Talk:Relay For Life

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Hello, This is David Neff (ACSBLogger) I created the Relay For Life Page and I work for the American Cancer Society. I am the owner of the copyrighted materials used and posted on this page and I give permission for them to be used. Please re-post the article and I will cite the correct source from cancer.org

- David Neff American Cancer Society

My name is Margarite Zettervall and I am a volunteer for the Norfolk Relay for Life. I will try and contribute additional information to this site. Thanks for setting it up David!!

Hello, David! While we appreciate you releasing the text to Wikipedia, for verification purposes, we can't accept the text until you've emailed us from the email address listed on the website and explicitly state that you release the text under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You can either email info-en@wikimedia.org or permissions@wikimedia.org and we'll take care of it. (Searching the email, I can't find any emails from a "David Neff" or with "Relay for Life" in the email; apologies if you've already emailed us.) Thanks a lot, and please don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions. Flcelloguy (A note?) 23:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Official name

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 f makes it stand out more. Is there a way to remove the redirect and send it back over there? Beginning 01:59, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

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! Flcelloguy (A note?) 20:39, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! Sorry, but I use a TTS reader, so sometimes finding things like that is a bit difficult. Thanks for being kind. Beginning 01:24, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Flcelloguy (A note?) 23:37, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A list or Relays?

Should there be a list of different locations where relays take place?

Probably not; such a list would be quite long and almost infinite. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of knowledge, and for such a common and widespread event as this one, a list is not appropriate. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 23:43, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Flcelloguy. There are simply far too many Relays to list, and the list itself changes constantly. New Relays spring up, old ones move to new locations, and the like. Even if Wikipedia were 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 ZIP Code search database the ACS offers), that would be wonderful to link. Beginning 01:45, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

I can offer one addition - You can find a list of event webpages at Relay For Life event webpages @ acsrelay.org 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 American Cancer Society Relay For Life page and search for an event anywhere in the U.S. too. rflvolunteer 01:45, 13 Nov 2006 (UTC)