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Downers Grove, Illinois Page

I would like to explain my edits that you undid on the Downers Grove, Illinois page. I worked at the Downers Grove Museum for a year, spending a great deal of time scouring through primary and secondary sources related to the Village. After reviewing Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, I learned that Wikipedia does not accept unpublished sources, so I understand why you reverted my edits. However, I do not believe my sources are "crap local historical society work," nor do I consider myself biased just because I formerly worked with a municipality related to the Village. I am a dedicated local historian trying to better inform readers of the Wikipedia page. You questioned my addition of information about the origin of Downers Grove's name - Pierce Downer settling at a grove of trees in 1832 - but that is how the town got its name, according to several contemporary published sources in that period.

I could greatly use your advice on how I can to productively contribute to the article using my knowledge of sources related to the topic. What makes a published book a reliable historical source in Wikipedia's eyes? Are there things I should look for? Would I contribute more positively if I tracked down the information from my unpublished source in the published sources they cited? What is trivial historical information vs. Wikipedia-important information? Zbishop139 (talk) 05:41, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Lack of Respect!

John from Idegon on April 2017 you reverted a change to the Detroit Catholic Central page. "If you use Wikipedia for soapboxing, promotion or advertising again, as you did at Detroit Catholic Central High School, you may be blocked from editing without further notice."7 John from Idegon (talk) 01:01, 4 April 2017 (UTC)

I am sorry, who are you?

I am a 1988 Graduate of Detroit Catholic Central. There was no promotion or advertising. I am a proud alumni (Father and 2 Brothers also graduated from CC) and was elected as President of the National Association of Appraisers which is the largest professional trade organization for real estate appraisers in the United States.

Explain to me why this is not a legitimate edit to the Detroit Catholic Central Wikipedia page and specifically in the Notable Alumni?

Regards,

John T. Dingeman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdingeman (talk • contribs) 17:51, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Jdingeman, exactly who is it you think I need to be? User:John from Idegon will tell you everything you need to know about what I do on Wikipedia. Perhaps you may want to check a bit and see if your perception of what Wikipedia is matches with reality before you come to my, or any other Wikipedia editors' talk page with another attitude laden and entirely incorrect message. Which by the way you need to sign by typing four tildes at the end. John from Idegon (talk) 19:45, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Please can you look at this

Hi John, hope things are well - please could you take a look at this school - I've cleaned up the infobox and removed unnecessary external links but the article is completely unsourced and there's a quite bit of information that is not needed and needs to be removed. You know what to do best, if you could take a look, would really appreciate it, thank you Steven (Editor) (talk) 20:42, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi. I didn't see any good way to rework it, so I stubbed it. I'll put NCES data in it so it has a reference. Steven (Editor), if you feel ambitious, perhaps you could look up Maryland's athletic authority and use it to build an athletic section? If not, I'll get to it when I get to it. John from Idegon (talk) 22:11, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Ah John, you did a great job, thank you so much Steven (Editor) (talk) 18:53, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Joanne Garvey

I am relatively new to editing and creating pages. I understand that the new page I created for Draft:Joanne M. Garvey (attorney) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) could use some work as well as additional independent secondary sources. However, I am at a loss for who could possibly rise to the level of Notability? Garvey was an amazing woman, and her accomplishments should be recorded for posterity on Wikipedia. She was the first woman on the State Bar of California Board of Governors, she was the first female president of the Bar Association of San Francisco, she formed the California Women Lawyers, and was the founder of the State Bar of California Taxation Section. I could do some additional research, and could add some additional cites, but I do not know how to address a subjective claim that she is not "notable." Let me be clear, I have no conflict and am not being compensated. I am passionate about recognizing some of the top tax attorneys in the United States. Please help me to understand this new "deletionist" movement, and whether I should bother trying to write about notable attorneys. TaxPapa (talk) 04:59, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

