Talk:Meals on Wheels

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Despite the name ("Meals on Wheels"), this page is a legitimate encyclopedic entry, and is not related to vandalism.

Some parts of User:Doco's 20 April 2006 edit were substantially similar to sections of MOWAA's History page. (e.g. MOWAA: "The first American home-delivered meal program began in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in January of 1954." vs. Doco: "The first U.S. home-delivered meal programmes [sic] began in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in January of 1954.") I rewrote those parts. --Meals-on-Wheels of White Plains 18:17, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

About whether Meals on Wheels operations are "programs" or "schemes," "schemes" does not make sense, at least in American English. --Meals-on-Wheels of White Plains 18:17, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

I just rewrote most of the article, because previous versions contained substantial factual errors. MOW Indianapolis pointed out some this below. Things that should still be added include History and MOW outside the U.S. --Meals-on-Wheels of White Plains 16:49, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

As of now, the pages name is Meals on Wheels. The article name seems like a Wandillized (from Willy on Wheels and vandalism) page. Just remember the Willy-style page move maneuver. --SuperDude 02:05, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Meals on Wheels, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana, United States: The definition of "Meals on Wheels" currently given does not take nonprofit agencies into account. For example, Meals on Wheels, Inc., Indianapolis, (www.mealsonwheelsindy.org), receives no federal, state or local government funding, but is wholly supported by private donations and the United Way of Central Indiana. Meals on Wheels, Inc. uses more than 1,500 volunteers to deliver two meals to around 450 clients each weekday.

Other privately funded MOWs in the greater Indianapolis area include Meals on Wheels of Hancock County; Meals on Wheels of Tippecanoe County; Meals on Wheels, Manchester; Meals on Wheels of Hamilton County; and Shelby County Meals on Wheels, Inc.

Another distinction to be aware of is that in the case of Meals on Wheels, Inc., Indianapolis, meals are delivered not only to elderly, but also to homebound disabled individuals.

I guess this has the distinction of being one of the very few legitimate articles that end in "on Wheels". Are there any others? *Dan T.* 05:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)