Talk:Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation/Archive 1

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In 2004 this article was nominated for deletion - the result was keep, the record of the discussion can be found here.

POV

As it currently stands this article reads like a press release from a PR hack. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:22, 11 July 2009 (UTC)

• Comment As a British, UK based editor I have never heard of the ALSF, but spotted it listed on the COI Noticeboard, I am therefore neutral with no WP:COI issues on the article. I've given it a copy edit to try and neutralise the advertising slant. Added wikilinks and some easily found neutral references, that are not from the foundation website, to support some of the claims and added a couple of 'citation needed' tags. I hope that will suit people and give a NPOV basis to expand the article from. :) Richard Harvey (talk) 22:27, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

• Contradictory information The article offers contradictory information as to when the foundation was founded. The Founder section indicates that Alex's parents started the foundation in 2005 after their daughter's death. However, the Media Coverage section says the foundation was receiving media coverage in 2002 and was a national effort by 2004. There must be an error somewhere. Either the foundation was formed earlier than 2005 -- meaning the Founder section is wrong -- or the media coverage prior to that was of Alex's individual work and not the foundation that was established in her honor -- meaning the Media Coverage section is incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.153.189.236 (talk) 23:49, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

Rita's Contribution

Hello all, I am currently an employee at Rita's and have been for the past 5 years. When I was reading this article I noticed that it said that Rita's has only been participating as a contributor to the ALSF for three years. I know my Rita's has participating it in all of the time I have been there, and I believe that they did it a year or two before I started working there. This would leave this part of the article to be incorrect. I did not want to change it though because I am not aware of whether it was all of Rita's corporation that participated in this, or just a few select stores. Nevertheless, I feel that it is important to have correct information and if we could find the exact amount that Rita's has donated over all of the years they have participated, that would help with the situation. Marikathrynarnold (talk) 01:53, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi there-- Could you possibly find a reference/source to back this up? We need to find evidence that what you're saying is true. It's not that I don't believe you-- I totally do. It's just that correct factual information is needed :) Newyorkadam (talk) 04:48, 11 January 2014 (UTC)Newyorkadam

P.S. I really love Rita's it has my favorite chocolate soft serve :)

Tone and bare refs

Hello, this article is pretty terrible shape. I've removed some challenged material (some fact tags being there since May 2009 (!)) and have removed some peacocky/promotional-y material, but it could still use serious help. Oh yeah and there isn't a single actual ref, just bare links. hbdragon88 (talk) 11:17, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

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Problems related to WP:SURNAME

 I believe that this article needs a bit of adjustment; specifically concerning the use of Alex Scott's first name throughout the article rather than her last name (after the initial mention of her full name).  WP:SURNAME advises us:

• "After the initial mention of any name, the person should generally be referred to by surname only.....or by a pronoun."

It makes no exception for children and/or for people for whom we might have great sympathy.  I believe that most of the references to her as "Alex" should be changed to "Scott," or where appropriate, a pronoun.  (Of course the name of her charity, "Alex's Lemonade Stand," should remain as it is.)
 I realize that this may be controversial, given the extremely sentimental nature of the article and its subject; but Wikipedia is governed by its policies and guidelines, not by sentiment or emotion.  I'm proposing this change here on the talk page in order to give followers of the article a chance to voice their opinions before I make the actual proposed change(s).  I'm thinking about making the change(s) sometime late this week.  Please feel free to express your opinions (including the reasons for your opinions).
Richard27182 (talk) 12:02, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

NOTICE: I plan to actually make my proposed changes to the article in the next couple days.  If anyone disagrees (or has any suggestions), please post them here so we can discuss them.
Richard27182 (talk) 10:55, 6 February 2016 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and made the edit.  If anyone disagrees with it, please let's discuss it here on the talk page.
Richard27182 (talk) 09:08, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Needs a rewrite from better sources

I looked over the sourcing and content, and didn't see anything that wasn't clear promotion. I suspect we won't be able to find any sources better than the ABC News puff piece. If that's the case, it will be incredibly difficult to justify due weight for any content. Keeping the article a stub article. That would probably mean a sentence or two about Alex, a sentence or two about the company, but little else. --Ronz (talk) 15:32, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Alexandra Alex Scott

No need to have separate articles on founder and foundation. A merge decision was made in 2013, and any new sourced information should be added to the existing long-standing article on the foundation. PamD 17:46, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Note that if the person article doesn't get merged it needs to be moved - current title is a nonsense as she would have been called Alex or Alexandra but not both at once. PamD 08:47, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Most of the content in the new article was copyvio, so I redirected. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:22, 18 November 2018 (UTC)

Expansion by ip

I'd guess that there's a conflict of interest with the ip's. Please use edit requests rather than editing the article directly.

A mission statement is considered WP:SOAP.

Medium.com is unreliable per WP:RSP#Medium.

As a website specializing in reporting on charitable organizations, charitynavigator.com should be not be used to determine what content to include in this article. Wikiprojects or good articles may be helpful in determining what basic factual information should be included. --Ronz (talk) 01:27, 18 April 2019 (UTC)

Proposed changes conversation

Hi all. I would like to update this article to least provide some basic information about what the non-profit organization does and who it serves.

Full disclosure that I have a conflict of interest because I'm employed by the organization. The foundation was established in 2005, and unfortunately, the Wikipedia article is sparse on information.

I would love the Wikipedia community to help update the article with a general overview.

I have done some research after unsuccessful attempts to update the article (due to my lack of Wikipedia experience). @Ronz: Thank you Ronz for providing some direction on edit requests and comments on why some changes were not approved. Obxocean86 (talk) 17:08, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

I'll place some proposed changes below, which expand on the current content and provide context on what the organization does and who it serves.

I'm happy to revise and/or provide more details with some guidance from editors. Any assistance on how to approach this is much appreciated.

Request edit

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (previously known as Alex's Lemonade Stand and currently abbreviated as ALSF) is an American pediatric cancer charity founded by Alexandra "Alex" Scott (January 18, 1996 – August 1, 2004), who lived in Connecticut and suffered from neuroblastoma. The Foundation was started in 2005 by Alex’s parents.

As of 2019, ALSF has raised more than $150 million funding nearly 1,000 research projects at 135 institutions.

The organization provides programs and services to families affected by childhood cancer. Notable programs include the Travel for Care Program, which provides financial assistance needed to travel to clinical trials, experimental therapeutics, or treatment innovations not currently available near a patient's residence.

The SuperSibs program provides services and support to siblings of those affected by childhood cancer.

Additionally, the organization contributes to open data through its Childhood Cancer Data Lab (CCDL). The CCDL provides free resources and tools to researchers and scientists in the childhood cancer field. One tool, refine.bio, is designed to collect all publicly available childhood cancer data in one convenient location.

Obxocean86 (talk) 17:08, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

References

The Today article looks useful to help expand the article a bit.

The 6abc.com article and video are puff-pieces, and should be used with care if at all. --Ronz (talk) 17:19, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

The claim referenced by the Today article was added, per Ronz. Regards,  Spintendo  06:52, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Notes

Huh?

I presume Alexandra 'founded' the stand, but sincerely doubt she 'founded' the foundation! Fix the info box, please. Derfball (talk) 05:53, 29 September 2022 (UTC)