Talk:WWOOF

VFD[edit]

This page was once nominated for deletion, the following discussion took place:

WTF not an WT article subject. (WT-en) 2old 16:23, 28 December 2007 (EST)

Redirect to Making a difference which already covers WWOOF. Someone who wants to volunteer on organic farms might search for "WWOOF" here, so it is worth a redirect. (WT-en) Pashley 04:44, 29 December 2007 (EST)

WWOOF is a not-for-profit organisation that helps people travel cheaply (because they work in exchange for their food and accommodation) and make meaningful connections with the local population (because they're staying in people's homes). It's particularly popular with young people (gap years etc) who don't have a lot of money to travel and want to do something meaningful with their time (ie, volunteering). In what way does such an organisation not merit inclusion on a website devoted to travel? (And, by the way, there has been a similar article about WWOOF on the French version of this website since March 2007 without attracting any such problems.)

Merge and redirect to making a difference... nobody is saying that it isnt relavent info, it just doesnt need its own article... a small paragraph describing it and a link to the website is about all we really need to do here, right? we arent going to start listing farms and such, thats what the wwoof website is for. p.s., 2old, theres really no reason to speedy delete most things, 14 days isnt that long, and it is a good opportunity to inform new users of our policies, etc – (WT-en) cacahuate ^talk 17:29, 29 December 2007 (EST)
- I think this is the second visit by WWOOF, if not, a similar article was started about a year ago and came up for VFD, I did not participate in those comments, but I thought it had been decided to delete it. (WT-en) 2old 09:28, 3 January 2008 (EST)
- Searching does not turn it up in vfd archives. (WT-en) Pashley 19:36, 5 January 2008 (EST)
Merge and redirect, as Cacahuate suggests. This seems clear. -- (WT-en) Bill-on-the-Hill 11:24, 1 January 2008 (EST)

Outcome: Redirected to Making a difference --(WT-en) Nick 03:10, 18 January 2008 (EST)