Talk:Care2

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This article was nominated for deletion on March 6, 2007. The result of the discussion was Keep.

Contents 1 Cleanup 2 List of social networking websites on AfD 3 List of social networking websites on AfD 4 Click-to-donate sites 5 "Notability" in question?

[edit] Cleanup

Article could use some NPOV cleanup. --Alan Au 18:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of social networking websites on AfD

List of social networking websites is currently an AfD candidate. You are invited to partake in this discussion. Czj 18:45, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of social networking websites on AfD

List of social networking websites is currently a candidate for deletion. You are invited to partake in the discussion.--Crossmr 14:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Click-to-donate sites

Could Care2's ten click-to-donate sites be mentioned, and could this page be added to the category of click-to-donate sites? Also, are there any sources saying that the donations are really made? Thanks in advance! --Kletta 01:35, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Sure, here are some sources (these are the faqs from some of the races at Care2):

• http://stopglobalwarming.care2.com/bs_questions.html
• http://babyseals.care2.com/bs_raceoverview.html
• http://oceans.care2.com/orace_faq.html
• http://stopviolence.care2.com/sv_about.html
• http://breastcancer.care2.com/ebc-help.html
• http://children.care2.com/

-Curien1000 (talk) 02:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I found several references from reliable sources that I would like to work into the article, but the "unencyclopedic list" really needs to be converted to prose first. Here are the articles, if anyone is up to working them into the text properly before I can get to it:

1. Piece on the Rainforest section, printed in The Environmental Magazine but cited at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1594/is_2_11/ai_94775460

2. Another article on the Big Cats section of care2.com, printed in Healthy & Natural Journal but cited at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HKL/is_5_7/ai_66918263

3. A piece about online commerce on the site, printed in American Demographics, cited at http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m4021/is_ISSN_0163-4089/ai_75171059

Also, while not a reliable source, http://comm599.wetpaint.com/page/Care2.com?t=anon claims that "Care2 has appeared in many liberal/progressive publications including Utne Reader, Healthy & Natural Journal, E/The Environmental Magazine, etc." which confirms two of the listings above from findarticles.com, and a little more searching ought to turn up useable source articles in Utne Reader, and perhaps other publications.

One other possibility is an article listed at http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070402005384&newsLang=en but I'm not sure yet whether it was published in a valid publication.

Forestgarden (talk) 19:41, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Notability" in question?

Gimme a break! I've been using Care2 every day since 2001 - whereas Wikipedia, for example, started to look somewhat worthy of my serious attention only in the past two years or so.

Why am I offering my own experience as an example?

Because my experience is certainly no less legitimate and worthy of attention than the very limited personal experience of those who in all these years apparently haven't heard about Care2. (Or why would anyone call in question its "notability"?) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.142.52.10 (talk) 20:25, 24 April 2008 (UTC)