Talk:Yes! (U.S. magazine)

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This topic seems notable enough, but the poor quality of the article would seem to belie that opinion. It needs to be cleaned up.Philip Stevens 11:45, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Founding date of PFN[edit]

There is some confusion over the date when PFN was founded. In 2004, the URL: http://yesmagazine.org/aboutPFN.html (web archive copy) led to a page which began "In 1996, a group of practical visionaries including author David Korten and editor Sarah Ruth van Gelder, founded the Positive Futures Network (PFN)". That is why the article stated as much. However, as of 2008, the page that URL points to doesn't mention 1996 anywhere. It discusses what PFN is currently doing, but doesn't discuss the history or founding of the group. The establishment date of YES! Magazine is affected by this because the date of the first issue is not 1996, but Winter 1997. Since the PFN founding date is no longer mentioned on the magazine's website, and is actually less relevant than the date of the first issue, I've changed the article to refer to a establishment date of 1997, and cited the archives of the magazine. I wanted to explain the full mess here. 75.214.238.186 (talk) (really, User:JesseW/not logged in) 23:51, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In his self-bio here, David Korten writes:"The beginning of 1996, I co-founded with Sarah van Gelder and other colleagues the Positive Futures Network, which publishes YES! magazine, and have since served as board chair." Is there anything unusual about an organisation's start date differing from that of a magazine it later initiated? Cheers Bjenks (talk) 05:11, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chauvinist Framing[edit]

I mention this because the article is about a social-justice-related publication and all social-justice issues are feminist issues (and vice versa): Why is van Gelder listed as 'Korten's wife' rather than Korten listed as 'van Gelder's husband'? I.e., Why is the woman defined by her relation to a man? -and- Why is it relevant at all that they're married (to one another)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.30.21.82 (talk) 03:43, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]