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:I added the tag to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cookstown_High_School&diff=118126589&oldid=118123444 this version] of the article, and I have no problem with its removal. As you can see, the article's been much improved since that version. A lot of the material I had a problem with I removed myself (which youc can see in that diff I provided), but I still thought it was biased in that it only contained positive info about the school. Anyway, it was good of you to check first on the talk page but it's fine that you went ahead and removed it since I didn't notice this for a while. [[user:delldot|<font color="#990066">delldot</font>]] <small>[[user talk:delldot|<font color="#8B00FF">talk</font>]]</small> 21:35, 31 March 2007 (UTC) |
:I added the tag to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cookstown_High_School&diff=118126589&oldid=118123444 this version] of the article, and I have no problem with its removal. As you can see, the article's been much improved since that version. A lot of the material I had a problem with I removed myself (which youc can see in that diff I provided), but I still thought it was biased in that it only contained positive info about the school. Anyway, it was good of you to check first on the talk page but it's fine that you went ahead and removed it since I didn't notice this for a while. [[user:delldot|<font color="#990066">delldot</font>]] <small>[[user talk:delldot|<font color="#8B00FF">talk</font>]]</small> 21:35, 31 March 2007 (UTC) |
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== Hockey vs Academics == |
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I notice that this page is about a school, yet it does not contain anything which is really releveant to the academic past and future of this establishment. I thought that this was the main aim of this page...to promote the school as an excellent establishment to learn and mature both academicly and socially. |
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Just because the principal of the school is a former hockey player for the school team does not mean that the whole article should be concentrated on hockey! Additionally, just because both her sons are "rising" hockey stars does not mean that we all want to hear about it! |
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So, perhaps you could all just stop writing about hockey and other sports and start concentrating on other school acticities. What about the way the school actively supports so many charities and undertakes an awful lot of commitments do do with charitable causes. Is that not any good?? |
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Revision as of 20:33, 8 April 2007
This article I believe contains weasel words as it has been by a relative of the Principal and a hockey player and shows bias toward hockey. 172.189.12.89 16:04, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
hockey
this is a joke of a school - let it be open for us pupils who dont play hockey! discrimination. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 90.241.54.181 (talk) 17:15, 26 March 2007 (UTC).
note on hockey - I believe that the article is a balanced account of the school. As for the hockey complaints, the school is predominantly a hockey school and have achieved more success through hockey than any other sport or extra-curricular activity. I created this site in the first place and it has certainly improved a great deal, and is now a respectable article.17:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)Stephen Sloan 9314Stephen Sloan 9314
Neutrality, Style and Citations
Have looked at this article and in my opinion neutrality is not in question. It certainly does not deserve a tag. In comparison to other NI school articles on wiki, it is a fairly standard stub/start type article. I have done a minor tidy up and inserted a couple of citation requests. I would be interested in what in real terms you consider breaches the NPOV requirements? Unless you can come up with more tangible reasons for the NPOV dispute tag, other than I hate hockey and all the players, I would propose that the tag is removed. Below is a autopeer review generated by javascript. It picks up on weasel words when they are present, so this criteria seems to be cleared at present.
The following suggestions were generated by a semi-automatic javascript program, and might not be applicable for the article in question.
- Please expand the lead to conform with guidelines at Wikipedia:Lead. The article should have an appropriate number of paragraphs as is shown on WP:LEAD, and should adequately summarize the article.[?]
- Consider removing links that add little to the article or that have been repeated in close proximity to other links to the same article, as per Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links) and WP:CONTEXT.[?]
- Per Wikipedia:Context and Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates), months and days of the week generally should not be linked. Years, decades, and centuries can be linked if they provide context for the article.[?]
- This article is a bit too short, and therefore may not be as comprehensive as WP:WIAFA critera 1(b) is looking for. Please see if anything can be expanded upon.[?]
- This article needs footnotes, preferably in the cite.php format recommended by WP:WIAFA. Simply, enclose inline citations, with WP:CITE or WP:CITE/ES information, with <ref>THE FOOTNOTE</ref>. At the bottom of the article, in a section named “References” or “Footnotes”, add
<div class="references-small"><references/></div>.[?] - The article will need references. See WP:CITE and WP:V for more information.[?]
- Please ensure that the article has gone through a thorough copyediting so that it exemplifies some of Wikipedia's best work. See also User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a.[?]
You may wish to browse through User:AndyZ/Suggestions for further ideas. Thanks, Weejack48 07:32, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
As nobody has come forward to explain how this article does not meet NPOV I am removing the maintenance tag.Weejack48 10:28, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
- I added the tag to this version of the article, and I have no problem with its removal. As you can see, the article's been much improved since that version. A lot of the material I had a problem with I removed myself (which youc can see in that diff I provided), but I still thought it was biased in that it only contained positive info about the school. Anyway, it was good of you to check first on the talk page but it's fine that you went ahead and removed it since I didn't notice this for a while. delldot talk 21:35, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Hockey vs Academics
I notice that this page is about a school, yet it does not contain anything which is really releveant to the academic past and future of this establishment. I thought that this was the main aim of this page...to promote the school as an excellent establishment to learn and mature both academicly and socially.
Just because the principal of the school is a former hockey player for the school team does not mean that the whole article should be concentrated on hockey! Additionally, just because both her sons are "rising" hockey stars does not mean that we all want to hear about it!
So, perhaps you could all just stop writing about hockey and other sports and start concentrating on other school acticities. What about the way the school actively supports so many charities and undertakes an awful lot of commitments do do with charitable causes. Is that not any good??