Talk:PADI AWARE

message: I am currently attempting to get permission from AWARE to use its logo on the page. Superclear 20:20, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: :Image:Projectaware.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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replies: text: Added a fair use rationale to the Image page. - Fordan (talk) 13:52, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Projectaware.gif

message: The entire article as it now exists is almost certainly a copy and paste copyright violation as follows:
* Lead is a copy of text from http://www.projectaware.org/english/default_international.aspx and http://www.projectaware.org/english/about_us/our_history.aspx
* "Education, Advocacy, and Action" is a copy of text from http://www.projectaware.org.uk/english/about_us/default.aspx
* The major part of "Grants" is a copy of text from http://www.projectaware.org/english/grants/grant_information.aspx
I discovered the above when trying to create references for this article. I have completed the referencing to help save the article, but unless the text is donated under CC-by-SA licence, or completely re-written in the author's own words, I fear it will be deleted as a copyvio. --RexxS (talk) 18:02, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Page updated as of 22 October 2009, by a member of the Project AWARE Foundation staff. Previous article was not entirely correct as it was referring to old information.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiskerson (talk • contribs) 23:51, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately, the latest update is still a copy & paste of http://www.projectaware.org/english/default_international.aspx http://www.projectaware.org/english/about_us/our_history.aspx and http://www.projectaware.org/english/about_us/our_accomplishments.aspx - all of which is "© Project AWARE Foundation 2008. All Rights Reserved" and therefore not usable in Wikipedia as I explained above. I have reluctantly had to revert the update. --RexxS (talk) 00:37, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright violation 

message: Hi, is it OK to remove the template at the head of this article re WikiProject Fisheries and Fishing?  I looked at the WikiProject Fisheries and Fishing homepage and found nothing about the areas of conservation that Project AWARE has historically and is currently involved with.  Any thoughts? Cowdy001 (talk) 20:18, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Can I have a bit more time to work on this? I just managed to get enough there to feel comfortable removing the "proposed deletion" tag yesterday. Project AWARE does fund projects that impact that area (example) so I really don't see a problem with their interest. More eyes on something never hurts in my mind. Thanks! --Gene Hobbs (talk) 20:28, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Gene Hobbs, my question was directed to everyone, not just to you (BTW, thanks for saving the article from deletion).  Firstly, my personal experience with Project AWARE was being part of a recreational diving community environmental monitoring project which was successful in 2002 or 2003 in obtaining Project AWARE funding.  I am not aware (no pun intended) of Project AWARE funding projects concerned with fishing activity.  Secondly, I do see a problem with 'their interest' because editors associated with WikiProject Fisheries and Fishing will be obliged to rate an article which may be outside of their sphere of interest. I looked at articles on WP about organisations with similar interests and areas of activity to find that most were linked to WikiProject Environment.  I did not notice any affiliation to WikiProject Fisheries and Fishing apart from Project AWARE.Cowdy001 (talk) 02:50, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It was taking longer than I thought it would to pull together info on the projects they funded in fisheries science. If you feel this strongly, take it off. Not sure when I'll have time to get back to it. --Gene Hobbs (talk) 03:21, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  My advice would be to leave the banner. It was added in 2008 by , who is an active editor and a member of several related Wikiprojects (like Ecology). As long as somebody in a Wikiproject is interested in an article (even if only tangentially related), it's reasonable for that WikiProject to add its banner. Remember that rating an article is mainly for the benefit of a WikiProject - to help them prioritise work and measure progress. To put it into context, it wasn't until September 2009 that WikiProject Scuba had a rating system. --RexxS (talk) 17:23, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it OK to remove links to WikiProject Fisheries and Fishing? 

message: I have made some bold changes to the article in an attempt to make it more NPOV - there was a lot of promotional fluff in there as of August 2014, and then a series of edits today which appeared to take a very dim view of the charity and its work. I've removed most of those attacks as they were poorly sourced with non-specific references to "IRS records," leaving only the section on criticism by the BBB, which is sourced.  I also removed a lot of the promotional language that was in the earlier version. The diff for my revisions is here, folks are of course free to revert or change as they fit, however I believe these edits make this article much more encyclopedic and hopefully find a middle ground between the promotional language and attacks that were in there before. Fyddlestix (talk) 04:04, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article clean-up, January 2015 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
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*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20151118111111/http://www.projectaware.org/our-team to http://www.projectaware.org/our-team
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20160209125925/http://www.projectaware.org/about-movement to http://www.projectaware.org/about-movement
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20160209125925/http://www.projectaware.org/about-movement to http://www.projectaware.org/about-movement
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114444/http://www.projectaware.org/resource/year-review-2014 to http://www.projectaware.org/resource/year-review-2014
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140309024114/http://reefcheck.org/news/news_detail.php?id=312 to http://reefcheck.org/news/news_detail.php?id=312
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20140309025442/http://www.projectaware.org/project/marine-debris to http://www.projectaware.org/project/marine-debris
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thread_title:  External links modified