User talk:Jkmoe2009

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March 2009
Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to Taradale High School. If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing. Camw (talk) 08:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

This is your last warning. You will be blocked from editing the next time you vandalize a page, as you did with this edit to Taradale High School. Camw (talk) 09:04, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Taradale High School
I am sorry you think my efforts to edit the Broomstick piece was vandalism. I am a user who enjoys wikipedia but as a member of the Taradale Community, I was shocked to see that story feature so prominently so long after the events of that day in 2001 when the assault that took place was at a private function and had nothing to do with the school.

All the students who were at the school have long since gone and many of the staff have either moved on or retired.

As I am new to the process of editing on Wikipedia, please explain what process I should use to alter the content without being accused of vandalism.

kind regards JM
 * The most appropriate edit would be to expand the article by including a section on the history of the school, making sure to reference everything scrupulously. The pamphlet 'Taradale High School Reunion, Easter 1995' would undoubtedly be useful and is a valid source to cite. It might also be worth looking at ' Taradale School centenary 1879-1979' to see if it mentions any notable events at the high school, and of course Janet Gordon's book 'Taradale : the story of a village 1844-200'. These will all be available in the local public library. I'll take a look at these three myself later today.


 * The existing paragraph could also be expanded to include any measures the school took in response to the incident, so long as there is a reliable source to document these. I've removed the statement about followup incidents as they're not covered by the references given.


 * You may also be aware of newspaper articles on the school which can document more recent events in the school's history.- gadfium 18:00, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I have now created a "History" section using the 25th reunion booklet. You are welcome to expand this, for example by including cultural highlights and major sporting victories. More recent history would also be good, as I suggested above. I hope that this expansion reduces your concern over the prominence given to the "broomstick incident".- gadfium 03:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the alterations made. This is far more agreeble. Thanks again. Kind regards John