User talk:Waggie/Archives/2020/September

hi
man, it is difficult to keep up with the numerous wiki editors as we encounter them! So: hello!

Thanks for your input. We are sitting here, twelve teachers at St. Peter, (who LOVE our school and our kids!!) wondering how we ended up as the bad guys in our efforts to do something positive for our students.

We now understand that some of our playful edits, intended to foster some sort of unity for our kids in this strange new school world, are not allowed. So, we've learned, and we won't use wikipedia that way again (although, wow, we had such a great Easter egg hunt going on for our kids online!!)

But we also want to make this point: we can't "cite sources" for what's happening in our school. No school can. We are simply updating our school info, and to be blocked repeatedly feels like we're being piled on, especially in this stressed time.

We hope this makes sense to you

Thanks for listening — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.148.28.151 (talk) 22:38, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hi there. I understand you love your school and your kids and that's great! I'm wishing the best for you guys in these difficult times, I know you guys are putting in lots of extra hours right now and working extra hard to find all kinds of creative ways to engage your students.
 * I'm sorry there's a lot of different people talking to you. I'm just trying to get you pointed in the right direction here. In this regard, tt would be easier for you to create an account and we can keep all your communications on your new user talk page.
 * I hear your point about not being able to cite sources. Please understand that one of Wikipedia's core policies is verifiability. Wikipedia isn't a social media site, we're an encyclopedia. One of the reasons for this is to help prevent false information from getting published on Wikipedia. I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate someone posting false information about your school, right? Also, without the requirement for reliable, secondary sourcing, people would use Wikipedia for advertising quite extensively (this is a constant battle for us). This is why Wikipedia needs reliable, secondary sources for information. For simple, non-advertising-like things, like the headmaster of the school and it's location, your own website would suffice. For things that come across as more "promotional", such as a list of what activities/programs your school provides, that would require a secondary source (maybe a local newspaper article, that isn't an interview?).
 * I hope this helps, and best wishes. Waggie (talk) 22:49, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * P.S. I don't think you guys are "bad guys", I just think you're new to Wikipedia. There's nothing wrong with that. We're just trying to help you get on the right track, that's all. Waggie (talk) 22:51, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Waggie, we totally get it

If you could maybe coach this Chris Troutman guy who bombed us, that would be great. His tone was ignorant and superior. You and the previous editor we encountered were both fair and helpful. He was just abusive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.148.28.151 (talk) 00:46, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello there, I've replied on your IP talk page. Let's keep the discussion there to simplify matters. Waggie (talk) 02:06, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

St. Peter HS page
Waggie, thank you, both for your tone and your information. We do appreciate the manner in which you have handled this.

184.148.28.151 (talk) 10:54, 7 September 2020 (UTC)The Teacher Group at St. Peter