Talk:Wasilla High School

Coatrack
While the school is probably most notable for the Palin's right now, eventually the information needs to be trimmed down as this seems like a WP:COATRACK. Eóin (talk) 03:59, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. Could you provide some suggestions as to what I should remove in Sarah Palin's section? I'm not really sure what to trim down. Cunard (talk) 04:17, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Who is Levi Johnston? Unfortunately yes I do know of him from the media inserting themselves into his life. The article appears to assume the reader knows who he is without explanation or wiki link. I see from the edit history he was not in the article prior to Gov. Palin becoming the Republican presumptive nominee for Vice President. The line stating his relation to the Palin family was removed, probably for not being encylopedic. Either he needs to be removed from the article too or something relevant needs to be written about his relation to the Palin family that doesn't look like tabloid trash. Skywayman (talk) 14:25, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree and removed the section on her. This article is about the school at to go into much more detail then to say she went there is biased. She is mentioned in the opening and in the alumni section. The other details should be in her article not the school.  Gtstricky Talk or C 01:05, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Could we come to a compromise about this section? I'm thinking about maybe keeping this part: "On August 29, 2008, the day John McCain announced Palin as his running mate, Wasilla decided to create T-shirts honoring Palin's nomination. Wasilla's principal, Dwight Probasco, declared that the shirts would read "Wasilla High School, home of Sarah Palin and the Warriors." I agree that the rest of the section that you removed should go. Cunard (talk) 05:09, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That seems fine if it is sourced. I would say it would go in the alumni section and make her a sub catagory of that section not create its own section just for her (if that makes sense). Like this maybe:

Sarah Palin
The Governor of Alaska and presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee for the 2008 United States presidential election. On August 29, 2008, the day John McCain announced Palin as his running mate, Wasilla decided to create T-shirts honoring Palin's nomination. Wasilla's principal, Dwight Probasco, declared that the shirts would read "Wasilla High School, home of Sarah Palin and the Warriors."


 * Why "presumptive" ?? In a few hours it is "official" as if it's going to change. --CanadianLinuxUser (talk) 17:21, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * That was a cut and paste from the current article. She was probably added last week and presumptive seemed fitting then.  Gtstricky Talk or C 17:25, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Todd Palin
The husband of Sarah Palin and First Gentleman of Alaska

Bristol Palin
The daughter of Todd and Sarah Palin.  Gtstricky Talk or C 16:58, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I've broke the alumni section into third-level sections with the information mentioned above. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 19:45, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Sex Education
I read the article that was linked in the article, but I didn't see anything saying that it was NOT abstinence only. I do acknowledge that in this article, that the principal said that he's "not sure," but thinks that it's not abstinence only. This article should be linked, along with an explanation that the principle is unsure.

Take a look at the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District health education scope documents (the school is a part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District).

All of the documents that discuss the type of sex education offered contain instructions that abstinence only education should be taught (especially the high school one), but NONE of them indicate anything about teaching about contraception. In fact, I couldn't even find contraception mentioned in them.

This suggests that if it's not abstinence only (it may very well be), that it has a strong bias toward abstinence. We could quote the policy from those documents. The principal's statement that Bristol Palin's pregnancy is a "teaching moment" should also be included.

-Nathan J. Yoder (talk) 18:38, 4 September 2008 (UTC)


 * "The principal's statement that Bristol Palin's pregnancy is a "teaching moment" should also be included." : Why? This is an article about the school, not about Bristol or Sarah Palin. --CanadianLinuxUser (talk) 18:48, 4 September 2008 (UTC)


 * It helps indicate the school's stance on sex education. He did call it a "teaching moment," after all. -Nathan J. Yoder (talk) 19:46, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

