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Untitled[edit]

Major nonprofit with many links to other wiki articles; thought they deserved their own entry. Andyandy68 19:53, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Notability and copyright infringement[edit]

There was recently a proposal to delete this article. The proposal was understandable because the article read as an advertisement. However, the notability of the organization is unquestionable, simply look at a search on Google News for the organization: http://news.google.com/archivesearch?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=%22Advancement+Project%22&cf=all

You'll see the organization quoted and covered by numerous news organizations because of their legal actions in high-profile civil rights cases.

I've blanked out the contents of the article, however, because they were simply copied and pasted from the organization's web site. This is a copyright violation, as well as making the article into a vehicle for promotion because, of course, the organization's web site is understandably meant to promote the group. There is a lot of potential for this article because of the nature of the subject if someone takes the time to actually write it. For now I have left a very brief summary of what the group is, hopefully someone with an interest can improve on it. -- Atama ^chat 18:25, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It still reads as an advertisement, and it still has copies of the organization's web pages. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 06:29, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge founders[edit]

I suggest that the cofounders, Judith Browne Dianis and Penda Hair, be merged into this article. In the former case, the article is a press release on the Advancement Project's site, and, in the latter, there is only one statement in the article which is not about her activities with the Advancement Project. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 06:44, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Description of group[edit]

The New York Times describes this organization as "a liberal group that focuses on racial justice issues." (Link here [1]) Huffington Post/Associated Press describes it as a "liberal-leaning civil rights group." (Link here: [2]) These sources are why it is so described in the article's lead. Please do not revert this reliably sourced description. Thanks. Safehaven86 (talk) 19:38, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]