Talk:Whole Earth Center

not just any grocery store

This store is a local treasure due to its emphasis on healthy living, and that it is a non-profit GROCERY STORE; I challenge anyone to find another GROCER in the U.S. that is non-profit and gives its gains back to the community. It has survived well over half a century, outliving a strong challenge by the now-defunct Wild Oats grocery store (which set up down the road for years) and in recent years, Whole Foods. It is a visitor's destination; people drive across the state to visit Princeton, and this is one of the places they will go to, because it's utterly unique. I do not think the charge of "reads like an ad" is justified in this case. Organic food stores/vegetarian restaurants of this type are rare and people want to know about them. So please, whoever reviews this next, reconsider and help me figure out what to do to make it acceptable. I am not a PR person nor affiliated with the store in any way; I am a vegetarian into healthy living with a deep appreciation for the value of this place. Harborsparrow (talk) 16:57, 16 August 2025 (UTC)

message to whomever reviews this article next

Thank you for reviewing draft articles on Wikipedia. I appreciate the messages people left after declining the review of Draft:Whole_Earth_Center . However, I am surprised (and dismayed) that the multiple references for this article are all considered unverifiable or not useful. Two of the references point to existing online articles in press with their own articles in Wikipedia (Town_Topics_(newspaper) and U.S._1_(newspaper)) and the non-profit The_Watershed_Institute, whose online article is also cited, also has its own article in Wikipedia. I see no reason to question that these are legitimate local press and a legitimate regional non-profit. Also, Planet Princeton is a major online newspaper for the Princeton area (verifiable by just looking at its website). I no longer live in the Princeton area, but I did for many years, and it seems to me that there can be little doubt that the Whole Earth Center exists and is as described. The verifiability and citation rules exist to prevent fraud and self-promotion and things like that. Do you really believe that this is an issue here? I find the WEC interesting because of it's giveback to the community, and I also know that it is a destination for people traveling from across the state of New Jersey because of its unique emphasis on quality and health. I think it would be beneficial to have a small article about it, so the Princeton, New Jersey article could link to it. I completely understand the need for verifiability, but I am at a loss to find that no one considers these muiltiple local, documented sources to be verification that this is not a fraudulent article. I have authored on Wikipedia almost since it's inception. It is not reasonable to expect that a place like the Whole Earth Center would have articles about it in national newspapers; it is a regional and local resource only. But why can't we document it here? Just my two cents worth. I am on the verge of giving up on this article, but I must say, I am very disappointed at the high stickler attitude where people just aren't applying plain old common sense. No one is promoting anything for profit here. The place exists, as described, and I believe it would be useful for it to be documented for newcomers to the area, especially for vegetarians who have very little recourse to sources of organic vegetables. If you have any further advice for me, I would appreciate it. Harborsparrow (talk) 15:49, 2 October 2025 (UTC)