Talk:Los Angeles Film School

message: I removed the Wikify tag and reformatted, adding section headings and rearranging existing text. Now someone needs to go in and make it sound less like PR material from the school.
Jim Dunning 03:35, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Wikified

message: Dude, it is clearly PR bullshit on this page.  Wikipedia is supposed to supply facts about a topic.  I've contacted the Wiki people and hope you realize you won't win this one.  Facts can't be changed nor can they be denied!  And instead of a simple removal, bring your little set to the table and lets discuss the issues, I want the school to do well.  Fact is they DIDN'T teach things they said they would.  Fact is there is not enough equipment in the school.  Fact is the school is overcrowded.  It's not slander or spam if it is true and factual. User:InstantReplay  3:08, 20 June 2007
:I'm not sure who "Dude" is, but I'll respond. I understand you are someone with a strong, apparently negative, criticism of the school. That's fine, but Wikipedia is not a message board or forum to air grievances or make suggestions for improving the school. That is why I have removed the "Alumni comments" section. Feel free to check other school-related articles and you'll see that none has an analogous section.
:Since you feel the article content is lacking or unbalanced you are not only free to contribute to it, but encouraged to, adding appropriate material that is verifiable. This means you need to provide information from a reliable source and it cannot include any original research. Unfortunately for what appear to be your purposes, your opinions and claims about LAFS are considered to be "original research". If, however, you can find a reliable third-party source that supports your views and allegations, then feel free to include that information in the article; it will be welcome.
:So, please do not take offense when the "Alumni comments" section is "simply removed": it is not personal, it is Wikipedia policy. Also, another official Wikipedia policy that may be initially frustrating for you is verifiabilty: "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth." So I am not disputing your veracity, just asking you to provide reliable sources for your statements (and that you add them to the article in an encyclopedic format).
:You're right, this article reads too much like PR copy and I flagged it as such. It needs some additional, objective content. So please add it. I will be glad to work with you on it. Feel free to contact me on my Talk page or here on this Talk page. If, however, you're only interested in airing grievances and school-related (not article-related) suggestions, then try The MySpace LAFS forum or this DVInfo discussion. Jim Dunning | talk 05:32, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The school is also insanely off on the male-female ratio. My girlfriend went there, attended a class of 40, and there were 3 (Yes, only 3) women in her class other than her. That made 90% of the student body male, and after attending for 5 months on a long commute to get there, she was left completely unsatisfied with the promises of being taught things she simply wasn't, but was coming home upset every day because of the blatent sexism of the business, the unprofessional attitude of a number of staff members and teachers, and the school in general. I read this article and it sounded just like one of those brochures they hand out, and is not in any way accurate to the real Los Angeles Film School, which is what this article is supposed to be about. TheJudge310 23:03, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I will repeat what I posted above: if you have something to add to add to the article with verifiable third-party sources, then please do so. The contributions will be welcome.Jim Dunning | talk 12:03, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Alumni comments discussion

message: Hello. I'm starting a new thread to discuss the Lawsuit section that was added in January of this year. As a reminder, I am an employee of Full Sail, which is a partner of LA Film School. Back in 2014, I worked with editors to improve this article. My plan is to follow the same process I did back then: make suggestions for the article here and then discuss them with others. I won't edit the article myself. I'm hoping for a similarly productive and enjoyable experience this time around.
I've noted that Wikipedia has changed its policy regarding disclosures for editors with conflicts of interest, so I've updated this page with a template clearly declaring my affiliation. I have never edited the article, so I believe I'm in compliance with all the other rules for COI editors. 
Since the last time I was here, another editor   with the explanation that it has been "omitted". 
I'd like to point back to my discussion with WOFall, during which we went over the particulars of this lawsuit in detail and determined whether it should be included in the article. To clarify further, the Los Angeles Film School and Los Angeles Recording School were dismissed from this case—in 2012 and 2013, respectively. With this in mind, the section seems irrelevant and I'd like to propose its removal. 
I look forward to hearing others' thoughts.
--Tylergarner (talk) 21:51, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lawsuit section 

message: Hello again. Though my last request is still open, I wanted to share the remainder of updates I have to suggest for the article. The changes are in three sections of the article: Degrees, Noteworthy productions and events, and Noteworthy alumni. I've placed the full sections with my suggestions to my userspace User:Tylergarner/LAFS_updates. Here's a summary of what I changed.
*Degree programs
**Removed two programs the school no longer offers related to game production & design
**Added a new interactive media design program
**Noted which of the school's programs can be completed online or are only available online
*Noteworthy productions and events
**Added three productions that feature the school or students: Tale of a City, Skee TV, and Real Rob
**Added the school's partnership with Paul Oakenfield that resulted in the "Electronic Dance Music Academy"
**Added that LA Film School has hosted both the Animayo Festival for multiple years and several events from "The Q&A Screening Series"
*Noteworthy alumni
**Added Hannah Lux Davis, Flying Lotus, and Matt Villines
**Updated Brandon Trost's credits and referneces
For anyone new to the page, I need to disclose that I am an employee of Full Sail, which is a partner of LA Film School. I make suggestions to this page only and will not edit the article myself. I'd like for another editor to review these updates and move them to the article if they are in line with Wikipedia's guidelines. --Tylergarner (talk) 03:17, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates 

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