User talk:Skip4992

October 2008
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re: edit to St. Joseph High School (Westchester, Illinois)
Hello Skip!

I am going to be reverting your edit to this article momentarily for two reasons: 1. The alum you have listed, L.J. "Skip" Probst, appears to lack in notability, as he is not the subject of a current Wikipedia article, and does not appear to meet the criteria to meet wikipedia's policy on meeting notability. The project governing school articles generally requires that an alum either have a pre-existing article on wikipedia, or at least meet the notability requirements to have an article. You may also want to consult WP:ATHLETE, which contains more general guidelines relating to athletics and meeting notability requirements.

2. Given that your user name is "Skip4992", and the alum you are trying to add is "Skip" Probst", there is the implication that you are this person, and adding him to the article could constitute a conflict of interests.  This in and of itself does not disqualify you from adding the information, but it does mean that you should have airtight sources that meet wikipedia's policy regarding reliable sources to confirm that this person is an alumni of the school.

Rather than simply revert, I wanted to explain why I am doing what I am doing.