Talk:Bird College

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[edit] Archiving

Hi there. To everyone who has contributed to getting this article up and running, thanks very much for your help. I hope you don't mind, but I've deleted some of the earlier discussions so that things can start fresh. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazy-dancing (talk • contribs) 07:12, 13 November 2007

Should have been moved to an archive. See Talk:Bird_College/Archive_1. Paul foord (talk) 04:23, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 12th November

I've just tweaked a couple of bits, but the article is looking superb now, from what I had started with. Please, if anyone who has helped with this page can point out the major things I need to find sources for that would be much appreciated. Thanks a lot. Crazy-dancing 21:43, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Peacock Terms

Crazy-Dancing, please look at the Wikipedia guidelines on "peacock terms" (wp:peacock). These guidelines ask Wikipedia contributers to avoid "peacock terms which merely promote the subject of the article without imparting real information". They give examples of these terms, which you use repeatedly in this article, such as 'prestigious', 'renowned', 'well-established', 'world-renowned'. All of the terms that I removed fall into the class of peacock terms, and are therefore against the spirit of the guideline. The wikipedia guideline has suggestions on how to avoid peacock terms, and these briefly suggest that instead of using peacock terms, you should detail the acheivements of the subject, with sources. This would mean using sourced examples instead of fancy-words to 'Show not tell' that Bird College is well-reputed. Not only would adding sources and removing peacock terms make a better article, and one that follows the spirit of the Wikipedia guidelines, but it would give your readers more information. Peacock terms, even those borrowed from outside sources, are not informative, and are open to dispute. ThomasL (talk) 14:17, 16 March 2008 (UTC)