You, like many newcomers to Wikipedia, have a misconception of how it works. It's your applied standard of importance that is subjective. Our standard for inclusion, notability, is quite objective. As the person wanting the new content in the encyclopedia, it is up to you to show it. Have you read WP:My first article? I'd strongly suggest you do so. You also have a link to the Teahouse on your talk page. After reading the items linked here, along with WP:RS, WP:ANYBIO and WP:5P, you can ask there for clarification on the policies and guidelines. Neither myself, or any other article reviewer, is going to do your research for you. Your statement on your userpage illustrates the depth of your misunderstanding. Until you have a clue as to how clueless your above post sounds, please don't waste my time. John from Idegon (talk) 05:22, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

List of schools in Reading, Berkshire and List of schools in Wokingham

Hi John from Idegon, sorry to see you are having some health issues. Don't worry about replying to this if you are busy, but if you have time I wondered if you could advise me.

User has added non-schools to these two articles. I have reverted once and user has reverted back. I don't want to get into an edit war and am not sure how best to engage with this user to reach consensus. Is there a policy I can point to? Can you advise?

Best wishes, Tacyarg (talk) 07:05, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Tacyarg. I looked and have no idea what's right or wrong with either. I do next to nothing with British topics. Perhaps ClemRutter, one of the co-coordinators for WP:WPSCH would be of more help. Or possibly Steven (Editor), who also works on British schools. Sorry. John from Idegon (talk) 00:57, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks, that's really helpful - thanks for the suggestions. Tacyarg (talk) 07:33, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Sock Strike

Hi there, I have removed the socks comment per Wikipedia:Dealing_with_sock_puppets#Cleaning_up_after_a_sock_puppet_is_blocked. This is just to inform you. regards. --DBigXrayᗙ 09:50, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Weird Florida Schools

Hi John! Just a comment on Lakeland Senior High School (Florida), where you removed a notable, noting she attended Lois Cowles Harrison Center for the Visual and Performing Arts rather than LHS...We have this weird setup in Florida where we have schools-within-schools. Every student at Harrison is by definition a student at LHS, but not necessarily the other way around. Some schools have as many as 5 of these schools-within-schools. Weird, huh? Anyway, just wanted to let you know if the editor pushes back they are definitely operating in good faith. Jacona (talk) 17:30, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Mobius Motors

unneeded

I don't understand why you have decided to mark my Edit on Mobius Motors as promotional, I have done a lot of research on automotive companies on Wikipedia and am positive my article does not feature any promotional information. In any case, remove the sections with promotion-like information rather than reverting a whole article, which I have worked very hard to improve over the last couple of weeks. There is very little information about Kenya and Africa, and Wikimedia has recently been mobilizing us African writers to provide more content about our continent. Now I may not be a Wikipedia gurus (like you are), but am trying to create more awareness about my country Kenya. Mobius Motors is the first automotive company in the country, I need to make their Wikipedia profile as good as possible. You sir are frustrating my efforts Peggit (talk) 03:40, 7 September 2018 (UTC) It is very insensitive of you to revert changes, remove the bad parts within the article instead. Peggit (talk) 03:44, 7 September 2018 (UTC) It's all bad. You've entirely esased all the previous content without consensus, and it's malformed. Many of your sources are poor. This is not how you go about editing an article.Competence is required. Your edits are totally incompetent. You do not have a "right" to add stuff to Wikipedia. When you signed up for an account, you agreed to follow Wikipedia policies and guidelines. You are not. John from Idegon (talk) 03:58, 7 September 2018 (UTC) Is it possible that you think my sources are poor because they are not from credible news sources in US? See, I just don't think you are in a position to determine that. This is an article about Kenya, written in Kenya, it affects Kenyans (being about their first and only local automaker and all that), by a Kenyan, using Kenyan sources. You are not in a position to decide that my sources are bad. As for changing everything, I had written the earlier article, but it was too hasty. I've gone back to the drawing board, done my research properly, verified my sources, and generally improved the article. I am quite flummoxed that you claim the article is of poorer quality than the earlier one. Because I wrote both articles, I made a point to compare them side by side just now, there is no way the earlier one was better. Even a grammarly check gives a higher score to the most recent article. Peggit (talk) 04:15, 7 September 2018 (UTC) Now that's rich. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peggit (talk • contribs) 04:19, 7 September 2018 (UTC) Playing the race/ethnicity card is a ploy used when you have no other argument, and I won't entertain it. I've left you a note on your talk detailing why your addition as you've made it can never be acceptable. Deal with that, or not. I'd strongly suggest you not change the article again until you cool down and try to absorb what I've told you. I have no agenda other than protecting the wiki. Your snide insinuations are out of place and a violation of a two pillar policies. Please do not post here again. John from Idegon (talk) 04:31, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

