User talk:Justmanno

Wallingford-Swarthmore School District page
Hi, Justmanno, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank-you for your edits to the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District article although I am sorry to say that what you put is not actually allowed on Wikipedia. It was copied off several of the district web pages. I know you are citing your source, but the fact is that you have copied several paragraphs of copyrighted text without permission, which I'm afraid is illegal and not permitted on Wikipedia. If you do want to use that material, you need to contact the author of the text and ask them to release it under the GFDL. This page might help you to do that. Unfortunately, unless they agree to do that, it can't be used in Wikipedia.

Another problem I think I might need to mention is that your article is not written to a neutral point of view. I accept that it is accurate but it includes quite a lot of opinion. For example, it says "Our deepest convictions and values:" and then goes on to explain these. These are the opinions of the the district. Instead, you might want to mention only a few of their opinions and then go on to explain some other people's opinions of the schools. Better still, you could include a lot more facts. A history of the district and the individual schools is often a good choice. The Strath Haven High School paragraph is probably the best example of this. It includes a brief history of the school whilst mentioning a few important events.

Another minor point: Don't write anything in the first person, so instead of saying 'Our', say 'the district'.

Anyway, to summarize, don't copy mission statements off the internet. It is far better for you to just write the article yourself with a few basic facts. Sorry for making you read through all this but I hope you can understand a bit more about what is suitable and what is good, but not suitable for Wikipedia. Tra (Talk) 19:47, 5 June 2006 (UTC)