 'Advanced Research & Invention Agency (ARIA)'. Views? (Tagging the article creator @Thomasf2811: --DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:19, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As nobody objected, I've gone ahead and WP:BOLDLY moved the page to the organisation's correct name, Advanced Research & Invention Agency. --DoubleGrazing (talk) 11:16, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The agency's own site gives the name with the "+" sign as its branding style, in place of the word "and" in the legal title. It should be worded as "Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA)" - not to be confused with the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)! 2A00:23C8:9DAF:3501:6E9B:2192:CB:9E8F (talk) 10:06, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request to change budget information

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KatharineSmith (talk) 14:56, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the Source and the Budget Status, Although I removed the 4 years, as this was not supported by the referenced Source Synonimany (talk) 09:54, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! KatharineSmith (talk) 11:26, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

Request to change information around reactions to ARIA

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  • Specific text to be added or removed: Remove: "The announcement was broadly welcomed by prominent figures in the UK's scientific establishment like Jenny Read and Gemma Bale who will be involved in ARIA."
  • Reason for the change: Jenny Read and Gemma Bale are involved in ARIA as Programme Directors - they are current programme directors. Please use other sources for reactions to ARIA, such as the ones linked below.
  • References supporting change:

https://wonkhe.com/blogs/aria-picks-its-top-team/

Reactions to ARIA: - https://news.sky.com/story/licence-to-fail-800m-for-new-scientific-agency-that-will-focus-on-high-risk-high-reward-projects-12222158 - https://wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/aria-arrives/ - https://www.techuk.org/resource/uk-government-announces-the-creation-of-aria-the-high-risk-high-reward-research-agency.html KatharineSmith (talk) 11:34, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Partly done I've removed the passage of text as requested. I looked at the sources you've provided above but I do not see alternative reactions that could be used in the article.
The first source appears to be a blog and the only relevant statement is by the blog author (a journalist) at the top of the article, i.e. "I've always thought that ARIA deserved a chance". I don't see that that can be used to support the statement that used to be in the article that ARIA was "broadly welcomed by prominent figures in the UK scientific establishment".
The Sky source above quotes Rishi Sunak, Kwasi Kwarteng and Ed Milliband, none of whom are "prominent figures in the UK scientific establishment". It also quotes the govt's chief scientific advisor, who presumably had a significant hand in the decision to set up the agency and cannot be considered to be independent here.
The other source derived from Wonkhe is an opinion piece in a blog, so whether the author (David Kernohan) is a "prominent figure in the UK scientific establishment" is a moot point - although his blog profile wouldn't seem to support the idea.
The final source (TechUK) contains a quote by TechUK CEO Julian David. He appears to be a member of a technology trade association whose strengths relate to business. I'm not sure that he constitutes a "prominent figure in the UK scientific establishment", which would appear to mean scientists rather than business leaders. However, since his comment welcoming the formation of ARIA only seems to appear on TechUK's website, rather than being more broadly reported, and he only represents a single voice (rather than "prominent figures") I was unable to reword the sentence you point to with alternative voices to replace the ones you wished to remove.
As a general observation, in future when making any "change x to y" type requests please stipulate what you wish "y" to be, rather than sending volunteers on time wasting fishing expeditions. Axad12 (talk) 06:25, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request for edit – new cohort of Programme Directors appointed

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  • Specific text to be added or removed:

Please can you add the following, or similar?:

"In September 2023, ARIA announced its first cohort of Programme Directors: Jenny Read, Jacques Carolan, Suraj Bramhavar, David ‘davidad’ Dalrymple, Angie Burnett, Gemma Bale, Sarah Bohndiek and Mark Symes.

As of July 2024, the Programme Directors have defined 7 'opportunity spaces' – an area that is believed to be likely to yield breakthroughs. They are: Smarter Robot Bodies, Programmable Plants, Scoping Our Plant, Precision Neurotechnologies, Mathematics for Safe AI, Nature Computes Better and Future Proofing Our Climate and Weather. ARIA has begun funding within these spaces through programme and seed funding. ARIA will recruit its next cohort of Programme Directors in September 2024."

  • Reason for the change: Updated information not currently reflected on the page
  • References supporting change:

- https://wonkhe.com/blogs/aria-picks-its-top-team/ – https://www.aria.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ARIA_Corporate_Plan_2024.pdf [PDF link] - https://www.aria.org.uk/what-were-working-on/ – https://www.aria.org.uk/programme-director-recruitment/ KatharineSmith (talk) 11:46, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies but I don't see why the information you point to above belongs in an encyclopaedia.
Wikipedia is not a location for material that appears to be indistinguishable to a press release. Axad12 (talk) 08:00, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Would you recommend different wording for this? Looking to updated the page so it reflects where ARIA is at currently, as existing information on this page is out of date/limited. KatharineSmith (talk) 09:42, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As I said, I don't see that the material belongs on Wikipedia at all, regardless of how it is worded. The individuals named are non-notable by Wikipedia standards, the fact that ARIA will shortly be recruiting is clearly not suitable for inclusion, the sources are a blog and 3 non-independent sources (i.e. none of them satisfy WP:RS) and the fact that the programme directors have identified 7 opportunity spaces is simply an announcement akin to a press release rather than encyclopaedic information. The place for this sort of thing would presumably be on the organisation's own website. Apologies but Wikipedia is not a platform for promotion of this kind. Axad12 (talk) 09:53, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have edited the request in case you or another editor is kindly able to take another look – please note that Jenny and Gemma are already mentioned on the Wikipedia page, even if inaccurately in future tense: "The announcement was broadly welcomed by prominent figures in the UK's scientific establishment like Jenny Read and Gemma Bale who will be involved in ARIA." Thank you.
"In September 2023, ARIA announced its first cohort of Programme Directors: Jenny Read, Jacques Carolan, Suraj Bramhavar, David ‘davidad’ Dalrymple, Angie Burnett, Gemma Bale, Sarah Bohndiek and Mark Symes."
  • Reason for the change: Updated information not currently reflected on the page, with Jenny Read and Gemma Bale's involvement in ARIA currently mentioned in future tense which is inaccurate.
  • References supporting change:
- https://www.newscientist.com/article/2391383-can-the-uks-new-aria-science-agency-deliver-moonshot-technologies/
– https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-politics-2023-9-revealed-aria-announces-its-first-programme-directors/
KatharineSmith (talk) 12:59, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done: Apologies but I can see no policy based reason for adding this (edited version of the) material, it is just a list of 7 non notable individuals relating to the internal working of the organisation. The purpose of the article here is not for it to be a receptacle of information of this nature. Axad12 (talk) 13:18, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request to change wording

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  • Specific text to be added or removed: "With a similar remit to that of its US equivalent, DARPA, the agency will fund "high-risk, high-reward" research." change to "With a similar model to DARPA in the US, the agency has been set up to fund transformational research."
  • Reason for the change: Want to avoid confusion – remit of ARIA is not the same as DARPA in terms of research focus. ARIA is not a defence agency.
  • References supporting change:

– https://wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/aria-arrives/ – https://www.newscientist.com/article/2391383-can-the-uks-new-aria-science-agency-deliver-moonshot-technologies/ KatharineSmith (talk) 11:55, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: The term "high risk, high reward" is reliably sourced in the Wikipedia article to coverage by the BBC and Sky News. The same terminology is also used in the two sources you give directly above. The term appears to derive from descriptions of ARIA by the UK government, which set up the agency. I'd therefore suggest that any attempt to remove this description from the article is baseless. Axad12 (talk) 05:46, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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