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[edit] Request for Decency

Listen, whoever is defiling this page, presumably a Horace Mann student, we kindly ask you to stop. One student's indiscression is not worthy of note on Wikipedia. We appreciate your attempt at humor, but the joke is dead. Thank you.

Amsterdam 20:21, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Though I do not know much about this model UN drinking incident, I believe that it is an important fact to add to a suspiciously self promoting paragraph.70.5.219.62 02:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Signature to all talk posts

Whomever is also monitoring the article page, this is good, but please sign your posts on the talk page. Also, a subject as above is usual. Thanks Doc 21:37, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Your addition of both subject and signature to the above are appreciated. Doc 22:58, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Model UN team

Currently there is a sentence in the text that staes "The highly successful team attends college conferences every year (including those at Princeton, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins)." I have placed a {{Fact}} template after this sentence. This reeks of POV. What is the justification for the words "highly successful" since there are no verfiable result presented to back upo the claim. David D. (Talk) 16:34, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

They have won Harvard Model UN, Johns Hopkins Model UN, among others...you might find it online somewhere. --Osbus 02:42, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey, I have a big question about accuracy here. It says that Dalton's Model UN team won 11 out of 13 Best Delagate Awards and 6 honorable mentions. However this is impossible as in a committee no one school can win two awards. I hope someone will please explain this.70.5.219.62 02:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually yeah you can. Dalton often places multiple delegates on committees, and at the majority of conferences, there is no rule about one school winning multiple awards, and in fact this often happens. Credulouscit 21:07, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

You don't "win" at UN. The "Best Delegate" and "Best Committee" awards are not always given to the truly best delegates. Dalton has a track record of being overly dominant at conferences, to the point of going past the true friendly spirit of what Model U.N. is supposed to be and turning it into a competition. If you want to check on how well I understand the topic, I attend a high school which also has a very good reputation in Model United Nations conferences, and has just had as successful of a Harvard Conference as Dalton. I am attending my first MUNUC (Model United Nations University of Chicago) in January 08, and I have already heard stories about Dalton from the Club Moderators, as well as Upperclassmen. For an example of how much Dalton blows their own horn, look no further than this article-they are the only school to actually have a mention in their wikipedia article about their Model United Nations club. As a matter of fact, I think they're the only school I've seen that actually has a wikipedia article. 76.24.132.218 (talk) 01:33, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Please, assume good faith about your other Wikipedia editors. Not everyone who edits articles about individual schools is an alum of the school, and certainly every editor should be striving for a neutral point of view in any article. Sometimes, that might get overwhelmed by stats or by boosterism, but it's no reason to assume that people have a malicious intent. And this is certainly not the only school with its own article; there's a whole team of people dedicated to writing, editing, and improving articles on schools on Wikipedia. For example, I'll assume when you say "St. John's" that you mean St. John's School in Houston. No? That's okay, because there are plenty of other St. John's schools that have Wikipedia articles. See what I mean? Cheers! Esrever (klaT) 02:22, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Notable parents

Is this section for real? It seems a little irrelevent? David D. (Talk) 20:17, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

As an alumnus, I assure you it is extremely relevant to an accurate portrayal of the school's culture. Ribonucleic 01:00, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Is Antonio Inoki really a notable parent of a Daltonian? I'm seeing the article on the name, but I'm hardpressed to believe whether he really should be listed here as he was added by an IP Address I've been watching who continuously vandalises this page. Chan Yin Keen | Talk 11:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, his son is in my grade. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.199.118.52 (talk • contribs) 21:11, 19 November 2006

[edit] Notable alumni

Moving names without articles here until notability is determined and at least an article stub has been created. *Dan Barber; *Caio Fonseca; *Melissa Russo

Gave Missy a stub and put her back on the list. Ribonucleic 01:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Removing Ralph Ulysses as he has no Wikipedia article and nothing I can find in Google. Ribonucleic 20:10, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notable parents

Again names without articles here until notability is determined and at least an article stub has been created. *Tony Lo Bianco; *Dr. Lee Salk;

I've boldly removed the whole section. This is an article about Dalton, an institution that exists to educate children. The parents of those children, then are tangential at best to this article, and thus shouldn't be clumped together in a long list, especially one with no sources. Esrever (klaT) 15:45, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dunnan

Expecting this will not be a popular addition to the page, I am creating this section so that people may air their thoughts on the subject. Speaking an alumnus of the Doctor's tenure, I believe my single sentence on the subject is NPOV, properly cited, and entirely relevant to the recent history of a prominent institution. Ribonucleic 01:41, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] charter school?

I know nothing about the Dalton School, but nowhere in the article does it indicate that it's a charter school, so why's it in Category:Charter Schools in NYC? -Semisomna (talk) 23:45, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, no clue why it was in a category of charter schools. It's private, not public. Esrever (klaT) 23:51, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Alumni

There should really be categories in the alumni section - actors, journalists, musicians, politicians, artists etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.68.98.24 (talk) 01:14, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Co-curicular day

One of the greater things about dalton is co-curicular day. Its basically like a carreer day, except with notable speakers.

Keynote Speakers in the past have included:

Barbara Walters Donny Duetsch Anderson Cooper Al Roker —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.68.98.24 (talk) 01:16, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mistake 10/5/08

Deepest apologies, my Huggle went mad over your article and reverted it a number of times. I will fix it... (Dynamization (talk) 18:08, 10 May 2008 (UTC))