September 2018

There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Majik Ninja Entertainment. Ritchie333 ^{(talk) (cont)} 09:51, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Red link

There is multiple issues with adding this person to Northwestern High School (Indiana) of which I only listed one. The citation you added helped some, but no where in it does it say she attended the school. Jackfork (talk) 05:22, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Fisrt off, she is a he. I tagged it citation needed for attendance. Dude was a star high school basketball player in a state where high school basketball players are worshiped only slightly less than Jesus. The needed source is easily available. I'll look for it tomorrow. It's bedtime now. Please note that your explanation (WP:TOOSOON) was completely off the mark. The guy has been notable for certain for 8 years now. Not all redlinks are bad. John from Idegon (talk) 06:20, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Snyder

Thanks for keeping an eye out for bogus notable alum listings. I honestly don't believe Snyder is notable, but I did verify he is indeed a 1959 graduate of the school: http://www.donslist.net/CACHE/1536400/TAHS1959_0067.jpg. Most of the school's yearbooks are available online. I re-added his info. Do you think he's notable? 2605:A000:FFC0:D8:3059:8016:5847:3E43 (talk) 09:29, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

I have no idea what you are talking about. Please see note ar the top of the page before responding. Thanks.John from Idegon (talk) 09:32, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Edgar Snyder on Taylor Allderdice High School. 2605:A000:FFC0:D8:3059:8016:5847:3E43 (talk) 09:34, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Discussion about this at the Reliable Sources Noticeboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard 2605:A000:FFC0:D8:3059:8016:5847:3E43 (talk) 03:15, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Question regarding why you reverted my edit?

You made this (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/853542028) reversion saying "No reliable sources" but my edit was adding sources for several alumnus. Was there a problem with the sources? Botlord (talk) 05:54, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Your primary source was a school publication. Encyclopedias are tertiary. Please provide secondary sources. Note Twitter is a not a reliable source. John from Idegon (talk) 14:53, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Calabasas

Similar question with regard to your revert at Calabasas, where you call 'fancruft' although all the links are blue. Is there a reason why you think this town, in contrast to all other towns, cannot possibly be the home of notable people? Almond Plate (talk) 12:37, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

There is no similarities between the above situation and this one. There is nothing in any guidelines that endorses the practice of "commenting out" bad content, and the simple fact is none of the people in your commented out list even have a mention of the community in their bios. This isn't a fansite. We discuss facts not possibilities. When an editor has a reliable secondary source for a subject's residence, of course they are free to add them. Meantime, there's no reason editors need to sort through all the crap that you added in order to actually edit the publication. John from Idegon (talk) 15:04, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

You're quite mistaken. These citizens have an article on Wikipedia which mentions the town as their residence, sourced. I did not invent them, they have been in the Calabasas article for years. Meanwhile, stay civil. Almond Plate (talk) 18:46, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

If you think I've violated the civility policy, take it to a noticeboard. I could care less about your entirely incorrect interpretation of that policy. I do care about your time wasting, not policy based, sort of revert of an entirely proper removal of unsourced content. If you actually want to contest my reversal to the last proper version, do what you are supposed to do and take it up on the article talk page. I don't have the time or desire to deal with your baseless complaint here. There's the door ====>, please don't come back through it again. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 20:00, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Achille Independent School District

