Talk:Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School

message: Please delete this entire page, or else rework it to be NPOV.  As it stands, it appears that someone just cut and pasted the promotional brochure of the school directly into onto Wikipedia.  The use of "we," "us," etc. is a dead giveaway.Narsil27 15:29, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: This article has had it rating reduced to Start Class. With the addition of some reference it could be promoted to C class, but under the new rating system it is has a long ways to go to get to B class. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Assessment#Examples Dbiel (Talk) 15:06, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Class Rating

message: Issues such as these (Lion's Tale censorship, marijuana arrests in Israel) should be covered on the page, as they meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria--coverage in multiple media outlets is more than sufficient to satisfy criteria. The 2.7.10 page revision tagged as a 'section blanking' deleted the paragraph on the student marijuana arrests with no rationale provided. As there is a clear argument for its inclusion (see above), it naturally falls on whoever would have this section deleted to provide a rationale. Note that finding a topic to be 'disagreeable' or merely wanting something to be omitted is subjective and does not constitute a valid argument. (Enrique.SantiagoChen)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Enrique.santiagochen (talk • contribs) 07:46, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversies and Media Coverage 

message: I removed a hurtful statement about a specific individual which has no place here and is completely inappropriate. Calling someone a "b*%$h" is not called for in any circumstance.
Sorry (figuring out how to post here, not as well-versed on Wikipedia), I also tried to delete your "controversies" section. As a representative of the school, I believe that the Marijuana arrest has nothing to do with the school and does not belong on the school's page. The arrest happened on a trip that was not chaperoned nor supervised by school staff or administration. In addition, it involved students who had already graduated and were part of a private program that the students and their families sign up for. This is not a "controversy" for the school but more for the Israel trip program. And then, I still believe that the label is not valid. It would be akin to saying that a company has a "controversy" about a former employee who gets arrested for his/her personal activities or bad decisions.
These are legitimate reasons to remove these items. This does not qualify as "disruptive editing" nor vandalism.
The changes have not been kept apparently. But it saddens me if Wikipedia will become a place where people can put up whatever they want without being held accountable for their statements or actions. Quite frankly it demeans the effort of this organization to do what it is trying to do.
Blueman19 (talk) 19:11, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:V is often the key minimal standard for content. Removal of content that is verifiable per cites to reliable sources when there is existing talk-page discussion that supports including it is generally not appropriate. I would call it good-faith bad edit rather than vandalism, but still...WP:CONSENSUS is important. At the risk of being snarky, it would sadden me if Wikipedia became a place where the "official word" from an organization itself were to be used as a guideline for anything at all. Like it or not, published sources appear to have linked this school with these events. There may well be ways to write this more neutrally or improve the heading, but it's on-topic according to cited reliable sources. DMacks (talk) 05:44, 14 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent Updates

message: While i agree that CESJDS is notable and deserves a Wikipedia article, I've noted several significant issues that need improvement.
1. the tone of this article seems to be rather advertisement-ish (e.g. "College Prep classes are rigorous and demanding, yet paced to promote the success of every student in our School" which has the additional flaw of making use of the term "our", and "Adaptability and flexibility are hallmarks of the school"), which is in violation of WP:NOTADVERTISING
2. There are very few in text citations throughout the body of the article, particularly the first sections.
3. This is a small complaint, but is it really fair to state without qualification that Natalie Portman is an alumni of the school, when it seems from her article that she only went there through kindergarten.
Other than the last complaint, which if I don't get a response to i plan on trying to correct in the near future, i do not think that i am currently in a position to fix these issues as i am not a CESJDS staff member, student, or expert, and do not have the requisite knowledge of the school for such an endeavor, i trust however that fixes will be made, as these problems are tarnishing what could be an otherwise great Wikipedia article. g.j.g (talk) 04:50, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Things that Need Improvement 

message: Why is this killer's affiliation with the school not noted? I would think listing a link to his article at least is called for. May I add such a link, or has this already been rejected ?Paul, in Saudi (talk) 14:13, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: He certainly appears eligible to be added to the list.  However, please make sure your addition follows our neutrality policy.  Probably better to refer to him as a convicted murderer than a killer. John from Idegon (talk) 18:14, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I see someone added it. THat seems about right. Paul, in Saudi (talk) 06:00, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
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