Talk:Demos (UK think tank)

message: A veteran who has become a soldier again? 91.51.223.123 (talk) 12:47, 25 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: What's an ex-veteran?

message: I wonder if the UK organisation is connected with its US namesake in any way? --CharlesC 21:17, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: no connection - I used to work at the UK organisation. -- Paulmiller 16:29, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Connected with US think-tank of same name?

message: How did it get from Marxist-Communist in 1993 to "close to the Labour Party" in 1997? —Ashley Y 02:09, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Marxist?

message: http://www. commonpurpose.org.uk (UK based)
http://www. commonpurpose.org (international)
Julia Middleton is a trustee of Demos, now CEO of the influential Common Purpose, an organization who "discover new leaders", especially in the UK "public sector", including education, local authorities, police 
"Common Purpose is an international leadership organisation that runs programmes for leaders of all ages, sectors and backgrounds."
http://business.guardian.co.uk/smes/story/0,,2045427,00.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.207.152 (talk) 05:30, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No EU - Common Purpose Government Infiltrators at Google Videos is a presentation given by former British naval officer and submarine warfare expert Brian Gerrish. The presentation was given on September 15, 2007 in Leicester and was hosted by MEP Roger Helmer of the Freedom Association. The meeting was organized by the Campaign for an Independent Britain. This is pretty chilling stuff and should give grounds for a subsequent article on Common Purpose and probably more. __meco 08:13, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Common Purpose" 

message: The article states that Demos is a registered charity, but who are the main doners. These organizations require considerable money. I don't see people rattling tins, nor can I believe people bequest money. Connections with Common Purpose would suggest dubious funding practices. Who really funds these guys?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.110.54.244 (talk) 10:36, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Funding 

message: Hello, I work at Demos and was reading through the wikipedia page as a lot of other organisations or events copy and paste info from our wikipedia to use when describing or writing about Demos. There is a lot of good stuff here, but several sections are lacking in information, or are out of date and therefore factually inaccurate. 
I would propose:
* adding a few sentences to the introduction that briefly explains the key areas that Demos has done work in and the key senior staff
* updating the history section, which stops around 2012, so it includes our current chief executive and any significant developments that have happened in the last couple years
* Rewrite the 'current projects' section - which was true about three years ago but does not accurately reflect our current work.
I know I am close to the source material, so did not want to dive in and start editing the page without starting a discussion on here first with the wiki community. I'm of course happy to give a go of drafting an objective edit - if anyone wants to help or would rather do it then please reply to this message. If I don't hear from anyone by this time next week I'll have a go myself.
Thanks,
Rob Robertjmac (talk) 14:37, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Rob. Firstly, can I thank you for coming to the "Discussion" page and leaving a message. It really is the best idea :) All of your suggestions sound reasonable. However, as you identify, these are also areas about which it is difficult to write neutrally. Because edits to "mainspace" (by which we mean the article itself) go live immediately, it does engender a sort of panic among editors to either rewrite non-neutral prose, or simply undo it wholesale. As things do not seem time sensitive, I suggest you leave some suggested prose here, and I (or others) can have a good at working it in. I've created a box ("div") specially to make things a bit clearer. You can add a little message underneath it, if you want. Regards, Harry. - Jarry1250 [Vacation needed] 22:46, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Out of date information 

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