Can I get your opinion about trimming Achille Independent School District? Cheers. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:12, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Ach (ille)! Yeah, clear WEIGHT violation, NOTNEWS issue. No sustained coverage from reliable sources. I'm guessing even tho it's clear to uninvolved and unmotivated outside observers this is a momemtary blip on the radar screen of the bigger picture, you will get a whole lot of pushback on eliminating it, so I'd cut it back to a brief summary of the WP source, try to get some unrelated historic info, combine it all in a history section and take a Vallium in preparation for the ensuing battle. John from Idegon (talk) 17:53, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Please can you look at this

Hi John, hope things are well, just want to say again thank you so much for what you did, really appreciate it - I've just done some cleanup for this school, but I'm a bit unsure about some of the content in the article, looks very similar to its district article with the different maps. If you could take a look would really appreciate it, thank you Steven (Editor) (talk) 19:42, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

There is a book called "Lies on the Landscape". It was written by a sociologist (name is escaping me, but he has a Wiki bio), and it is about the inherent biases in American History. One of the biases he noted was East coast over West coast and North over South. This applies here. Pennsylvania is somewhat a walled garden and trying to rationalize articles about schools there is generally more trouble than it's worth. John from Idegon (talk) 20:07, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Ah I see, thank you Steven (Editor) (talk) 20:23, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Following conventions for citation

The Wikipedia entries for many other liberal arts colleges, including Grinnell, Bates, Pomona, Macalester, Pitzer, reference the exact same type of statistic (percentage of faculty who hold the terminal degree) entry with a citation to their own website. So, it's unclear why you've twice now reverted an update to the Kalamazoo College article that not only updates this statistic but also provides a source for it at all, whereas in the article's version prior to this update, the previously noted statistic was entirely without a citation- is that somehow better? Are you suggesting that this entire practice is unacceptable, to cite the school's own website, and if so, will you strip all of those articles of all of those facts that have not been covered by news articles? 2600:6C4A:797F:E68E:0:1EAA:7A75:C3B0 (talk) 06:14, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

I'm not suggesting anything. Yes, it is unacceptable to self source statistical information. And no, I won't be changing any other articles. And I have no idea what "convention" you are speaking of. Please specify what policy or guidelines you are asserting. If you want to contest my removal of your poorly sourced content on Kalamazoo College, take it up on the article talk page. John from Idegon (talk) 13:26, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018

Hello John from Idegon, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

The New Page Feed currently has 2700 unreviewed articles, up from just 500 at the start of July. For a while we were falling behind by an average of about 40 articles per day, but we have stabilised more recently. Please review some articles from the back of the queue if you can (Sort by: 'Oldest' at Special:NewPagesFeed), as we are very close to having articles older than one month.

Project news

• The New Page Feed now has a new "Articles for Creation" option which will show drafts instead of articles in the feed, this shouldn't impact NPP activities and is part of the WMF's AfC Improvement Project.

As part of this project, the feed will have some larger updates to functionality next month. Specifically, ORES predictions will be built in, which will automatically flag articles for potential issues such as vandalism or spam. Copyright violation detection will also be added to the new page feed. See the projects's talk page for more info.

• There are a number of coordination tasks for New Page Patrol that could use some help from experienced reviewers. See Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Coordination#Coordinator tasks for more info to see if you can help out.

Other

• A new summary page of reliable sources has been created; Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources/Perennial sources, which summarizes existing RfCs or RSN discussions about regularly used sources.