I do not see why this information is necessary and should be included on this page. The information given does not seem noteworthy. --Rhall28 (talk) 05:16, 24 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Agreed. The source is now behind a paywall so cannot be easily assessed. However, I have removed the content as Nathan J. Yoder's comments above indicates that the information about the contraception is original research. The information about abstinence-only was mainly due to Bristol Palin's pregnancy so I agree that unless a better source is found, it should be omitted from the article. Cunard (talk) 06:05, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Is Bristol Alumni
The articles say she went there but transferred to a different school. Is she considered alumni?  Gtstricky Talk or C 14:46, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Bristol Palin is definitely not an alumnae of Wasilla High School. She transferred to another school and still hasn't graduated from that school yet, but she did attend this school and her attendance may be notable. There are two ways this issue may be fixed. 1) We can remove Bristol Palin from the list because she is not notable enough to have an article of her own (Bristol Palin redirects to Sarah Palin). Or 2) We can retitle the Notable alumni section to be "Notable people" as in the featured article Stuyvesant High School. I prefer the second option because then we may be able to expand on Bristol's impact on the school. The section above this one is discussing whether the principal's statement of Bristol's pregnancy being a "teaching moment" should be included in the article. If it is decided to include Bristol in the section about sex education, then she should be mentioned as a notable attendee of the school. I've reworded the title of that section to be "Notable people." Feel free to remove Bristol Palin from the notable people list if you believe she doesn't belong there. Cunard (talk) 21:17, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
 * According to most definitions former students even if they do not graduate are considered alumni. I think the "Notable people" title is used to include teachers. Either title seems acceptable. Eóin (talk) 23:17, 5 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I suggest leaving Bristol Palin out of this article. The Wikipedia community consensus elsewhere was that she did not need an article and was known only for one event. Additionally, editors were concerned about WP:BLP issues. As she grows older and asserts herself more, she may merit her own article and a listing here. -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 04:44, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Standards of inclusion as a notable alumnus are lower than those required to merit an individual article. At a minimum, there would seem to be no reason not to include her in her mother's listing, say "Palin's daughter Bristol attended Wasilla High for part of her junior year" with the source provided. She is already mentioned in her mother's article, and there would appear to be no genuine BLP issue with mentioning her attendance at the school, regardless of her notability. Alansohn (talk) 05:04, 10 September 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't see how there's a lower threshold for notability for alumni than for articles. We have a lot (200+) of guidelines and policies and Im certainly not up to speed on all of them-- is there something about levels of notability that applies here?

Here are some other discussions: -- A. B. (talk • contribs) 05:34, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Talk:Sarah Palin/Archive 6
 * Talk:Sarah Palin/Archive 7
 * Talk:Sarah Palin/Archive 8
 * Talk:Bristol Palin
 * Wikipedia talk:Notability
 * Administrators' noticeboard/Archive166


 * I've added Bristol Palin into her mother's listing per your suggestion. According to Notability (people), "inclusion on the list should be determined by the criteria above" in the WP policy. So you're right. Since Bristol Palin isn't notable enough to have an article, she shouldn't have a separate entry. But due to her recent media coverage, I believe that she warrants a brief mention in her mother's section. Cunard (talk) 03:41, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Minutia
I cut all the headings introducing 2-sentences each. This article is filled with minutia, even now. Please try to add more relevant info in the future. Thanks, LamaLoLeshLa (talk) 04:09, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing up the article. In the future, I'll be sure to group sentences into paragraphs and paragraphs into sections. Cheers, Cunard (talk) 16:59, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Sarah Palin category
I don't understand why we keep removing the Sarah Palin category from this article. KConWiki (talk) 21:22, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I've asked Otto why he removed it. Cunard (talk) 06:04, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I've re-added Category:Sarah Palin to this article since this category contains articles like Wasilla, Alaska and Gravina Island Bridge, which are articles related to Palin, but not specifically about her. has not responded to my question after 15 days, so s/he probably doesn't care about this discussion. If any editor has an objection to the re-addition of this category, feel free to remove it and provide a good reason for its removal at this talk page. Cunard (talk) 06:29, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Coatrack
I would suggest either adding some other notable alumni aside from the Palins or reducing it to just Sarah Palin. --Antonyriggs (talk) 21:51, 31 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I've re-added Bristol Palin to the article because she is a notable alumna of the school. This is not a coatrack because Bristol is mentioned in only one sentence in a paragraph that is mainly about her mother. I have searched for other notable alumni but cannot find any. Cunard (talk) 22:14, 2 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I've removed the mention of Bristol Palin as she is not a notable alumna of the school. What makes her notable exactly? If she is only mentioned in regards to her mother then I am sure her inclusion on Sarah Palin's main entry would suffice. The section is suppose to be on notable alumna not the Palin family perhaps the whole section should be reconsidered. Antonyriggs (talk) 20:51, 3 August 2009 (UTC)


