Talk:Bend Senior High School

Citations Pending

Some sections in this page require citations. They are pending. All the information posted is true, and undisputed. I go to that school, and assure everyone that this information is in no way inflammatory. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BeanoJosh (talk • contribs) 03:37, March 15, 2007

Original location

The original Bend High school was at the current district office, this is common information, ask any alumni or administrator of the school, I cannot cite an internet source for this however. I updated your page and included the current school's address.216.228.178.8 02:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Citations do not have to be on the internet, see WP:RS. Aboutmovies 00:55, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Fine

The old address on Bond can stay. I'll put that there. The part about the senior pranks should stay, however. It's a tradition and all Bend High alumni (including myself) can say that all of them listed is not fake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BeanoJosh (talk • contribs) 05:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Why reversion sucks

To quote WP:CITE: "Any material that is challenged and for which no source is provided may be removed by any editor." (emphasis mine) Even if "it's true" or "I was there" or whatever, it still needs third party sources. Did these pranks get written up in the Bend Bulletin?

So here's your senior pranks section. It should be noted that even if references to reliable sources can be found, a senior pranks section, though amusing, is not encyclopedic and is likely to be removed again. Surely people from this school have done something more meaningful.

Now, reversion sucks because I also made several changes to the article such as make the headings lowercase, per the manual of style, remove some of the tags, which was to your benefit, and remove the silly part about where people eat lunch.

Learn how to edit disputed articles. Read the edit summaries, note any other changes the edit you're reverting has made, and discuss on the talk page. If you check the edit history, you'll know the material isn't lost, but can be retrieved at any time. Rather than simply reverting, incorporate the changes you want into the current version of your article. Simple reversion (sometimes known as edit warring) is frowned on and doesn't make you look good if the content dispute is investigated by admins.

Surely your time would be better spent fleshing out the athletics section, what awards the school has won, etc. See WikiProject Schools for more ideas. We entirely filled our vice-principal's yard with pink flamingoes and other crap on grad night three years in a row, and that makes for fond memories, but I don't plan to put it in my high school's article. Thanks. 14:21, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

P.S. One year the cheerleaders conspired to have everyone hand the principal jelly beans during graduation. He put them in keynote speaker Ken Kesey's hat and Kesey ate them. Another great story, but not worth mentioning in an article about the school. It also shows that the type of prank described below is not unique. Katr67 14:41, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Senior Pranks

In 2000, seniors released three pigs throughout the school. Each pig bore a number on the sides of their skins. The numbers were "1" "2", and "4". The missing "3" was itself a prank to keep staff believing there was a third pig they didn't yet find. The students involved were suspended for one day, and were forced to clean the hallways of all the damage, dirt, and feces the pigs had left behind.

In 2005, students spilled a 10-gallon barrel of ink on the front steps of the new school commons and covered it with bails of hay. Because the new addition of the school was less than two years old at the time, the principal and superintendent of the district were very furious with the vandalism and offered a $1000 reward to information leading to the arrest of the students. School continued as normal, and no students were ever charged.

In 2006, graduating seniors organized a prank centered around the graduation ceremony, though it was mostly unsuccessful. The plan was to have all graduating seniors hold a marble before the graduation ceremony began. Then, as each students name was called, they would receive their diploma, and then while shaking hands with the principal, give him the marble. At the end of the ceremony, the principal Mark Neffendorf would be inundated with approximately 300 marbles and no where to put them. The plan was not a success because some teachers, including teacher Al Hulbert, found out about the plan and took marbles away from students before the ceremony began. Some marbles did reach Mr. Neffendorf, but not even close to the anticipated amount.

In 2007, a group of seniors ordered 4,000 bouncy balls and divided them up between all who joined in on the prank. The bouncy balls were thrown down C and B halls before lunch, causing others to throw them at cars and in the main commons. Principal Mark Neffendorf had many suspects, although none received punishment.

Notability of pranks

OK they are pranks ... notable - don't think so. Interesting... no. This isnt a school magazine. Oh and can I suggest you relook at your lists. The fact that your school plays footaball is nor remarkable. If it didn't or played tiddlywinks at world level then it would be. Good efforts here, but some silliness Victuallers 11:30, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

The Pranks

If you guys don't want it there, that's fine. It can be removed if no sources can be found. I've tried looking, since the 10 gallon barrel of ink was done to the new school expansion. I thought that would be published somewhere. I'm going to restore Katr's other edits, since she did mention that she changed some things. The pranks will stay here, or be removed. It's your call. no sources can be found. Someone had some interesting, and mean things to say about Katr67 as seen in the history of this page. I'm sure that was a Bend High student. (to whoever did that) While I respect everyone's opinion, lets not insult others. It makes me look like the bad guy. BeanoJosh 21:03, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

My edits were already restored. Please check the diffs and the page history. We seem to be existing in some weird time lag/parallel universes. No need to rehash the incivility or point fingers. High school students in general seem to take pleasure in immature editing. This is why I usually leave high school articles alone. I tried, I'm done, whatever, have fun kids. Katr67 21:30, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

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