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A departure from standard PSA advertising

I am confused by this section. what is it trying to say? considering deleting it because I really cant tell. It seems to be trying to explain why it was created? I think the title of the section may have been recently added haphazardly. Sydpresscott (talk) 18:35, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Deleted section

I cleared this section titled "A departure from standard psa advertising.' The title is unrelated to the text and there is already a section for the history of the company. I cant think of where else to put this information as it seems a bit irrelevant and the smoking information is already in an image box, and the end section is completely unsourced. Seemed a bit pov.

The 1960s and 1970s had been turbulent years, marked by wider acceptance of drugs than in previous decades, as well as a consumer culture encouraged by advertising in mass media. There had been sporadic efforts by anti-smoking groups to discourage cigarette smoking, and tobacco company executives learned that sales would decline overall if pro-smoking ads were shown in the same proportions as anti-smoking ads. In the 1980s, the nation faced a serious problem with substance use. At the time the Partnership was created, the nation was in the throes of the crack cocaine epidemic. Sydpresscott (talk) 18:47, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

35 citations of same source

I just combined citations to Pamela Warrick's 1996 L.A. Times piece, "Can You Just Say No?" It's cited a total of 35 times in this article which seems excessive to me, but I'm not sure exactly how to address that. Editor B (talk) 16:47, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Criticisms and controversies

Under criticisms, there is a section about how The Partnership is funded by google yet doesnt mention screen addiction on their website and that this is a conflict of interest. This doesnt really make sense, as TPTEA has never claimed to be an all encompassing list for all addictions that exist. I am going to clear the section, but I will paste it here in case anyone disagrees/argues for its inclusion. Sydpresscott (talk) 23:43, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

At the current time the Legal Director of Google sits on the Board of Directors of the Partnership to End Addiction. Google are listed as a "Fundraising Champion," which means they donate between $100,000 - $249,000. There have been reports of Google and other social media companies intentionally manifesting screen time addiction. The Partnership make no mention of screen time addiction on their website, the entire focus is on substance abuse.

References

Inaccuracy of name-change lineage

• Specific text to be added or removed: Please remove the sentence "Partnership to End Addiction, first known as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) then later as the Partnership at DrugFree.org, and The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, is a New York City-based non-profit organization which runs campaigns to prevent teenage drug and alcohol use in the United States." and replace it with "Partnership to End Addiction is a national nonprofit headquartered in New York that was born out of a strategic partnership between two nonprofit organizations with experience in substance use disorder. The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (formerly Partnership for Drug-Free America) and The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse merged in 2019.
• Reason for the change: It is factually inaccurate to state that “Partnership to End Addiction, [was] first known as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) then later as the Partnership at DrugFree.org, and The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids” since this implies a continuity that is not there: in other words, Partnership to End Addiction not merely the latest name change for an organization formerly known by various names, it is in fact the name of a merger between The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (formerly Partnership for Drug-Free America) and The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse merged in 2019.
• References supporting change: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/center-on-addiction-changes-name-to-partnership-to-end-addiction-and-launches-new-website-301089239.html

Zblockattoendaddictiondotorg (talk) 14:49, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

 Declined The lineage as described in the requested prose is not confirmed by the source provided (the source does not provide a lineage, only describing "Center on Addiction has changed its name to Partnership to End Addiction. In tandem, it has launched a new brand identity and redesigned website at drugfree.org. The changes are part of an evolution following the 2019 merger of two distinguished leaders in the substance addiction space"). As far as I can see, the source does not go on to mention who these two " distinguished leaders in the substance addiction space" were. If this is not correct, please advise, taking care to make use of the |quote= parameter to give the verbatim text from the source. Please add this new information in a new edit request below this reply post. Regards,  Spintendo  22:03, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Edit request

Specific text to be added or removed: Please remove the sentence "Partnership to End Addiction, first known as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) then later as the Partnership at DrugFree.org, and The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, is a New York City-based non-profit organization which runs campaigns to prevent teenage drug and alcohol use in the United States." and replace it with "Partnership to End Addiction is a national nonprofit headquartered in New York that was born out of a strategic partnership between two nonprofit organizations with experience in substance use disorder. The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (formerly Partnership for Drug-Free America) and The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse merged in 2019.

Reason for the change: It is factually inaccurate to state that “Partnership to End Addiction, [was] first known as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) then later as the Partnership at DrugFree.org, and The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids” since this implies a continuity that is not there: in other words, Partnership to End Addiction not merely the latest name change for an organization formerly known by various names, it is in fact the name of a merger between The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (formerly Partnership for Drug-Free America) and The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse merged in 2019.

References supporting change: https://drugfree.org/article/our-history/ https://drugfree.org/newsroom/news-item/partnership-for-drug-free-kids-and-center-on-addiction-announce-merger-2/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zblockattoendaddictiondotorg (talk • contribs) 21:23, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

 Declined I had previously asked for the COI editor to provide the text from the proposed source that confirmed the information that the editor is requesting to replace. They were asked to provide that information under a |quote= parameter of the citation template. They have not provided that text. Further edit requests discussing this particular topic should provide the text from the proposed source which confirms the replacement of text. Furthermore, the COI editor is asked to remember to sign all talk page posts. Regards,  Spintendo  18:19, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Edit request

Specific text to be added or removed: Please remove the sentence "Partnership to End Addiction, first known as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) then later as the Partnership at DrugFree.org, and The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, is a New York City-based non-profit organization which runs campaigns to prevent teenage drug and alcohol use in the United States." and replace it with "Partnership to End Addiction is a national nonprofit headquartered in New York that was born out of a strategic partnership between two nonprofit organizations with experience in substance use disorder. The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (formerly Partnership for Drug-Free America) and The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse merged in 2019.

