Talk:Hamilton High School (Chandler, Arizona)

message: I find this extremely ironic, considering that I am a former student of Principal DePrez's Hispanic wife and a former classmate of their biracial daughter.  I feel this statement definitely needs proper citation.  I would be the wrong person to perform a revert or deletion, as I consider my status as "acquaintance" to be a conflict of interest and in violation of NPOV, but I would like to bring this uncited paragraph to attention.  Thanks! -- Miwa 22:16, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just noticed the IP has been a frequent source of vandalism of other articles ... unless there are any objections, I will be reverting this article, the information may be posted if proper citations are included.  -- Miwa 22:21, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Re: Alleged public comments of Principal DePrez

message: Strongly support as the the Fine Arts program doesn't have inherent notability. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 20:23, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 

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replies: text: There is a better option. Wikipedia has articles on both Taylor and Robinson. Differ to those pages, that way you do not have to use these sites which are terribly out of date.  00:09, AZOperator (talk) 18:50, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, IP. Leading your post with a semicolon causes it to be in bold print, which is inappropriate. Instead, please use a colon. The links being discussed above are references. Using Wikipedia as a reference is against policy. See WP:RS. Wikipedia is not useful as a reference as it is dynamic. It may not say the same thing when it is looked at as when it was added as a reference. John from Idegon (talk) 01:24, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

text: Well spotted, typos are inevitable, not my intention. I thought the source references on the the player page could be better then the archival links. That was where I was going. AZOperator (talk) 18:50, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: You have requested me to place my thoughts on the articles talk page. These are my recommendations:
# Fix the div table for the athletic teams. Somehow it always gets dropped.
# Change the lede for the Athletic section to "Hamilton Athletics are governed by the Arizona Interscholastic Association and is a member of the 6A Athletics Conference in the Premier region. There are varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen teams for girls and boys under Title IX".
# Truncate the History section to:"Hamilton High School opened in 1998 with 1,600 students in freshman through junior years, in a still agricultural area on the edge of the city. It was named after the Hamilton family, one of the pioneer families of Chandler, who farmed the land where the school now stands. John Augustus Hamilton was a World War I combat veteran and sheriff of the southeast area of Phoenix. The school's football stadium now stands on what was known for years as Hamilton's Corner, the corner of Arizona Avenue/Arizona State Route 87 and Ocotillo, where the Hamiltons ran a general store." 
# Move a chunk of text under a "Campus" section which is acceptable under :"The main structure is a two-story enclosed building completed in August 1998 by Stantec on a $33 million bond for Chandler Unified School District. Classrooms and primary facilities are located on one of eight main hallways, each of which has its own staircase and which also connect administrations office, cafeteria, gym, and auditorium with an overall size of 387,000 ft². The campus was originally built to hold 3,000 students; as of 2 October 2017, there are 3,740 enrolled. A second two-story building was completed in September 2014 featuring 12-classrooms was intended for freshmen and sophomore students, accompanying double wide temporary classrooms located in the north parking lots.""The auditorium and cafeteria each seat about 600 students and the gym has collapsable stands able to seat 1,900 students. Ten tennis courts, two soccer fields, 4 baseball fields, and 2 softball fields with other training facilities.""Jerry Loper Field named after the former Chandler High School Football Coach Jerry Loper, and the seats approximately 10,000 without temporary stands that can be used during high profile events. The stadium bi-annually hosts the high profile football game between Chandler and Hamilton known as the "Battle of Arizona Ave." which brings upwards of 20,000 fans.[11] Within stadium grounds is an original building referred to the as the Field House housing with locker rooms and other athletic facilities. A separate weightlifting facility was finished in 2017, but is not connected to the Field House."
# Under the "Campus" section, a subsection for "Public Facilities" like:"There is a Chandler Public Library which is open year round to both students and the public near the main entrance. The doors which enter the main part of the school remain locked from the general public due to security reasons.""On the southern end of the property is a Chandler Aquatic Center which is open to the public during the summer months. It also features an Olympic sized swimming pool used for Hamilton Swim and Dive teams to practice and host events."
These are the items I am purposing for change right now as they are right now. There are several arguments to be made for a better form of showing the athletic awards possibly a table. PigSkinsAndComputers (talk) 19:21, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recommending Changes to Article 

message: I found that the entire history section was plagiarized from here, promptly removed the content. -PigSkinsAndComputers (talk) 17:32, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  History Section 

