Talk:Donatekart

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Hi, I am an employee at DonateKart (COI on my user page). The Initiatives section has figures from 2019 that are now outdated. I would like to request a few updates: Change "over 600 organization all over India" to "over 10,000 NGOs across India" Change "raised over 6 crore worth of products" to "facilitated over ₹400 crore worth of goods" Change "More than forty thousand donors" to "over 25 lakh donor transactions" Sources for the updated figures: https://indianstartupnews.com/news/kindness-must-move-donatekart-announces-major-rebrand-as-it-completes-10-years-11734060 https://thebetterindia.com/changemakers/sarang-bobade-donatekart-crowdfunding-platform-donations-in-kind-social-impact-campaigns-11717700

Also, I wanted to flag that the Forbes India 30 Under 30 2022 request was declined as "not independently notable" but there is an independent newspaper, Telangana Today covered it as a news story here: https://telanganatoday.com/hyderabad-startup-trio-in-forbes-india-list Could someone reconsider adding it to the accolades table? Thanks Pretti2026 (talk) 08:04, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for bringing that to our attention. By their very nature, awards like these are subjective, in that they represent a very specific point of view — that of the individual or organization determining who wins the award and why. Wikipedia's practice when it comes to points of view, is that the dominant points of view are highlighted whilst minority points of view are minimized. How can we tell which awards are dominant? Well one clue is if the award is independently notable in Wikipedia.^[a] So the day when the 30 Under 30 Award gets its own Wikipedia page, that's when I'll be adding it to articles. As far as the 10,000 NGOs claim, are there independent sources reporting on this (and not industry trade publications)? Because if these are the only ones, this looks to me like a non-starter. Please advise. Thank you!

Regards,  Spintendo  11:33, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for the response. Regarding the statistics, The Better India and Indian Startup News both independently covered DonateKart's 10th anniversary rebrand in April 2026 and reported the updated figures (₹400 crore, 10,000+ NGOs, 25 lakh transactions) based on their own editorial coverage. Neither article is a press release nor paid content. Would these qualify as acceptable independent sources for updating the figures? Thanks! Pretti2026 (talk) 05:49, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

The BetterIndia.com source says in its about us page:

"We use the power of digital media and positive storytelling to showcase the journey of India's most inspiring individuals and institutions. We drive our audience to turn this inspiration into impact! We also partner with brands to drive campaigns that make a real difference on the ground. Its unique focus lies in uncovering the tales of everyday unsung heroes, community change-makers, groundbreaking innovations, and unparkable ideas often overlooked by mainstream media."

Indianstartupnews' About Us page says that they are

"an Indian media and information platform, known for its end-to-end coverage of the Indian startup ecosystem. We work with the mission to empower, connect & grow the Indian Startup Ecosystem."

Those two statements strongly imply that those publications have an agenda, and to accomplish that agenda, they produce "positive storytelling" (BetterIndia.com) to "empower, connect and grow" (Indianstartupnews.com) the subjects that they cover. This makes what they are reporting on, naturally prone to a wider sense of skepticism. Now the information that youre proposing to add to the article appears to be just raw data figures. But with a skeptics mind, one should naturally question figures which appear to show an explosion in the number of NGOs, from just 600 one year to nearly 10,000 in another year, a nearly 17-fold increase (percent-wise that's a 1,566% increase or 15 times what it used to be). Not providing any context to help the reader digest these numbers is problematic (i.e., is this a normal expansion of Indian NGOs, or do they simply have heavy turnover in the number of organizations year to year?). Without context we have no way of knowing the answers to this, which makes me want to err on the side of caution. Regards,  Spintendo  15:42, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining. I understand. I'll look for more neutral sources and come back to this. Pretti2026 (talk) 06:04, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

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Hi, I am an employee working at DonateKart. I have two small requests. First, Sarang Bobade was recently added to the infobox as the third co-founder but his name is still missing from the lead paragraph. It currently says "founded in 2016 by Anil Kumar Reddy and Sandeep Sharma." Could someone add Sarang Bobade's name here too so it matches the infobox? Source: https://thebetterindia.com/changemakers/sarang-bobade-donatekart-crowdfunding-platform-donations-in-kind-social-impact-campaigns-11717700 Second, the Initiatives section says "The organization plans to introduce the platform to the United States and United Kingdom and raise over 100 crores worth of donations in next three years." This appears to be from around 2019 and is now outdated. Could this sentence be removed? ThanksPretti2026 (talk) 06:18, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

 Approved   Spintendo  18:10, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

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Hi, I am an employee working at DonateKart. The History section currently says "Donatekart was founded in 2016 by 2 NIT Nagpur and 1 ICT Mumbai graduate, Sarang Bobade, Sandeep Sharma, Anil Reddy." This is informal and also inconsistent with the lead paragraph which now says "Anil Kumar Reddy, Sandeep Sharma, and Sarang Bobade." Could this be changed to "Donatekart was founded in 2016 by Anil Kumar Reddy, Sandeep Sharma, and Sarang Bobade, graduates of NIT Nagpur and ICT Mumbai." Source: https://thebetterindia.com/changemakers/sarang-bobade-donatekart-crowdfunding-platform-donations-in-kind-social-impact-campaigns-11717700 ThanksPretti2026 (talk) 07:03, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Those 3 names are now in the lead section. Regards,  Spintendo  15:24, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi, I noticed the Accolades table was removed in a recent edit. It contained three independently sourced entities, the NASSCOM Social Innovation Award 2018, the Azim Premji Social Enterprise Challenge 2018, and the 40 under 40 listing by New Indian Express 2017. Could this table be restored? ThanksPretti2026 (talk) 07:14, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

The accolades section was deleted because none of those awards are independently notable in Wikipedia. Regards,  Spintendo  15:21, 15 July 2026 (UTC)