Talk:Clay High School (Portsmouth, Ohio)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

	Ohio Portal Clay High School (Portsmouth, Ohio) is part of WikiProject Ohio, which collaborates on Ohio-related subjects on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to current discussions.
B	This article has been rated as B-class on the quality scale.
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the importance scale.
Please rate this article, and then leave comments here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article.
Suggested article edit guidelines: To help us prioritise our workload, and in readiness for Wikipedia:1.0, we need to assess our articles for Quality. If this article is Unassessed, please assess it. See the Article Classification for instructions. If you disagree with a rating, you can change it or discuss it at Article Classification. After assessing this article's quality, please make sure it to add it to the Lists at Article Classification, following the grading scheme detailed there.

	This article is related to WikiProject Schools, an attempt to write quality articles about schools around the world. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page.
B	This article has been rated as B-Class on the assessment scale.	Schools Portal
Low	This article has been rated as Low-Importance within Schools.

	Clay High School (Portsmouth, Ohio) is part of WikiProject KYOVA Region, a project which aims to coordinate work for and expand coverage of the Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia "tri-state" region. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join or engage in discussion.(Usage)
Start	This article has been rated as Start-Class on the Project's quality scale.
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the Project's importance scale.
	Please explain ratings you add or change by editing this article's ratings summary page.

The content of this article has been derived in whole or part from http://www.clay.k12.oh.us/. Permission has been received from the copyright holder to license this material under the GNU Free Documentation License. Evidence of this has been confirmed and stored by OTRS volunteers, under ticket number https://secure.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketID=878716. This template is used by approved volunteers dealing with the Wikimedia Open Ticket Request System (OTRS) after receipt of a clear statement of permission at permissions-en at wikimedia dot org. Do not use this template to claim permission.

The following user(s) are actively contributing to this article and may be able to help with questions about verification and sources: vbofficial (talk • contribs • email) This in no way implies article ownership; all editors are encouraged to contribute.

Contents 1 Work in Progress 2 Formal tone 3 Impressed 4 reassess 5 lacking infobox

[edit] Work in Progress

Students and staff from the school are trying to edit our entry and learn about how to use Wiki in the process. We will only use factual information from our publications, our website, and other sources. We are currently working to properly cite everything. Patience would be apperciated. Kuehnem 16:24, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Formal tone

Suggestions to improve?

We are trying to improve as we go. We are currently editing and adding additional material and citations to the article. Please be patient as we learn our way around wiki. Vbofficial 12:39, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Check with Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools. ccwaters 15:30, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Impressed

I'm really impressed by the progress you are making. I suspect you are close to a "B" and if you keep improving at this rate then a "GA" is in sight. You can get help by going for a "peer review", by posting a request of the schools wikiproject assessment page or I could help too. As I said .... impressed Victuallers 21:51, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, at least one person doesn't seem to have your optimism. I guess we will have to try to find other sources, which may or may not be out there. Vbofficial 20:56, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. We are trying. Vbofficial 00:47, 18 May 2007 (UTC) We are trying to get more outside sources. It is really hard in such a small school. Much of the old records and material has been lost or not kept. We have a secretary that is about to retire who is doing some more history research for us. We are also trying to work on the notable alumni/faculty sections and add demographics as our next step.

• This article is coming along nicely. I've removed the banners as the article has demonstrated its notability and is well referenced. I'm a little concerned about the copyright for the school song. Do you have permission to reproduce the lyrics? There is a certain amount of repetition with some names appearing in both the list of notable faculty and also in the list of notable alumni. I suggest you include them in the list of faculty and mention at the same time that they were also educated at the school. Some of the more cryptic abbreviations (at least for non-US readers!) need explanation or inter-Wiki linking, eg, K-12, etc. Keep up the good work! Dahliarose 23:40, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. We will look into your concerns and we will address your other concerns. Copyright of school song? Reproduce lyrics? I just know it has been the school song since the beginning of time (1940) for our school district. I don't have any other information as to where, when, how. Vbofficial 03:05, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

If the school was only founded in 1940 then the song is probably still in copyright. Copyright expires within a given time frame after the death of the composer (it's 70 years in Europe, but might well be more in America.) If you can't get permission or find out the name of the compiler it is probably safest to remove it. Dahliarose 08:24, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

It has come to my attention after talking to several "old timers" that the song was written by a former student back in the 40's. I have her name. However, verifying that will be hard. We are going to dig into the old yearbooks. Vbofficial 13:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] reassess

Easily a B. Looking amazingly well referenced. I see you keep chipping away at it. You should consider whether you want to continue to GA. When you feel you have all that you can then request a peer review or go straight to GA. You are earning that barnstar Victuallers 15:00, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Vbofficial 16:42, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] lacking infobox

I noticed in the last several days a new icon has appreared indicating this site has no infobox. I also noticed it has appeared on many other sites. The funny thing: all the sites I checked do have infoboxes. How do we go about correcting this? Vbofficial 12:24, 5 June 2007 (UTC)