Talk:Scout method

Good Turn
needs something about the Good Turn Chris 16:42, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. Rlevse 15:28, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Merge from Educational principles of Scouting

 * Merge, major overlap with these articles. The "Educational" one was just created. Scout method is the better name. A redirect should be left on the "Educational" page. Merging would reduce redundancy and make a stronger article.Rlevse 10:29, 30 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Support: The "Educational principles'" text gives many good sources for the method's article. --jergen 14:17, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support. For obvious reasons. And there is some good info on the Scout method in the Scouting article as well. Wim van Dorst (Talk)'' 16:27, 30 December 2006 (UTC).
 * In general I agree, because indeed in my opinion these principals are the Scout method. However by expending and formalising in time they lost their directness and sharpness for the normal reader (and Scout leaders). Therefore I wrote it in a direct and compressed way, more than I could fit in the formal language of the Scout method article. Also it is a list of all types of principles, without a real system and I found it difficult to incorporate this in the system of the Scout method articleDParlevliet 21:59, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support merge. Chris 02:17, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support merge. Sumoeagle179 17:06, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Support merge. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 22:04, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Support the merge. &mdash;ScouterSig 15:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Support merge. Stevecull 11:48, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merged as requested. I expect this would also change "Rationale.." and "Scout law" paragraph. Because this will be deleting I propose its better to first give the original writer the opportunity to change before I delete to much? Otherwise I will try. Regarding the original article I would not object if it is deleted.DParlevliet 15:35, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Reference 1 and 2 (from WOSM) are not available anymore. I could nog find alternative explanations on their site.DParlevliet 21:00, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Merge from Patrol system

 * Merge Patrol system is a key of the Scout method and should be merged.Rlevse 15:10, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge as above. &mdash;ScouterSig 19:35, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge as above. I didn't know we had a patrol system article.  --Gadget850 ( Ed) 22:54, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It's fairly new.Rlevse 23:14, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Merge. I agree. It part of the Scout method. --Bduke 23:48, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge. The Patrol system is certainly an integral part of the Scout Method, and I doubt very much that it deserves its own seperate article unless there is some other Patrol system used outside of Scouting. Horus Kol 11:21, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Scout method
Should it be Scout method or Scout Method capitalized? --Jagz 17:07, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Capitalised - The Scout Association POR Horus Kol 11:12, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * "While Beaver lodges have no leader structure within them, Cub sixes have a sixer and seconder." Needs internationalized. It's not sixer, etc everywhere.Rlevse 12:34, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Not in all counties Beavers have lodges. --Egel Reaction? 14:03, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * For that matter, a Patrol in the UK is more normally of around 8 Scouts... I realise that the terms may vary in some countries, but isn't it right that we show what is common - and then nation specific articles can talk about the variation... as a counter-example, the Scouting article has a Summary of age groups and sections which does not reflect anywhere near the variety as shown in the article Age Groups in Scouting and Guiding... but, that, to me, is correct - an article shouldn't be filled with "mostly it is this, but it can also be ... or ... or ... or" ad nauseum... that is why we have articles for specific countries to talk about their specific variations in programme. Horus Kol 12:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * You dont' have to go that far, one could just say something like Cub den(whatever) elect a leader and asst leader. Rlevse 13:04, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Except that Cub "den" is not universal... Horus Kol 21:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Should the name of the article be changed to "Scout Method" then, with a capital "M"? --Jagz 22:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Jagz, I would check with an administrator or someone who might have a better idea. Or try to change it and see what happens. Generally people probably think of it as capitalized, so it makes sense to us. In the wiki world they have some weird capitalization rules, so I can't tell if it would offend those rules to capitalize it. sorry, no more help. --Tinned Elk 19:57, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Hmmm... The BSA Language of Scouting is silent on this one. There are several references to "the methods of Scouting" on the BSA website, but only one reference to the "Scouting method". --Gadget850 ( Ed) 20:26, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

It is capitalized here in section 2, paragraph 3. --Jagz 15:57, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Some editing
I did some copy-editing and reorganization to make this article clearer. When I first read it I could not tell what the method really was and thus got some info from the Scouting Ed System publication referenced from this page. I still think it might do to have more structure. There is also no real explanation here of the "scouting game" or what the progression or "class" is. I see from the comments that this is really several articles merged, so I hope that I have added some clarity to the article! --Tinned Elk 01:28, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Better merge
Some time ago I merged the details of the method, but too cautious, resulting in a somewhat disorderly article. I tried now to merged it better, in which I:
 * Divided the details into the 7 groups of WOSM
 * Removed a lot of double parts and merged other parts in the decriptions.
 * Removed some small parts which should be in other topics, discriptions of specific countries or not relevant historical background
 * Made the claims more practical. In the Baden-Powell article there were objections in how far the article was a theoretical goal or a description of reality, what it should be. Regarding the statements of WOSM I partly agree. They are so high-pitched that one cannot imagine that the none-educated volunteer Scoutleader in weekly half a day can do this, probably don't even understand it. Therefore I returned to Baden-Powell's more practical explanations and removed descriptions which were not clear how it is done in real life Scouting work.
 * Another reason for using a less abstract description is that Wikipedia is not a scientific encyclopaedia, but intended to be used by average people, also not native English speaking, as far as the subject makes possible. It would be strange if for instance Scouts would not understand what the article is about.DParlevliet 21:16, 21 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Egel replaced the badge system by the Personal Progressive System (PPS). Because the original Scouting Badge system is still used in many countries and the paragraph contains some important Scouting principles about instruction I think it still has its place in this article. So I re-entered it. The PPS part needs a better reference because I could not find the text or intention in the mentioned page 113 of the reference. That young people don't join the Scout Movement to gain mini diplomas is true, but does not imply that these should not be a part of Scouting. Young people also don't join the Scout Movement for a Personal Progressive System. DParlevliet 21:10, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It was page 114. I have merged the two versions and made it less abstract. --Egel Reaction? 04:50, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I made some changes:
 * The Personal Progressive Scheme is essential no badge systems. You could them, but that is a choice. In Ierland I did not see badges for the RAP part. Getting a badge when being "50% a better person" is somewhat peculiar.
 * "Scout has made the decision work on a subject" although right, it is superfluous. If he works on a badge it is obvious that he has decided to work on the subject. But I think I understand your intention, and I have written it somewaht different.
 * "These badges are not a final goal, but a first step..." This is only for the traditional badges, which were therefore not high standard. With PPS he gets badges with 50% and 100% of the final objectives (Toolbox p81), so are not a first step. However also present badges are mostly final, so made a better description
 * Badges are not only symbols, but real levelsDParlevliet 18:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