Reason for the change: It is factually inaccurate to state that “Partnership to End Addiction, [was] first known as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) then later as the Partnership at DrugFree.org, and The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids” since this implies a continuity that is not there: in other words, Partnership to End Addiction not merely the latest name change for an organization formerly known by various names, it is in fact the name of a merger between The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (formerly Partnership for Drug-Free America) and The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse merged in 2019.

References supporting change:

"Our History". Partnership to End Addiction. Retrieved October 12, 2023. Partnership to End Addiction is a result of the cohesive joining of two pioneering and preeminent addiction-focused organizations — Center on Addiction and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. [...] Originally founded as The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University in 1992 by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Carter administration and Chief Domestic Advisor to President Johnson, the organization focused on alcohol, tobacco, drug abuse and addiction, and assembled under one roof the skills needed to assess the impact of all addictive substances in all sectors of society. Today, Mr. Califano remains active with the organization and serves on its Board of Directors. [...] The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (originally the Partnership for a Drug-Free America) was the 1986 creation of marketing and media executives who believed that the persuasive power of advertising would be effective in preventing young people from trying substances.

Zblockattoendaddictiondotorg (talk) 19:57, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

The requested text "born out of a strategic partnership is not acceptable. I suggest you revise your request to use less jargon-y type terms ("strategic partnership"). Regards,  Spintendo  20:47, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Edit request

Specific text to be added or removed: Please remove the sentence "Partnership to End Addiction, first known as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) then later as the Partnership at DrugFree.org, and The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, is a New York City-based non-profit organization which runs campaigns to prevent teenage drug and alcohol use in the United States." and replace it with "Partnership to End Addiction is a national nonprofit, headquartered in New York, that was born out of a merger between two addiction-focused nonprofit organizations: The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (formerly Partnership for Drug-Free America) and The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse."

Reason for the change: It is factually inaccurate to state that “Partnership to End Addiction, [was] first known as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) then later as the Partnership at DrugFree.org, and The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids” since this implies a continuity that is not there: in other words, Partnership to End Addiction not merely the latest name change for an organization formerly known by various names, it is in fact the name of a merger between The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (formerly Partnership for Drug-Free America) and The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse merged in 2019.

References supporting change:

"Our History". Partnership to End Addiction. Retrieved October 12, 2023. Partnership to End Addiction is a result of the cohesive joining of two pioneering and preeminent addiction-focused organizations — Center on Addiction and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. [...] Originally founded as The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University in 1992 by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Carter administration and Chief Domestic Advisor to President Johnson, the organization focused on alcohol, tobacco, drug abuse and addiction, and assembled under one roof the skills needed to assess the impact of all addictive substances in all sectors of society. Today, Mr. Califano remains active with the organization and serves on its Board of Directors. [...] The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (originally the Partnership for a Drug-Free America) was the 1986 creation of marketing and media executives who believed that the persuasive power of advertising would be effective in preventing young people from trying substances.

Zblockattoendaddictiondotorg (talk) 02:58, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

To better foster reader comprehension of this detailed lineage, it would help if the dates that these organizations existed were appended next to their mentioning in the lead section in a year-to-year format.

• Partnership to End Addiction is a national nonprofit, headquartered in New York. The organization was formed following the merger of two addiction-focused nonprofit organizations: The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (start year-to-end year) and the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (start year-to-end year). The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids was previously known as the Partnership for Drug-Free America (start year under that name-to-end year under that name).

If they agree to this construction, I leave it to the COI editor to enter the dates as appropriate and submit the text under a new edit request below this reply post. Be sure to alter the request template's answer parameter to read from |ans=y to |ans=n when ready to proceed. Regards,  Spintendo  00:49, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Edit request

Specific text to be added or removed: Please remove the sentence "Partnership to End Addiction, first known as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) then later as the Partnership at DrugFree.org, and The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, is a New York City-based non-profit organization which runs campaigns to prevent teenage drug and alcohol use in the United States." and replace it with "Partnership to End Addiction is a national nonprofit, headquartered in New York. The organization was formed following the merger of two addiction-focused nonprofit organizations: The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (2014–2019) and the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (1992–2019). The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids was previously known as the Partnership for Drug-Free America (1985–2010)."

Reason for the change: It is factually inaccurate to state that “Partnership to End Addiction, [was] first known as the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA) then later as the Partnership at DrugFree.org, and The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids” since this implies a continuity that is not there: in other words, Partnership to End Addiction not merely the latest name change for an organization formerly known by various names, it is in fact the name of a merger between The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (formerly Partnership for Drug-Free America) and The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse merged in 2019.

References supporting change:

"Our History". Partnership to End Addiction. Retrieved October 12, 2023. Partnership to End Addiction is a result of the cohesive joining of two pioneering and preeminent addiction-focused organizations — Center on Addiction and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. [...] Originally founded as The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University in 1992 by Joseph A. Califano, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Carter administration and Chief Domestic Advisor to President Johnson, the organization focused on alcohol, tobacco, drug abuse and addiction, and assembled under one roof the skills needed to assess the impact of all addictive substances in all sectors of society. Today, Mr. Califano remains active with the organization and serves on its Board of Directors. [...] The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids (originally the Partnership for a Drug-Free America) was the 1986 creation of marketing and media executives who believed that the persuasive power of advertising would be effective in preventing young people from trying substances.

Zblockattoendaddictiondotorg (talk) 22:32, 15 October 2023 (UTC)