Talk:Miss Porter's School

message: You may want to consider upgrading this article to conform to Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools. Davodd 08:04, Feb 24, 2004 (UTC)
An upgrade is essential, since the article as it exists now is poor.  I am an alumna, and I am embarrassed by it.  Either the Sarah Porter site should be merged with it, or the information about Porter should be largely confined to her own article.  The material regarding the archives is unnecessary, since information about that is unlikely to be of interest to people merely seeking facts about the school.  If they wish to know about the archives, they can and should go to the official website.  I can't say that I consider the endowment campaign to be of great relevance either.  Perhaps some qualified individual at the school should retool this article completely, noting, in particular, the repetitions and inconsistencies in the list of alumnae.  (Is Edie Bouvier Beale really a notable alumna, notwithstanding the Broadway show?  I don't agree.)68.72.106.114 22:37, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Upgrading article 

message: I must take issue with the claim that the "majority" of MPS graduates attended Yale.  I am an MPS graduate who DID attend Yale. I was one of three students admitted to Yale, out of a class of 75. One of my classmates was admitted to Harvard, and, if I'm remembering correctly, two were admitted to Princeton.
I've followed later college admissions statistics for MPS: they do not suggest that the "majority" (far, far from it) of MPS students have been admitted to Yale. Who on earth made this ridiculous claim?  It isn't true.  Unless someone can offer me statistics that I don't have in hand, I will remove this claim within the next week.Lolliapaulina51 (talk) 00:00, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Yale

message: Is there some evidence that Julia Child actually attended Miss Porter's?  This is not mentioned in the thorough biography "An Appetite for Life" which details her education in great detail.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by HansLechner (talk • contribs) 01:06, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Julia Child? 

message: I am assessing this article for WikiProject Schools following a request to do so. Firstly, on importance, the school's age and history suggests high-importance for WikiProject Schools. I am also bringing it up to C-class across all projects, although I think further work is needed to pass the B-class criteria. In particular, there is a problem with referencing, as despite the long list of referencing, there is almost no citations in the alumni, student life, and a few other sections. The references which do exist could also be presented better, with use of citation templates rather than bare URLs. I also note that a lot of the reference material is from the school website; the school website can be used but as much as possible should be from third party sources.
The layout of the article should conform better to WP:WPSCH/AG#S, for instance summer programmes should probably be with academics/curriculum, and any missing sections added as appropriate. Some existing sections clearly need expanding, for instance the history section should be much longer for a school of this age, and the lead section is way too short; it should introduce and fully summarize the article - see WP:LEAD. Articles should generally be written in prose by default, and the campus facilities section would probably flow better in paragraphs, and possibly be a little more concise. The notable alumni section is getting very long and consideration should possibly be given to splitting it off into its own article - see List of Boston Latin School alumni for an example. It's good to see some pictures although the picture in the infobox should normally be that of the school logo. Any free pictures which are not on Commons should be moved there, and all can be linked to from the article using . 
The article's tone is okay, although there are some hints of promotion and peacock terms in places, for example "As a college preparatory school, Porter's offers a fairly rigorous curriculum as it prepares young women to "shape a changing world."" This isn't very useful readers - more time needs to be spent explaining what the curriculum actually is, with readers left to descide for themselves whether it is rigorous. CT Cooper · talk 15:10, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Assessment 

message: I suggest that the history of this school could be improved if there was a list of all Heads of School and their dates of service.71.230.201.203 (talk) 00:57, 31 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of Head of School 

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message: A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Miss Porter's Schooll. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2020 May 10#Miss Porter's Schooll until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.  Regards, SONIC678 05:45, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
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message: There's discourse on whether it should be changed to alumni for inclusivity, and I implore those in disagreement to discuss it here instead of in edit notes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doll Allison (talk • contribs) 18:50, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alumnae vs Alumni 

message: @Megadesk is making a lot of edits that are not constructive. They abuse certain sources (Davis and Donahue (1992). Miss Porter's School: A History) as cites, but give no page numbers. Then they keep adding social media as references. Now we have the problem mit MOS:Honorifics, reverted today. I suspect Conflict of Interest, lack of NPOV, and a strong personal connection to Miss Porter's, since they have made hundreds of edits on this page and almost nowhere else. The edits are often detriments to the page's quality. This is getting out of control. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 20:28, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Megadesk is back. Making boosterism edits with no referencing, using social media. Give us a break. --Melchior2006 (talk) 08:40, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  User:Megadesk edit warring 

message: We need a source for this, otherwise delete: Structured academically in accordance with contemporaneous, decidedly more econometric institutional models, nearly, if not painfully so, to point of paradox, the school counts more traditional novice-most intramural demonym, freshmen, amongst its (mod 4) grade level designations; more or less in keeping with decidedly (if not perfunctorily) post-structuralist tradition, by necessity of form, to project a selectively (if defensively) hypermasculine visual identity in terms of service (e.g., by insignia, Wellesley College). Melchior2006 (talk) 16:52, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Original research and entirely unencyclopedic in tone. Does not belong. SQGibbon (talk) 23:07, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Academics: Unreferenced assertions 

message: Currently, there are four traditions listed, none of them have any sourcing except for an illegit social media reference @Megadesk keeps edit-warring about. All of these traditions should be deleted if there is no sourcing for them. If Megadesk refuses to participate in discussions, then they should be blocked from editing this page. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 16:54, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, they should not be on the page. Even if they were sourced they would not belong without sources establishing not just the existence of these traditions but why they are important in gaining a general understanding of the subject. SQGibbon (talk) 23:05, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Traditions 

message: The sources have already been provided. Summerdays1 (talk) 00:57, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: This is classic WP:VNOT. A gallery of alumni doesn't promote an encyclopedic understanding of the subject, and pictures aren't there just for decoration. VQuakr (talk) 02:11, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: This is an interesting discussion for higher-ed editors, since alum pix galleries often get excessive, like the Miss Porter's alum gallery was. What criteria should we use in order to cut back on boosterism and self-promotion? --Melchior2006 (talk) 18:33, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Zero is the correct number of pictures to have in a notable alumni list per MOS:PERTINENCE. VQuakr (talk) 19:02, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alumni