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events, to list the countries of international Relays, to add to the history of Relay, to elaborate on the features of Relay, and to discuss how people can join and donate to Relay For Life. Numbers regarding fundraising totals, countries taking part in Relay, and Relay participants and communities in the United States were also added to help the reader gain a better understanding of how large the Relay For Life event has become. References and external links were also added to provide readers with more information on Relay For Life.
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confronting ignorance and dissent about the subject of cancer in society. So we don't want that survival-oriented defiance to become an instrument against an encyclopedia. In any case, the article is eroding in a way that is demonstrably defiant according to the revision history, in my not-so-humble opinion. And it does so, to the point where it may need to be escalated to Knowledge (XXG)'s arbitration group, which any article should avoid doing if at all possible. —
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The Relay For Life page was recently updated on 00:22, 19 October 2009 (EST). Revisions were made to update current information regarding the Relay For Life event. Content was added to provide more information on highest-earning fundraising teams, to distinguish between community and college Relay
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to eliminate all dissent or questions. Those just happen to be the very questions raised of the subject's governing organization, by the sources that were removed. It's unfortunate, because the organizers (especially the volunteers) behind the Relay For Life, are legitimately tasked with
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proven analysis of the utilization of funds raised, as performed by objective third parties, maybe charity watchdogs. It *definitely* can't cite primary sources (the RFL and the ACS), and I'll note that there is some controversy about the legitimacy of their accounting and
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Almost all the sources for this article are from the Relay for Life website. The article should not be a clone of information on Relay for Life, nor be promotional. I'm not saying there is a point of view problem, it just needs to be written in a more encyclopedic tone.
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While it may not be the most grammatical of names, the official name of the event and program is Relay For Life, not Relay for Life. It is trademarked that way for marketing purposes, the idea being that the capital
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This article is only becoming more unencyclopedic, and more emotional and sentimental, more biased, and less informative as time goes on. It is a summarized mirror of the primary source's web site, violating the
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organized by state and country (for outside the U.S.). I maintain this list on-line (it is NOT affiliated with the American Cancer Society). And as mentioned before, you can go to
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appropriate for this sort of thing, it would just be way too difficult. However, if there's a site that lists all or most of them on one easy page (as opposed to the
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http://web.archive.org/web/20131211155017/http://vancleave-hurley.wlox.com/news/community-spirit/61011-american-cancer-societys-relay-life-hurley-hold-golf-tournament
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Agreed, it is written as a promotion or seemingly by someone in the HR department, statements like "fight for a cure" are not academic but purely promotional.
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http://web.archive.org/web/20131210103107/http://www.wickedlocal.com/amesbury/news/x1580227422/Relay-for-Life-Communities-making-a-commitment-to-fight-cancer
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http://web.archive.org/web/20131210103104/http://www.wickedlocal.com/mansfield/news/x711918499/Kickoff-tonight-for-Mansfield-Relay-for-Life
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There should be a "move" tab at the top of the screen and an option that lets you overwrite redirects. I've done it for you now. Thanks!
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an indiscriminate collection of knowledge, and for such a common and widespread event as this one, a list is not appropriate. Thanks!
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When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
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I would suggest the following objectives for expansion, pending the research of particularly highly reliable secondary sources:
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Thank you! Sorry, but I use a TTS reader, so sometimes finding things like that is a bit difficult. Thanks for being kind.
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http://vancleave-hurley.wlox.com/news/community-spirit/61011-american-cancer-societys-relay-life-hurley-hold-golf-tournament
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http://www.wickedlocal.com/amesbury/news/x1580227422/Relay-for-Life-Communities-making-a-commitment-to-fight-cancer
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to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
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to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
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http://web.archive.org/web/20131212075616/http://getconnected.uway.org/unitedway/agency/need/?need_id=626
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the expansion beyond just a definition and description, and on into its actual impact upon wider society
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http://www.wickedlocal.com/mansfield/news/x711918499/Kickoff-tonight-for-Mansfield-Relay-for-Life
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before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template
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before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template
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makes it stand out more. Is there a way to remove the redirect and send it back over there?
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There is a problem in this section. According to their website, RFL use their funds, for:
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http://web.archive.org/web/20150113062758/http://www.relayforlife.org/relay/international
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Nowhere is writen they give fund research, prevention, detection, etc. on their website
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If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with
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Probably not; such a list would be quite long and almost infinite. Knowledge (XXG) is
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Reach to Recovery: Groups of talk but only for women and only for breast cancert.
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after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add
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Should there be a list of different locations where relays take place?
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replace more of the primary sources if relevant, because some are ok
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I can offer one addition - You can find a list of event webpages at
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search database the ACS offers), that would be wonderful to link.
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to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
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May need to fix that or try to get more informations about it.
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http://getconnected.uway.org/unitedway/agency/need/?need_id=626
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I have just added archive links to 5 external links on
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