Talk:Skyline High School (Oakland, California)

message: Any Skyline alumni here? I wonder where all the Titans go after high school.
I currently go to Skyline High, and I was wondering where all the alumni go to after graduation also.
--Oliver Brody 01:55, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Skyline Alumni

message: I believe a lot of the content on the page violates Wikipedia policy. I have flagged statements that are unsourced; there may be others that I have missed.
The discussions above should not be here either, IMHO, though I know that this is a "talk" page and not the main article. The discussions should be focused on improving or clarifying the article, which they don't appear to be.
I'm not a Skyline alumnus, so I've tried not to change anything that's presented as fact, though I have tagged the statements as needing citations. I hope those with more information, preferably that's available via the Web, can help to improve the article. 
I have, in a few places, tried to fix the grammar and punctuation. 4.243.149.61 06:44, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that there is a high number of unsourced statements. I've added a "Reference" section, and much of the existing information needs to be cited or removed. — Emiellaiendiay 00:42, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Original Research and Unsourced Statements

message: "Many Skyline teams have remained undefeated for several years running, including 3-year streaks in both volleyball and baseball."
Boys' or girls' volleyball? 4.243.149.61 06:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs Clarification

message: I can think of three things to work on on this article. Here are the biggest problems as of now:
#Citations. Much of the information is this article is unsourced.
#Vandalism. This, unfortunately, seems to be a big problem.
#Images. The article entirely lacks graphics, logos, photos, etc.
— Emiellaiendiay 03:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Problems

message: A big problem here is the lack of references.   Even stuff that is true needs a reference, cause how is the rest of the world going to know whether someone just made it up?
Here are ways to combat this:
* Use information from the school's website.   Yes, the school's website sucks, but there is some info there.
* Use information from the local newspapers, the Trib, Chron, and other local publications.
* Use information from the school newspaper, yearbook, and literary journal.   The great thing about this is students can get things in here that otherwise would go underreported.   These all have editorial oversight so they are "reliable" as far as wikipedia cares.   (unlike a student's blog)
Unbeknownst to many, there's also a book all about Skyline called "Skyline" (sportswriter Tim Keown is the author, he followed around the basketball team).   Any Skyliners interested in improving this page might go check it out at the library
Yabbadabbawho 18:46, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: How this article can shine

message: This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 14:10, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: I have semi-protected this article as it was attracting too many anonymous editors, presumably from the school itself, who were adding unencyclopedic material to the article. If you wish to contribute and are willing to abide by our policies, please propose your changes here or else register an account. Thanks. --John (talk) 15:48, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semiprotection 

message: This article needs more references. --John (talk) 09:53, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: agreed, and it needs to only have information appropriate for an encyclopedia article on a high school. a lot of this information is sourcable but not notable. While AP class offerings MIGHT be appropriate, a list of all class offerings is definitely not. there are guidelines for schools, I will reread them and may do some editing here.(mercurywoodrose)66.80.6.163 (talk) 22:45, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: I'm boldly removing the entire "Matriculation" section. The two sources given do not actually support the text, and the section is mostly an arbitrary list of universities that various students have been accepted to in the past. Since high school students everywhere get accepted to universities, such a list is hardly notable. There's also language which seems to be unduly focused on a single year's worth of statistics ("28% plan to attend..."), but it's hard to tell, given the lack of sources. Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 16:45, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Matriculation 

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thread_title:  External links modified