Talk:Gay and Lesbian Equality Network

Notability
GLEN would be equivalent to the American NGO Human Rights Campaign, so I'm unsure why the notability tag was added. I've provided some basic references, including a link to a 2006 speech given by the Taoiseach (leader of the Irish government) that clearly notes the importance and status of the group. Notability really isn't an issue - it can be presumed - but the problem is getting good sources. I'll remove the notability tag and hope that other editors can help to find sources. Cheers, Conor (talk) 16:38, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It should be established *in* the article. Saying "I know it is" doesn't really help, as these things are hard to always infer. Anyways, the addition of references seems to alleviate it.  Voice -of- All  17:56, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comment. It's always helpful to explain on an article's talkpage why a notabilty tag has been placed. In this case, no-one was offering original research or opinion; notability could be presumed as per WP policies (mentioned above). Information on the page - albeit unverified - indicated notability, so what was required was actually a good source list; a tag requesting such had already been added. Again, thanks for your comment and for prompting the addition of the overdue references. Conor (talk) 19:15, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

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, re the edit summary "Links work" - yes, the link to "http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/app/uploads/2015/09/GLEN_WEB-copy.pdf" does indeed work, but what you had inserted twice previously and I had removed was this link: http://www.atlanticphilanthropies.org/app/uploads/2015/09/GLEN_WEB-copy.pdfFinancial%20irregularities%20at%20Gay%20and%20Lesbian%20Equality%20Network%20to%20be%20raised%20at%20Public%20Accounts%20Committee%20-%20Mary%20Lou%20McDonald%20TD%2017%20April,%202017%20-%20by%20Mary%20Lou%20McDonald%20TD - which doesn't.

The working link doesn't support the sentence "This has led to critics of GLEN to claim it is using funding from abroad to influence legislation." The IT opinion piece by Breda O'Brien (not Brenda) does back it up, but we'll add some context for balance there, I think.

Your IT reference ("1604") does not refer to "€60,000 not included in management accounts".

Nobody was "put on sick leave" - how would you even do that?

Áine Duggan has already resigned - see the very next sentence after your redundant inclusion.

Please use full citations (that actually back up your additions) rather than bare URL references. See WP:CITE if unsure how to do this. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 10:23, 19 April 2017 (UTC)

, rather than completely ignoring the above and edit warring, please engage, per WP:BRD. You have been reverted. Discuss. Why should we use the "regurgitated spin" of the Iona Institute's Breda O'Brien, without providing any context, while at the same time excluding what GLEN themselves have said? That would be bizarre. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 09:03, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

To be clear, it isn't "critics" criticising GLEN, it's one columnist, who could hardly be described as unbiased when it comes to LGBT issues. The organisation she regularly represents has been accused of exactly the same as she accuses GLEN of... Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 09:07, 21 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Discoverer of Financial Irregularities alerts charity regulator and resigns saying in newspapers, and on radio she cant stand over the accounts, just as investigations are on going is relevant and should not be removed. Rather than re issue the spin in a press statement from the organisation under investigation.
 * Plural of Controversy should be used if one infringement for political spending amounts to 11K and the irregularities amount to 60k means it is pluralRuy costa (talk) 09:19, 21 April 2017 (UTC)


 * That the HSE has withheld funding amidst concerns government money was used for political campaigns (printing), or personal use or as it seems to be spun now a loan to a director - should also not be removed from the item about financial controversies Ruy costa (talk) 09:48, 21 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Thanks for finally engaging. At the third (?) time of asking you've finally included a reference to €60k that actually does mention it. Progress! Now we can cover it per WP:RS!  (I do notice you're still just including references as bare URLs with your own format of narrative. What's your objection to using the template as per WP:CITE?!)


 * Yes, now it's appropriate to use "controversies", plural (and uncapitalised).


 * We will absolutely include the press statement from the organisation, because of course you would - but now you've finally included something from a decent source that quotes Áine Duggan, that can be included also. Not instead of, but in addition to. NPOV. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 10:02, 21 April 2017 (UTC)


 * The article Transactions worth €60k not recorded correctly in accounts of LGBT charity www.thejournal.ie, April 17, 2017, does make reference to the 60k Ruy costa (talk) 10:07, 21 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Yes, I know. The previous times I had removed mention of the €60k was because you were using an Irish Times article as a citation, which made no mention of it. That's why it was removed. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 11:01, 21 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Apparently this needs saying again, more explicitly. Re Rose's resignation - you cannot include statements that aren't backed by what's actually in the references you're including. There is no mention of "€11,500" - explicit, or "approximately" - or of SIPO, or of Rose being "unable" to account for anything, in the Independent reference. Don't just stick in a reference that mentions someone and assume the reference can justify whatever you want to write. That's not how WP:V works, and there are WP:BLP issues to consider, too. My inclusion is accurate, backed by a WP:RS reference, and is NPOV. Yours isn't backed by the reference you're including and worded in a very biased manner. Look, we get it - you're a Christian, you don't like GLEN.  That doesn't mean you get to ignore policy. Bastun Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 11:20, 21 April 2017 (UTC)