Talk:Stanton Foundation

Fund administrator
Currently, the article says "The fund is administered by Elizabeth Allison", which points to a NY Times reference that doesn't mention Allison's administration of the foundation. I am sure that other sources exist, and I'd also point out that it's possible that "Elizabeth" isn't the proper spelling of Allison's legal name. I have a possible conflict of interest in editing about the Stanton Foundation, so I place this concern here on the Talk page. - Stanton By Your Man (talk) 13:22, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Reward board
Noting here that this article was edited by me and another editor per a request on the Reward board that offered a cash prize. It was suggested that this should be noted in accordance with the WMF terms of use.-- The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 16:41, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Liz Allison was here
Liz stopped by, but then didn't decide to work on the Talk page. I wonder why not? - 2601:42:C102:B8DD:45B4:CEB9:322:75DB (talk) 19:22, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * I didn't remember the syntax for posting on a talk page and did not have the help sheet with me. LizAllison (talk) 15:50, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * , there are many of us who would help you if you like. In my view, the most pressing thing (per Wikipedia's terms of use) is disclosing your connection to Stanton on your user page. -Pete (talk) 16:53, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Also, for what it's worth -- the sarcastic anonymous comment above is not something I condone. -Pete (talk) 16:54, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you, much appreciated. My connection to Stanton is major. I am the co-director of the Stanton Foundation. I've come to this page because I propose to edit "our" page to correct several factual errors and to expand upon the description of our activities. I understand that it would be better if this were done by an unconnected person, but we share the problem of many smaller organizations, that not many people follow our article and so the quality improvement mechanism doesn't work as well as it does with major entries.

Explanation of substantial proposed editing by "connected person", Liz Allison
I am co-director of the Stanton Foundation and am in the process of editing our own page. I understand that this is not preferred practice (that  why the changes will be very densely footnoted) and am using this page to summarize the changes and lay out the rationale. The first is to correct factual errors. The most important correction is to the statement the we make grants in urban planning. Once, many years ago (more than 15) Frank Stanton made a gift to the Harvard Design School to honor a friend - who had been dean of the the school. But urban design was not an are Frank Stanton designated for support; we make no grants in that area. But every year urban planner professors and institutions waste their valuable time writing well crafted grant letters to us. I've also corrected Frank Stanton title (he was president of CBS, not CBS News, and only because there was a comment about it, spelled my first name correctly.

I have also added more detail on our larger grants...all with citation to a page maintained by someone other than the Foundation). The most frequent use of this entry is by grant seekers, so more detail is helpful. Finally, I moved the history into the History section, and inserted a controversies section so that it's clear that my purpose in editing is to improve the quality of the article and not to remove critical passages.LizAllison (talk) 20:30, 14 March 2016 (UTC)


 * I object to your edits. They seem excessively promotional and the sources you use are questionable. This is not page you "own", despite the huge amounts you've paid the Wikimedia Foundation. Inlinetext (talk) 07:14, 27 February 2017 (UTC)