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==Untitled==

Does Wikipedia bother anybody but me in how the entries on companies turn into essentially blurbs for the company, because criticism is automatically controversial and hence not "encyclopedic?" I'm a happy user of meetup who today thought he would like to find some "perspective" on the organization that comes from some source besides Meetup.com. I'm not going to find it here. I also think there is a tendency to overstate companies' place in the marketplace, because the critics of such as meetup.com are not motivated to do research and write it here. But of course the principals or employees of meetup.com are so motivated. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">โ€”Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/70.190.164.52|70.190.164.52]] ([[User talk:70.190.164.52|talk]]) 20:20, 27 January 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

==Requested move 2006==
Meetup โ†’ Meetup.com โ€“ {The word "meetup" is NOT synonymous with meetup.com. First of all meetup.com is a profitable organization. Second, several other online services offer the same services as meetup.com. So why give meetup.com the right to the Wikipedia word "Meetup"? Instead โ€œMeetupโ€ should be reserved for a generic description of what meetups are. Here a link to meetup.com and other similar services could of cause be provided. [[User:Watson|Watson]] 13:33, 6 June 2006 (UTC)} copied from the entry on the [[WP:RM]] page
===Survey===
:''Add *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''' followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your opinion with ''<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>
*Support - I requested it, [[User:Watson|Watson]] 13:35, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. โ€”[[User:GrantNeufeld|GrantNeufeld]] 05:13, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
:Moved. &mdash;[[User:Nightstallion|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Nightst</span>]]<font color="green">[[User:Nightstallion/esperanza|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">a</span>]]</font>[[User:Nightstallion|<span style="font-variant:small-caps">llion</span>]] [[User talk:Nightstallion|''(?)'']] 19:26, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
*Support - Why hasn't this been done yet? It wasn't synonymous in 2006, it's not synonymous now. [[User:Chandell|Chandell]] ([[User talk:Chandell|talk]]) 08:49, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

==Explanation of recent rework==
#Contact info doesn't belong in a Wikipedia article; people can go to the Meetup.com site for this.
#The Wikipedia:Meetup link is a proper dablink, so its being placed at the top instead of the bottom is fair.
#The rest were standard date/year links and minor cleanup.
&mdash; [[User:Stevietheman|<span style="color:green"><b>Stevie is the man!</b></span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Stevietheman|<span style="color:blue">Talk</span>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Stevietheman|<span style="color:blue">Contrib</span>]]</sup> 11:00, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

:Hi, Stevie. I don't know how I reverted your changes. I don't have any problem with your rework. I remember looking at a diff file of this article the other day, and I must have accidentally clicked on the rollback link without realizing it. Sorry about that. --[[User:Sheldon Rampton|Sheldon Rampton]] 05:01, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

::No problem. :) &mdash; [[User:Stevietheman|<span style="color:green"><b>Stevie is the man!</b></span>]] <sup>[[User talk:Stevietheman|<span style="color:blue">Talk</span>]] | [[Special:Contributions/Stevietheman|<span style="color:blue">Contrib</span>]]</sup> 11:06, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

== Disinfopedia? ==

What's with the line at the bottom of the article stating that portions of the article were taken from disinfopedia? Were the portions taken from disinfopedia actually real? - [[User:James Foster|James Foster]] 17:53, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

== Answers.com ==

http://www.answers.com/topic/meetup
It appears to have the same text i don't know who got from who but it might be Plagiarism.
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:Answers.com copies articles from Wikipedia (under the GFDL license, I think). They give attribution on the page. โ€”[[User:GrantNeufeld|GrantNeufeld]] 00:36, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

== Major edit: news release text removed ==

The history section was marked as "This article or section reads like a news release, or is otherwise written in an overly promotional tone". I agreed when I read it. The Domain name section was also totally irrelevant or at least didn't cover notable information. Several links were not motivated by the article text, so I removed them. Others may want to remove some of the remaining links.

