Talk:Westfield High School (Virginia)/Archive 1

message: Removed 
"*Jivon Simmons (Class of 2007) - All national Wushu finalist. "
as Jovon is not an  notable "alumni" for the section (note he is Class of 2007). Notable yes, alumni no. Looking at other High school and college articles, VERY FEW list current students (usually in the case of celebrities, or the children of noted indiviudals). As such, Jivon was removed. 
Thinking about adding a Notable Current Students, but this gets VERY subjective, and may result into a popularity contest; something that is is completely out of place for this article. 
Please respond User:151.188.16.32 if you disagree. 
Zidel333 22:09, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Like it or not, his crime was pretty darned notable.  And Wikipedia isn't about putting on a good face or hiding our problems - that's the point of NPOV.  RossPatterson 02:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alumni 

message: A few days ago, Michael Kennedy was added to the notable alumni list, then I reverted the edit the next day. I had my reasons for this. When I think of a notable alumni list, I don't have the image of someone like him in mind. Usually a list like that is for achievements. You might not see it that way, but that's just my opinion. I do remember him last year though, and he was a member of Calliope according to my yearbook. I just don't think he should be notable for the crime he committed because with a short list such as ours, there's a likelihood it's going to give a bad image to Westfield for those who don't know how good the school really is despite this tragedy.
Arsonal 23:51, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Like it or not, his crime was pretty darned notable.  And Wikipedia isn't about putting on a good face or hiding our problems - that's the point of NPOV.  RossPatterson 02:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Michael Kennedy 

message: On the subject of listing the years of awards of championships, we should only list the year if the award or championship is for something very special and doesn't get awarded more than once to Westfield. For example, things we should date would be like the AAA Football championship, but things like winning regionals/districts and winning awards multiple times shouldn't be dated. In the end, we'll just be adding year after year that we win these things.
:OK, I have tracked down the following Virginia High School League  Awards for Westfield High School. Included are "competitive teams" (as opposed to the more limiting "sports teams").  
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Virginia State Champions (Individuals)	    	                      	
Name                                  	Year	Sport/Competition     	Event
Laura Ullrich                         	2001	Swim                  	Butterfly
Rick Eddy                             	2001	Swim                  	Breaststroke
Yeng Lan Beller                       	2003	Swim                  	Backstroke
Yang Lan Beller                       	2004	Swim                  	Butterfly
Kathryn Pettine                       	2003	Indoor Track and Field	Pole Vault
David Groff                           	2004	Indoor Track and Field	1000 Meter Run
Scott Seymour                         	2004	Forensics             	Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Scott Seymour                         	2004	Debate                	Student Congress
Louis Corum                           	2004	Track and Field       	300 Meter Hurdles
Betsy Alder                           	2005	Track and Field       	Pole Vault
Lauren Burt                           	2005	Debate                	Student Congress
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Virginia State Championships (Teams)	
Year                                	Sport/Competition
2003-2004                           	AAA Football Division VI
2003-2004                           	AAA Boys Track
2003-2004                           	Theatre One Act Play Festival
:Westfield has won as of April 27th, 2006 30 District Titles, 19 Runner Up Regional Titles, and 11 Regionals Titles.
:Update on the photos; Will have them in 2 weeks (after Prom :) )
:Zidel333 20:15, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dates (Awards and Championships)