Talk:Effective giving

Cleanup: Rewrite

This article reads like a how-to guide. It explicitly addresses the reader ("you can save a life"). Its sources provide examples, but do not address effective giving in general. Some pretty significant claims (for example about "the overwhelming inefficiency that has plagued professional athletes’ personal charities in recent history") are unsourced. In short, the article as it stands is a mess in violation of multiple guidelines and policies, in particular WP:NOT, WP:V, WP:NPOV and the manual of style. It needs either outright deletion or a complete rewrite based on reliable sources that actually cover the subject. Huon (talk) 23:45, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

I will work to improve this article as time permits.Ianlavoie (talk) 02:31, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Regarding the criticism of significant unsourced claims, I will note they are sourced, but in the paragraph below which describes the issue in more detail. Regardless, I have changed the wording to be more neutralIanlavoie (talk) 01:38, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Merge into effective altruism

I'm proposing a merger into the Effective Altruism page. I think all the content could simply be added in.

'Effective altruism' is the more established term among active people in the movement (e.g., Peter Singer's TED talk).

Whoistheroach (talk) 21:36, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

I think that's a good idea - 'effective altruism' is indeed the more established term. Thomas Ash (talk) 08:46, 27 December 2013 (UTC)

I would recommend to keep both terms seperately. 'Effective altruism' has a strong focus on the moral obligation for giving and related lifestyle choices, whereas "Effective Giving" is focussed just on allocating donations to the most effective charities without necessarily any moral aspect.