Please don't undo my changes. If you feel that some of the stuff that I removed needs to be in the article, please re-add that particular text, and not all of it. --[[User:HelgeStenstrom|HelgeStenstrom]] ([[User talk:HelgeStenstrom|talk]]) 11:17, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

== History? ==

The "History" section has one short sentence saying these three individuals started the thing in 2001.
The rest is a paragraph on how they recently made some changes, and there were people who didn't like it.
I have to say, I didn't like the change in the way Wikipedia alphabetizes things on their Category page. But I hardly think that warrants 75% of the history section in the article on Wikipedia. [[Special:Contributions/71.241.227.115|71.241.227.115]] ([[User talk:71.241.227.115|talk]]) 14:36, 5 September 2011 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza

== Requested move 2012 ==
{{polltop}} moved to Meetup (website). I haven't left a redirect so feel free to make a disamb page. --[[User:RegentsPark|regentspark]] <small>([[User talk:RegentsPark|comment]])</small> 20:01, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

[[Meetup]] โ†’ {{no redirect|1=Meetup.com}} โ€“ The word "meetup" is not synonymous with meetup.com. The article is about meetup.com, a social website. The word "meetup" has it's own meaning (a meeting, or regular meetings of people sharing common interest).[[User:Frkandris|Frkandris]] ([[User talk:Frkandris|talk]]) 09:27, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
*'''Support disambiguation''' since we have [[meeting]], meetup.com, [[wikt:meetup]], [[Wikipedia meetups]] -- [[Special:Contributions/76.65.131.160|76.65.131.160]] ([[User talk:76.65.131.160|talk]]) 02:49, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
*'''Move''' to [[Meetup (website)]], with redirect at {{noredirect|Meetup.com}}. [http://www.npost.com/blog/2004/04/20/interview-with-scott-heiferman-ceo-of-meetup/ This ref] refers to "Meetup", and neither the website's logo nor the [http://www.meetup.com/about/ official "About" page] include ".com", suggesting the [[WP:COMMONNAME]] is "Meetup". <span style="white-space:nowrap;">-- [[User:Trevj#top|Trevj]]</span> ([[User talk:Trevj#top|talk]]) 05:58, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
*:It sounds to me as if [[Meetup]] should be a disambiguation page. <span style="white-space:nowrap;">-- [[User:Trevj#top|Trevj]]</span> ([[User talk:Trevj#top|talk]]) 07:10, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
*'''Move''' to [[Meetup (website)]], with redirect at {{noredirect|Meetup.com}}. --[[User:Frkandris|Frkandris]] ([[User talk:Frkandris|talk]]) 17:33, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
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== Translations ==

Note to self: A German version of this ([[:de:Meetup.com]]) should be created. Also other language versions might be of interest, like Portugues, Polish. Cheers, [[User:Horst-schlaemma|Horst-schlaemma]] ([[User talk:Horst-schlaemma|talk]]) 11:47, 29 October 2015 (UTC)

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== Ownership and accountability for privacy protection? ==

Is Meetup.com owned by Event411? ( https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/meetup )
Is Event411 owned by Passkey? ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Koltai )
Is Paskey owned by Lanyon? ( http://passkey.com/ )
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== Article improvement ==
I was trying to fix the page since it had a tag at the top and a couple of IP addresses immediately reverted my edits. Not sure if someone wants to look into this. [[User:ThaiTee|ThaiTee]] ([[User talk:ThaiTee|talk]]) 05:28, 6 December 2017 (UTC)

Your edits were promotional in nature, precisely why the article was flagged. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">โ€”&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/2601:243:0:ABE7:59B2:7C4E:78B6:FFC0|2601:243:0:ABE7:59B2:7C4E:78B6:FFC0]] ([[User talk:2601:243:0:ABE7:59B2:7C4E:78B6:FFC0#top|talk]]) 05:35, 6 December 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

This article flagrantly violates NPOV in my opinion as it stands currently. It is obvious the editors have an issue with Meetup's changes. Every comment is framed in a negative manner. [[User:Marsman57|Marsman57]] ([[User talk:Marsman57|talk]]) 20:18, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
:Did my best to remove a lot of the complaining, most of which was original research or sourced to nonreliable sources like user comments. [[User:White 720|White 720]] ([[User talk:White 720|talk]]) 17:13, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

