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Added new citation for number of employees and company's status as a B Corporation. Added mission statement in same manner as overview of Avaaz.org article. Consolidated discussion of business model. Added "See Also" article. Fixed broken citation link. --Worldiswatching (talk) 05:55, 1 December 2011 (UTC)
While cleaning up vandalism, added "citation needed" tag to sentence about working with largest non-profits and having team of hundreds. Worldiswatching (talk) 00:08, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
The page is heavily biased about the group. Failure to mention that it is one of the top listed spammers, sending messages to people that have requested to be removed from it's list. It also doesn't mention the accusations of false data that is distributed by it such as it's current campaign about Hershey's/student guest labor.
Very questionable.
198.5.134.170 (talk) 19:08, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
Democrat support
The wiki does not contain information about the website being heavily supportive of the Democrat party, going as far as to slip in "I stand with Obama" pledge promotions in the middle of browsing petitions, very odd considering that they're "an online advocacy platform that empowers anyone, anywhere"... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.90.225.49 (talk) 16:25, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
Vandalism
This page was vandalized on 11/15/2011 by IP 124.168.112.155. Adjectives ("corrupt" and "spamming") were added before "for-profit corporation" that demonstrate bias against the company. Edits will be removed via Undo. Worldiswatching (talk) 23:59, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
- You actually don't need to report your edits on the talk page, only in the edit summary. 71.146.8.88 (talk) 22:13, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
This page was vandalized on 16 Feb 2012
The user is actively censoring any information that is mysteriously called "bias against the company". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.153.30.254 (talk) 21:00, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Sources for section on criticism
The source for the sentence about the heavy criticism of (unintended) users is
<ref>{{cite web|title=How do I remove my signature - Petition Online Help Desk|url=http://helpdesk.petitiononline.com/entries/20825276-how-do-i-remove-my-signature-name-from-a-petition?page=1|publisher=PetitionOnline|accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref>
and for the sentence about the ended support it's
<ref>{{cite web|title=URGENT: How to retrieve signatures to my petition? : Petition Online Help Desk|url=http://helpdesk.petitiononline.com/entries/20458158-urgent-how-to-retrieve-signatures-to-my-petition|publisher=PetitionOnline|accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref>
It's not possible to add it to the article as the PetitionOnline URL (but not the Change.org URL, senselessly) is blocked by Wikipedia.87.77.27.9 (talk) 16:49, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Most signatures collected on a change.org petition
Although the article currently says that the most signatures were collected in regard to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, currently (3/22/2012 @ 1:02 PM CST) the most signatures (over 1.3 million) collected on change.org was actually in regard to Caylee's Law (Caylee Anthony):
http://www.change.org/petitions/create-caylee-s-law-3
Of course, it is likely that the Trayvon Martin petition will break that record within the next few days, given that it has over 1 million signatures:
https://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin
76.123.133.211 (talk) 18:04, 22 March 2012 (UTC)PetitionMonitor
Stephen Colbert
There was an interview on the Colbert Report, which could be referenced for article expansion. PurpleSteak (talk) 08:35, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Apolitical Platform
The basic Change.org petition platform is available to anyone regardless of nationality or political persuasion. There are petitions on the site from a variety of political perspectives, including petitions that are in direct competition with one another. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eldemere1251 (talk • contribs) 15:44, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Criticism
The criticism section contains a passage alleging change.org is misleading users into thinking its an "organization" not a business. Is the term "organization" limited to non-profits? Does the distinction "non-profit" even exist outside of the US tax structure? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.55.216.79 (talk) 17:26, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
- I think the definition of 'organization' is pretty clear, an organization is any formal or even informal 'organized' group of people. This include businesses, clubs, schools, charities, non-profits, unions, political parties, sports teams, etc. Could be anything as simple as a group of friends who arrange to meet on a regular basis, up to the whole US government or the UN. Its a proper umbrella term. :) Lucien86 (talk) 15:45, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
Business Model is incomplete
Near the end of the signature process they ask for $5 to $1000 donation to help promote the petition. It looks like $10 will hook the petition to 50 other petitions, $50 to 250 and $100 to 500, up to $1000 donation in what they call "crowd promoting" other petitions in an attempt to get the petition at the top of the page. Alatari (talk) 11:32, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