 * The Notable Alumni section should follow the same format as other high schools on Wikipedia with Notable Alumni entries. For example George Washington High School (New York City) also George Washington High School (San Francisco) it simply has the persons name with a link to their wikipedia entry and a brief sentence of what they are notable for. Antonyriggs (talk) 21:02, 3 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Your changes have made the notable alumni section more readable. I've re-added Levi Johnston because he is a notable attendee of the school. I've also re-added the references and expanded the entry about Sarah Palin. Is this a suitable compromise? Cunard (talk) 03:43, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * I'd disagree and removed the expanded entry for Sarah Palin. Other Notable Alumni sections have brief one sentence explanations. I think the facts about being Governor and a VP candidate is sufficient. The added information about the McCain announcement date and the t-shirts could be added above to the general information about the school since it was introduced by the principle and was presumably sold/offered at the school. Antonyriggs (talk) 04:50, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, I've moved the information about the T-shirts to the lead. Cunard (talk) 05:23, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * That seems more consistent Antonyriggs (talk) 05:33, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Dropout Rate
Any objection to changing the heading of the section "Dropout Rate" to "Graduation Rate"? The two terms are describing the same thing. However, they have very different connotations. --Rhall28 (talk) 21:22, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I have changed the title, as the content under that title is more about the graduation rate than the dropout rate. Cunard (talk) 05:48, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Removals in April 2011
Discussion moved from User talk:Cunard  "→Academics: removed original research; "allowing students to receive college credit for automotive technology classes" is not verified by the provided reference"
 * I believe this information is verified by the given reference: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/ctc/programs/services/techprep/students.cfm
 * At the top of this page it states that "Students are able to earn college credit by completing approved coursework at the partner institution."
 * Then, it proceeds to list "The following schools have Tech Prep agreements in these programs of study". At the bottom of the page, it lists "Automotive Technology" under Wasilla High School.

"→Extracurricular activities: removed content sourced to links that fail to even mention Wasilla High School"
 * Why remove these extracurricular activities instead of just removing the links? The choice of which activities and links to keep seems random. All of the remaining links fail to mention Wasilla High School. The activities remaining are not the more notable activities, many of the larger, more important programs were removed.

"→Athletics: cleaned up – prose instead of list"
 * Why did you remove cheerleading? Why did you use the word "include" when you could have just added cheerleading and said "are"? - Since all the other sports offered are listed.

--Rhall28 (talk) 05:07, 24 April 2011 (UTC)


 * For the first source, I skimmed the page and did not locate the information about the college credit. Thank you for providing the quote above, and my apologies for failing to notice it. I restored that content. For the extracurricular activities, I checked the sources, which were links to http://www.closeup.org/ and http://www.roseurbanruralexchange.org/index.php/sister-school-exchange/about. Neither of these sources mention Wasilla High School. Feel free to restore the information when you find a source that verifies that Wasilla High School has participated in those activities. I did not remove the other information because it is verified by http://www.matsuk12.us/whs/site/Directory_List.asp?byType=50. Using "are" is better than "include", so I will make that change. I didn't think Wasilla considered cheerleading to be a sport, but the source lists it under Athletics so I have restored cheerleading. Thank you for your additions to the article and for your concise explanations here of your changes. Cunard (talk) 05:56, 24 April 2011 (UTC)


 * My apologies for not making the activities citations clear enough.
 * Both Rose Urban Rural Exchange and Close up are listed in the source Wasilla High School Activities Directory: http://www.matsuk12.us/whs/site/Directory_List.asp?byType=50
 * My purpose for citing the websites http://www.closeup.org/ and http://www.roseurbanruralexchange.org/index.php/sister-school-exchange/about was to provide references for my summary sentences about these activities. I thought this would be beneficial because it is not apparent what these activities do from their names alone.
 * What about the other activities? - They are also listed on the Wasilla High School Activities Directory.
 * Band, Choir, & Drumline; Drama, Debate, & Forensics; Business Professionals of America; Car Club; International Culture Club; Japanese Honors Society; Science Olympiad; SkillsUSA; Thespian Society; Yearbook

