Talk:NatureServe

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Note added by SkiersBot, 11 December 2007

Removing globalize tag

I removed the

template, which displayed the message "The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (February 2012)" This is a US-based organization, dealing primarily with US wildlife conservation issues, including about a third of its budget coming from the US federal government, and most of the rest from US-based charities, with the majority of its expenditures supporting government organizations at various levels and charities within the US. They also do significant work in Canada, and some in Latin America, but the bulk of it is in the US. So while I agree the article is heavily US-focused, I don't think that's a valid criticism. Agyle (talk) 22:26, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Removed notability tag

I removed the

template from May 2012. This is a major charitable organization with a budget of $10 million a year, that does significant business supplying services to the US federal government, and that provides data cited in numerous academic papers (and on Wikipedia - see NatureServe conservation status). For example, do a search for NatureServe in Google Books and you'll find a lot of little references acknowledging use of their data, software tools, or other services. There is admittedly not a lot of verifiable third party information about the organization itself, but there is some, which I've now included in a few citations; more can dredged up from federal budgets, it would just take time. Overall I think there's enough at this point to justify the article's notability. Agyle (talk) 22:38, 14 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]