Talk:Gift of the Givers

Deletion

This article has been speedily deleted and restored. The deletion was based on a poor-quality version that seems to have been edited by someone with a COI. Before proposing deletion, please check the article's history. --Slashme (talk) 22:26, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

The result was merge into Gift of the Givers. -- Roger (talk) 11:04, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have discovered a rather poor stub article about the founder of this organisation Imtiaz Sooliman. I think it would be best to merge whatever useful content there is in that page into this one. Sooliman's notability is entirely due to him founding this organiation so unless there is a significant body of biographical information that is not suitable for inclusion here, it doesn't really make sense to have separate articles. Roger (talk) 11:24, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree completely! --Slashme (talk) 09:58, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually only two statements in Imtiaz Sooliman are properly referenced. Sooliman's Order of the Baobab and an honorary degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The article's only external link is broken. Roger (talk) 11:12, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Gift of the Givers

Hi

I'm Cora-Lee, I work for Gift of the Givers and am responsible for all website maintenance on the official website, as well as social networking sites. I need to provide current information to improve the existing info published on Wikipedia regarding Gift of the Givers.

We have archives and archives of newspaper articles as well as video footage from news channels etc. All the information I want to post on Wikipedia is based on the info I've uploaded to our official website, this information is given to me by Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, our Chairman and Founder.

Please advise on how I should commence this mission.

Warm Regards Cora-Lee info@giftofthegivers.org

196.213.22.130 (talk) 11:42, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It is really good of you to offer to help us make this a better article. Most of all we would be interested in the press reports as they are third party sources. Please read the guidelines on conflict of interest which will help you understand your position here as a representative of the organisation. Another thing you need to keep in mind is that Wikipedia does not allow it's articles to be used for promotion. As an encyclopedia we want only the verifiable facts sourced from reliable sources (thats the main reason why we prefer mainstream press sources. If you have any more questions don't hesitate to post here or you are welcome to contact me on my talk page. Roger (talk) 12:20, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Notable missions and activities

I think it would be a good idea to create a rough list here of all the notable disater relief missions GotG hasparticipated in - such as the Indian Ocean Tsunami, various earthquakes, etc. Once we've got it into shape it can be added to the article. Roger (talk) 12:25, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]