Talk:American International School Hong Kong

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Please do not add in information that can not be referenced. --mboverload @ 20:24, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Criticisms
Please don't add criticisms of this organisation unless there are published sources to back them up. See WP:V for more information. I will continue to revert such additions until reliable sources are cited. Kevin 12:31, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

What's wrong with the latitude/longitude information? It can be verified by using Google Earth/going there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.218.141.12 (talk • contribs).
 * Why would you want the GPS coordinates of a school? It's informationcruft when you have the address (which shouldn't even be in there anyway). --mboverload @  07:01, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

The school's lack of accreditation is a valid and verifiable concern- see the accreditation section of the school's website that has been "under construction" for over a year.
 * People going there can see that for themselves. We don't need to list every school without accreditation and your malicious crusade against this school is tiring. --mboverload @  21:38, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The absolute most you can use from that fact is that "the school website has an accreditation section which is under construction". Anything else you add is your own opinion, unless you find a reliable third party source for the criticism. How many ways do you need us to say it? Kevin 21:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * If the school is unaccredited it would be normal practice to say so. That said, the sources for accreditation are listed elsewhere; we tend to rely on the accreditation agencies, not the schools.  The schools are not universally scrupulous in these matters :-) Just zis Guy you know? 22:00, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Unless the accreditation is legally mandated or it is universally accepted that it is required, then mentioning the lack seems POV to me. It may be fair the state that while (insert list here) other schools in Hong Kong are accredited to (whatever accreditation), this one is not. Kevin 22:05, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I should have made it more clear that I meant only one sentence about it, or just include it in another sentence. No sections about it. --mboverload @  22:25, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

OK then let's do that.

I removed all unsourced negative material about this school. Please read WP:NOT, especially the parts about soapboxes and personal opinions. Also, the fact that there is a web page "under construction" does not mean that a school is unaccredited - it indicates that it's web page is incomplete. Finally, please read WP:V before adding any statements that sound like gossip. If you can cite reasonable sources for negative opinions, you may add those opinions back in. -Orayzio 00:48, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

This piece of critism is for CaliforniaAlibaba : I have edited your last edition to the American International School page for following reasons:

- I have removed your Chinese references as this is an English Wikipedia site and English reader cannot understand Chinese references and hence they cannot verifty the sources themselves not fair for the English readers and the school.

- The two kidnapping incidents are not conducted by anyone in the school, could happen anywhere hence have no direct relationship to the school and shall be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seekfairness (talk • contribs) 04:28, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

- Disregarding the source, the actual relevance of this article has little to do with the school. The kidnapping incident has nothing to do with the school (or it's students) aside from WHERE it happened. Furthermore it paints a biased picture that the area is unsafe. What relevance does a stolen bike, stolen vehicle, or in this case a kidnapping have to do with that building? Would you allow articles of all reported stolen vehicles near a shopping mall on that wikipedia page? Would you post every car accident that happened on a road near a local school having to do with that school? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.76.242.98 (talk) 00:31, 24 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Chinese references are perfectly valid: WP:RSUE. It's quite hypocritical of you to complain when you yourself inserted references to Singtao Weekly in order to puff up the "Notable alumni" section. Stop deleting sourced content and replacing it with school brochure-like puffery about "Well-Rounded Individuals, Global Citizens, Empowered Thinker and Effective Communicators". cab (talk) 04:35, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

To CaliforniaAlibaba: In regard to "Well-Rounded Individuals, Global Citizens, Empowered Thinker and Effective Communicators", these are not promotional lines but actual goals statement from the school. If you look at other school Wikipedia page, it's normal that they have their mission and vision or goal statement as well, sometimes even in bold or block. Look at Chinese International School for example. Would you delete goal statement or mission statement from ALL school pages, if you want to be really fair in your approach? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.123.137.66 (talk) 10:30, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Moving to American International School Hong Kong
This article should be moved to American International School Hong Kong. And this page should be used either for a general article about American International Schools or as a disambiguation page for American International Schools. Most American International Schools throughout the world are referred to by those who attend them and those who live in the communities in which they are located as "the American International School" or "AIS". -- AmbientArchitecture 04:42, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

The American International School, Hong Kong is fully accredited through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The next WASC visit takes place in March 2008.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:01, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Completed cleanup
Completed cleanup with the removal of all unneeded information, unsourced claims, and information that could be easily viewed as promotional. Cleanup of the article in general. Netalarm   talk  01:56, 4 October 2009 (UTC)