::::Maybe back on Feb 6, since then the article has been reverted to Promotional status, with many many references removed. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">โ€”&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/2600:1008:B169:8A39:7FAA:D65A:E89C:2F80|2600:1008:B169:8A39:7FAA:D65A:E89C:2F80]] ([[User talk:2600:1008:B169:8A39:7FAA:D65A:E89C:2F80#top|talk]]) 16:40, 18 February 2018 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

== NPOV ==

Hi. My name is Kristin Hodgson and I work on the Brand Team at Meetup. I recently posted [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard#Meetup this] on the Neutral Point of View (NPOV) Noticeboard.
[[User:Kristin hodgson at meetup|Kristin hodgson at meetup]] ([[User talk:Kristin hodgson at meetup|talk]]) 16:17, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

:{{ping|Kristin hodgson at meetup}} I have added a COI information tag on top of this talkpage. Please feel free to suggest neutrally-phrased improvements with the "request corrections on or suggest content" link, and make sure to provide independent non-promotional sources for your suggestion. Please try to avoid PR speak and excessive secondary details, and focus your suggestions on the most noteworthy objective facts. Such suggestions will be put into a queue and reviewed by uninvolved editors. Thank you for following Wikipedia's COI guideline. [[User:GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] ([[User talk:GermanJoe|talk]]) 23:32, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Please see the very first posting on this talk page, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Meetup_(website)#Untitled here.]
[[User:Chromedomemalone|Chromedomemalone]] ([[User talk:Chromedomemalone|talk]]) 15:41, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

== Competitor listcruft in "See also" should be removed ==

Granted, [[WP:SEEALSO]] allows some "common sense" leeway in that regard: "The links in the "See also" section ''might'' be only indirectly related to the topic" (emphasis mine). But that doesn't mean that such tangential listcruft ''must'' be added at all cost. Competitors are not "relevant" just because they incidentally happen to be in the same branche (otherwise an article like [[BBC]] would list 200+ broadcasters in its "See also" section). Suggest to remove these vaguely-related links (of course Wiki-links with a more relevant connection could be retained). Please discuss here to form a consensus. [[User:GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] ([[User talk:GermanJoe|talk]]) 03:53, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

:I note that the article about the Ford Motor Company includes a list of American automobile manufactures under its "See Also" section. The BBC article includes a link to the "British Broadcasting" article which is a list of its (BBC) competitors.

:I don't think the section should be summarily blanked. The links go to other thoughts and theories and ideas about how to accomplish basically the same or similar things. Showing different approaches can be enlightening. If anything, add more links. Exploring ideas is what Wikipedia is all about.[[Special:Contributions/73.50.16.107|73.50.16.107]] ([[User talk:73.50.16.107|talk]]) 04:38, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

::The [[Ford Motor Company]] is actually a good example for a more selective approach: All entries in this "See also" section are not only random US automobile manufacturers, but have an ''additional'' topical connection (shared history, sister companies, disputes involving Ford, etc.) that makes these entries possibly relevant for any reader interested in broader Ford-related content. Their connection to the main article is much closer than here. Just 2 additional cent, but let's wait for other editors to chime in aswell. <small>Fixed message indentation per Wiki-standard. Hope you don't mind.</small> [[User:GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] ([[User talk:GermanJoe|talk]]) 05:03, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

:::Ford's "See Also" section includes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automobile_manufacturers_of_the_United_States this] for America, which leads to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automobile_manufacturers this] for the world.

:::I stopped counting at 200 competitors...

:::Note that competitive pressure was the impetus for much of Meetup's recent strategy and decisions. Would be good to link to those articles for a fuller picture of what has been happening. [[Special:Contributions/73.50.16.107|73.50.16.107]] ([[User talk:73.50.16.107|talk]]) 07:03, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
*{{U|GermanJoe}}, I agree with you. IP, we're not going to link a dozen article to satisfy some undefined curiosity as to "what has been happening". [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies|talk]]) 22:04, 18 May 2018 (UTC)

== Alexa ranking ==

I noticed that this article had a rather odd listing of Alexa rankings over the years in the infobox. A cursory search found that other articles about websites just list the most current ranking. I tried to remove the extraneous ranks and was reverted. [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Meetup_(website)&diff=844576159&oldid=844569694&diffmode=source] The editor mentioned references within the article, but those arenโ€™t easlily identifiable to me, nor do I think theyโ€™re necessary. The whole article has a rather negative slant to it to be honest. Could someone else share some thought to help make sure Iโ€™m approaching this correctly? Many thanks. [[User:Ckoerner|Ckoerner]] ([[User talk:Ckoerner|talk]]) 03:11, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