message: I realize that you have a few issues on the sections and text, so I would like to tell you what I was aiming for. The change log does not fully explain the issues and would like to know how to get some of these changes approved. Campus affiliation I can live without and would be best suited for Arizona College Preparatory page. 
As for the athletics section, my changes were to remove the statement about the "open bracket" playoff since teams/individuals are placed into the "open bracket", not the entire school. There is another issue with the conference since Hamilton has been in 5A, 5A Division I, and 6A. under which they have went from freedom, fiesta, southeast, metro, premier, and now Section 2. So getting rid of a frequently changing areas I think this is more accurate:
Hamilton is an Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) member school offering boys and girls sports complying with Title IX. Student athletes can participate in varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen only teams as well as individual athletics in:
The next area we differ is the varsity baseball team. I would like to move the softball team section after the baseball team just for cohesiveness. Here are some changes that more inline with the paragraphs used in the football team section.
The Boys Baseball team has the third most Arizona State Championships with 7 since 1985.[49] The program has travelled throughout the nation and has invited prominent teams nation wide.[50] In 2020, Hamilton Varsity Baseball had a preseason ranking of 4th in the nation by MaxPreps' Xcellent 25. Hamilton baseball was shutdown midseason by COVID-19 Pandemic when they had achieved 1st in the Xcellent 25.[54]
Golf I must admit is difficult the section to write but is also notable for the number of state and national championships. I have not found a good example throughout wikipedia on how to format so I went this maybe better:
Boys Golf Team
National Championships: 2011 and 2019
Arizona State Championship: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, and 2019
Runners-up: 2018
Individual State Championships: Brad Nicholson (2005), Richard Lee (2006), David Logston(2007), CJ Kim (2008 and 2009), Jino Sohn (2014), Trueman Park (2015), and Johnny Walker (2019)
Hamilton Golf has qualified for the Arizona State Playoffs starting consecutively in 1999. Head coach Steve Kanner was awarded Coach of the Year honors in 2019 by The Arizona Republic.
Girls Golf Team
Arizona State Champions: 2019
Runners-up: 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019
Individual State Championships: Violeta Retamoza (2001), Kyung Kim (2010), Hannah Li (2016), and Joy Callinan (2019)
Hamilton Golf was the first school to sweep the all team and individual golf Championships.[58]
Lastly the section about the Notable People has been reverted and do not understand why. The major thing I was changing the commas to "-" since that was inline with the faculty syntax. I also placed the much needed sources with the appropriate Wikipedia links as well as placing "former" whenever there the athlete was no longer playing. The names added to the list are cited and consistent with the notability of the other names on the list. Could you please elaborate more?
Faculty
* Steve Belles - NFL/AFL Quarterback - Former Varsity Head Football Coach[73]
* Mark Tucker - NFL player and AFL coach - Varsity Defensive Line Coach[74][75]
* Bob Wylie - NFL Defensive Coordinator - Varsity Defensive Coordinator[75][76]
Alumni
* Cody Bellinger - MLB - player with the Los Angeles Dodgers[77]
* Eric Farris - MLB - former player with the Milwaukee Brewers[78]
* Mitch Nay - MiLB - player drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays and plays for the Chattanooga Lookouts[79]
* Cole Luke - NFL - player with the Carolina Panthers
* Dontay Moch - NFL/CFL - player with the Cincinnati Bengals, Arizona Cardinals, Tennessee Titans, and Toronto Argonauts[80]
* Gerell Robinson - NFL - former player with the Cleveland Browns[81]
* Terrell Suggs - NFL - player with the Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals, and Kansas City Chiefs[82]
* Kerry Taylor - NFL - former player with the Arizona Cardinals and Jacksonville Jaguars[83]
* Christian Westerman - NFL - player the Cincinnati Bengals[84]
* Andrew Yun - PGA - 2011 & 2012 Palmer Cup Champion[85][86]
* Chan Kim - PGA - player in the Canadian Golf Tour and Japan Golf Tour[85][87]
* Richard T. Lee - PGA/KPGA - player in the Nationwide Tour and Asian Tour[85][88]
* Tony Cascio - MLS - player with the Arizona United[89]
* Hannah O'Sullivan - 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur Golf champion[90]
* Kylee Saunders - J-Pop star[91]
* Viputheshwar Sitaraman - Entrepreneur[92]
--PigSkinsAndComputers (talk) 19:35, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested Improvements