I can't find any sources on how they will prevent fraud by having single person or group, using multiple email addresses attached to fake (or incorrect) names/addresses to abuse this system but it's all income to them. Alatari (talk) 12:09, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
Removal of links to petitions
I propose removal of links to individual petitions from this article, for these reasons:
- They are primary sources, something we want to avoid
- In many cases there is no independent coverage offered to substantiate claims, only a link to the petition itself
- change.org petitions (and any other petitions) are blacklisted on Wikipedia
One would think, if a specific petition deserves a mention in this article, then it should have ample independent coverage in reliable sources. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:18, 16 June 2015 (UTC)
Blacklisted Links Found on Change.org
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- http://www.change.org/about/privacy
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- http://helpdesk.change.org/entries/20272227-i-want-my-name-off-of-this-petition-immediately
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- http://www.change.org/petitions/seth-macfarlane-and-fox-broadcasting-company-bring-brian-griffin-back-to-family-guy
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- https://www.change.org/p/save-beau-the-dog-s-life
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- http://blog.change.org/2011/04/chinese-hackers-attack-change-org-platform-in-reaction-to-ai-weiwei-campaign/
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- https://www.change.org/p/bbc-reinstate-jeremy-clarkson
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@Cyberpower678: This article is about change.org. Why are we not permitted to include links to this website in this article? Jarble (talk) 03:25, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Changing the format of Notable Petitions
Could somebody change the format of the "notable petitions" section? One idea is to use bullet points, and another is to organize with subheadings, like on the We the People petition site page here. The text as it currently stands is difficult to parse, considering each "paragraph" is unrelated to the others. Cody.berdinis (talk) 08:11, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
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Selling of personal Data not backed by source?
I don't see the accusation regarding selling personal data in the link provided as a source: http://www.informationdiet.com/blog/read/change-dot-biz
--Krumonset (talk) 15:45, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
Screenshot replaced
I replaced the screenshot with a generic one. We should not give the impression of endorsing the aims of any specific petition, especially a political one. Guy (help!) 13:18, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
Add a Germany section to notable petitions and add some of those.
As I mentioned in the title, I think there've been quite a lot of notable petitions, a. E. The very recent change.org petition to ban the upcoming 2g rules which gained over 300.000 signatures Thereal.simula (talk) 07:54, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
Updates to General Overview Box & Introductory Overview
General Overview Box
Type of site: For clarity, this should be updated to "Private (Nonprofit-owned, Delaware public benefit corporation)" [adding "nonprofit-owned" as the Change.org PBC is a subsidiary of the nonprofit Change.org Foundation.] [1]
Key people: Ben Rattray is no longer the CEO. He is now Executive Chair of the Change.org Foundation. Nick Allardice is the CEO. Jennifer Dulski is no longer the President/COO. The current key people may be listed as follows:
- Ben Rattray (Executive Chair, Change.org Foundation)
- Nick Allardice (CEO, Change.org, PBC)
- Preethi Herman (Global Executive Director, Change.org Programs)
Introductory Overview
Change.org is a global tech platform owned by the nonprofit Change.org Foundation. The Change.org Foundation oversees two mutually supporting organizations: (1) Change.org Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), a wholly owned corporate subsidiary, and (2) Change.org Programs, the charitable activities of the Foundation. According to the organization, this hybrid structure is designed to enable the platform to operate with the ambition and growth trajectory of a tech company while maintaining the mission-focused stewardship of a nonprofit. [2]
- The rest of the opening paragraph, while generally accurate, has many grammatical and structural sentence errors that should be corrected. Further, as the organization has not accepted paid sponsorship or advertising from outside organizations, companies or corporations in several years and is fully funded by its individual users, the following statement is quite outdated and should be considered for removal from the opening description as it is no longer relevant: "Until 2016, Change.org hosted sponsored campaigns and corporations including Virgin America,[4] and organizations such as the Humane Society, paid the site to promote their petitions.[5]"
[Disclosure: Change.org employee]
--ElleLinElle (talk) 23:26, 22 December 2021 (UTC) ElleLinElle
References
- ^ "Change.org Now Under Nonprofit Umbrella Foundation". The NonProfit Times.
- ^ "Change.org is Now 100% Nonprofit-Owned". Medium. Change.org. 24 September 2021.