User talk:Lance jd

re: Roxana High School
Greetings Lance!

It looks like you have been a round for a while, but that no one rolled out the welcome mat, so allow me to give a long overdue and belated welcome.

I ran across some edits that you have made to this article, and since I just reverted many of them, I wanted to drop a line rather than revert and run.

There are several pertinent wikipedia policies that concern your edits that you may not be aware of.

1. There were fact tags left on several points in the article. Those points, lacking reliable sources could have been deleted per the policy on verifiability. Instead, the tag is left there to highlight the need for reliable sources. I have restored some of the tags that you deleted.

2. Wikipedia's policy on what wikipedia is not highlights that articles should be encyclopedic, and should not include highlights of recent sports seasons. There should be a notation of important national and state team records, provided that they are supported by reliable sources. In short, wikipedia should not be used as a school website, and is not a repository of current news items of short term interest.

3. Per the Wikischools project guidelines on what not to include in school articles, current and past staff members should not be mentioned, unless they are notable based on guidelines set by Wikipedia and the Wikischools project.

I have no doubt that these were made without knowing the policies of the website, though I also congratulate you on some of the edits that you made that got rid of some most unwanted vandalism. Best of luck in your continued editing. LonelyBeacon (talk) 01:22, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

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