The method of the Girl Guide/Girl Scout Movement

 * 1) Commitment through the Promise and Law
 * 2) Progressive Self-Development
 * 3) Learning by doing
 * 4) Teamwork through the Patrol System and training for responsible leadership
 * 5) Active co-operation between young people and adults
 * 6) Service in the Community
 * 7) Outdoor activities
 * 8) Symbolism.

http://www.wagggsworld.org/en/grab/1109/1/1ConstitutionbookletEnglish.pdf --Egel Reaction? 13:36, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Page numbers
Evrik is correct here. Page numbers don't go directly into the article body for display, but they can be added to the ref itself and display as part of the ref. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 18:07, 31 October 2007 (UTC)


 * There is rp, but I consider it a hack. If you want page numbers directly in the reference, then you need a separate citation template for each reference.  --—  Gadget850 (Ed)  talk  -  18:27, 31 October 2007 (UTC)


 * Gadget, thanks for the work. When I wrote the article I saw no other way (used in some scientific papers) other 17 the same references with only a different page number. Not nice, but references without page number are useless. Because in all those months there was no objection I taught it would be acceptable. Of course when someone would have suggested me this solution I would have changed it myself, but just deleting data in stead of improving is unacceptable. One would better read WIKI-rules (and Scout law) how to handle contributions of editors. I surely hope they don't have handled their scouts in the same way. When content is mutilated to get a good form one is on the wrong track. I am afraid that the project is so focused on getting featured articles that content is sacrificed while working against official Wiki-rules. I hope this article will keep free from this. DParlevliet 20:10, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * "... or maybe when your content was deleted multiple times you could have followed the fifth point of the Scout Law and taken your issue to the talk page rather making it seem like the other editors were somehow doing something wrong. --evrik (talk) 21:46, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I first added the content on december last year as a separte article but on request of the project merged it into this article in January. The page numbers were there from the start, without comments until now. The article, nor part of it, was ever deleted, but step by step improved by several editors. Deleting content, in stead of improving (like Gadget did), is against Wiki-rules, so is wrong and rude against the editor who did the work of carefully referencing his edits. If not: show the Wikirule with allows reference data to be deleted because of form. DParlevliet 18:51, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Please cite your references for the following statements, "Deleting content, instead of improving is against Wiki-rules," as for your request, I refer you to Citing sources. Now please stop trying to be such a prig and if you cant admit you were wrong, just stop trying to say how the other editors were wrong. --evrik (talk) 20:01, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, I told in my answer to Gadget that I did not write the reference pages according Wiki rules. So... its now your turn? Also I suppose it is the one who deletes who has to explain, not the one who wrote good content. But even then, no problem: see  Deletion policy the first line "If the page can be improved, this should be solved through regular editing, rather than deletion".DParlevliet 21:01, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Dude let it go. You keep proving my point. --evrik (talk) 21:07, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Copy edits
I propose to do routine copy edits of this article. Copy editing involves The article has been tagged as needing copy edits since December 2008. -- Diannaa (Talk) 12:12, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * improving grammar
 * correcting errors of punctuation, spelling, and so on
 * Paraphrasing copyright material to avoid legal issues
 * removing duplicate material
 * altering wording to improve clarity
 * improve organisation of content


 * Yes, it needs some cleanup. But the changes you did to the article were fairly extensive, all in one big edit. How about a few words here about what the specific individual problems are, along with your proposed improvements, so that we can agree on the new text here first? HiLo48 (talk) 20:29, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure. Please feel free to critique the first edit - the one you undid. I assume you have specific objections you would like to discuss? I thought these were fairly obvious improvements to grammar, wording, etc., so I am interested to hear what exactly I did wrong. Thanks. -- Diannaa  (Talk) 21:50, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Point of view
Thanks, Babakathy, for this edit. When I made the previous edit, I was conscious of leaving Scout POV in the article, but I wasn't sure if it was attributed clearly enough. Taking out the value-laden language solved that problem quickly. --Uncle Ed (talk) 23:58, 31 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I have undone the previous changes because the reference is: "Discipline is not gained by punishing a child for a bad habit, but by substituting a better occupation, that will adsorb his attention" (Aids to Scoutmwatership page 31) and "It cannot be done by forbidding ..." (page 12). But indeed it does not mention "more attractive", so I removed that part DParlevliet (talk) 21:41, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

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