User talk:Bestsidesspringtime

Hello, welcome, & a question...
Hi there, and welcome to Wikipedia if you are new! I notice that you seem to have a special interest in Stand for Children and its CEO Jonah Edelman. A few people on the Stand for Children talk page seem to think that a lot of bias has crept in. I have to ask: do you have any personal relationship to this group or to Mr. Edelman? Thanks in advance for your honest reply. groupuscule (talk) 06:34, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

Hello! I apologize for the delayed response and thank you for your welcome. You are right, I am not an expert user of Wikipedia so it still takes me a minute to figure out the system (I am not even sure I'm responding where I'm supposed to), I appreciate your patience. I do not have a personal relationship with Mr. Edelman, but I am in fact part of the organization and a supporter of their work. I have followed some of the changes done to the Stand wiki and I actually agree with many of them, especially that the page should not be portrayed as an advertisement and should be solely informational. I have looked at other non-profit wiki's and many of the changes are actually headed in the right direction. I did not participate in the creation of the wiki so I am not sure who decided the content. To be fair, in the same way that the page should not be portrayed as an ad, I also believe that some of the edits are added with a negative bias and can be a little subjective, and this is where I have gotten a little involved (or as much as my limited wikipedia experience will allow me). I hope we can continue to collaborate in a respectful manner, regardless of our different views of the organization. Again, thank you for reaching out.


 * Thanks for the reply. I'm most interested in expanding the "Activites" section to include SfC's activities in other states. But it's a big research project that will probably take a while! groupuscule (talk) 20:58, 17 September 2012 (UTC)