Moving to Draft and Page Mover

• Some unsuitable new articles can be best reviewed by moving them to the draft space, but reviewers need to do this carefully and sparingly. It is most useful for topics that look like they might have promise, but where the article as written would be unlikely to survive AfD. If the article can be easily fixed, or if the only issue is a lack of sourcing that is easily accessible, tagging or adding sources yourself is preferable. If sources do not appear to be available and the topic does not appear to be notable, tagging for deletion is preferable (PROD/AfD/CSD as appropriate). See additional guidance at WP:DRAFTIFY.
• If the user moves the draft back to mainspace, or recreates it in mainspace, please do not re-draftify the article (although swapping it to maintain the page history may be advisable in the case of copy-paste moves). AfC is optional except for editors with a clear conflict of interest.
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East/West Record Score

John,

I'm having a lot of difficulty seeing your rationale for reverting my edit on Green Bay East High School. Instead of just waving SCH/AG in my face, can you tell me specifically which part of those guidelines adding that information violates? I looked and it was not readily apparent to me. It's not OR, as the cited source noted as much. Certainly we would not cover every single high school football game, but this is a reasonably notable event in the context of the rivalry, supported by the source. It's not comprehensive enough as to become undue, and it doesn't introduce rivalry as covered by WNTI. Etzedek24 ^{(I'll talk at ya) (Check my track record)} 02:43, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

You can read the whole thing. My time looking it up isn't any less valuable than your time reading it. How about you just take a second and think? What in God's name does something that happened over the course of two hours last week tell the reader overall about the school? It is the newspaper's job to report sports results, not ours. Notice that, even though it is lacking sources, I did not remove the encyclopedic content about the actual rivalry, as opposed to the result of one single game (game, not test result or anything actually meaningful towards education....but please no, let us not confuse our readers mind with the complicated fact that schools are here to teach children not as a life support system for sports). If you wish to take this further, start a discussion on the article's talk page. BYE John from Idegon (talk) 02:53, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Question about the Lorence Wenke page

Joshwenke (talk) 17:16, 18 September 2018 (UTC) Hey John, we had a discussion earlier about some of the changes I made to Lorence Wenke's page. The main change right now is I'd like to have his picture added to the page to make the information accessible to everyone.

The photographer has given a copyright release to be able to use the image on Wikipedia: <removed soon to be deleted file>

My question for you (I don't want to do it incorrectly like last time and have the edits reversed): how do I insert the picture while making sure that Wikipedia doesn't flag the image for copyright issues? For reference, the picture is available at votewenke.com.

I am not all that familiar with the process, but it must be done by the copyright holder via email. You can get more help at WP:ORTS. John from Idegon (talk) 17:22, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Village of Romeoville

I'm getting quite frustrated by the undoing of my changes to the Romeoville page. I can understand if you guys do not accept Esri reports as citations in regards to the size and age breakdown of the village, but I had an updated breakdown of race demographics directly from the census website (which I linked to) and that was removed. My list of town mayors was removed due to a lack of citation. When I asked how it needed to be cited, the moderator said they didn't know. My edits to the introductory paragraph were undone. I-355 is not newly constructed. It was built 10 years ago. Romeoville is not the state's 19th largest village. That statement isn't even cited, yet you allow it.

I understand that you take issue with me working for the village. You should be able to tell from all of my edits that I am only trying to make the page accurate. Wikipedia is a main source of information for people and it is my job to make sure information about the village is correct. Since you will not allow my edits, what can I do to make the page accurate? What is my course of action? 50.206.146.206 (talk) 18:51, 20 September 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.206.146.206 (talk) 18:44, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

First, I'd strongly suggest you register a username, as so to simply facilitate communication. Second, read and comply with all the requirements listed in the template on your IP talk page at the link WP:PAID. Third, be perfectly clear that we want accurate verifiable information in the encyclopedia too. As a convention, we only put census type data in US settlement articles sourced to the census bureau. As a paid editor, you really shouldn't be directly editing the article. But as long as all you are adding is completely neutral copy sourced from reliable sources totally independent of the city, it shouldn't be a problem. You'll find very strong opposition to any promotional use of the Wikipedia article on the city by the city. Unfortunately it is a common misconception that because Wikipedia is open to editing by anyone, it is social media. It is not. Virtually all the content in the article needs to be culled from reliable secondary sources totally independent of the city. I hope you will understand that and work within our frameworks at Wikipedia going forward. When you register a username, let me know, and I'll be happy to supply you with some starting links to help you understand what we do and how we work.

