Talk:Arlington High School (LaGrange, New York)

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[edit] nonsensical content

Please stop adding nonsense to this page.

The school's profile says it has an endowment of 1.3 billion... this seems absurd.

[edit] Spam/Possible Lock

This article needs to be dealt with, the same IP address keeps deleting articles, i will contact an Administrator.Mgarnes2 21:19, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cafeteria section

Please discuss here rather than revert-warring. --Masamage 22:36, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

A user User:Nationalparks erased content from this page without contesting for an AF'd. This section has been proven notable from several local sources and will be reverted at a later as "blanking" is not allowed Mgarnes2 22:56, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

"Without contesting for an AF'd" huh? Do you mean AfD? As in articles for deletion? If so, you don't need to go through AfD just to remove content from an article. AfD is for deleting an entire article. Also "has been proven notable from several local sources"...I don't see any references attached to the content that was added. Metros232 23:00, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Good start, but don't discuss people or their motives, discuss facts. /What/ local sources?

On another note, removing content from articles is a time-honored way of improving them. If I go into this article right now and add "More than 99% of the world has never heard of this school! The homecoming queen giggles a lot! The football team loses sometimes!" I have no doubt that you would support the removal of that paragraph. It's an obviously stupid example, but it shows that you can't just call every removal of text "vandalism" without reason. --Masamage 23:16, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, I've been having a discussion with the user on my talk page, since he gave me that warning. The paragraph was unverifiable as is (without references), poorly written (which can easily be fixed), POV (about the prices and drink selection, etc.), and probably not needed. It also contained warning messages that are meant for talk space. Another user had removed the same paragraph a few days earlier (see the diff). Nationalparks 00:15, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Nonetheless the fact that you blanked the whole section without any attempt at discussion is the real issue at hand here. Maybe we can have a rewrite of the section, with a neutral POV to conform with Wiki Polocies. And the user that made the change before was a Spammer that has been banned numerous times, and he has recceived a multiple bans in the past. Mgarnes2 00:49, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

In regards to the user that posted 3 posts above this one. The school has been rated one of the top 1000 schools in the nation, is known all over the North East by way of an excellent music department. The entire school district is more notable than 80% of the other ones on here. Mgarnes2 00:51, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I think we all agree that the music department (and the school itself) is notable, but that is not the issue here. The article will not be deleted, nor was that ever suggested. The issue here is the paragraph about the cafeteria. Nationalparks 01:03, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Exactly. I remain unconvinced that the cafeteria is important. Also, there is absolutely nothing wrong with removing a section for legitimate reasons; WP's policies say to be bold in editing articles. If someone does something bold and someone else disagrees, conversation ensues. That is exactly what has happened, so I think we're in good shape.

For a third point, the person who did the removing was not a spammer. He seems to have been blocked by himself once, but other that looks clean. He even has a barnstar for defending the Wiki from vandalism. So I have no idea what you're talking about. --Masamage 01:11, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I was the one who removed the paragraph on the cafeteria most recently, and as I state on my talk page, I feel it was completely justified, and did not deserve a warning. Nationalparks 01:13, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I'm describing the person before you, Wiki alf (as in the diff you linked). Pretty sure you're not a spammer either. :) --Masamage 01:16, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

I was talking about 207.241.244.1 Mgarnes2 03:05, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that IP is definitely a vandal. But they have only changed text, not deleted sections. Nationalparks 03:14, 17 November 2006 (UTC)