Talk:Brooklyn Technical High School

message: To User:24.92.241.215 — some nice, careful work there! — Tenebrae 00:11, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Good edits

message: Third-largest or second-largest auditorium? Until we can get a citation, perhaps in a footnote, I think it might be practical to say simply "one of the largest". That should hold us (and hold off on the reversions) till someone can get this verifiably confirmed. — Tenebrae 12:52, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's the second largest in NYC, with Radio City Music Hall being the largest. See the bottom of the first page for the relevant line: "Did you Know..." (For the original PDF file, go here - www.nycenet.edu/hs_directory/2004-05/brooklyn/BROOKLYN%20TECHNICAL%20HIGH%20SCHOOL.pdf)- JPM  | 00:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Cool! I'll add it as a footnote. — Tenebrae 14:50, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Citation request

message: Acting on User:Becos' suggestion, I've moved the section on the controversial principal to its own section. I'm not sure "controversy" is the right word for the subhead, but "scandal" seems too strong. Any suggestions? 
Also, note that "Tech in the 21st century" could probably use a little more text; on the other hand, the century's still young. — Tenebrae 13:23, 17 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The section in question is footnoted with years of reporting in such authoritative and credible sources as The New York Times and elsewhere. It was a major scandal reported on in depth and detail by the mainstream press, and not giving it the responsible coverage it has here would be akin to skimming over the Boss Tweed scandal in a history of New York City. Also, please sign your posts. Registering and having a history of effective and responsible edits is always helpful in gaining editorial credibility for controversial issues. --Tenebrae (talk) 04:27, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

text: "...with years of reporting...."  That is a nice side-stepping of my comment.  Why are you so adverse to staying with the facts, instead choosing to mis-quote my comments to suit your purposes, or trying to dismiss what I write by stating that I am an "apparent friend" of MacCaskill (or even more humourously, Mr. MacCaskill himself)?  (btw, I am neither, I never met the guy.)  One gains  credibility by having it, not by registering and signing in.  One gains credibility by answering questions, not side-stepping them.  That is something you should think about as you continue to [mis]edit this article, and try to justify your bias by comparing this short controversy to a major NYC governance scandal.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.23.156.62 (talk) 14:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Call for comments

message: While I've moved information on the actual building and facilities out of "History" and into its own section, I'm wondering if it might not be best to have the first section after the Introduction be "Academics," as I believe one of the other specialized high schools does? 
If anyone can write an objective three or four paragraphs on Tech's unique academics, maybe taking some existing material from History to seed it, that might be a good post-Intro section, followed by Building and Facilities, History, Notable Alumni, etc. Thoughts? — Tenebrae 15:06, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed section addition

message: We've just started an article on SING!. Brooklyn Tech is listed as a school that does or has done SING! shows, but there's no other information. If anybody can update the article to reflect what years Brooklyn Tech had SING productions, and if they're still happening, it would be appreciated. thanks. Simon12 02:56, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  SING! history 

message: The Washington Post footnote in the intro paragraph corresponds with Footnote 6, and in fact, under "Edit This Page", a 6 is typed in the appropriate place. However, the footnote number in that intro graf appears on my screen, at least, as "2". Anyone else getting this, and if so, anyone know how to fix? -- Tenebrae 03:05, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "It was like that when I got here" :-)  Seriously, the problem stems from using  and manually constructing the footnote section.  If you ask me, the right thing to do is to switch to the  style of references and to merge the Footnotes section into the References section.  For an example of how it works, you can look at the wikitext of Stuyvesant High School.  I'd be happy to do the job if you like.  RossPatterson 03:15, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, God, yes! I'm still doing it the old  "{ { fn|* } }"   way since the new way is so complicated. I know, I know, I'll learn it...! --Tenebrae 03:32, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done. RossPatterson 00:28, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yer a pal! -- Tenebrae 03:50, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Footnote numbering

message: "Gymnasiums on the first and eighth floors, with a mezzanine running track above the larger first floor gym. The eighth floor gym had a bowling alley lane and an adjacent wire-mesh enclosed rooftop sometimes used for handball and for tennis practice."
Which type of handball?  I'm trying to remove links to the disambiguation page.  I'm guessing this will be American_handball
LeeG 18:13, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that is correct. Team Handball is played in the 1st and 8th floor gyms during certain months of the year. - JPM  | 01:30, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Handball disambiguation

