User talk:SeanBarr

Mountain Pointe High School controversy
Hi. If you can supply a citation or link to some external relable source for this information we would greatly appraciate it. Many people have tried to add this somewhat negative information about the school in the last few months, but none have provided a reliable source to prove that it really happend, and it can't be found on the web. There was an instance of cheating, but it doesn't match the idems described here.

If we don't have a reliable source for this sort of controversial information, we just can't leave it in the article. Loren.wilton (talk) 02:08, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I've removed the section again, because the article you linked to did not support the claims made in the article. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 01:28, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Could you please quote for me the portion of the article that you're claiming supports this section? Because I just re-read the article again, and while the high school is mentioned there's nothing in there at all about this alleged cheating scandal. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 02:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ignorance is not an excuse for incompetence. SeanBarr (talk) 02:54, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Neither is incoherence. Please explain where the reference is, because it sure seems like everyone here assumes you've made it up. Enlighten us with exact details, please. Texasronin (talk) 03:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * In 2008, the school was surrounded by controversy when a group of twenty-two students in an AP Language and Composition class formed a cheating ring by stealing copies of tests and distributing them through e-mail. Students coined the scandal "Operation Bonzai" as a reference to one of leading members of the ring. As a result of the scandal, several students received referrals and all students previously part of the National Honors Society were dismissed.

Recently, the scandal has escalated toward new heights. A group of teachers at the school known as the "faculty council" was assembled to reinstate the disgraced students into the National Honors Society. The convicted students reportedly bribed the teachers into forming this society using extorted money and the society was able to use its influence to reinstate the students. Observers have labeled this new incident as "Operation Gypsy Power." The reinstatement of the formerly convicted students has led to a public outrage among other students citing double standards and favorable treatment. As of April 16, 2008, a petition to once again remove the students from National Honors Society has been started, Codename: "Justice."

The incident has received considerable local media coverage in papers such as the Ahwatukee Foothills News and the Ahwatukee Republic.

excelling
Hi. I appreciate this edit and am not going to remove it, but I do want to say that others might. Words of that sort are called "peacock terms", and there is a guideline: Avoid peacock terms. A lot of people run around enforcing guidelines like that without really thinking.

The simplest way to insure that 'excelling' or some similar term stays would be (just like with the controversy) to support it with some external reference. In this case, something that says the school is in the top x% of the state schools, or takes some notable academic prizes, or something along that nature.

Thanks, and happy editing, Loren.wilton (talk) 08:10, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Warning
Please be advised that Wikipedia takes a dim view of fabricating or misrepresenting sources, as you did with this edit. Keep that sort of behaviour up, and you will be blocked. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 03:02, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Blocked
Okay, this has become obvious enough that I'm blocking you indefinitely as a sock of. If you would like to appeal my decision, please feel free to add to your user talk page (i.e. this one). Sarcasticidealist (talk) 03:35, 20 May 2008 (UTC)