Talk:Adoption in the United States

message: Article still bears wounds it received when it was severed from Adoption. Need introduction and significant clean up. Danlovejoy 20:46, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Definitely. Bastun 10:16, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Clean Up

message: There are already a large number of external links from this article, and more (many seeming to be individual adoption agencies) seem to be added/removed all the time.  Considering that there are literally hundreds of such agencies, most with a website, could I suggest a policy of no individual agency being linked from here?  Such listings are readily available, in any case, from some of the specialist adoption reference sites already listed, such as adoption.com.  Thoughts? Bastun 10:16, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Given the lack of response, I'm going to remove the external links to adoption agencies and add the "Cleanup-spam" tag to the External Links section.  Legitmate, licensed and registered adoption agencies will already be listed on some of the general adoption information sites that will remain. Bastun 23:15, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Link Policy?

message: Under International Adoption, the final sentence is weird:
"There are no firm numbers on illegal or unethical adoptions, as adoptive families are reluctant to publicize unethical adoptions, but several countries have closed following high profile trafficking and corruption cases, such as Romania and Cambodia."
Several countries closed what?
: Yep, have hopefully clarified it a bit. Bastun 11:11, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bad sentence?

message: This article needs help.  It makes some really broad claims, generalizations, and other logical fallacies and has literally no sources.  This reads more like a person's thesis on the American Adoption Issue as opposed to a non-biased explanatory, informative view on it.  Several sections are virtually non-existant.  Shouldnt the adoption agency part at least be expanded to explain the different types of agencies and their role in adoption in the US.  To me this article reads like someone wrote it in a hurry and is not an expert at the subject.
--Ownlyanangel 12:53, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  where are the sources? 

message: You should mention if there's enough people adopting kids in the United States or if there's a lack of adopters.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.88.7.200 (talk) 10:38, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: adoption statistics

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message: Hello,
I will be working on adding a section over the next few weeks regarding adoption costs in the U.S. I plan to highlight the cost breakdown, administration and legal fees, and variance among states. I may also compare the costs to other industrialized nations. I will also discuss government subsidies and incentives that lower the cost of adoption. This is my first major contribution, I know it's been 10 years since this article had any editing done to it, but does anyone have any tips for finding sources that are free access and reliable? Thanks!
Kcline14 (talk) 05:27, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding cost of adoption section 

message: BastunĖġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ! 15:44, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copied text