Talk:CMS

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[edit] Page makeover

• This CMS page is getting quite unruly. I would like to see it get pared down a bit, as there's some terms that, IMO, should be removed. Any comments? - grubber 16:07, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

I just updated the page per MoS:DP. Might be easier to pare down now. Tedernst | talk 21:40, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

• Fixed some broken links - tux_the_penguin{not signed in}

• I increased the organization of the page and removed extraneous links, per WP:MOSDAB. I think we should remove every middle school entry that is not linked to its own Wiki page. Surely we can't list every middle school that happens to start with a 'C'! -- Jeremy Reeder, CJS, CPS 04:41, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

• To anyone wishing to keep Chippewa Middle School or Cradock Middle School on the CMS disambiguation page: Please create a page for the school, containing whatever it is that might make people care about that school. Be sure to cite credible published sources for the information, and create a link to the school on the CMS page. If one of these middle schools is shown to possess qualities of sufficient interest, I will withdraw my proposal to delete its entry from the CMS page. If, however, these schools are not shown to be anything more than average middle schools, I suggest that the removal of these entries will do more good than their presence. -- Jeremy Reeder, CJS, CPS 03:21, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

One might make the same argument about ALL of the middle schools listed. Trevor Hanson 04:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, one certainly might. I interpret your response to mean that you favor removing all middle schools from the page. And, I, in fact, agree. In the case of such a common acronym as CMS, I don't think it makes sense to list every possible meaning. Since interest in any particular middle school is almost totally limited to a very small geographic area, I believe that almost every interested person already knows the full name of the school. When that is not true, a geographically limited search may produce better results. -- Jeremy Reeder, CJS, CPS 02:41, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

There are differences of opinion about treatment for places of local interest, but it is hard to imagine that Wikipedia's encyclopedic coverage is enhanced by having an article for every middle school in the world. (Why not go to the logical extreme? Let's create an article about every organization and every person on the planet.) Regardless of who may be interested in the middle schools in a particular locale, we must not lost sight of the need for verifiability and (even more) notability: Wikipedia is not a directory. However, expunging such entries means stomping on the myriad students and teachers who are thrilled to leave their own footprints on Wikipedia – some of whom will be the next generation of serious Wikipedia contributors. So although such articles don't belong here, a Wikipedia Content Police could be counterproductive. My first blush reaction – "get rid of them all" – is being tempered by the realization that this is a larger, Wiki-wide issue. Trevor Hanson 06:40, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

• I have replaced the set of middle schools with one line referring to all middle schools to which the acronym could apply. I believe this action matches the desires of all those who have expressed opinions here. References to specific middle schools might be well placed in a section of the Middle schools page.

• • I removed the link. If there are many "CMS"'s as far as middle schools, then a page like CMS (school disambiguation) might be more appropriate. Linking to Middle school doesn't get the user any closer to a middle school named CMS. Any ideas? - grubber 04:54, 3 March 2007 (UTC)