Talk:Portledge School

Untitled
This is the first article I have written from scratch, so I am sorry for any problems that I may have caused. I do not know how to list this article as a "Stub" (my attempt is visable), so any help with that would be appreciated (its category would be education or schools). Help from anyone is greatly appreciated. RideABicycle 20:43, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Template Please
I have no idea how to add a template. I did manage to get the image to show, but I would like it to look better with a template. Again, any help is appreciated. RideABicycle 21:04, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Speshk Clearing
The clearing of the Portledge School page by user Speshk (17:13, 1 December 2006), was unnecessary and has been reverted.

Since when does information have to be "authorized" by an institution to be included online? All Wikipedia would be then is an advertisement catalog.

Other edits have also been reverted, as they either unnecessarily remove information, make the sports section even harder to read, or are partisan.

RideABicycle 01:07, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

POV tag on main page
I added the tag to the article's top, then moved the following, which was at the article's top, here:

'''[The following 'submission' contains opinion and erroneous information not authorized by Portledge School. See www.portledge.org for reliable information about the school.]'''

Hope this was done correctly. Please alter as appropriate. --Ebyabe 17:03, 4 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for helping, but I was already working to fix it...I had removed most of the subjective material. I'd like to revert it to my last edit and work from there, but if there is some issue I don't see, then I'd appreciate a point-out. RideABicycle 23:35, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Inclusion of Philosophy
436ps' inclusion of the Portledge philosophy seems like it should be in wikisource, not wikipedia. Unless it contributes factual information about the school, its just a trivial tidbit that does not help a viewer to know anything about the school as it actually functions.

Frankly, there seem to be users with an agenda who are concerned purely with advancing their own goals and do not care about the content of the article at hand. Those who are biased, be they employees, administrators, or paid marketers should not post unless they are sure that they do not care about the public image of the school.

There's nothing wrong with school spirit, but don't let it interfere with a public encyclopedia that is supposed to present factual information. RideABicycle 23:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Logo Use
The crest is a logo, which, under Fair Use law, is allowed to be used without consent of the copyright owner. It has been replaced. RideABicycle 22:50, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Getting out of hand
The partisanship on this page is getting out of hand. Faculty are suppressing statements that portray the school as anything but perfect, and students are misusing Wikipedia. I used to think that a school-specific Wikipedia page was worth while, but clearly users can't rise above partisanship. If users don't stop pressing their agenda, the page will have to be at the very least locked, if not deleted. RideABicycle 03:55, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Constant Vandilism
This page in now being protected due to immature vandilism. Hopefully this page will become fair and non partisan now that vandilism is no longer an issue. Unsigned comment by: CBlake09 21:23, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Portledge School crest.jpg
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