Talk:Morgan City High School

More info?

Hey, i'm actually a student here at this school. Is it alright if i add more information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.126.116.130 (talk) 20:27, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Tone, content, etc.

This article is little more than a fansite/directory. The sourcing is not up to snuff, with many references being to the school paper. Class photos, listings of pupils, teachers, and valedictorians (for every single class), curriculum factoids--those things are not encyclopedic. Uninvolved editors may consult Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines. Drmies (talk) 17:10, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

I took the liberty of rolling it back to before this editor began adding this excruciating amount of detail. I find it better to be a stub, like probably 85% of every other public HS in the United States, than to be some sort of bloated electronic yearbook. The formation of the Glee Club in 1936? The esteemed Miss Meyer's celebrated hiring in 1907? My goodness... Tarc (talk) 20:09, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

• Sure thing. I don't rightly know what to do with this, Tarc. Methinks the editor is headed for a block. I'm looking at the whole thing again to see if I agree with you completely. [minutes go by] Well, after looking at the sports section and the selection for the 1974 District 5-AAAA All-District 1st Team Offense, yeah. Sorry Pinchdatail. It is entirely possible that there are a few things in your version that are worth incorporating into the article, but as a whole, no, this cannot stand. Drmies (talk) 21:21, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Alright, I get it. You could have selectively edited what you found to be excruciating. Saying "everything was" is disingenuous. If your only function as an editor is deletion, that's pretty lazy.

I did check out the WikiProject Schools and got some good ideas for layout and presentation, but even the highest rated articles contained information that by your definition were "curriculum factoids" and "sports sections" with similar information. If you have issues with style, composition - whatever - fine. But you two should take a look at some of the "model" school pages before you delete everything I worked on. Pinchdatail (talk) 22:14, 17 July 2015 (UTC)Pinchdatail

Sorry, but I really saw little salvageable in the article at the time. Drmies restored a few names (the ones who already have their own Wiki articles) to the Notable Alumni, and that's probably about he extent of useful info to be had. Who was class president in 1923 or valedictorian in 1966 is just not of interest to a world audience. Not even the articles on Harvard or Oxford delve into a year-by-year breakdown like this. The subject itself gets lost in 95k of text. Tarc (talk) 22:42, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

• I started moving some verified content to the article. There probably is a history section hiding in the old, huge version, but I need to do that on a big screen, with two windows side-by-side. That, Pinchdatail, is one of the problems with that version: can't see the forest for the trees. Drmies (talk) 00:03, 18 July 2015 (UTC)