Talk:Harvard-Westlake School

message: I'm guessing that this school has absolutely nothing to do with Harvard University; it would be great if someone could please confirm this and add this to the article.  The name of the school is so similar, it would be good to make that clarification in the article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.206.196.96 (talk) 22:27, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible confusion 

message: I also feel that this reads like an ad, particularly the way the facilities are described (boosterism and too much detail) also far too much detail re curriculum, this isn't the school's website!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.106.235.164 (talk) 23:56, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The general rule on Wikipedia is to show why something is important or "illustrious" rather than simply asserting that it is so. If the school has received awards for its performing arts department, or if alumni have gone on to successful careers in that field, or whatever the metric of illustriousness is, let's mention those instead. Wikipedia:Avoid peacock terms. -Will Beback · † · 22:01, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accusations of Advertisment 

message: whats H-W's ranking among other high schools (in the state, country whatever)?
* i've never seen rankings for private schools.Kiwidude 01:01, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  ranking 

message: The correct translation of "possunt quia posse videntur" (and I'm a Harvard-Westlake Latin student) is "They can because they are seen to be able [to]" from the Aeneid, Book 5, line 231. Colloquially this is interpretted as "They can because they think they can," and indeed it was intended as such by Vergil, but the direct translation is incorrect. --Cjmsheng 03:07, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Motto 

message: Let's keep the opinions and frivolity to a minimum. --Cjmsheng 05:48, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Commentary 

message: The title of this section is neither "Students with Famous Parents," "Students that May or May not have Appeared in the Los Angeles Times," nor "Students who have been Talked About on Campus". Stop listing people who only have the potential to become famous. Astronauts, yes; LA City Council members, yes; college freshman basketball players, et cetera, no. --Cjmsheng 20:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Students and Alumni of Note 

message: I will submit a replacement for this page within days.--Cjmsheng 21:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent work. -Will Beback 20:26, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Currently Being Updated 

message: Anyone want to write the section on student life?--Cjmsheng 01:00, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Please don't insert unsourced POV. If there's been a newspaper article covering topics of drug use or sleep deprivation then we can summarize that. But personal knowledge isn't sufficient. -Will Beback · † · 19:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Student Life 

message: The Middle School is not located within the gates of Bel Air, therefore it is not a part of Bel Air proper. Since it's off Sunset, north of Wilshire, east of Beverly Glen, west of Beverly Hills, and somewhere boxed in between Westwood, Little Holmby, Bel Air, and Beverly Hills, it more or less counts as Holmby Hills.
Sir: More or less? It IS in Holmby Hills. However, most people do not know where that is or what it means. Non Curat Lex (talk) 09:03, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The address of the main campus is 3700 Coldwater Canyon Avenue, North Hollywood, CA 91604 . Neighborhood borders aren't as distinct as we'd like. In any case, they've called their location "N.H." for decades.  ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 20:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location 

message: The opening paragraph of the Academics section does not make sense: "The academic program at Harvard-Westlake is regarded as one of the most rigorous in the country. However, this reputation is somewhat misrepresented; while the school does offer a veritable plethora of classes, especially in the junior and senior years, many of which are College Board Advanced Placement, the school’s requirements for graduation are relatively stringent."
Rigorous and stringent mean the same thing.  If the intended meaning of this statement is indeed correct, then a better word should be used. Dbf2112 16:36, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Academics 

message: If no one minds, im gonna do a performing arts section....Julesrules989 06:07, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Performing Arts 

message: Didn't Michael Chang (tennis) go to H-W? jengod 20:55, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Michael Chang

message: There are some nice nuggets of vandalism flavoring this page, such as "I like sex" and "they pretty much rock at every sport". It would probably benefit the article if someone went through and weeded them out. (It's not a simple revert job, several edits have been made since some of the comments were added. Look at the edit of User:Hipponotretro for a starting point.)
Have fun.Branman515 04:58, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: This page is very extravagant, espesically the "Athletics'" "Philosophy (verbatim)" section in addition to many other sections.  This should be noted and acted on in order to follow Wikipedia's philosophy of equality in acticles and unbiased opinion in such acticles.
Can the person above even spell?  "espesically" is spelled especially, and "acticle" is spelled article.  --68.4.73.34 (talk) 03:42, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extravagance 

message: Why are there so many citations which don't link anywhere?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.122.11.33 (talk) 02:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Wolverine1.gif

message: The boosterism in this article is unlike anything I've ever seen in my years patrolling college and university articles. Pretty much everything tagged with a "dubious" needs a citation or is liable to be stripped out. I'll set June 1 as a deadline and check back in to see how things are going. And please, don't try any WP:WAX, I've heard it all before. Madcoverboy (talk) 05:28, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As has been mentioned before, this article indulges in the worst types of self-promotion that the WP:PRESTIGE, WP:SOAP, WP:PEACOCK caution against. I've gone through and trimmed out some of it since I couldn't conscience letting it remain. I left in the most egregious examples so that people would read the talk page. :) If you have a problem with it, I'd be glad to talk it over with you and bring more eyes here to improve it. Madcoverboy (talk) 05:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  As a sign of good faith and being bold, I fixed the bunching problem you had with the section edit boxes and wikified your alumni list. Madcoverboy (talk) 05:55, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Dubious

message: The list of notable alumni is lengthy; it could be even lengthier. Should "Notable Harvard-Westlake Alumni" be its own article? Discuss... Non Curat Lex (talk) 01:35, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal re: Notable Alumni 

message: Fishbach appeared in 15 aired episodes of the show "Survivor."
Fishbach is referenced repeatedly in established Wikipedia articles (on the Survivor: Tocantins page plus seven others).
Other "Survivor" runners-up (and less successful stars of the show) have been deemed sufficiently inclusion-worthy by Wikipedia standards.
Fishbach is listed at IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3279295/).
Fishbach writes the "Survivor" column for People magazine (http://search.people.com/TIISearch/people/search/search.html?search=stephen+fishbach&bu=&searchSubmit.x=0&searchSubmit.y=0).
Conclusion: Stephen Fishbach meets the criteria for inclusion here according to WP:BIO
Jtropp1 (talk) 22:09, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Some of the arguments are slightly off (see WP:OSE), but if the article for Stephen Fishbach stays around, it makes sense to include as notable alumni here. If the article goes away through the deletion process, it's inappropriate. Thanks for creating the article, it's easier to discuss inclusion that way. tedder (talk) 23:17, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Stephen Fishback: Notable Alumnus?

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message: Someone's got to mention their debate team. Harvard-Westlake is one of the best debate powerhouses in the country.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.72.49.89 (talk) 03:58, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia school articles are about schools. The are not about promoting them. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 23:20, 17 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Debate 

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