Talk:Project On Government Oversight

message: Is POGO at 70.17.82.112 editing it's own article? Dominick (TALK) 14:12, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: IP question

message: This article needs a Criticism section, as it currently reads like a it was written by POGO. It makes it seems as if POGO is unbiased and infalible in its critiques of the government, which no organization/person is. Also, we need to know how nmany jobs were lost because of hysteria caused by POGO, and how many criticisms turned out to be baseless or erroneous. - BillCJ (talk) 19:03, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticism

message: Deleted redundant, self-serving  hype. Also deadlinked 27 broken links.  This linkfarm has to be massively pruned.  WP:LINKFARM WP:NOTDIR. In 7 days, I'm going to start pruning, unless 3rd party sources start appearing en masse, or I forget. --Lexein (talk) 17:44, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Followup. Third party sources did appear, so I didn't prune. I was referring mostly to the list of links at start of sections; there's been no feedback from other editors. Let's get a broader consensus before major changes to the article.  When I asked at IRC #en-wikipedia-help - several longtime editors opined "meh." --Lexein (talk) 16:05, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pruning notice - 7 days 

message: User:Mcqrunner35 works for POGO, per this edit comment. Note WP:COI. --Lexein (talk) 18:46, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflict of interest nudge 

message: I just fixed all the dead links by either deleting them or updating them. The next step should be to get some third party references going on this page.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dfreegov (talk • contribs) 20:55, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revisions 

message: The article is pro-POGO POV. Click on WP:NPOV The 1998 Congressional investigation and 2003 Federal lawsuit are the only existing balancing elements about this organization.  I initially felt that Methods was the appropriate section, because it stemmed from an early, if misguided effort to compensate whisteblowers. 
It is typical in WP articles to present history before operational details of an organization, so I'm  moving the section up the article under History.  
I recommend adding additional notable organization history in this section, such as notable staff, notable funding sources, notable lawsuits won.  This article needs historical substance.  Discuss. --Lexein (talk) 19:12, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: My vote is the program area stuff seems fine where it is.  The article needs depth in the form of plain unvarnished history about the organization itself, as noted. Say, notable spinoffs, or integration of other groups, and again, notable funding sources, maybe even notable losses.  Just thinking. --Lexein (talk) 14:32, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable history 

message: There seems to be a huge number of external links in the body of the article. Also is the "Reports" section really necessary? Anyways, I know this is a very low traffic article I am too lazy/unskilled to clean it up so....--Threeafterthree (talk) 01:57, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I have been on the fence about the ext links for a long time (see above), in terms of WP:LINKFARM. I'd like opinions from other editors about the A) links at start of sections, and B) links vs footnotes in the Reports section.  Per WP:RS, reports which have been discussed by reliable ext. sources definitely have a place. It's been tough to locate sources which use specific report names. ---Lexein (talk) 16:23, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  MOS issues 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The Program Areas section is far too long and much of it is simply a list of general topics the organization has worked on. I am currently working on rewriting the section and only keeping notable projects that have third-party sourcing. In general, this page needs more third-party sources, so I'm also working on that. Happy to hear any suggestions anyone has to improve this page. Lenoresm (talk) 16:09, 9 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleaning up Program Areas section 

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