User talk:Macfarlj

Latimer Elementary
On this list, I hadn't included Latimer Elementary just because it would open the whole ball of wax of including elementary schools closed during this era. Now that it is opened, please help add other elementary schools to the list. If it fills up, we might have to also open up grade level categories.

Latimer was actually very close to me, literally around the corner when I grew up, so I was certainly aware of it and its closing history.Trackinfo (talk) 19:22, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Moreland School District
Hey! I see you've been editing this article. It's one that's on my watch list for various reasons and that I've been meaning to, frankly, get around to gutting and totally rewriting. Structurally it's all wrong and doesn't actually say anything really about the district - it seems like it's been either created by merges from nn school articles which have then just been thrown into the article or it's been created in order to hold article about schools which are, largely, nn. There's certainly an awful lot of unreferenced content which would be removed if it were on a regular school article and, as I say, nothing really about the district which is the subject of the article.

I wondered if you had any thoughts about this? I can do a bit of internet looking up of sources, but you may be able to access better sources locally. Thanks Blue Square Thing (talk) 08:02, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi! I have been updating the site for a while now because if was missing some information that was either wrong or old. I didn't create the page. So I have just been working what was there. I think it has some good information and agree more references could be added but I'm not too good at knowing how to reference things. Some of the information I have from old papers from the District that were on a type writer. (The school site list). There is a lot of information that could be added or expanded on, and I don't care for the bias tone it can take. I try to remove some of that, but don't want to upset anyone. I try to just add facts and remove stuff like "Vioas are awesome").But there is some stuff I really like about the site and I hope it has enough good info that should be told about the district for new families or home buyers. --Macfarlj (talk) 16:29, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


 * OK, I'll see if I can find time to really rework something over the next few weeks. I'll be reliant on web sources (what local papers which are on the web would be best to look at?) but if I see what i can find and then we'll see what the best way to move forward is - if you can add info from the sources you have and then provide some indication of references then I'll rework them (or someone else will) if necessary. Blue Square Thing (talk) 17:18, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I don't think you will find much from the media since they do not cover Moreland. You may find some minor stories.  Some of the data I got was from greatschools.org, old documents I have from the District when I was on the Board, and from asking people who work there and know the history.--129.192.170.250 (talk) 18:29, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Also most of the data was there already. I didn't write it.  The stuff at the top.  I only edited it when I saw bias and opinion vs basic facts.--129.192.170.250 (talk) 18:32, 7 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I figured that after a squiz at the history. It's a classic problem finding half decent third party sourcing for school and school related articles tbh. If we can find anything that's grand. Otherwise it's a case of reworking what we have and using the school board website I guess. Blue Square Thing (talk) 19:14, 8 December 2012 (UTC)