Also please understand that everyone who contributes to Wikipedia does so as a volunteer. That means that unfortunately, a lot of poor copy exists. Changes to articles are reported on a list that many people monitor, so any new content gets checked (in theory....it does not always happen). However, existing poor content does not always get dealt with. If you wish, I'll be happy to work with you on getting some cleanup done on that article. I am a former resident of Chicagoland, so It will be relatively easy for me to grasp what you want. I do not have any time to do any research at all for this, however. My role will be in helping you with the Wiki technicalities and the structure of the actual content added. I'm not willing to do this however unless you register an account and comply with the paid editing requirements. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 19:13, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

I'm now registered with a username and have disclosed this account as being run by the Village of Romeoville. I understand we are not to be promoting city things on the city article. You will see by my attempted contributions that none of that was occurring. I appreciate your help in getting this page up to snuff. Please tell me what next steps are. Romeoville (talk) 19:47, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Unfortunately, you are not going to be able to use that username. It is out of compliance with username policy, as it implies that the account might be used by an organization rather than an individual. I know.....pain in the arse, but it has to do with copyright laws.. Just blank the pages for that account, change the password to some random numbers and walk away. Romeoville.yourname would be fine. And I am really busy today, so don't expect a reply until late tonight or tomorrow. Gotta eat, so gotta work.  :) John from Idegon (talk) 20:13, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

OK. New name. Romeoville.mark (talk) 21:07, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Ack

Sorry. Don't know how I undid that. My apologies! JohnInDC (talk) 20:03, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

No biggie....I don't remember when, but sometime recently, a newish editor asked if you and I were the same person. HA! John from Idegon (talk) 20:08, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Well, I guess you could be "from" one place and "in" another! JohnInDC (talk) 20:14, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

School you may want to take a look at (St. Joseph's Preparatory School)

Hey John, I came across your page a few months ago when building out La Salle College High School's alumni page and occaisionally read your talk page because it is a good resource when it comes to understanding Wikipedia's rules. Recently I came upon the page for St. Joseph's Preparatory School and its full of promotional/paid edits and thought you may want to take a look at it. Best, GPL93 (talk) 17:28, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Yup, that's a mess. What a shock, a promotional article on a Jesuit school. Thanks for the heads up, and maybe one of my talk page stalkers will get to it before I do. Placing a message on a fairly busy user talk page is a good low drama way to possibly effect some needed change, and you're always welcome to do so here GPL93. Thanks. John from Idegon (talk) 18:45, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Fonz TPA

See this. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 09:38, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Please can you look at this article

Hi John, hope things are well, came across this article - completely unsourced, an orphan, and it's currently using infobox school, but the intro text says: "a new cultural and creative proposal promoted by the Caja Vital Kutxa (Vital) savings bank. It was created by a user in 2015 with a refimprove tag even though there was no references, and that was it. Maybe PROD? You know what to do best, if you could take a look, I would really appreciate it :) Steven (Editor) (talk) 00:32, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Ah, forgot to sign the post, sorry John and thank you for sorting this out Steven (Editor) (talk) 00:32, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Australian Christian College

Hi John, after sorting out this school and seeing that it mentions " it is one of six Australian Christian Colleges located in Australia. I decided to take a look at the Australian Christian College article and there's hardly anything, except just two sentences with a reference to the list of schools at its website and a website link. I've added a stub tag but I was thinking of maybe converting it to a disambiguation page, but may not be appropriate for this. So after looking at the website, there's no info on its history or anything, just "You've arrived at the landing page for Australian Christian College. We are a group of nine schools located in five states around Australia." with links to its schools under "On Campus" which are all on the same domain. All of its schools on here are all the same name, just differentiated by location, so campuses and they're pretty much stub length or with issues/lacking references - same logo. I was thinking of bold merging all of them into Australian Christian College as sections with its respective articles redirecting to them. What you think? Please let me know, really appreciate your help, thank you Steven (Editor) (talk) 21:01, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

