Talk:St. Andrew's School (Delaware)

message: Only place I can find Erin Burnett listed for this school is a fan page link on the internet. [this] says it was the St. Andrews in MD. Unless verification can happen on this, I am removing her from notable alumniSpryde 15:46, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't checked school yearbooks yet, but the only SASs in Maryland are in Potomac and Edgewater, both on the other side of the bay. Neither is boarding. One way or the other the fan page appears to be in error. Mangoe 17:32, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Ah-- in the past the yearbooks have sometimes been behind the alumni firewall (and I can never remember my login there). I've checked and made the appropriate updates. Mangoe 23:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Hopefully this issue is closed with the new citation. B.S. Lawrence (talk) 19:38, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Erin Burnett

message: I feel as though much of this reads like an advertisement for the school, and is not in an encyclopaedic tone. For example:
*The St. Andrew's honor code is the source of much of the trust between the faculty and students
*They also offer financial assistance to upper income families, so they get the full range of family economic situations, not just the dumb bell effect of just rich and poor
*It is a bright, positive, inclusive nurturing environment.
*The school cultivates in its students a deep and lasting desire for learning
I hope this illustrates my point. Sorry that it took a day to post this on the talk page, it's been a long weekend :) Jellocube27 16:30, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, yeah. I haven't been watching the text so much of late, but you're right. I'll go after it this week. Mangoe 22:02, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Standrewsseal.jpg

message: "One of the principles of WP in WP:NOT is that WP may not be used for promotionalism. A list of colleges that accept the graduates of the school is generally regarded as promotionalism. The general guideline is that  a Wikipedia article  needs to be written like an encyclopedia article, not a press release and include only material that would be of interest to a general reader coming across the mention of the subject and wanting the sort of information that would be found in an encyclopedia. Do not include material that would be of interest only to those associated with the subject, or to prospective  students or supporters --that sort of content is considered promotional.  Please do not restore it."  Davidhickey 22:08, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Promotionalism

message: Sources seem to indicate he attended a different boarding school in Delaware, not St. Andrew's. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems he should be removed.
Even his own Wikipedia profile lists a different school. Unless he transferred to or from there...
:I've struck the entry. There was a definite citation in Richard Hell which I've copied to his article. Mangoe (talk) 20:10, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tom Verlaine 

message: I note that ‎2001:da8:201d:1101:6dfa:7d3c:b78f:62a1 (a catchy name, that!) has added this article to the Philadelphia Wikipedia Project on the grounds that "New Castle County, DE is in the Philadelphia area" and I just thought, "Really?"  I see (not from a real, genuine, actual map but from G**gle maps) that New Castle County does, indeed, run right up to somewhere near the outskirts of Philadelphia. The school in the article, though, isn't part of Philadelphia - indeed, it's fifty miles away, in a different state; does that really qualify it for the Philadelphia project because it's "kind of sort of almost near Philadelphia"?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by TeekeeyMisha (talk • contribs) 17:53, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: SAS is as far from Wilmington as the latter is from Philly; about the only connection is that they show up for the Stotes. Mangoe (talk) 17:23, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Philadelphia? Really? 

message: Does anyone really think that Colinford Mattis is a "notable alumnus" of the school? It seems that the only thing he is notable for is being accused of vandalizing a police car with a Molatov cocktail during rioting in New York. Does being an accused vandal make one a "notable alumnus" these days? He doesn't seem anywhere near being as notable as any of the other people listed - the likes of Erin Burnett, Maggie Rogers - all of whom have their own Wikipedia entries - unlike Mattis who is a relatively newly qualified lawyer of no notable achievement. Indeed, Mattis's only "notable" achievement seems to be being accused of vandalism and if that is the standard, it would seem that any alumnus of any school could pick up a can of spray paint, vandalize a police car, and get on their school's "notable" list.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.59.0.12 (talk) 04:57, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Seems to have turned into a flash-in-the-pan, so I've removed it. Mangoe (talk) 17:10, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Colinford Mattis a "notable alumnus"?