Talk:Landon School/Archive 1

NPOV
"Exclusive" has a much more negative connotation than "top" as a descriptor of the school. Kukini 15:34, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

True, but "top" is a subjective term. The school is certainly "exclusive" by virtue of its high tuition and admissions standards. One problem with this article is that it is nothing more than an advertisement for the school itself. Terms like "exclusive" seem more objective than "top". There is no citation for the use of the term.


 * I've flagged the article NPOV, since there seems to still be potentially excessive details and minutia about the school, including non-notable people and faculty. -- Bovineone 04:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Infobox link
i give up, someone else put in the link to the homepage in the top info box thing on the right —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.251.238.107 (talk • contribs).


 * It appears to be unsupported, I replaced the infobox with the current one and it still wont display the link, I tried using link, [link], and just "link" and nothing happened... --MNAdam 03:03, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Famous Alumni
One individual over the past 3 years has continuously added the name "Tully Alford" to the famous alumni section of this school. A google and wiki search of both Tully Alford and "Terry and the Pirates"(the band) leads to nothing of relative importance. Could someone explain to me who and why this person is important? Otherwise it will be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.245.131 (talk) 20:38, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

"Yannique Barker" is not a notable alumnus. Please remove this person's name if you see it on the list of notable alumni.

Yannique Barker is a hip hop artist that is currently using the name $tacks. He has produced songs with Lil' Wayne and The Game so I feel that he should in fact be considered a notable alumni. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.252.212.53 (talk) 21:13, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Uncited almuni claims
I removed this as uncited and it was replaced, alumni are not uncited, they are real people who verifiably attended the school) (undo) ...which is all very well but we need WP:RS support that says they went to this school or we can't add them. Off2riorob (talk) 21:59, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Notable alumni

 * Tully Alford - cult figure, inspiration for character of same name in The Addams Family (film)
 * Yannique Barker - aka Stacks, rapper, CEO of SoBe Entertainment
 * Michael D. Barnes - Former Congressman (D-MD)
 * Alan Brinkley - Historian and Columbia University provost
 * Ryan Curtis - NCAA Lacrosse All-American, member of USA Lacrosse national team, head coach of Vermont lacrosse
 * Donald Dell - Former Davis Cup player and coach, and subsequently, a prominent sports agent
 * Ahmet Ertegün - Atlantic Records founder and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame honoree
 * Fred Hetzel - Former #1 NBA draft pick, played six seasons in NBA
 * Rush Holt - Physicist and Congressman (D-NJ)
 * Sandy Hume - distinguished political journalist for The Hill magazine
 * Ken Jenkins - NFL running back from 1983 to 1986 with Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins; finished third in league in combined return yards in 1985
 * Knight Kiplinger - Editor-in-Chief of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine
 * Gregory S. Martin - Retired U.S. Air Force four-star general, Distinguished Service Medal recipient, former Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe
 * James McEwan - World class whitewater canoeing specialist, bronze medalist at 1972 Summer Olympics
 * Fred McNair - Former #1 ranked Professional Tennis Doubles player
 * Hassan Nemazee - multimillionaire investor and founder and CEO of Nemazee Capital Group
 * Frank Parsons - Captain of the U.S. Olympic Rifle Team 1952
 * Maury Povich- Host of Maury, a syndicated talk show
 * John Jacob Rhodes III - Former Congressman (R-AZ)
 * Teddy Sears - Actor, plays Richard Woolsley on the television series Raising the Bar
 * Topper Shutt - Weather Reporter, WUSA-TV
 * Tom Scott - Co-Founder of Nantucket Nectars
 * Matt Ward - Tewaaraton Trophy winner and NCAA Lacrosse All-American>

Controversies section
Landon School was the subject of several high profile controversies and scandals which were reported on in both local and national media. The sections which were written were well-cited, but yet they have continually been deleted. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GlenEaters (talk • contribs)


 * Can't speak for other reversions, but I reverted it because it did not comply with our NPOV policy and because there was no references showing it attracted any interest beyond metro D.C. Also, please sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes ( ~ ) at the end. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 02:47, 28 July 2015 (UTC)