An article about a company (either for profit or non profit) that operates schools would need to meet WP:ORG IMO. The broad exceptions for schools should not apply. You may want to look around at the categories for schools in Australia, both to see if there are similar situations and to possibly identify an editor with strong experience on Australian schools. That's not me, for sure. John from Idegon (talk) 21:40, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks John, I have a feeling there is going to be an issue for Australia Christian College to meet WP:ORG, I tried searching online to see if I can find anything besides the official website, to come up with a page in a book that mentions it, social media links, a case study, a school directory listing, and a few other directory listings. But I don't think is enough to warrant an article as it currently stands and certainly per WP:ORG: "significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject" is going to be an issue. There might be something local in Australia but not having much luck online, and definitely someone with strong experience on Australian schools would help, if I can find one. I think it's best for the meantime to convert this article to a WP:SIA instead with an introduction text, a reference to that book and links to its schools. What do you think? Please let me know, thank you Steven (Editor) (talk) 21:19, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Chandler Park Academy

How exactly did I use wikepedia as a promotion or advertising on Chandler Park Academy? I went there for high school and decided to properly update the information as the page is outdated and doesn't give correct information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocwal (talk • contribs) 02:03, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

(talk page watcher) Hi Rocwal. The content you added here is completely unsourced and sounds like something you might find on the school's official website or in one of its promotional brochures. Wikipedia article content is really only intended to reflect things which can be supported by citations to reliable sources (preferably secondary and independent of the subject) and is expected to written in a neutral encyclopedic tone. While I'm sure what you added is true, Wikipedia requires verifiability over simply being true and content needs to be verifiable beyond one's own personal knowledge or experience. Moreover, the purpose of the Wikipedia article is not to promote the school in anyway, and not every factual thing about a subject merits inclusion. I hope you didn't just copy-and-paste this content from the school's official website because not only would such content be not really appropriate for Wikipedia per Wikipedia:Writing better articles#Information style and tone, but it almost certainly would be considered a copyright violation as well. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:57, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

St Mary's College, Sulthan Bathery

Hi John. How are titles like this usually bolded? I did the whole title, but I'm not sure if the comma should also be in bold. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:12, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

I'd omit the disambiguation. Instead of the first line being St Mary's College, Sulthan Bathery blah blah blah, just St Mary's College blah blah blah. John from Idegon (talk) 05:20, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. Seems like a reasonable solution though I’m wondering if the place name is part of the full name sort of like a campus name to distinguish it from other campuses of the same university/college. — Marchjuly (talk) 10:22, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Local consensus

Take a look into WP:LOCALCONSENSUS. (And I really do believe that we can find language that works for both of us but we cannot have a project essay that flatly contradicts core policy. We'll find the right language - no worries!) ElKevbo (talk) 06:21, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

removal of my addition to Pacifica High School.

Hello, I was wondering if you could tell me as to exactly why my contribution to Pacifica High School about the Cal-SAFE program was removed ? Is there anything I need to change to keep it from being removed ? Mommy2boys (talk) 04:17, 26 September 2018 (UTC) September 25, 2018.

• The information isn't exactly of encyclopedic relevance (see Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools/Article guidelines)--plus, it lacked secondary verification, and it wasn't written neutrally. Drmies (talk) 04:19, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
  • Thanks Doc. He pretty much said it all. Your addition was nearly the length of the rest of the article, and the tone was more like a Facebook post than an encylopedia article. Before we would include it at all, you'd need to have a secondary source showing that the program had been noted outside of town, and your copy should be a brief accurate paraphrasing of what that source said. Thanks, Mommy2boys. John from Idegon (talk) 04:39, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Georgetown Preparatory School

