Talk:Alzheimer's Society

Criticism section
It's interesting to see that the criticism section is not about the core of the Alzheimer's Society work or its corporate strategy, but has picked out a recent news story based on a campaign by one group (and the same text and sources added by the same user to all the organisations that are subject to the campaign). This looks like undue weight to me (as per WP:UNDUE) but I'm not an expert in these matters. Jpmaytum (talk) 08:23, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * It doesn't seem undue wight in the overal article it isnt that big a section. The society is included in similar campaigns by varius other groups so I added the details of that so it doesnt seem like it is only dealing with one groups campaign. NPOV says to cover all significant views published in reliable sources and the campaign is significant in the coverage it got and can be referenced to reliable sources.RafikiSykes (talk) 14:40, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

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Criticisms of former CEO Jeremy Hughes
I've cited the change of CEO in the introduction, merely noting the change. I'll have to provide more details in a new section following WP:Criticism rules rather than include it with much older stuff. I'll include the Guardian article in this but will wait to see the Charity commission report 1st and hope it's faster than in 2018! Re WP:COI, I'm both a lay volunteer with Alzheimer's research network and a subscriber to the Guardian. JRPG (talk) 12:39, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

Updates needed
@Sciencefish has bombarded the article with "Better ref needed - Primary source".

While some of these are justified, in other cases the society is certainly the best source, as for a couple of places where it is cited making statements of its policy or views.

But I have worked through the lead section, finding external sources as requested. In doing so I have found some cases where the existing link was just wrong, no longer led to the appropriate page after website changes.

I have spent enough time on this for now (I am about to move house and ought to be decluttering and packing), but hope other editors will join in to improve this article by checking the refs, finding external sources where appropriate, and updating content and/or refs. I've put in all the time I'm prepared to spend on it today. Pam D  15:17, 31 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Thank you, I had a real problem of finding appropriate references, you've done a great job. Sciencefish (talk) 17:45, 31 July 2023 (UTC)


 * I've also started trying to help and will try and do more (as well as trying to help improve the article in general) - but it certainly feels like for a lot of information particularly around what they say their mission and activities are etc, despite being from a primary source rather than independent, is still best sourced directly from the society itself Westenders (talk) 06:27, 2 August 2023 (UTC)