Talk:United States Postal Service

message: This section is properly written to conform to neutral POV standards, but it's glaring in its omission of any contrary views. Is anyone with knowledge on the subject able to add some balance? WP Ludicer (talk) 16:54, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: I shortened one of the arguments in the section, which appeared too long and prominent for WP:DUEWEIGHT. Llll5032 (talk) 18:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV issue: "Criticism of the universal service requirement and the postal monopoly" 

message: Hello editors, Jonathan here back on the talk page for my next request, this time updating a few figures in the Deliveries section that are outdated. In the first sentence of the section, I'm proposing these figures be updated:
 
Current language:
 
:As of 2021, the USPS operates 31,330 post offices and locations in the U.S., and delivers 128.8 billion pieces of mail annually, to 163 million delivery points (as of 2022).
 
Suggested language:
 
:As of 2023, the Postal Service operates 33,641 Post Office and contract locations in the U.S., and delivered a total of 127.3 billion packages and pieces of mail to 164.9 million delivery points in fiscal year 2022.
 
In the last sentence of the section, I'm proposing these changes:
 
Current language:
 
:The period between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the busiest time of the year for the USPS with the agency delivering an estimated 900 million packages during the period of 2018.
 
Suggested language:
 
:The holiday season between Thanksgiving and Christmas is the peak mailing and shipping period for the Postal Service, representing a total volume of 11.7 billion packages and pieces of mail during this time in 2022.
 
 
 
Of course, I will defer to non-COI editors to review these changes. If any editors have feedback on how to improve, please let me know. Thank you so much! Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 17:50, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Hopping back into this thread to ping two editors who've been helpful and active on this page in the past: User:Zippybonzo and User:Ww2censor. If there are any questions, please ping me back and I'll be ready to respond. Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 14:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry to post another reply here, just trying to get some eyeballs on this edit request, which isn't too complicated. I'm going to ping here a few additional editors who have made appearances on this article recently: User:Llll5032, User:WP Ludicer, and User:Philipnelson99. Again, if anybody has questions I'll be around to give a reply. I do appreciate your time. Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 14:04, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Implemented, but with slight wording change so as to not be unnecessarily wordy. Graywalls (talk) 15:26, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you so much for taking the time to complete this request Graywalls. I'll have another edit request posted here shortly. In the interim, if you've got the time, I have an open edit request for the Delivering for America subsection that has received some past feedback from other Wikipedians, but seems to have lost momentum. Let me know if you could take a peek at that. Again, thanks a bunch! Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 15:59, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deliveries section update 

message: Hello again! Jonathan from the Postal Service here. For my next request, I wanted to revisit changes I was seeking to the During the Trump administration section back in May of last year. A couple of aspects of that request went unaddressed by editors. (Which is totally understandable; it was a pretty complex request.) 
 
As I did last time, I'll lay out these suggested changes in table form. Going from left to right, you'll see the current text of the article, then my changes, and finally my justification for those changes as well as any relevant sourcing.
 
 During the Trump administration Section Updates
Current version                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              	Proposed change                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          	Comments
In May 2020, in a controversial move, the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service appointed Louis DeJoy, the first postmaster general in the last two decades who did not emerge from the postal bureaucracy.                                                 	In May 2020, in a controversial move, the bipartisan Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service appointed Louis DeJoy, the first postmaster general in the last two decades who did not emerge from the postal bureaucracy.                                  	I believe it's meaningful to mention that the board that appointed DeJoy was bipartisan.
Mail collection boxes were removed from the streets in many cities; after photos of boxes being removed were spread on social media, a postal service spokesman said they were being moved to higher traffic areas but that the removals would stop until after the election.	In the summer of 2020, the longstanding practice of removing mail collection boxes from low-traffic areas came into question, as photos of their removal spread on social media. This practice had been ongoing for decades, due to declining volume of first class mail.	Clarifies the passage on removal of mailboxes, as it is as a long-running practice and not the result of a new directive.
 
I'll provide a link here to the old edit request, which has been archived, in case anyone wants to take a look at it. As always, I'm available to explain myself further, should editors have any questions. Thanks in advance to anyone who steps in to handle this request! Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 16:01, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done I believe that both passages are more clear and neutral as they are currently. P,TO 19104  (talk) (contribs)  20:11, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for the response. However, I would like this edit request to be re-opened in the event another editor weighs in offering additional feedback. Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 17:39, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requesting edits to During the Trump administration section 

message: Hello. I'm back to post my next edit request, which is a relatively short one. Here, I'd like to add some information about the Postal Service's mailing out free COVID-19 test kits. I've cited notable media coverage of the program with articles from Time, Federal News Network, and USA Today. 
 
In the draft below, I've done the following:
 
*Added a sentence detailing how the Biden administration contacted Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to kickstart the free test kit program, delivering 380 million home test kits between Jan. 2022 to May 2022, cited to Time as well as Federal News Network.
*Cited a USA Today piece stipulating that the USPS ended the program in March 2024, and that, by the program's end, it had delivered a total of 1.8 billion free test kits.
 
Please read below:
 
 
After the Biden administration contacted the Postal Service about the possibility of mailing free COVID-19 test kits to Americans, Postmaster General DeJoy helped the USPS deliver approximately 380 million home test kits from January 2022 through May 2022. As of March 2024, when the program concluded, the USPS had delivered over 1.8 billion free COVID-19 test kits.
 
 
Ideally, this new paragraph would be added to the end of the Coronavirus pandemic and voting by mail section. If editors have questions about this proposed language, please don't hesitate to ping me. Thank you. Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 18:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: STEMinfo (talk) 23:28, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you so much! Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 17:02, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  COVID-19 test kits edit request