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This article reads like a how-to guide. It explicitly addresses the reader ("you can save a life"). Its sources provide examples, but do not address effective giving in general. Some pretty significant claims (for example about "the overwhelming inefficiency that has plagued professional athletes’ personal charities in recent history") are unsourced. In short, the article as it stands is a mess in violation of multiple guidelines and policies, in particular
WP:NOT,
WP:V,
WP:NPOV and the
manual of style. It needs either outright deletion or a complete rewrite based on reliable sources that actually cover the subject.
Huon (
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23:45, 2 September 2012 (UTC)reply
Regarding the criticism of significant unsourced claims, I will note they are sourced, but in the paragraph below which describes the issue in more detail. Regardless, I have changed the wording to be more neutral
Ianlavoie (
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01:38, 18 December 2012 (UTC)reply
Merge into effective altruism
I'm proposing a merger into the Effective Altruism page. I think all the content could simply be added in.
'Effective altruism' is the more established term among active people in the movement (e.g., Peter Singer's TED talk).
I would recommend to keep both terms seperately. 'Effective altruism' has a strong focus on the moral obligation for giving and related lifestyle choices, whereas "Effective Giving" is focussed just on allocating donations to the most effective charities without necessarily any moral aspect. — Preceding
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90.163.57.64 (
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05:26, 15 June 2014 (UTC)reply
I don't see this distinction as a very good one. There are plenty of people in the EA movement who don't make significant lifestyle changes as well as plenty who are moral anti-realists. "Effective giving" is not an actual community, it's just a catchphrase that basically refers to the ideas of effective altruism.
K.
Bog19:25, 27 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Merge. In theory, effective giving might be a broader concept that is not restricted to the effective altruism movement. But looking at page, it basically just duplicates content and links that are here. So merging/deleting could make sense.
RyanCarey1 (
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23:06, 15 July 2015 (UTC)reply