User talk:Jakedlin

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Speedy deletion nomination of Draft:Woodstock Country School[edit]

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AfC notification: Draft:Woodstock Country School has a new comment[edit]

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Woodstock Country School. Thanks! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 00:43, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AfC notification: Draft:Woodstock Country School has a new comment[edit]

I've left a comment on your Articles for Creation submission, which can be viewed at Draft:Woodstock Country School. Thanks! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 01:53, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation: Woodstock Country School has been accepted[edit]

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— Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 20:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for all your help with the Woodstock Country School article, including your helpful tips about formatting and citations. I appreciate your substantial help in shepherding it to publication.

Jakedlin (talk) 21:45, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What's next?[edit]

Jakedlin, Good work on this article! Only a few citations still need to be tracked down, but not enough to delay its publication. Here are a few additional suggestions for what to do next:

Add an infobox. (See MOS:INFOBOX for suggestions)
Consider drafting bios of the two alums and the list of faculty that have only citation. (Strictly speaking, people on the "Notable" lists should meet WP's notability standards, so son't be surprised if those are challenged.)

Congrats, and welcome to the community of Wikipedia editors. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 21:11, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notable alums[edit]

Hi, Jakedlin. I added 2 redlinks to the list of notable alumni of Woodstock Country School‎, indicating these people need WP articles. The third name on the list, Jeff Greene needs an additional identifier (usually the occupation) to disambiguate it from articles about other people with the same name. In addition, at least one published source is needed for each subject to verify is an alum of Woodstock Country School. If you need help drafting bios of these three people, let me know. Cheers! — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 01:58, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I hadn't realized that anyone mentioned should have a Wikipedia bio, but reviewing pages of other schools I now see that is the pattern and will follow up. As to published sources verifying alumnus status, looking at alumni listings on similar pages (e.g. The Putney School, Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Phillips Academy) I notice that not all the linked alumni Wikipedia pages mention the relevant high school, and such alumni mentions generally do not have citations pointing elsewhere for verification. Also, I'm wondering if a listing on a site like Classmates.com (example for Thomas Edsall) is adequate verification, and if/how to cite it if so. Similarly for Allhighschools.com? "articles.zxc"?? Jakedlin (talk) 23:03, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From WP:ALUMNI:

All alumni information must be referenced. See Wikipedia:Footnoting for technical help. Individual alumni need a citation to (a) verify that they did indeed attend the school, and (b) verify the statement of their notability in their short one- or two-line description. When alumni have their own articles in mainspace, it is not necessary for their notability to be referenced, as long as it is done in the biographical articles. Be sure to check the existing biography article to ensure that it demonstrates alumni status with a cited reference.

Sites that rely on user-generated content (Classmates.com, Allhighschools.com) are not considered reliable sources:

Content from websites whose content is largely user-generated is generally unacceptable. Sites with user-generated content include personal websites, personal and group blogs (excluding newspaper and magazine blogs), content farms, Internet forums, social media sites, fansites, video and image hosting services, most wikis and other collaboratively created websites. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:04, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I corrected the "articles.zxc" error. My only excuses are keyboard gremlins and failure to adequately proofread. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:18, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]