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The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted 13:19, 14 March 2008.

List of wealthiest foundations[edit]

I believe that this list meets all of the criteria required for WP:FLC. Gary King (talk) 23:37, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Needed improvements:
    • References doesn't need to be sortable.
    • Endowment needs proper sorting; at present, when you sort, $3 billion comes after $10 billion.
    • A note at the top of the table or column can say all figures are USD; you don't need to repeat US in the entire column. (But keep the $)
  • That's all for now. --Golbez (talk) 00:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved comments from Matthew

Comments Wow - you're really putting out a lot of lists!

  • Could you explain briefly what "financial endowment" is, and what the "legal sense" of a foundation is, and a "holding company" in the lead? I know they're wikilinked, but it'd still be nice to have one or two sentences on the page without clicking out of it to find out.
  • Is it really correct as of March 4th? The referenced sites don't have a date in them to know how old they are.
    • This means that the endowment values are current in terms of the exchange rate on March 4th. Gary King (talk) 15:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The endowment value is an estimate measured in United States dollars" - Why? Is it just because the ref sites give it in $, or is this how this sort of thing is always measured? I only ask because the US$ is currently rather worthless compared to some other currencies.
    • The primary reason is because most of the largest foundations are US-based. Gary King (talk) 15:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Therefore, would it be worth putting in the monetary value of the country of origin as well as US$ for those companies that are not American?
    • Done Added. Gary King (talk) 15:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Need to use the correct symbols; not all currencies use $. --Golbez (talk) 16:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
        • Done Good point. Gary King (talk) 16:32, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
          • The Native currency column shouldn't be sortable though, as they're not equal in value/stature, like HK$77.8 billion might actually not be bigger than Skr32.7 billion, if you know what I mean. -- Matthew | talk | Contribs 20:14, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Out of interest, why does the list stop at 25? I'd like to see a "Top 100", so to speak.
    • I was going to, but 1) It is difficult to find compile this list because of 2) the endowments change so often that the list would be quickly outdated. A smaller list is easier to manage for this particular subject. Gary King (talk) 15:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That's it for now. -- Matthew | talk | Contribs 07:27, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Well written, presented, referenced. Meets criteria. -- Matthew | talk | Contribs 04:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Support Sorry it's taken so long for me to get round here! Another great list, congrats. One thing: would "snapshot" in the lead be too colloquial? I ask because I'm not sure, but that's no reason to withhold my support. 92.11.138.100 (talk) 21:49, 9 March 2008 (UTC) (Sorry, it logged me out! PeterSymonds | talk 21:50, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reworded. Gary King (talk) 02:04, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conditional Support Much improved since the time I first encountered (and edited) this article several months back. I edited the intro today; I hope my editing does not cause anyone else to change their good opinion of this list. Minor gripes:

  1. Can "Country of origin" be changed to "Country"? I can't figure out what "origin" refers to in that context (in most cases, the donors got their money from all over the world). --Orlady (talk) 02:50, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Done Gary King (talk) 05:31, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  1. Several of the internal links (The California Endowment, Garfield Weston Foundation, and Realdania) do not point to articles about the foundation. The California and Denmark articles don't even tell about the foundation. IMO, every linked item on the list should point to an article or article section about the foundation. Those three need to be fixed... --Orlady (talk) 03:00, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Done Gary King (talk) 05:31, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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