Talk:Signal for Help

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Signal for Help

Needs to be rolled into (or at least linked to/from) the disambiguation page for “Help me” Scott.pt (talk) 20:42, 2 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Citation needed for national praise

Since Ad Age, a publication of Crain Communications, is an American information source, it is not national in terms of the Canadian origin of the sign. See Americentrism. Humphrey Tribble (talk) 06:58, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Reversion of contact for Signal for Help

Revirvlkodlaku didn't specify in what way the deleted sentence is "ill fitting". I think it is important to include the contact for spreading awareness of Signal for Help. This is useful information for women all over the world. Unless it violates Wikipedia policy, can you suggest a way to make it fit? Humphrey Tribble (talk) 21:19, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Humphrey Tribble, I removed that passage because it turned out not to be a case of an individual recognizing the Signal for Help, so it isn't relevant to the topic. I think that only cases where someone recognizes the signal and proceeds to intercede in a given situation is it relevant to the signal's use and effectiveness. This, for all intents and purposes, was a case of mistaken identity. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 22:13, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am not referring to the recent incident, Revirvlkodlaku. The editor who added it was using good faith but I noted that the source is not available to most people. In any case, you are correct; it isn't a good example.

I am talking about the contact information: "Organizations wanting to launch Signal for Help in their own country or region, are invited to contact the Canadian Women's Foundation." I think it important for women that this signal become recognized as easily as the signal that someone is choking. Does Wikipedia allow for a simple statement that there is a source of more information? It is simply a piece of information for users of English Wikipedia around the world. Humphrey Tribble (talk) 22:34, 13 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see what you mean; I misunderstood what you were referring to. I don't actually know what the Wikipedia policy is on this. Perhaps you could include the information as part of an external link? Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 05:29, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Advocacy. Wikipedia should not be doing the "inviting" in its own voice, a direct quote from somebody at the CWF about their hopes for wider adoption would be okay. The "invited to contact" wording sounds like a warning that the CWF would object to another charity popularising the gesture without asking permission first, which is possibly not what they want. --Lord Belbury (talk) 08:45, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]