Talk:Compassion fatigue

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[edit] Missing citations

Is this needed? All of the facts I have stated here I know to be true and did not need any research. Or would are citations needed to provide evidence to to others?

Country Captain Chicken 15:46, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I've done a little trimming: I think that this article needs a lot of work before it meets WP:VERIFY and WP:NPOV. -- The Anome 16:21, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, citations/references are needed. -- backburner001 16:32, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

That seems to have got the ball rolling: thank you, fellow contributors! Now, this article needs a thorough rewrite, and supporting refs for all the assertions, and soon we may have a good start for a proper article on this subject. -- The Anome 12:53, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some copy editing, but a lot needs to be done.

This article is interesting. I've done some copy editing, basically reducing the number of categories and sub-categories, a number of which were unwarranted.

Clearly, someone who has a systematic break-down of this problem ought to be doing some work on it. As it stands, the article, factually speaking, is floating on nothing but air. More hard facts and systematic analysis are needed.

Good luck. Cheers, --MILH 01:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake reference?

Why are we refering to the 2004 earthquake when the term and the phenomenon clearly predate this? Either the second paragraph should be excised or it should follow the third paragraph on usuage of the term in the 90's. Maybe something like:

• "Compassion fatigue" was first used in the early 90's by news media in the United States to describe the public's lack of patience (cite BTW). Later it was used to describe international response to large scale disasters or conflicts like (oh, I seem to recall it in reference to Somalia and the Congo in the 90's, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, etc)."

As it stands, the earthquake references appear out of place. And of course, everything is uncited. -- KarlHallowell 20:04, 20 June 2006 (UTC)