Talk:Car donation

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When I came upon this, it had a vfd tag, and had been listed here, but no rationale. I've since rewritten the article, and vote keep. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 16:17, 2004 Jul 20 (UTC)

  • Keep: The original version implied it was an advert for a company buying 2nd hand cars Giano 16:23, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep the present article as explanatory rather than promotional. Geogre 16:28, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. An interesting curiosity of the US charity system. Nice job on the rewrite. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 16:31, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep rewrite. Good job. - Lucky 6.9 16:56, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. jengod 18:24, Jul 20, 2004 (UTC)
  • Excellent rewrite :). Keep. Thue | talk 09:32, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep, excellent rewrite. Andris 11:52, Jul 21, 2004 (UTC)

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I suggest we remove the line "as such, this type of giving has become very popular in the early 21st century," or at least the "in the early 21st century" portion. This type of donation existed before the year 2000 (I donated cars in 1994 and again in 1994), and I'm not aware of any such measurement of popularity, let alone how noting popularity adds to the article. --michael zimmer 04:54, Jan 24, 2005 (UTC)


There are 8 links now in the External Links section. Car donation is in the wikipedia spam category, and I see why. The first external links is a true resource. All other 7 external links are spam.

2nd link: Links to page with poor content - page dominated by Paid Ads.
3rd link: Does not provide any usefull info. Has google ads - In the end of the page, Other Usefull Sites refer you to credit guides and home loans.
4th link: This site is a duplicate of the second link – same layout exactly – just a diferent URL with google ads are in a different spot.
5th link: Adsense – Google paid ads
6th link: DO not have ANY resource or links to other blind sites. It only has links to Adsense.
7th link:Is a one page site with no tips – it only has Adsense ads – with Google paid ads.
8th link:A car donation site advertising themselves.

I suggest all 7 links to be removed.--mp 17:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

The new “external link” just added claims to be “charity-neutral” – however, it is full of Google Ads.

Click on “view charities that benefit animals” – you will see Google Ads about: Pet Adoption, Adopt a Shelter Cat Month, etc.

Click on “Donation by Location – Atlanta”: you will see Google Ads on: Car Donation Washington , etc.


--mp 18:01, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Google ads arent bad - they help support a website --joeychgo


I do not think it is appropriate for an encyclopedia to call such a site a “car donation directory that is charity-neutral”.

Top fold of the home page is dominated by paid ads.

--mp 15:03, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

This is a topic that gets very consistently spammed. Per WP:EL I'd say only something that serves as a very high quality link that is either noncommercial or the ads are very unobtrusive and the quality is very high should be included. Just keep removing the crud. If someone disagrees they can start a discussion on the talk page on why the link is worth including. But even those need to be culled to avoid SEO. - Taxman Talk 00:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
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