:::The article is being sat on by Meetup itself. The "negative slant" is just reality, which Meetup doesn't like. Not every enterprise is perpetually successful. In recent years, for various reasons, Meetup has been floundering. Just the unvarnished fact. If you look above you will see how Meetup is attempting to skew the article's tone. Meetup has gone so far as to seek proxy editors to mask and spin reality.

:::Meetup does not allow usage figures to be published. Alexa provides a 3rd party assessment. If you can find a replacement reference source for the steady decline in users of Meetup then by all means, use it in place of Alexa.[[Special:Contributions/2601:243:0:ABE7:EDFE:8A3F:1ACE:E731|2601:243:0:ABE7:EDFE:8A3F:1ACE:E731]] ([[User talk:2601:243:0:ABE7:EDFE:8A3F:1ACE:E731|talk]]) 16:10, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

::::[[Template:Infobox website]] says the infobox should include โ€œThe websiteโ€™s <i>current</i> Alex rankingโ€ as oppose to historical rankings. Also, the infobox appears to include only specifically selected years. Maybe {{ping|Drmies}} and/or {{ping|GermanJoe}} have an opinion? [[User:Kristin hodgson at meetup|Kristin hodgson at meetup]] ([[User talk:Kristin hodgson at meetup|talk]]) 18:23, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

::::::As I wrote above, Meetup closely monitors and polices this article. Perhaps they can provide usage numbers? '''After the fact I see that CKoerner is a Meetup Organizer'''. [[Special:Contributions/2601:243:0:ABE7:D02D:1C79:C5D1:3BD|2601:243:0:ABE7:D02D:1C79:C5D1:3BD]] ([[User talk:2601:243:0:ABE7:D02D:1C79:C5D1:3BD|talk]]) 19:24, 6 June 2018 (UTC)

:::::::Should I create a table within the body of the article showing historical figures, take them out of the info box? I'm sure you are aware that the most recent Alexa numbers are worse than what is currently being shown? [[Special:Contributions/2601:243:0:ABE7:D02D:1C79:C5D1:3BD|2601:243:0:ABE7:D02D:1C79:C5D1:3BD]] ([[User talk:2601:243:0:ABE7:D02D:1C79:C5D1:3BD|talk]]) 19:18, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
::::::::Well, if that's what the infobox documentation says, we should go with it. A table--meh, I don't know. That just seems like another opportunity to fill up all articles on websites with more table porn. I don't know about a negative slant in this article; the sentence starting "In November 2017..." seems pretty factual to me. [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies|talk]]) 03:48, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
::::::::You could move the "old" references (#2 - #5) as references behind the "In November 2017" statement to avoid cluttering the infobox. That's by no means optimal, but may be an acceptable compromise. Keeping such old numbers as article content adds nothing of value in the long run (imo). It's sufficient to mention that there was an apparent decline in usage numbers during this time (Wikipedia is no repository for statistics, and interested readers can always look into the Alexa history for specific numbers). A quick additional request: please avoid vague allegations about "proxy editing" without clear evidence. Myself and the vast majority of regular editors are ''not'' proxy-editing, and such unnecessary comments are not constructive. Thank you. [[User:GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] ([[User talk:GermanJoe|talk]]) 04:01, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
::::::::: I understand that the popularity of web-based services wax and wane over time. In support of [[WP:DUE]] I think it's a little excessive to try and list arbitrary points through time. I'm not sure that it's encyclopedic. Taking the advice of more seasoned editors, and to attempt to strike a compromise, I've removed the historical items from the infobox and moved the citations to the body of the article. If a reader is curious as to the historical ranking it's still contained within the body of the article.
::::::::: As the IP pointed out (and I feel is a little creepy and not in good faith) yes I use Meetup.com, but do not pay, nor am paid, for using the service or editing here. [[User:Ckoerner|Ckoerner]] ([[User talk:Ckoerner|talk]]) 16:35, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

