Talk:Common Ground (Seattle)

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Contested deletion[edit]

This page is not unambiguously promotional, because... (your reason here) --Wakx (talk) 17:15, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think I see the issue. I had listed the services that the organization offers and it did read too much like a promotional pamphlet. I deleted that section. The History section covers much of that. Later today I can write a more general summery-type description of their programs, rather than their services.

I recently did a paper about affordable housing development in Seattle, WA and learned about Common Ground (Seattle). In my research, I found a ton of stuff on similar organization Common Ground (NYC) and even a small Wikipedia entry about Seattle nonprofit Solid Ground. But nothing about Seattle's Common Ground, even though they have been around longer than the latter and from what I have found, have had a pretty remarkable impact on homelessness and building affordable housing.

I believe the entry is also appropriate because the area of affordable housing development is an under-exposed area of of importance, especially in regards to homelessness issues. Most entries focus on the social services side. But not much information is available on actually building that kind of housing (which is unique in the work of real estate development).

I hope you reconsider the speedy deletion. I'd like to work with the community to keep the entry in.

Thanks, Wakx (talk) 17:15, 26 August 2011 (UTC)wakx[reply]