message: "It is also the second largest school in New York state."
Is this referring to square footage? Student population?  Total number of students and faculty?  Something else?
Also, that was the last sentence of a paragraph about the radio antenna, so it probably belongs elsewhere. -- Tenebrae 01:57, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Unclear sentence

message: I think that the link to the site should be changed to http://bths.enschool.org/ because it is redirected there anyway from bths.edu
Aglyad 13:44, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Website changed

message: 456+145 = 601ft... not 597, is there a reference to the real height? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hengsheng120 (talk • contribs) 23:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height of Brooklyn Tech 

message: This is regarding the recent edits. 
For one there is no original research allowed so just because someone states that something occurred doesn't make it so. The reference for that statement was not an adequate source. Besides, I'm sure that Tech has many more coaches who were important to their teams and yet are not mentioned here. Keep in mind this is an article about a very old and very accomplished school so it takes much more than that to be notable here. As mentioned earlier by another editor if you still have a problem then register and debate this issue on this talk page. JRWalko 21:08, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Tech baseball team

message: A very good article ... talk to the schools project..... needs some pics and then it could be a GA! Who did this? Victuallers 11:49, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good article 

message: The Sections 2001-2002 and 2004 should be completely removed.  Their presence just takes up space, and makes the article look unprofessional.  --HockeyInJune 18:11, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Completely removed"? As opposed to partly removed? :-)   I think I've found a way to keep the information while removing the subheads, by placing the info in the indicia line at the top of the section. --Tenebrae 02:27, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Induction may not be sufficient for an article about that person but it's certainly sufficient to be listed. The process is fairly elaborate and the pool of candidates large. Names should also remain ordered by name, it's simply customary in this school to do that because the Hall of Fame members are classified by their induction year. The article should reflect the method of classification used in real life and not alter it simply for the sake of encyclopedic conformity. JRWalko (talk) 18:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree with User:JRWalko. --Tenebrae (talk) 06:28, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable Alumni 

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message: Please add citations for any claims, as required under WP:VERIFY. This could include a print or online course catalog, etc. Also, please do not use vague, non-encyclopedic, conversational edits such as "New classes are being added all the time." --Tenebrae (talk) 22:35, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Claims of classes

message: This article lacks a group of Students from the school who regularly overlook the Article and Talk Page.  With this group of individuals, this article can be transformed into an A.  From what I understand, there is also a lot of misinformation in the Major descriptions in "Tech in the 21st century."  The region number is missing from the info box.  There are many needed citations, along with important information that has been seemingly left out.  There are many discussion topics which date from 2006 and early 2007 that need to be archived.  There should be a list of people mantaining this article on the Talk Page.
--HockeyInJune (talk) 02:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improving Brooklyn Technical High School's Wikipedia Article 

message: The section is redundant and wordy. I made changes that kept the substance (I was not logged on), but reduced the length. Even then, it needed to be shorter. McCaskill was a thorn in Tech's side for a while, so it deserves mention, but at the end of the day there are 2 real issues. He was accused of poor management and of fraud as to his child attending NYC public schools. We do not need a biography on the guy and all of his misdeeds. WP:UNDUE Psychocadet (talk) 03:58, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  McCaskill Controversy 

message: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/08/nyregion/08specialized.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&ref=nyregion
208.120.47.96 (talk) 00:11, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Racial imbalance 

message: I know the citation says the enrollment is 4,591, but I am a student at Brooklyn Tech and I know for a fact the population is 5,068. 24.188.34.19 (talk) 01:42, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That's nice, but immaterial.  Find a reliable published source that supports your knowledge and then you can put it in the article.  In the mean time, the number that the NYC DoE says is the number we'll use. RossPatterson (talk) 02:26, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

text: I don't know why some editor in August and now again today has twice put the absurd, physically impossible figure of over 8,000 students that some high-school comparison site claims from some unknown source, but the only accurate source is the NYC Dept. of Education itself. I've added that cite. --Tenebrae (talk) 22:34, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enrollment 

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message: Which radio services use the rooftop radio tower? Is it mounted on insulators? When was it installed? Is it also used for non-broadcasting activities like meteorological measurements?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.228.21.46 (talk) 22:50, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
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