Talk:Lord Byng Secondary School

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Contents 1 Alumni 2 upgrading. 3 Byngs Arts 4 School's stance on wikipedia

[edit] Alumni

I am thinking about removing Eric Nicol from the alumni list. I don't think he is notable enough. what do others think? Geedubber 03:08, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

There are over 10,000 Google hits for "Eric Nicol." Here's a short biography: [1]. I'd say he's more notable than any other person listed except Phil Nimmons. Usgnus 03:56, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

10,000 hits isn't very many. I would have to say he is currently the least notable person on this list. Rebagliati has 31,000 hits plus an Olympic Gold. Pope has 257,000 hits. Stanfield has around 100000 (depending on the spelling) and was a Playboy Playmate. Ball is a sitting politician. Nimmons has an OC and 22000 hits. Stan Douglas has 140000 hits and has showed his work in almost every major gallery in the world.

Why so keen on removing him? Do you think the article is too long? Usgnus 17:15, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

I hate redlinks, and as an alumni I have never heard of him. Geedubber 21:22, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Before your time, I guess. I'll remove the link, but I'll add it back in when the article is created, deal? Usgnus 02:44, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

coolio Geedubber 03:36, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Great! Gee|)úß߀R^(Talk) 05:14, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] upgrading.

that has been over for awhile now. taken mention of it currently happening out. Pure inuyasha 19:56, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I say we put Byng Arts back in there

[edit] Byngs Arts

Byngs Arts Mini School will recieve its own article with internal links connecting the two articles. The school attached to Lord Bynd Secondary School is a Vancouver School Board district program and unique to Lord Bynd Secondary School. The continuious deletion of this section has yet to be legitimize under Wikipedia Policy. Further removal of this section will be considered Vandalism and will be dealt with according to WP:VANDAL Mkdw 21:00, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] School's stance on wikipedia

As a graduate of this school I would just like to say that I think it is completely appaling that the librarian actively encourages people to vandalise wikipedia. Not related to anything, but I found it interesting. 142.35.144.2 20:18, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Who's the librarian there now? It is easy to see why so many people are against the concept of Wikipedia. The most remarkable part of Wikipedia is that though the sources and facts cannot be used in direct reference, its a great place to start your research. Many related artiles are helpful and new terminology for you to look for may be mentioned in the article. All subjects are esoteric and we're seeing those same people writing these articles. Vandalism and false facts are common, but equally and more are legitimate, well cited facts and the vandals are being beaten. Mkdw 00:21, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

She really does not like wikipedia bueacse she told my class that we shouldent use it bueacse it isent reliable because it is user contibuted. Bobjr777 18:41, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

She has a very valid point in bringing that up and you should almost never reference Wikipedia in an academic assignment. However, in an article like Vancouver and Hollywood North where a great deal of citations have been provided, Wikipedia becomes a powerful tool. You may then go to those cited sources and either look them up online or in your library. To which you may reference in your work. Wikipedia may also alert you to some new information about a certain topic. For example in the article Art Deco it talks about Cubism. A term I had never associated with Art Deco until I read about it on Wikipedia. It also allows a person to research those side subjects, and you may choose to add them if you find other sources. As a student you could bring this up with her and say its not a source to be cited, but a research tool. Mkdw^talk 11:30, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Like I keep telling my friends who criticize Wikipedia -- Wikipedia's a great tool for research, but only if you know how to use it (and not reference Wikipedia for academic assignments). -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 20:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)