== Not supported by the cited source ==


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{{request edit|A}} I'm requesting that someone remove the uncited text, specifically: โ€œlacking the funds necessary to compete against rising competition.โ€


== ๐๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ==
I cannot find anything in the cited source [https://www.wired.com/story/why-wework-is-buying-meetup/] to support this: โ€œlacking the funds necessary to compete against rising competition.โ€ [[User:Kristin hodgson at meetup|Kristin hodgson at meetup]] ([[User talk:Kristin hodgson at meetup|talk]]) 12:53, 11 June 2018 (UTC)


Stay away from beach drawing easy [[Special:Contributions/158.62.97.50|158.62.97.50]] ([[User talk:158.62.97.50|talk]]) 13:11, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
===Reply 21-JUN-2018===
{{approved}} The COI editor is correct in that the presently worded claim statement mischaracterizes the need of the company for cash as a sole reason for the sale (along with declining usage) by stating the company "lacked funds necessary to stay independent." The cited source states:<blockquote>This past summer, he began speaking to investors to raise money. In light of the urgent need for Meetups, he explained, he endeavored to grow Meetup to a billion members. Pronto. Investment opportunities gave way to multiple acquisition offers from what Heiferman calls 'the usual suspects' โ€” and an invitation to meet from an unusual suspect: Neumann. Over a month of meetings that included a late-night ramble through Manhattan, they hit upon a strategy that would allow Meetup to remain independent, just as Instagram had at Facebook, or Waze had at Google, while benefitting from WeWorkโ€™s cash, resources, space, and ambition.</blockquote> The article states that funding was part and parcel of an overall state of affairs inherent to the rubric of free-market economies, whereby competition is a necessary component and where institutional demands, based in part on access to funds, vary from year to year (i.e., Facebook re-doubling efforts to focus in the same area as the subject company) and can be cumulative (as demonstrated by the many sources cited regarding the company's decline in users over time). The claim statement mentioning ''only'' a lack of funds implies that this was the sole component leading to the sale. Notwithstanding the fact that any sale of a business involves a need for access to funds (on the part of both seller and buyer) making special effort to mention this detail seems to limit the breadth of the information originating from the cited source. Unless the article wishes to elaborate upon every salient reason why the sale was conducted, including only one reason and not the others seems arbitrarily restrictive. The company's lack of users seems sufficient enough reason to be given here, (considering its numerous references).


== Call ==
[[WP:IMPARTIAL]] states that "Even where a topic is presented in terms of facts rather than opinions, inappropriate tone can be introduced through the way in which facts are selected, presented, or organized." By hammering home the point that the company lacked funds, the article strays into an arena of impartiality, by implying that not having large amounts of cash on hand during a time of reduced user numbers represents some sort of moral failure on the part of the company - since the previous version of wording from the Wikipedia article did ''not'' include information given in that same source that the company's leadership attempted to ''prevent'' this from happening. For these reasons, I believe that the eventuality of losing money in situations where users decline is a given, and that the lack of funds need not be ''additionally'' mentioned after already stating the "decline in usage". Stating that the company ran out users ''and'' ran out of money appears to double the size of the company's missteps, when it may be more accurate to describe the company's loss of users as one misstep with many different consequences - the loss of investment funds being only one of them. Characterizing it as two mistakes instead of one seems to be unnecessarily critical of the company (even if unintentionally so). The claim was thus omitted. '''<span style="font-size:80%;border:2px solid red;border-radius:50px;font-color:#00008b">[[User:Spintendo|<span style="color:#00008b;font-variant:small-caps">&nbsp;spintendo&nbsp;</span>]]</span>''' 16:15, 21 June 2018 (UTC)


Mi call l [[Special:Contributions/158.247.38.60|158.247.38.60]] ([[User talk:158.247.38.60|talk]]) 07:16, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
:I agree with {{ping|Spintendo}}'s rationale to rephrase this problematic sentence and have re-added the valid change (no "proxy editing" here as alleged in the ad-hominem edit summary). Of course further discussion to improve the phrasing based on explicit facts from independent secondary sources is welcome. [[User:GermanJoe|GermanJoe]] ([[User talk:GermanJoe|talk]]) 22:44, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

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