Talk:DeWitt Clinton High School

message: I've removed unsupported assertions (except for the Redbook cite, which is barely acceptable if one cares to wade through the Redbook site, which I didn't) and unreferenced comparisons, both internally and to other schools.  The list of notable alumni truly is notable, and I've left it untouched, but other non-notable information has been deleted.  I've also given this a copy edit, removing grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.  For the editor who wanted to know what was POV in this article -- in general, assertions about something being "better" than something else need to be attributed to someone with a neutral point of view, ideally in such a way that anyone can look up the reference and verify it if they so desire.  Otherwise, it's opinion, and that's POV. I (and all other Wikipedia editors) welcome input from students/friends of this school into this article, but it has to be presented in a useful and neutral form and with specific citations.  By the way, the NNDB link seems to give a different, smaller list of notable alumni.  Accounting4Taste 22:23, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The final entry in the list of notable alumni (Timan Goshit, first African American accepted at MIT. (Class 2009)) seems not only out of alphabetical order but implausible -- apparently this person has been accepted at MIT two years before they graduate from high school, and I doubt that s/he's the first African American accepted at MIT.  I've removed it.  There's also an entry in the list of schools named after notable alumni (Abraham Bernstein) that doesn't have an entry in the list of alumni, but I will leave that for someone with more knowledge than mine. Accounting4Taste 19:35, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I checked the MIT site and they've accepted African-Americans for decades. Accounting4Taste 19:42, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extensive edit 

message: The mention of "unsupported assertions" above, brings to mind that footnote [42] (at least, as of this version of the article: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DeWitt_Clinton_High_School&oldid=298660951 ) simply points to the entire web site, http://www.dewittclintonalumni.com/ -- so, it is not very specific about which "page" of that web site supposedly supports the assertion that 
DeWitt Clinton High School has the largest high school Alumni Association in the world!
One reason why I mention this, is that the above quote seems to conflict with the second sentence of http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=C._E._Byrd_High_School&oldid=297203579 , which says that a certain other high school, (C. E. Byrd High School)
has the largest alumni association [1] of any U.S. high school.
Now, the article about C._E._Byrd_High_School might be wrong, but in any event, the footnote [42] (see above) for this article, should be made more specific about which "page" of that web site supposedly supports the assertion that 
DeWitt Clinton High School has the largest high school Alumni Association in the world!
. --Mike Schwartz (talk) 03:40, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  (possibly) "unsupported" assertion 

message: An anonymous user added information on clubs, using the SHOUT STYLE (all caps).
I'm going to edit that to Proper Name Style (initial caps), and put in a format mirroring the Sports section.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.240.159 (talk) 18:49, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  anonymous addition of club information 

message: As a graduate of this school (class of 1966)who is not on the list despite being a wikipedia biographical subject, I was stunned to find a person listed who could not possibly have been a student there. As the article accurately states, the school did not become co-ed until 1983. Therefore the noted actress Doris Roberts who is a female and older than myself could not have graduated from Clinton in the 1950's or 60's. The lack of any other female names on the list prior to 1983 would seem to buttress this assertion. I am positive a call or e-mail to Ms. Roberts reps in Los Angeles or New York will clarify this matter easily as will an inquiry to any of the living members of the list who would have been contemporaneous with Ms. Roberts.       RON CANADA 70.102.97.201 (talk) 13:23, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Glaring error  in list of DeWitt Clinton notable alumni 

message: I am hoping to remove the broom and warnings about the notable alumni of DeWitt Clinton High School. I supplied most of the names after researching the school for nine years, which ended with the my publication of The Castle on the Parkway: The Story of New York City's DeWitt Clinton High School and Its Extraordinary Influence on American Life. Hutch Press, 2009, revised 2012. . The book was reviewed by Sam Roberts in the New York Times on the Web on February 19, 2010 and in the paper on February 21, 2010. Here is the link to the Times article (scroll down): http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/nyregion/21book.html?_r=0
All of the people listed in the Wikipedia list of DWC Notable Alumni are in my book with the exception of the following: 
Lincoln Alexander (1922-2012), Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (Your Wikipedia article on him says he went to DWC.)
Victor Altchek, M. D.,1919-2013, surgeon, (class of 1935)
Samuel Bea (1932-2013), New York State Assemblyman and community activist[36] (http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/ex-assemblyman-samuel-bea-dead-article-1.1437539)
Eugene Emond, World War II B-17 Pilot and Officer of the New York Federal Reserve (class of 1928) (Your Wikipedia article on him says he went to DWC.)
Template:Hal Miller, Actor, Sesame Street, "Gordon", Law & Order,Singer, Lyricist, Published Poet, Painter Saactchi on line.
Gustave Nemhauser, M.D. (class of 1923).
Lester Wunderman, advertising expert, consultant, professor, author, photographer (class of 1936).[66]
Martin Yaslowitz, Photographer (class of 1966).
Altchek, Nemhauser, Wunderman, Yaslowitz graduated from DWC. School records show this. I cannot verify Hal Miller so you could remove him.== 47.20.171.10 (talk) 06:07, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
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