Talk:Invisible Children

message: This has no place, imho, in a section concerning a DVD made by US students. It is also out of date. Perhaps it could be moved or merged?
--Juliet (talk) 02:52, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Uganda Today saction 

message: it needs to be updated with more current information.  for example, they now have several 2007 initiatives involved with Northern Uganda (there is more information on the website). 74.140.222.94 14:28, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  article is dated 

message: This is just my opinion but I think we should leave it and possibly get more information about what was going on when these 3 students went there. That could help the readers get a better understanding of this crisis and add support to this thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Churro Kradd (talk • contribs) 
:I added the year of 2003 based off the website.  By looking at Lord's Resistance Army, you should be able to fit it into the timeline of events, though I admit that more detail on methodology, location, etc would be useful. - BanyanTree 02:14, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Students

message: Why isn't this on IMDB.com? That site has everything, and this is certainly more notable than a lot of the entries they have on there. --Basar 01:49, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not sure, but this is Wikipedia, not IMDB. Stop the War in Uganda! 04:29, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  IMDB 

message: I think it is equally ignorant to suggest that peace talks were a result of this film. There have been several attempted peace talks throughout the duration of this war. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.141.179.33 (talk) 04:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  peace talks 

message: i would like to say that this topic is very important to me and a group of over 200 people in new zealand. the video brings up important issues that must be resolved.Nitronik 21:29, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: praise for invisible children

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Invisible Children DVD.jpg

message: These sections are not really appropriate for an article about a film. I suggest that they be removed and replaced with a paragraph or two that provide a little context for the film and link to more appropriate articles about the situation in Uganda. Strobilus (talk) 16:45, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: ''History of the war in Uganda'' and ''Uganda today'' sections of the article

message: Shouldn't Invisible Children redirect to Invisible Children Inc. (the main organization) and not a single film made by the organization?  --Shruti14 talk • sign 02:18, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Titles 

message: saben soy una chica de COSTA RICA pero intento estar atenta sobre las cosas que suceden en AFRICA, saber que los ninos son explotados, esclavisados me pone tristre. Cuando tenga mas edad espero conocer AFRICA y adoptar algunos ninos, talvez suene tonto pero espero en DIOS que las personas de ese gobierno recapaciten y vean el daño que le hacen a esta nacion. ES HORA DE ACABAR LAS GUERRAS Y DAR PAZ A ESTE PAIS. ATTE: kathy  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.199.248.66 (talk) 20:07, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  kathy 

message: Every paragraph has refs so I deleted the ref flag. I would suggest that someone further wikify.
I linked to Lord's Resistance Army but someone more knowledgeable should add more links as this contextualization would respond to several of the comments and concerns above. I left the general cleanup tag --YakbutterT (talk) 20:39, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleted ref flag

message: Hi all, while on recent change patrol, I moved a poorly named article to Invisible Children Inc.  It seems to have substantial overlap with this article so I thought I would make you all aware of this so that you can see if it's worth merging/linking to or alternately just deleting as a CSD A10 (recently created article that duplicates an existing topic).  The other article is about the non-profit org, rather than the movie.  Sailsbystars (talk) 05:06, 14 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Similar article 

message: the first paragraph seems to have been edited by someone with an agenda.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by U91731 (talk • contribs) 18:22, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Private Agenda 

message: Think a Controversy section is needed discussing the Invisible Children.  
Joseph Kony 2012: growing outrage in Uganda over film
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/uganda/9131469/Joseph-Kony-2012-growing-outrage-in-Uganda-over-film.html
"The organization behind Kony 2012 — Invisible Children Inc. — is an extremely shady nonprofit that has been called ”misleading,” “naive,” and “dangerous” by a Yale political science professor, and has been accused by Foreign Affairs of “manipulat[ing] facts for strategic purposes.” They have also been criticized by the Better Business Bureau for refusing to provide information necessary to determine if IC meets the Bureau’s standards."
"Additionally, IC has a low two-star rating in accountability from Charity Navigator because they won’t let their financials be independently audited. That’s not a good thing. In fact, it’s a very bad thing, and should make you immediately pause and reflect on where the money you’re sending them is going.'
http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/07/on-kony-2012-2/
Their total expenses for 2011 were $8,894,632 and of that, $2,810,681 were spent on direct services. 
That is 6,083,951 of what was given to them not going to direct help.
Where there are many, many other charities that have much higher proportion. 
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12429
2 stars in Accountability and Transparency. Why won't they allow outside audits?
To me that is worrying also.
I'm sure they do some good. But they could be doing a lot more I suspect. 
Even the BBC has picked up on this:
"However, Invisible Children was accused of spending most of its raised funds on salaries, travel expenses and film-making."
"Bloggers also pointed out that NGO watchdog Charity Navigator had given the group only two out of four stars for financial accountability."
"And an article in Foreign Affairs which accused Invisible Children and other non-profits of having "manipulated facts for strategic purposes" was circulated on the web."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17295078
  http://projectdiaspora.org/2012/03/08/respect-my-agency-2012/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/08/jacob-acaye-child-kony-2012?intcmp=122
Or one of the founders being arrested recently.
: here is the foreign affairs article: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136673/mareike-schomerus-tim-allen-and-koen-vlassenroot/obama-takes-on-the-lra?page=show 128.100.3.67 (talk) 05:15, 6 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

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