User talk:Astuartwatt

MLC School
G'day,

I've had to undo a bunch of the edits that you've made to the school's article as they don't conform with the guidelines at WP:WPSCH/AG or are otherwise slightly problematic. I really appreciate that you're trying to improve the article here, so I'm going to try to address the problematic edits individually (there were others, by the way, that were fine :) )


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 * I'm not sure what "Blight '88" is, but it seems like extraneous detail which shouldn't be included in the infobox. Infoboxes should only contain sparse information. Also, no Mr's or Mrs's in Wikipedia Articles.
 * The content that you added to the history section was really against the spirit of WP:SOAP. Wikipedia isn't to be used for advertising and has to maintain a neutral point of view. Also, pointing to the article there seems spammy. If there's pertinent information to include regarding the history from the website, then by all means add it. In general, don't use wikilinks to point to outside websites (which you've done a lot of) as this raises people's WP:SPAM flags.


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 * Content at Wikipedia has to be written in a WP:NEUTRAL wording. Using words like "award winning" (unless awards have actually been given for work at the school) and "innovative" (unless a reliable source has pointed to them being innovative) are problematic because they're awfully subjective. I've tried to reword parts of this section; please check to see that it's still factually correct.


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 * more problems with neutral wording.


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 * More problems with linking to the website using wikilinks.
 * I haven't heard of IPSHA (then again, I'm a public school type :) ), but it could probably warrant a WP:REDLINK?


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 * More problems with linking to the website using wikilinks.


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 * This image is really not appropriate; it should probably be a table within the article itself (but even then it's a bit dubious). Mentioning teacher's names is generally a no-no according to WP:WPSCH/AG as they're not particularly notable individuals.

I gather that you're staff or otherwise involved with the school? Your intimate knowledge is needed to improve the article... But yeah. Please follow the guidelines a little closer. If you need any help, you can talk to me. - danjel  (talk to me) 04:37, 22 February 2011 (UTC)


 * I've noticed that you've reverted some of the things that I edited out... I know it took me a while to get the above actually typed out. Please read through before continuing to edit, just in case we have to go around in circles on any of the above points. Cheers. - danjel  (talk to me) 05:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)