User talk:68.9.132.253

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April 2020
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Sputh Windsor High School, you may be blocked from editing.  Willsome 4 29  (say hey or see my edits!) 18:35, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
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I actually didn't vandalize, I am associated with South Windsor High School - I was merely adding on to the article, as my friend puzzlephantom had done - the only difference is that he has a Wikipedia account and I don't. It was very irritating to see someone constantly reversing my helpful edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.132.253 (talk • contribs)


 * I’ll point out a number of reasons why your edit wasn’t “helpful”: a) edit warring and trying to own pages is against policy. b) Content was not backed by reliable sources. c) the information was trivial and not notable enough for inclusion on the encyclopedia. If you have reliable independent sources about the school, you are welcome to add them.  Willsome 4 29  (say hey or see my edits!) 22:07, 28 April 2020 (UTC)


 * I've never heard of "edit warring" and trying to "own pages" (which I was not intending to do), but after looking them up I realize that it would make sense to you. Additionally, I'd like to know what you consider as a "reliable source", given that I've actually attended this school, and your argument that the information was trivial and not notable enough for inclusion on the high school's webpage is frankly hypocritical given the fact that there are various examples of high school pages on Wikipedia that go into even more detail about what you have designated as inconsequential information. I'm sorry if what I did could be construed as edit warring, as this was not my intent, but the fact of the matter is that Wikipedia is a good place to put down information about a school that could be helpful to those considering attending South Windsor High School, moving to the district, transferring there, getting to know the school, etc. I hope that your borderline aggressiveness can be tempered by logic and reasoning so that we can have a polite discussion about this and come to a rational consensus that doesn't involve Wikipedia editors using their power to deny edits simply because of guesstimation and hunches. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.9.132.253 (talk • contribs)


 * To address your points - WP:RS, which is also linked above, is the help page on reliable sources. In short, it has to have a good reputation for being factual and be independent of the entity itself - in this case, the school. South Windsor's page, like many high school pages on this encyclopedia, needs a lot of improvement, and it's been on my list for a while to do a rewrite of. Merely because other schools have that kind of information doesn't mean that it's correct to have on. There are thousands of American high schools and only a handful of core editors who work on those pages, so it's impossible to keep all of them up to standard. Additionally, Wikipedia is not meant to be a conglomeration of everything about the school - ideally, that's what the school website is for, and if students are basing their choice to attend the school or not off of Wikipedia, that's more than a little concerning to me. This is not me "guesstimating" my way to a revert, it is one grounded in policy - see the multiple policies I brought up the first time and the additional one given here. Again, I'd like to reiterate that if you have reliably sourced information about the school, you are welcome to add it, and if you think making an account would help, you're welcome to do that as well.  Willsome 4 29  (say hey or see my edits!) 23:58, 28 April 2020 (UTC)