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== Probable COI editing ==
It seems pretty clear that the original article, full of puffery and NGO advocacy, has been created almost entirely from the organization's own POV by an editor with a conflict of interest. I have tried to clean up most of the worst problems, but the entire article needs more work from uninvolved interested editors to clean up this self-promotional NGO homepage and include more independent sources if available. [[User:GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] ([[User talk:GermanJoe|talk]]) 16:33, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
:Hello, I am a staff member at Village Enterprise and we are happy to work with the editorial team at Wikipedia to answer any questions about the organization. I also want to point out several articles that could be of use to updating the page—Village Enterprise recently received a [https://www.fastcompany.com/90878646/mercy-corps-dreams-refugees-entrepreneurs Fast Company World Changing Ideas Award] for their DREAMS for Refugees project with Mercy Corps, they also received a [https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/village-enterprise-receives-7-million-from-mackenzie-scott $7 million dollar donation from MacKenzie Scott] in 2023, the [https://www.devex.com/news/development-impact-bond-in-uganda-kenya-hits-targets-despite-covid-19-102670 Village Enterprise Development Impact Bond] was studied in an RCT by IDinsight (see report [https://www.idinsight.org/publication/village-enterprise-development-impact-bond-evaluation-findings/ here]) and featured in a [https://www.brookings.edu/events/breaking-the-cycle-of-poverty-through-innovative-finance/ 2022 Brookings event], and their CEO Dianne Calvi was honored with the [https://news.stanford.edu/report/2023/06/05/stanford-alumni-honored-work-advancing-common-good/ President's Award for the Advancement of the Common Good from Stanford University] in 2023 and she also had an op-ed published in [https://fortune.com/2023/06/20/refugee-crisis-wwii-new-approach-entrepreneurship-world-dianne-calvi/ Fortune] on World Refugee Day in 2023.
:Please let me know if I can be of assistance in any way to having the page reinstated. [[User:BrettSlezak|BrettSlezak]] ([[User talk:BrettSlezak|talk]]) 20:20, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
== Page Rewrite ==
I have rewritten the article as it was inaccurate and had improper sourcing. Please note that I do work at Village Enterprise as I have stated in my user profile. In my rewrite, I have tried to be as impartial as possible, and I have submitted my draft for review through [[Wikipedia:Articles for creation|Articles for Creation]]. I have also asked questions to a few editors on their talk pages to try to ensure I am following all of Wikipedia's guidelines and protocols. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions about the rewrite, and thank you for your review. [[User:BrettSlezak|BrettSlezak]] ([[User talk:BrettSlezak|talk]]) 19:37, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
:After receiving feedback from @[[User:SafariScribe|SafariScribe]] that the draft was declined because of too many primary sources, I have gone into the draft and removed most of the primary sources as requested and replaced them with better sources. One thing to note, I did leave one primary source about Village Enterprise's mission statement as I feel that it is important to the Wikipedia page and it has not been published outside of their own primary materials (website, annual report). However, I looked at some other pages and saw that this was common for companies and nonprofits. The following pages have some primary sources — [[Apple Inc.]], [[Facebook]], [[Amazon (company)]] — as well as other nonprofits similar to Village Enterprise such as [[One Acre Fund]], [[The BOMA Project]], [[Charity: Water]]. Please let me know if you have any questions or suggestions about the rewrite. [[User:BrettSlezak|BrettSlezak]] ([[User talk:BrettSlezak|talk]]) 02:25, 12 July 2024 (UTC)
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