SamanthaJuanita46

March 2018

Hello, I'm I dream of horses. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Kirtland Community College seemed less than neutral to me, so I removed it for now. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.  I dream of horses  If you reply here, please ping me by adding {{U|I dream of horses}} to your message  (talk to me) (My edits) @ 19:13, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

How is it not neutral? I was adding information based online classes because there is nothing on there about it. I think a Mistake was made. Please let me know I dream of horses — Preceding unsigned comment added by SamanthaJuanita46 (talk • contribs)

Not only is it sourced to Kirtland's web page, but the tone feels like the reader is reading Kirtland's web page, not a neutral article. One of the major issues is the tone, because of it's promotion of online courses. Also, Wikipedia is not a how-to guide; articles don't tell students what to do to succeed in online courses. —C.Fred (talk) 19:44, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

As our society continues soak in new opportunities, students are taking advantage of the online college opportunities. According to Dr. Julie Lavender, Vice President of Instructional Services, “Academics and online flexibility account 75% of the ranking score,” when discussing Kirtland’s award for “Best Online Community Colleges.” Online college provides several qualities that an on campus education does not. One quality is flexibility. Students that cannot travel to a campus or working mothers are able to take classes in order to earn a college education. Another is time management. Students are able to work on their online classes when they are able, they are not forced to be on campus at a specific time. Additionally, students are able to review information as many times as needed in order to understand. A professor can only repeat information a limited number of times before he/she become frustrated. Overall, students are finding online college to provide more flexibility. Would this be better? Thank you (talk) I dream of horses

No. It's based on a self-published source; the Best Online Community Colleges award is vague and doesn't indicate who made the award. If it were a regional or national award, then that would be worth mentioning, based on a newspaper story (not a press release) about the award. Further, the information is about online classes in general and really isn't specific to Kirtland.

What might a salvageable paragraph is something like this:

Kirtland was named one of the Best Online Community College by [ranking authority] in [year]. The major criteria in the ranking are the school's academics and online flexibility.

We'd need an independent source for that. If the source doesn't mention the criteria, then we could make the statement attribute the criteria to Lavender. —C.Fred (talk) 20:27, 17 March 2018 (UTC)