User talk:Saranason

July 2017
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External links policy
Welcome to Wikipedia! Just so you know, the addition of external links in the lead section of an article isn't good practice and breaches our Manual of Style. Also, if you have a connection with Charity Navigator, you must declare this. OcarinaOfTime (talk) 20:35, 17 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you for declaring your COI - please read WP:COI before making any further edits referencing your site. In short, I strongly recommend suggesting edits on an article's talk page where these are likely to be seen as promotional, not editing articles directly. OcarinaOfTime (talk) 20:48, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

As a genuine question — Charity Navigator rates over 8,500 charities on the website and over ten million people view the site each year to receive ratings about charities. How would Charity Navigator go about making the ratings of each rated charity available to the public through Wikipedia? I understand the reason for flagging, especially for COI. But as our ratings stem directly from the IRS and information that each charity is legally required to publicly disclose, in which way would an editor dispute the update? Saranason (talk) 20:58, 17 July 2017 (UTC) saranason
 * In short, it's unlikely to be possible in terms of including links to your site - Wikipedia, by definition, is neutral and does not promote one charity ratings service over another. Additionally, for international charities readers may see the USA rating and think this applies globally, so it'd be confusing in my view. If you really want to try and get anything actioned/Wikipedia policy changed on this, your best bet is to get consensus in advance over at WP:VPI or WP:VPM OcarinaOfTime (talk) 21:02, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know! Saranason (talk) 21:03, 17 July 2017 (UTC)saranason
 * No problem! And please don't think I'm trying to scare you away here, more just making you aware of policy. If you would like to edit more generally (in particular in areas unrelated to your company) that would be fantastic! OcarinaOfTime (talk) 21:07, 17 July 2017 (UTC)