Sure... until someone writes about the culture at that school, which would be a proper way to introduce some of that content. That should be done, I think, though I won't be the one to write it. Later, Drmies (talk) 02:40, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Me either, I have an allergic reaction to politics, and I cannot see anything in depth on this article that would not be political. after a week at Holton-Arms, I thought I'd better pop over here and see how they were trying to politicize this one. John from Idegon (talk) 02:44, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Oh and you get a Hershey's Special Dark Bar for being the first non-vandal to post on my talk today. John from Idegon (talk) 02:45, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Class Assignment

Hi John,

The assignment you are referencing was part of a WikiEdu training module and is not the article assigned to the students for the course project. For that WikiEdu training module, WikiEdu encourages them to find an article to evaluate, which they do in the Sandbox, in order to get used to the Sandbox environment. I then asked each student to go into their chosen article and change one sentence from passive to active, so they would make their first, low stakes edit. Any changes beyond that were not part of the class assignment. I understand your concern, but there is no reason to believe a simple grammatical improvement should be affected by one's involvement in the topic at hand.

Anything they say in the Sandbox, which they have not added to the article, seems like an excellent use of the Sandbox to think things through, admit biases, and stimulate discussion behind the scenes. Any changes to the article beyond what was assigned reflect, I assume, an interest in being involved in Wikipedia and in the topic, which again, is not part of our class assignment. They have completed six training modules on Wikipedia policies, practices, etc. and are probably more informed about Wikipedia than many people who post on it. If the student is choosing to make additional revisions on the article you reference, that is outside the scope of my class, and represents the promises and perils of Wikipedia generally.

Thanks Whiteacrek (talk) 12:26, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

It's just a suggestion, Whiteacrek, but whether the edit he made is part of his classwork or not, it's clearly ill-advised, both from the perspective of a Wikipedian and from a real world moral perspective. It also was not a grammatical correction, but the introduction of a new fact without verification, based not on information culled from a reliable secondary source, but based on his or her personal knowledge. Both of these are serious issues on Wikipedia. I doubt the person in question will be able to complete your class if their editing privileges are revoked, which would be the ultimate outcome if that behavior continues unchecked. Further, on a more human level, being the victim of crime is a very impactful event in a person's life. Being a bystander or or a relative of a victim can be equally impactful. Unfortunately, I know this from experiences, my OR, if you will. 45 years ago, as a teen, I was robbed at gunpoint. 40 years ago as a college student, I made my spending money as a freelance photojournalist. I've seen a ton of blood and gore, and sometimes it still comes back on me in my sleep. I do not know you, I do not know the person we are talking about, but I do know one thing. The person we are talking about, at least on some level knows you. It would be humanly benevolent if you were to take a couple minutes and have a conversation about the specific edit I mentioned, and perhaps use that time to point this person to appropriate counseling. It's not hard to care. John from Idegon (talk) 15:12, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Stockbridge Junior/Senior High School

User:John from Idegon Are we aloud to put staff members and what they teach on the school article?Eibln (talk) 13:17, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

No, but you can do it silently. Just kidding...No, that information has no relevance outside the local school community and is hence unencyclopedic. John from Idegon (talk) 13:30, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Turlock name

I don't understand why you reverted my edits. Turlough is nowhere mentioned in Bred in the Bone, therefore the information in the Sun-Star article is false. The Oxford English Dictionary states turlough is adapted from turloch, but Bred in the Bone is apparently the only source for the spelling turlock. A previous edit deleted the Mike Ertmoed research on the origin of the name, yet his work is the only one naming Bred in the Bone. No citations are currently provided in the Turlock entry connecting the word or town Turlough with Turlock. Both Ertmoed and Hohenthal reference Mitchell turning down naming the town after himself, as well as the naming of the post office. Also, the town is obviously named after the post office as the post office was approved in January of 1871, while the town is official in December 1871.SpannerJack (talk) 18:33, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

When sources vary on facts the appropriate thing to do is to start a discussion on the article's talk page. There is nothing in our policies that require sources to be sourced and the book, or whatever it is you are asserting, is not being used as a source on the article, so honestly I am at a loss for what the issue is. Please start a discussion on the article talk page. John from Idegon (talk) 18:45, 28 September 2018 (UTC)