Talk:Waterford Union High School

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Waterford Union High School[edit]

@ User:John from Idegon. Recently I have begun to edit this article. Could you check it out and tell me what you think. I'm not crazy about the long list of clubs but not sure of what to do. Thanks, ```Buster Seven Talk 15:57, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am not crazy about that long list either, but I threw some formatting on it so it didn't look so ugly! If you want to do some more on it, here are some thoughts:

add a reference section and reference something to the school's website so it at least has a ref on it. Done
fill in the infobox a little more. add the following fields and put data in them: streetaddress, country, zipcode. wikilink the city, the state and country. change the field name for mascot to nickname. (funny mind picture--wolverines running up and down the sidelines going yay, team!), add colorbox templates to the colors line ({{colorbox|whatever color}}). Done
check and see if there is a logo you can copy from the school's website. If so upload it to wikipedia (not commons) as a fair use and add it to the infobox. You will need to add a field for it (logo) and then put in the file like this: [[File:whatever name including the file extension|200px]]. Done
add a list of sports offered in the athletics section. you can usually find that info on the school's website. Done
if they have any state championships, those can go in the athletic section, referenced to the Wisconsin athletics sanctioning org's website. Done
the bad thing is none of the above will raise it up from a stub. However, a history section, which is fine to be referenced to the school's site if they have the info, will raise it to a start.
use the "What links here" tool on the left side of the page to look for biographies that link to the school. Those are very possibly people who can go in the notables section. Done

Now the fun starts. You will have to watch it to remove the frequent insertion of girlfriends names, obscenities, etc. Welcome to the wonderful world of school articles! John from Idegon (talk) 18:25, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

use of website / plagiarism[edit]

This article has:

A full range of courses from college prep to remedial is available. Waterford offers fifteen Advanced Placement courses and nine Honors/Advanced courses. Waterford Union High School has been educating students since 1904 and has undergone two recent major building projects, creating a low student-to-teacher ratio and broad-based curriculum to meet the individual needs of all students. Waterford students place above the state and national average in recent ACT test scores. The graduation rate is 95%, with about 75% of graduates pursuing some type of education after high school.

The website has:

Waterford Union High School has been educating students since 1904, Today, the high school has an enrollment of over 1,000 students and has undergone two major building projects in the past six years.

A low student-to-teacher ratio allows teachers to meet the individual needs of all students. A broad-based curriculum is in place to provide for all types of educational opportunities for every student.

Recent tenth grade standard test scores and ACT test scores, place Waterford students above the state and national average. The graduation rate is 95%, with about 75% of graduates pursuing some type of education after high school.

I know an editor was told to use that website as a reference, but the exact mirroring of wording is plagiarism here. Collect (talk) 13:00, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]