--Rhall28 (talk) 20:43, 24 April 2011 (UTC) (end of copied section)


 * I have restored both Rose Urban Rural Exchange and Close Up since it sourced. I have restored http://www.roseurbanruralexchange.org/index.php/sister-school-exchange/about since it verifies the summary you provided. However, for Close Up, I don't think a link to the homepage is needed. Wikipedia has an article about Close Up Foundation, which will provide readers with sufficient background information. Because the content in your last paragraph is listed on Wasilla High School Activities Directory, I have restored that information. Cunard (talk) 05:46, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

December 2013 edit war
(moved section from above – from the edit involved, this dispute isn't exclusively about notable alumni, and besides, it's not fair to anyone who may be curious about this discussion to have to find it buried in the middle of other discussion which is four and five years old by this point. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 14:44, 21 December 2013 (UTC)) Removed unnecessary references, as each mention the school in its own article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wicks Steve (talk • contribs) 12:30, 7 December 2013‎ (UTC)
 * I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wasilla_High_School&diff=585581872&oldid=584983996 reverted] your removal of the sources. Wikipedia cannot be a reference for itself because its content is user-generated. Using Wikipedia as a source would violate Verifiability. Cunard (talk) 11:56, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

I reverted your edit because I have been informed differently, if this is not just your opinion then show me the rule. If you revert again we will need to take seek conciliation.

Each of the articles provides citations which are the source required relating to attendance at this school, as such, there is absolutely no reason or need to repeat those citations in this separate article.

Wicks Steve (talk) 15:13, 11 December 2013 (UTC)


 * , there is no need to edit war over this. I don't understand why more citations is a bad thing.   linked the applicable rule, which is WP:V.  Content is decided by consensus, as you probably know.  I feel Cunard is absolutely right.  If people want to follow up more, the refs are available here without going to another page.  How is that a bad thing? John from Idegon (talk) 20:07, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * WP:ALUMNI says "Individual alumni need a citation to a) verify that they did indeed attend the school, and b) verify the statement of their notability in their short one or two line description. When alumni have their own articles in mainspace, it is not necessary for their notability to be referenced, as long as it is done in the biographical articles." But "not necessary" doesn't mean the same thing as "not allowed". I agree with Cunard and John from Idegon that inline footnotes in the alumni list are fine, and perhaps even desirable. --Arxiloxos (talk) 20:57, 11 December 2013 (UTC)

and with that it appears we have consensus to reinstate them, so i will. John from Idegon (talk) 23:11, 11 December 2013 (UTC)


 * ,, I must admit, I have to agree with  on this, all the dupliacted references are unnecessary and unsightly. Cubertast (talk) 13:42, 12 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I have to side with Wicks Steve and Cubertast on this issue. "Not necessary... as long as it is done in the biographical articles", agreed. "the same thing as not allowed", did Wicks Steve make such a claim? As for "not a bad thing", too much unnecessary clutter is always a bad thing. Destiny Gerbil (talk) 15:04, 12 December 2013 (UTC)


