Talk:Direct Relief

message: I googled this agency in responce to a google ad that appeared on www.eq2i.com, a wiki I work on. I was suspicious. A few minutes on Google soothed my suspicions. There were stories linked from Reuters and other news agencies regarding the work this charity is doing. I am NOT gonna do the reference/cite updates on this page, as it is not my area, but I suggest any interested editor just google the agency name and follow the links to the news reports. I AM going to remove the tag from the top. This article needs cites, it does not need deletion. --Bill W. Smith, Jr. (talk/contribs) 15:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I did some citations; there's this thing going around that Forbes gave it 100% fundraising efficiency 5 years in a row, but all the sources I can find ultimately point back to the site itself. Can anyone verify this? Veinor (talk to me) 23:43, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources on Google

message: Every citation in this article is originally sourced to Direct Relief International.  I will add the template that asks for third-party sources. 71.234.215.133 (talk) 08:52, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original source 

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thread_title:  Copyright problem removed 

message: Information on Wikipedia is supposed to be backed with a citation to a source published by someone other than the subject of the article. In 2009 this article mostly has been unchanged and used only citations to the organization itself, which are considered on Wikipedia to be promotional. I deleted everything which was only sourced to the organization's own publications. I encourage anyone else to build this article with third-party sources.  Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:11, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion of content

message: I have added an  tag to this article. It has been extensively targeted by the Yoodaba UPE sockfarm, using both named accounts () and, more recently, IP editors on residential proxies. It will need a thorough review and has significant balance issues: For example, the lead quotes what the institution itself says it does, as opposed to saying what reliable sources have to say; the rest of the article also has due weight issues and seems to consist mostly of a relatively indiscriminate list of the charity's achievements. Best, Blablubbs|talk 13:16, 25 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  UDP and sock involvement