Talk:Melbourne High School (Melbourne, Florida)

International Baccalaureate Prep Program
MHS has a prep program, not the full-blown one like Cocoa Beach. See http://schoolchoice.brevard.k12.fl.us/choice/international.htm. Some elementary schools in the country have a prep program. See http://www.lincoln.cps.k12.il.us/IB%20Program.htm. So it is not that notable. Student7 (talk) 11:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Image?
I have two photos of the school at commons, and wanted to get opinions as to which one would be preferred for the article. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 07:20, 3 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I see the problem. I guess I vote for 2. Less garish. Doesn't really look that bad in reality. 2 shows more palms. However, you found them, you get first pick IMO. Student7 (talk) 00:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Too many "rivals"?
Melbourne HS has accumulated a lot more "rivals" than most high schools. Used to justify the remarks are at least one citation from 1986. A bit ancient history. Really need to trim list to two at the most for credibility. An up-to-date reference should be used. Student7 (talk) 22:18, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

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Notable alumni
Recommend removing references for each notable alum and adding the ref info to the person’s article instead. If there is a ref on the person’s article that she/he attended Melbourne High School, it seems redundant to add the ref to this article as well. IMHO, refs for each alum clutters up the article. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 09:42, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, . First, just a note on mark-up. This is a new topic and as such should be a full section, not a subsection. I fixed that.


 * As far as the crux of your comment goes, I strongly disagree. First, the guideline that covers notable people or alumni lists (WP:NLIST) actually requires the connection to the school be cited here, but in practice, most editors let that slide if the connection is referenced in the person's bio. Second IMO references are never clutter but the only thing that makes Wikipedia actually useful. Since Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit (and at any time), Wikipedia can never be cited for any serious purpose. Besides the obvious that at any point a vandal can insert something along the lines of "Principal Jones is a pig poking doodoo head" (which we actually do a pretty good job of staying on top of, with filters bots and human intervention), since all Wikipedia articles are works in progress, the article might not say the same thing when a citation is reviewed as when it was added to a work. What can be cited is the references we have used and cited in articles. References are never a bad thing. John from Idegon (talk) 17:08, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

IMHO, I would suggest that some editors let the adding of a ref "slide" in a list for good reason - because it’s redundant if already in the main article about the person and adds no value. IMHO, I would also say that a minimal entry about what the person is most known for is way to go, like, “professional football player”, or “U.S. Senator”, instead of Senator who did this or that (which begs to question who is qualified to make assertions about the importance of the this or that). I recommend leaving the details for the main article to help avoid some of the issues you mention above. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 18:47, 27 September 2017 (UTC)


 * We are fundamentally in agreement. The guidelines specify that an entry in a notable list should be limited to the person's Wikilinked name and their primary notability.  Practically speaking, tho, removing references will just cause a problem until the applicable guideline is changed, and IMO think that will not happen.  The place to discuss that would be at WT:NLIST.  Again, practically speaking, if you make an edit that primarily removes a reference, the software will flag that edit on the Recent Changes list and on peoples' watchlists, in most cases causing that edit to be reverted. I'd be happy to back you if you would wish to propose that change at the above talk page, but I don't hold much hope that it will receive consensus.  If you do so, please drop me a note on my talk page. BTW, thanks for your service. John from Idegon (talk) 19:20, 27 September 2017 (UTC)

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principal name
As a student I can say his name is James C Kirk. He goes by Chad Kirk though using his middle name instead of his first. 2600:1006:B128:606E:3146:6FE0:1440:A5A8 (talk) 15:12, 27 May 2022 (UTC)