Talk:Towson High School

message: To future editors: Regardless of your opinion on Michael Phelps, Wikis are not for opinions.  I too would love to ignore/defame his existence, but this is not the place to do so.  Unless a person has done something worth noting, he/she is not a notable alum.  YOU, the future editor, are not a notable alum, I can assume, so do not insert your name into that section.  Please obey these and other common-sense guidelines.--Aresef 18:04, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Michael Phelps and alumni notability

message: A reminder to all editors, this is a serious online project, involving many hours of research. It is consulted daily by thousands of people around the world who are seeking reliable, factual information.
*Wikipedia is not the place for frivolous entries or, worse, intentionally false information. 
JGHowes 10:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikipedia is an encyclopedia

message: Someone keeps inserting false information that Towson HS was boys soccer co-champions in 2006: this is false and I have reverted it (again). According to the Towson Times of November 16, 2006, Towson HS lost the semi-final match to Mt. Hebron:
 JGHowes talk -  04:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Soccer results in 2006 

message: Whether Merrick is listworthy in this school article's alumni section versus demonstrating individual notability for a stand-alone article (per WP:Notability (music)) should be considered separately (see this discussion ).  Under these circumstances (viable redirect, press coverage , member of a notable band, verifiable school attendance) I'd argue he is at least worthy of inclusion on the alumni list for navigation and development utility (Wikipedia:LIST) and is sufficiently notable under WP:BIO#Lists of people versus the criteria for a stand-alone article. – Zedla (talk) 23:40, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:BIO#Lists of people appears to say (quite explicitly) that people must be notable in the wikipedia sense to be listed. WP:BAND quite clearly states that "members of notable bands are redirected to the band's article, not given individual articles, unless they have demonstrated individual notability for activity independent of the band". Several attempts to create an actual page for Zack Merrick page have failed to supply any actual claim of notability, let alone support for it, so we always wind up back at a redirect for a non-independently-notable person to the notable thing with which he's associated. The band does appear to be notable and does have a viable page, but none of the coverage listed or that I could find makes a case for this member being notable himself (just discussed in context of being one of the band members). Without clear demonstration of notability he doesn't seem notable; per guideline in this area, we default to non-notable; per guideline for this page, he generally should not be listed. DMacks (talk) 02:37, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree with DMacks, notability of a band does not confer individual notability on band members, whether for a bio or an alumni list, according to the guideline. BTW, the other All Time Low band members are likewise regularly added/reverted at Dulaney High School, too.  JGHowes   talk 05:55, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Zack Merrick, notable alumni