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Hello again! I'd like to propose a couple of updates to the Delivering for America subsection. The Postal Service has recently rolled out a new parcel delivery option (Priority Next Day) and made some changes to its service standards. I believe both developments are worth covering in an encyclopedia article about the agency.

First, I think Priority Next Day's inception can be covered briefly at the beginning of the second paragraph of the DFA subsection. I've highlighted my changes, so they're easy to spot:

And a two-sentence passage about the new service standards could be added to the very end of the DFA subsection. Suggested language and sourcing:

I'm happy to discuss my proposed changes with independent editors. Please don't hesitate to leave feedback below this post. Thank you in advance to anyone who takes the time to review this request! Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 16:31, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 2: Diff. I added the month for the sake of consistency, as well as removed the amount of customers reachable for consistency (and because xx million customers reachable is not the same as xx million customers reached). I also made my own citation with the source provided and made sure to preserve text-source integrity. JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 05:44, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 3: Diff

I'm not sure if this was the best place for this information, especially given the seeming change to how the service routes mail, but it's not that big of a deal. I did change the last sentence to "between 2025 and 2035" so that it wouldn't become dated. JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 05:51, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:JuxtaposedJacob: Thanks for your thorough review of this request and the one above. Really appreciate it! Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 20:40, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Until recently, this article had a flag on it for "excessive detail." Given its length and labyrinth of subsections, I think I agree. I've been reading through some of the more technical/specific ones to see if there are any obvious opportunities to trim content. I think I've found one, at the end of Funding and privatization proposals. The last paragraph of that subsection is as follows:

Lisa Graves has documented decades-long efforts to privatize the U.S. Postal Service through driving the public service to financial collapse.^[1][2][3] The Council on Foreign Relations brings up the idea of bringing USPS online with a digital identity via an email address.^[4] USPS explored a digital identity using an email address in its "Digital Identity – Opportunities for the Postal Service" report in 2012.^[5]

I'd like to ask editors to consider removing this paragraph. The first sentence is about an activist's work, rather than the Postal Service itself, and the second and third ones are about a "digital identity" initiative that has never really gotten off the ground. I'm also not quite sure how the initiative relates to the subsection title.

Totally fine if other editors decide that the passage is worth keeping, but I thought I would call attention to it. Thanks! Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 21:10, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I found these suggestions useful. I did a more holistic edit to this subsection Czarking0 (talk) 22:07, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciate the help with this request, User:Czarking0 and User:Superboilles! Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 15:58, 16 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• In the spirit of trimming what are people's thoughts on cutting the entire competitors section?Czarking0 (talk) 04:13, 18 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  User:Czarking0: I'm not opposed to cutting that section, since it's much more about other companies than the Postal Service itself. But I have a COI, so my opinion should be taken with a grain of salt. Do you have any thoughts on this User:Superboilles? Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 13:47, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have trimmed the section by a little over 50% (now "Monopoly and competition", feel free to change to a better wording) to leave pieces that I found interesting, but feel free to trim some more.

The following section ("Alternative Transmission Methods") could also be trimmed and whatever is left moved to the History section, couldn't it? It does not seem to directly address universal status and monopoly. Superboilles (talk) 18:53, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think you are on the right track, I probably would have been more aggressive with cutting but the parts you left are still informative of how USPS operates so I think you did a good job. Czarking0 (talk) 23:15, 23 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with User:Czarking0's assessment above. The section is now more to-the-point and easy to follow. Appreciate the effort, User:Superboilles! To respond to an earlier suggestion, I agree that Alternative transmission methods doesn't really fit under the broader section heading. I wouldn't be against trimming and/or relocating it. Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 19:01, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Trimmed a bit more. Superboilles (talk)

Hello again! I noticed that the subsection titled Elimination of Saturday delivery averted could stand to be improved. There are a few factual errors and citation-free claims, and the section is a bit difficult to follow overall. So I did some research and put together what I hope is a cleaner chronology. I'll use the diff function here to compare the current section against my draft:

And here's what my draft looks like on its own:

I'll be on hand to answer questions if independent editors have any. Thank you in advance to anyone who takes a look! Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 15:51, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: A majority of the requested changes are currently written in a promotional tone. Please review WP:Neutral point of view and ensure you follow this before submitting any edit requests. The changes are also fundamentally unbalanced and unduly weighed. Selected examples include but are not limited to "be freed from its obligation", "suggested", "ask for relief", "request support", "gave partial relief", "explored the possibility", "strategies intended to improved", "announced that it no longer planned". To be clear, these examples are symptoms of underlying issues. Please do not simply reword some phrases and submit another request. James (^talk/_contribs) 16:38, 2 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for this feedback and sorry this didn't hit the mark. I'll take another look at this and see if there’s a different way to address the sourcing and accuracy issues, while not introducing any POV concerns. Jonathan with U.S. Postal Service (talk) 18:40, 21 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The history of what is now the USPS dates to 1775, as the American Revolution loomed. In that year, the Second Continental Congress awarded Benjamin Franklin a $1,000 salary to serve as its first postmaster.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neither-snow-nor-rain-nor-heat-nor-gloom-stopped-the-united-states-post-office-department-from-launching-on-this-day-in-1792-180986064/ ~2025-40514-58 (talk) 19:23, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]