Talk:DeWitt Clinton High School
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[edit] NPOV
NPOV: this article is a brochure for the school.
- I agree. Rhobite 06:08, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
- I DON'T AGREE. IT COULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND MAYBE MORE BACKGROUND OF THE SCHOOL BUT WHERE IS IT NPOV?
- I don't agree either. The school has somewhat of an extensive history that allows it to have many positive things listed, but it doesn't really get out of line. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrsyedali (talk • contribs) 20:36, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Extensive edit
I've removed unsupported assertions (except for the Redbook cite, which is barely acceptable if one cares to wade through the Redbook site, which I didn't) and unreferenced comparisons, both internally and to other schools. The list of notable alumni truly is notable, and I've left it untouched, but other non-notable information has been deleted. I've also given this a copy edit, removing grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. For the editor who wanted to know what was POV in this article -- in general, assertions about something being "better" than something else need to be attributed to someone with a neutral point of view, ideally in such a way that anyone can look up the reference and verify it if they so desire. Otherwise, it's opinion, and that's POV. I (and all other Wikipedia editors) welcome input from students/friends of this school into this article, but it has to be presented in a useful and neutral form and with specific citations. By the way, the NNDB link seems to give a different, smaller list of notable alumni. Accounting4Taste 22:23, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
- The final entry in the list of notable alumni (Timan Goshit, first African American accepted at MIT. (Class 2009)) seems not only out of alphabetical order but implausible -- apparently this person has been accepted at MIT two years before they graduate from high school, and I doubt that s/he's the first African American accepted at MIT. I've removed it. There's also an entry in the list of schools named after notable alumni (Abraham Bernstein) that doesn't have an entry in the list of alumni, but I will leave that for someone with more knowledge than mine. Accounting4Taste 19:35, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
- I checked the MIT site and they've accepted African-Americans for decades. Accounting4Taste 19:42, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] anonymous addition of club information
An anonymous user added information on clubs, using the SHOUT STYLE (all caps). I'm going to edit that to Proper Name Style (initial caps), and put in a format mirroring the Sports section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.240.159 (talk) 18:49, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
