Talk:Bishop Blanchet High School

message: Why is this high school given a Wikipedia entry? --Wetman 07:37, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Encyclopedic? I don't think so

message: This school warrants an entry, of course--but current events such as the MySpace business? Those don't belong. --Lukobe 22:03, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)
:As a proud graduate I have taken interest in this page, however, I am unsure that this article requires both a section for Notable Alumni and Honored Past Teachers. Notable alumni should cover both, providing the teacher has accomplishments that reach beyond just the community of the school; for example, award winning American Football coach Mickey Naish is certainly notable for his many sucesses and numerous Championship teams, however, Ray Segale was but the team's first coach and beloved Phyisical Education teacher, which I find less relevant. I find love and respect in my heart for all the Honored Teachers listed, but I am just not certain they belong in an encyclopedia environment. Before I take the time to work that section to follow the guidelines for prose, as I did the Notable Alumni section, I would like feedback as to whether I should take those Honored Teachers who are truly notable and incorportate them into a Notable Alumni and Teachers section and remove the Honored Teachers section.OneHappyHusky (talk) 01:55, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  what warrants entry 

message: Regarding the subject of nicknames of prominent students at this high school; Is it in some way inappropriate to list them as long as they are benign? As long as they are well-known nicknames, I assert that they should have a place in the article as long as the students themselves do. ForbiddenWord 20:03, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Are they really known by those names? --Lukobe 20:23, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Parco certainly is. Sargent, less commonly, but in my opinion the inclusion of these adds a sort of flair to the article. ForbiddenWord 12:24, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Flair"? --Lukobe 19:05, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Look at other High Schools' articles. You'll note that by and large, most of them are a large, indistinguishable anonymous pile of uninteresting articles with very little to distinguish one from the next, even with the school crests or what have you available. "Flair?" Yes, flair. For the sake of bringing many articles up from the morass of questionable quality, flair. Any more snide questions? --ForbiddenWord 19:31, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Funny that you think "snide little" is any better than "snotty little" :) Anyway, this is an encyclopedia. Flair is not one of Wikipedia's goals. I don't think these additions serve to bring anything out of the morass. If anything, they make Wikipedia look silly. --Lukobe 20:25, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry if I caused offense. However, it deeply concerns me that the point at issue with the article at present is the inclusion of nicknames, instead of the numerous verifiability issues with the article. ForbiddenWord 03:23, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I am working on getting all information on this article checked and verified. When I do, I will cite the school, since that is the only verifiable source of this information. Which, by the way, we did not post originally, so I am not sure why it is my responsibility, but in the spirit of this site, I will do it. As for the nicknames, I will say again, the students do not wish them used, nor does the school. As for if they are common nicknames, where is your citation for that info? I have stated who I am, you hide behind anonymity and play games with this article. --Sdeibert 18:17, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Very well. I have no problem with the facts you assert being in this article, so long as you are able to justify them through an independent, verifiable source. Remember that this project is an encyclopedia, not just an amalgamation of facts. It's all well and good that the school has a fight song, or an employee named Fr. Doug, but it's not enough for an editor to assert that something like that is true. There has to be a basis linking the assertions to what actually is. --ForbiddenWord 17:44, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Also, as to who I am, I am a Wikipedian who is exceedingly concerned with the unverifiable, unencyclopedic hogwash that is allowed into the encyclopedia lately. Look for example at the older versions of List of Internet Slang, when it was twenty pages of unadultered garbage, until a concerned Wikipedian took out 95% of what was there. The idea of verifiability is a pillar upon which an encyclopedic reference like Wikipedia is built, and skirting the edges with unsourced information is a slippery, slippery slope. --ForbiddenWord 17:53, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry, this whole thing seems to have gotten out of control. I am trying my best to make the facts accurate, according to school records. How do I verify those facts? As to our enrollment records, etc., we are the authoritative source of the info. How do I find another source? My point on who you are was only in reference to the fact that you were asserting that the student nicknames were commonly used, and there was no verifiable source. I would be more than willing to remove all "unverifiable" info in this article, but I think that there would be about 3 lines left, given the level of desired verification. I note that Seattle Preparatory Academy has not been given this level of scrutiny, and find no verifiability in their page.--Sdeibert 21:34, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sdeibert does have a point. Verifiability is an issue on Wikipedia, but ForbiddenWord, your time might be better spent addressing verifiability issues in a more important article than this one on a Seattle high school. --Lukobe 22:32, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prominent Student nicknames 

message: I added two sources I was able to track down (even the Blanchet website has contradictions within itself. I decided the '06-'07 Admissions brochure would be the most reliable and most recently updated since it's what brings in $ to the school :) ). These sources then cover referencing the Miter exists [seriously - does that need to be cited, to whomever posted a citeneeded?] and some enrollment statistics. 
 
I was not able to find a source for the Capital Campaign, or even a single informational page, about it. I know it existed :), but I need help finding a source for it [if the consensus is that we do, in fact, need a source?].
Is trying to find a source for Fr. Doug being popular as ridiculous as it seems to me? Popularity is a (as Mr. Lowe would say) non-trivial definition, and the only possibility I came up with was posting the site for Hey Father. This, however, might seem tacky as it's an advertisement. Any suggestions?
--Vyxx 08:10, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: I'm adding this to my list of articles to fix, it seems like a marketing company came in and overhauled a bunch of the area's high school wiki pages. --Goldman60 Talk 23:26, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Serious [[WP:COPY]] Issues 

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