 * I am also curious why the same rigorous scrutiny was not applied to alumni from other schools which some of you have edited. For example those from Van Nuys High School, Edwardsburg High School or Washington High School. Are you able to quote the relevant rule regarding editing inconsistency, or, as I suspect, was this hasty consensus somehow manufactured? Destiny Gerbil (talk) 15:21, 12 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Footnotes are not "clutter". Take a look at some of the featured articles listed at WP:SCHOOLS, such as Amador Valley High School or Plano Senior High School; these alumni lists are well-footnoted. This kind of careful inline sourcing takes time and work, and WP:ALUMNI tells us that we don't have to delete the names that don't have footnotes yet as long as the sourcing can be found elsewhere, but there's no reason to delete in-line sources once they have been added. --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:37, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I see no consensus to remove the footnotes. This has to be the stupidest thing I have ever seen disputed on Wikipedia.  An encyclopedia is a source of information.  No-one has addressed the question I asked way back at the beginning of this discussion.  How is more information a bad thing?  We don't edit this just for our own joys.  We are creating a source of information.  Seriously, what possible justification is there for the removal of valid sources?  The original poster here cited no policy to justify his action; those who have posted subsequently have cited nothing but WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS and WP:IDONTLIKEIT.  Do we really have to have dispute resolution to solve this? John from Idegon (talk) 22:39, 13 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Good grief John, you were willing to introduce the term consensus when you wanted to justify your hasty revert, but when that consensus of opinion appears to change, you complain that it isn't justified, that seems rather immature. Wicks Steve (talk) 18:13, 14 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Three new accounts show up to support removing the references. Reverted again, and sockpuppet investigations report filed at Sockpuppet investigations/Wicks Steve. Cunard (talk) 12:52, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Wicks Steve came across my radar recently due to a series of edits to Alaska high school article, at the same time I was working on cleaning up List of high schools in Alaska and other Alaska school-related articles. That the edits were more WP:POINTy than helpful isn't necessarily relevant to this discussion. However, deeming Interior Distance Education of Alaska, which is considered the largest public school in all of Alaska in terms of enrollment, an "online company" without bothering to look at the facts first may possibly demonstrate a tenuous grip on reality. Having said that, let me turn my attention to this edit war. In all fairness (and in the true spirit of neutrality rather than go-along-and-get-along Kool-Aid drinking masked as "consensus"), allow me to point out some things: I rattled off those comments while only looking at those revisions pertaining to the edit war. Going through the remaining recent revisions makes me realize that I may have been right in starting off with concerns about WP:OWN. The 2012–2013 school year is the most recent for which reliably sourced enrollment information exists statewide. Reliably sourced information probably exists somewhere for this school year, too, but I haven't looked. Yet, it was reverted in favor of information from 2005 and 2008? Yes, I really don't get it, other than the fact that the latter is based on a source which is actually more about Sarah Palin than anything else. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 15:08, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Not to try and disparage Cunard's involvement with this article and talk page, but it comes very close to resembling WP:OWN.
 * This article was created on August 29, 2008. If you're familiar enough with the subject matter to actually be reading this talk page, it shouldn't be necessary to point out what event occurred on that same day which likely motivated the article's creation.  And thus began in earnest an active coatracking campaign throughout Wikipedia, which ended around the time that the media focused their attention on other things and the lemmings followed suit, leaving various messes for others to clean up afterward.  Anyone with first-hand familiarity with Alaska must have been shocked to read Wikipedia in 2008 and 2009 and discovered that the rest of the world evidently believed that Alaska was about Sarah Palin and little else.  A similar effort was made for Lisa Murkowski two years later, but that wasn't quite as extensive.  It's only been in the past year or two that we've been rid of most of the coatracking stench.  That someone was trying to remove more of that stench isn't necessarily a bad thing.
 * Along similar lines, treating sources whose shelf life has obviously expired as irrefutable gospel isn't something we should encourage. Considering that both the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development and the Alaska School Activities Association keep track of enrollment from year to year and publish that information on their web sites, what I see is outdated information backed by outdated sources, once again related more to Sarah Palin's vice-presidential candidacy than to anything remotely having to do with Wasilla High School.
 * In general regarding references: ideally, there should be no citations in the lead or infobox. That information should be repeated, sourced, in the article body.
 * It was previously pointed out that the section should be "Notable people" rather than "Notable alumni". While that may appear on the surface to be splitting hairs, the school's principal approximately a half century ago, Alfred Ose, represented Mat-Su in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979.  Surely you don't intend to waste my time trying to argue that he's not notable. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  14:44, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The first three paragraphs of your post here have nothing to do with improving the article. But I will reply to the remaining points that do:
