User talk:Kdm98

October 2016
Hello. This is a message to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions, such as the edit you made to Clover Hill High School, did not appear constructive and has been undone. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at our welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make test edits, please use the sandbox for that. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you may leave a message on my talk page. The incident did not happen at the school or at a school event, and there is no mention of the children being students from the school. The material does not belong in the article. Marking that edit as minor makes it appear as if you are attempting to sneak in an obviously inappropriate edit. Meters (talk) 19:05, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

Ok. I'm new at this. There was no intention to "sneak in" and honestly, that dismisses the merit of a discussion by throwing an accusation against someone you do not know. Second, I live in the area and it was a big deal that he had been hired by the school with little background check. Here is the county page on it and it clearly states that he is the JV soccer coach at the high school when he is arrested: http://www.chesterfield.gov/smartdata.aspx?id=8589948929

I put the other link into the article because it included his conviction. So, if I commit a crime against children, it isn't relevant that I was working at a place that gave me access to children? I believe it is very relevant. I was going to make a similar post to a different Chesterfield County High School on a teacher who was convicted for having sexual contact with students. Is this inappropriate as well? It may not be "constructive" in terms of the high school, but it is relevant to people moving into the area to be aware that predators are active in the schools and it is relevant to the history of the high school, even though it is embarrassing. Kdm98 (talk) 19:39, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I know he was employed at the school. What I said was that the incident did not occur at the school or at a school event, and there is no indication that the children were students at the school. School articles are about the schools, not about the people who happen to be associated with schools. Your edit was also either poorly sourced or contained WP:OR or WP:SYNTH. You claim he was released from his position at the school because of the incident, but that is not supported by the source. It simply says that he "was under contract at one time as a junior varsity soccer coach at Clover Hill High School." So, a contract employee who may not even have been employed a the school when this happened according to your source... even less of a direct connection to the school. It's not up to me or anyone else to look for other supporting sources for your edit.
 * I didn't accuse you of bad faith editing. I said that marking it as minor made it appear as if you were attempting to hide the edit. A highly contentious edit such as this is so far from a minor edit that marking it as such will always look suspicious. If you were an experienced editor I would have been sure that you had done it on purpose and I likely would have given you more than a level 1 warning.
 * I could be wrong on the suitability of this edit. Feel free to ask for other editors' input. If there is consensus that this material is appropriate then it can go in the article. I'm not going to comment on the other school article without knowing what material you are proposing adding, or evaluating how good the sources are. Meters (talk) 20:30, 20 October 2016 (UTC)