Talk:Digital Library Federation

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The DLF entry is significant because of the number of contributions the organization has made is service to the general library community to advance projects for putting educational content online for the benefit of all users. DLF is attributed with one of the first working definitions of "digital library" in 1998. DLF makes freely available all it's research and development results from it's website. This warrants its inclusion as a Wikipedia entry in and of itself, rather than an external link in another entry. This editor is still working on making these claims explicit in the main entry, which is why there is an "under construction" banner at the top. I welcome further discussion about why there is a conflict of interest. Diglib (talk) 14:30, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * You really don't know why there's a conflict of interest here?--CyberGhostface (talk) 17:05, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I think it's worth having an encylopedia page for the DLF, similar to ones for organizations like CNI and ARL, as it (like those) is a library organization that has had some notable effect in the field. There were also some dangling links to DLF from a few existing articles. (Disclosures: I work for a library that's a DLF member, presented several times at DLF conferences, and was at one point a volunteer chair of a DLF subgroup, but I've never been a DLF employee or trustee.) Starting it with a long single contribution from a DLF staffer, though, doesn't mesh well with the purposes and culture of Wikipedia, though. Perhaps it would be helpful to start over with a summary paragraph or two and an external link to the DLF site, and then let regular Wikipedians add what they see as relevant? [John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania] 130.91.116.49 (talk) 21:53, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

advice
As reviewing administrator, I think the article is not hopelessly promotional, & can be upgraded, (and I did a first round ), so its not a speedy. However, please see our Business FAQ (which also applies equally to non-profit organisations). Some of this material seems to be a copy from some web site or prior publication-if it is, that part must be either licensed under GFDL or rewritten. See also our guide to writing Wikipedia articles. In general readers of an encyclopedia will not be interested in very much about the internal operations, but rather the public accomplishments. There is a need for more 3rd party independent reliable published sources, print or online (but not blogs or press releases, or material based on press releases)-- there should be no shortage in the various library journals. I work frequently with this sort of material here, and I'll be glad to offer advice to making this a better article, but I'd rather not have to rewrite it myself. I will keep track of the article.

One more thing, you must pick a different username that does not include the name of the organization. DGG (talk) 01:58, 30 January 2009 (UTC)


 * User name has been blocked as promotional. – ukexpat (talk) 18:29, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

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