 * treating sources whose shelf life has obviously expired as irrefutable gospel isn't something we should encourage ... Considering that both the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development and the Alaska School Activities Association keep track of enrollment from year to year and publish that information on their web sites, what I see is outdated information backed by outdated sources, once again related more to Sarah Palin's vice-presidential candidacy than to anything remotely having to do with Wasilla High School. – [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wasilla_High_School&diff=587120019&oldid=587091004 2012 statistics now used.] The changes were reverted because they happened after Wicks Steve's removal of the sources. I did my best in the partial revert to retain as much of the constructive changes as I could, but I overlooked this part.
 * In general regarding references: ideally, there should be no citations in the lead or infobox. That information should be repeated, sourced, in the article body. – that opinion is a reasonable one to have, but featured articles such as Plano Senior High School disprove that this is the prevailing opinion.
 * It was previously pointed out that the section should be "Notable people" rather than "Notable alumni". While that may appear on the surface to be splitting hairs, the school's principal approximately a half century ago, Alfred Ose, represented Mat-Su in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979.  Surely you don't intend to waste my time trying to argue that he's not notable. – [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AWasilla_High_School&diff=236526702&oldid=236457044 I myself made the suggestion] that the section could be titled "Notable people" rather than "Notable alumni". Alfred Ose was mentioned on this page for the first time by you, so your you don't intend to waste my time trying to argue that he's not notable comment is a straw man. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wasilla_High_School&diff=587120756&oldid=587120019 Changed] from "Notable alumni" to "Notable people". I have not added Alfred Ose to that section because I could not find a reliable source verifying that he attended was a principal at Wasilla High School. Please add Alfred Ose with an accompanying reliable source to that section.
 * Your accusations about WP:OWN are entirely without merit. Contact an administrator if you feel I have violated WP:OWN. Cunard (talk) 18:14, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The first three paragraphs of your post here have nothing to do with improving the article. – Uh, perhaps the problem here, once again, is one of "Google glasses" (not to be confused with Google Glass) perspective. I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only person who has read this article who was around Wasilla when Teeland's Store was the center of town rather than a museum piece, and the Parks Highway running past said store was two lanes.  By extension, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who finds the overwhelming emphasis placed on the 2008 outsider take on Wasilla to be a bit perverse.  Unless, of course, you really are drinking the Kool-Aid and think it's all about "by the clueless, for the clueless", just like so many others on here who deliberately create content which causes those in the know to openly scoff at it.
 * Alfred Ose was mentioned on this page for the first time by you – That could very well be a telling sign of people who only were aware of Wasilla's existence in 2008 having too much sway over its coverage on Wikipedia, an opinion I don't believe I'm alone in expressing. I'm confused by the rest of your reply on this, as I stated that he was a former principal, not a former alumnus (Ose was from Brinsmade, North Dakota, in fact, and settled in the Palmer area following World War II).  Anyway, this is a start.  It's obvious which sources they plunder, though they don't acknowledge them.  Who's Who in Alaskan Politics explicitly mentions it.  The best contemporary political coverage of the era of his legislative service was in newspapers you probably can't Google (like the Anchorage Times).
 * Even if the physical structure hasn't been around as long, the sources which mention Ose very strongly indicate that Wasilla has had a high school-level education program in place since years before Sarah Palin was born. I really don't have time to keep arguing about how certain editors obviously believe that it's okay to burden articles such as this (and this article is far from the only example) with mentions of their hero just because her turn in the spotlight lasted a little longer than 15 minutes. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  19:40, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I've [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wasilla_High_School&diff=587133716&oldid=587123661 added] Alfred Ose to the "Notable people" section. I've stricken out my mistake above about his attending the school. Aside from the sources, the only mention in the article right now of the 2008 event is one sentence in the lead and four entries in the "Notable people" section. Thank you for your source about Alfred Ose and feel free to expand the article or make suggestions here about what else can be added. Cunard (talk) 19:57, 21 December 2013 (UTC)

Claiming I have a "tenuous grip on reality" is a rather harsh appraisal for the legitimate removal of several direct urls, to the Interior Distance Education of Alaska website, from the main body of the article suggesting they belong in the External Links section, and the description "online company" is a perfectly accurate one considering the company uses the same to describe itself. Having said that, the remainder of you comments seem to support my initial edit, yet this article has been reverted twice in order to remove them, how about you act rather than just talk? Wicks Steve (talk) 20:13, 21 December 2013 (UTC)
 * On the topic of edit warring, see Sockpuppet investigations/Wicks Steve. Drmies (talk) 14:36, 22 December 2013 (UTC)