Talk:Habitat for Humanity International
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uhh let's get a wikipedia discussion o HFHI. i'm doing it for a socials project.
- What aspects are you looking to learn more about? --MC MasterChef 00:52, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Criticism Section
It would appear the Criticism section is over the top and not in line with neutral POV. In particular the quote "don't act poor or grateful enough" is just from a cited article and not attributed to anyone at Habitat. Also the income ranges were based on showing only the high range - it seems very slanted. This area could be improved - it just regurgitates a negative article. Claygate 01:13, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
- Portions of the criticism section are also literally cut-and-pasted from the two articles cited. I attempted to rewrite some of the section, removing some parts, and did a little bit of minor reorganization, but more needs to be said in the other areas of the article to balance this out, I believe. There is plenty more to be said about the history of the organization, its leadership (Millard did more than just get fired), and more. Does anyone know any other third-party sources that report on Habitat that could be used to gauge its effectiveness and/or reputation as an international charity? — MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 07:13, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
Yes, I do have some more stats I can add to this re: HFHI's effectiveness. We also ought to describe the affiliate/federated model; I find this a common misunderstanding when people discuss HFHI/Habitat affiliates. It would probably be prudent to add to the Sexual misconduct section the fact that an expensive and thorough investigation by a third party hired by the board of directors found no credible proof of Fuller's alleged misconduct in 2003. I have some more info on this in various emails and memos I received as an intern last year...I'll get them together and rough something up in the near future. Justinlaine 03:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Recent 'Anderson Gardens' criticism is over the top and non-nuetral POV. I have tried to improve it, although a case can be made for deletion. This story is still developing and hopefully someone informed and with better perspective will rewrite it. Cuvtixo 17:25, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Doesn't the 'Anderson Gardens' situation apply more to the local (Edmonton) affiliate, and not to HFHI? I would think that entire section could be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.178.132.251 (talk) 20:33, August 24, 2007 (UTC)
Reading the Criticism section for the first time, it strikes me as needing the NPOV tag as it's suffering from a lack of NPOV, and from what I've read in this discussion, changes to it have been outstanding. It really needs a rewrite and I'm willing to work on it over this weekend, but I do believe a tag is needed. To0n 20:34, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] HfHI International Family Selection
With two thirds of the building that HFHI does taking place overseas, most of this article talks about the American aspects of HfHI. Does anyone know/want to research how, say family selection takes place in other parts of the world? Do they run credit checks on Habitat families in, say, Afghanistan? There's some mention about the differences in house types internationally, but I'd imagine the whole program would be pretty different.
Also, are the international affiliates in third world countries run locally (as they are in the U.S.) or are they puppet organisations of developed countries?
I'm sure there's a whole host of other differences. This was the one glaring hole in an otherwise good article.
Sparsefarce 21:46, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
I will try to add more info on International's practices, but international houses are built by offices located within the region they are building. For example, there is a Central Asia and Eastern Europe office in Slovakia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.98.146.63 (talk) 01:20, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Habitat for Humanity
I reverted your edit to the HfH article under reStores. I'm sure some reStores accept upholstered furniture. If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me. Sparsefarce 20:11, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
According to some ReStore paperwork from the HfH office they are not supposed to accept upholsered furniture, because of smells and lack of appropriate storage facility in some warehouses.
--Mustafarox 21:14, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
Some Habitat ReStores do sell upholstered furniture. I have been in ReStores that sell upholstered furniture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.98.146.63 (talk) 01:14, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Habitat for humanity.svg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:55, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Criticism and NPOV
The criticism section is completely absurd. HFH is based on the idea that they are giving people a "hand UP, not a handOUT." While the composer of that section may feel that the organization could use its resources differently, it has no place whatsoever in the article, and seems to be ideological grandstanding. Quigonpaj (talk) 05:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm doing NPOV cleanup. It is my feeling that the critisism portion is neutral and unbiased, but I'm not removing the tag for that reason. I'm removing it because the editor who put it did not post his reasons clearly on the discussion page, permitting discussion and dispute resolution. In fact, they did not post at all. If anyone wishes to return the tag and post their reasoning and suggestions for improvement clearly, then of course they may do so. Drive-by tagging is against WP policy. Comments here or to my talk page. Jjdon (talk) 23:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
