Talk:American International School Hong Kong
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Please do not add in information that can not be referenced. --mboverload@ 20:24, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Criticisms
Please don't add criticisms of this organisation unless there are published sources to back them up. See WP:V for more information. I will continue to revert such additions until reliable sources are cited. Kevin 12:31, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
What's wrong with the latitude/longitude information? It can be verified by using Google Earth/going there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.218.141.12 (talk • contribs).
- Why would you want the GPS coordinates of a school? It's informationcruft when you have the address (which shouldn't even be in there anyway). --mboverload@ 07:01, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
The school's lack of accreditation is a valid and verifiable concern- see the accreditation section of the school's website that has been "under construction" for over a year.
- People going there can see that for themselves. We don't need to list every school without accreditation and your malicious crusade against this school is tiring. --mboverload@ 21:38, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- The absolute most you can use from that fact is that "the school website has an accreditation section which is under construction". Anything else you add is your own opinion, unless you find a reliable third party source for the criticism. How many ways do you need us to say it? Kevin 21:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- If the school is unaccredited it would be normal practice to say so. That said, the sources for accreditation are listed elsewhere; we tend to rely on the accreditation agencies, not the schools. The schools are not universally scrupulous in these matters :-) Just zis Guy you know? 22:00, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Unless the accreditation is legally mandated or it is universally accepted that it is required, then mentioning the lack seems POV to me. It may be fair the state that while (insert list here) other schools in Hong Kong are accredited to (whatever accreditation), this one is not. Kevin 22:05, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Yes, I should have made it more clear that I meant only one sentence about it, or just include it in another sentence. No sections about it. --mboverload@ 22:25, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- If the school is unaccredited it would be normal practice to say so. That said, the sources for accreditation are listed elsewhere; we tend to rely on the accreditation agencies, not the schools. The schools are not universally scrupulous in these matters :-) Just zis Guy you know? 22:00, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- The absolute most you can use from that fact is that "the school website has an accreditation section which is under construction". Anything else you add is your own opinion, unless you find a reliable third party source for the criticism. How many ways do you need us to say it? Kevin 21:54, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
OK then let's do that.
I removed all unsourced negative material about this school. Please read WP:NOT, especially the parts about soapboxes and personal opinions. Also, the fact that there is a web page "under construction" does not mean that a school is unaccredited - it indicates that it's web page is incomplete. Finally, please read WP:V before adding any statements that sound like gossip. If you can cite reasonable sources for negative opinions, you may add those opinions back in. -Orayzio 00:48, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Moving to American International School Hong Kong
This article should be moved to American International School Hong Kong. And this page should be used either for a general article about American International Schools or as a disambiguation page for American International Schools. Most American International Schools throughout the world are referred to by those who attend them and those who live in the communities in which they are located as "the American International School" or "AIS". -- AmbientArchitecture 04:42, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
The American International School, Hong Kong is fully accredited through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The next WASC visit takes place in March 2008.
