Talk:Jasper High School (Plano, Texas)

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	Jasper High School (Plano, Texas) is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination failed. For older candidates, please check the archive.
Article milestones Date Process Result July 4, 2006 Featured article candidate Not promoted September 9, 2006 Good article nominee Not listed October 17, 2006 Peer review Reviewed Current Status: Former featured article candidate

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Contents 1 Good Article nomination has failed 2 Good Article nomination has failed 3 To do: 4 Motto???? 5 MathCounts reference?? 6 Fair use rationale for Image:Jasper Jag.jpg 7 Fair use rationale for Image:Jasperlogo.jpg

[edit] Good Article nomination has failed

A good article has the following attributes.

1. It is well written.

It's certainly clear and grammatical - but this article fails to give any "flavor" or "personality" to the school. You've certainly got a nice attendence record, and you appear to be academically sound, but the article basically says, "Yawn, Yet Another High School." I suspect that there's some sort of a "hook", some story about a teacher or student, or administrator that can reach out and really grab the reader. You pass, but you don't get any extra points that could compensate for deficiencies elsewhere.

1. It is factually accurate and verifiable.

I suspect it's factually accurate, I don't know. Where did you come up with the figure that the "current functional capacity of the school is approximately 1,758 students", for instance? You really need cites for everything. You don't have ANY cites at all in the extracurricular music and education area. It's not that your citations are poor, but that there simply aren't enough of them.

1. It is broad in its coverage.

I was surprised to see the bit about Randall Chaddick being on the CU board. I wouldn't have put it in the article, because it's not really about his qualifications as an educator. (I didn't count this against you; just a comment.)

What is a CTA? A certified teaching assistant?

Do your voters always pass tax levies? Does nobody complain about the coach? Are there never any aggrieved parties running for the school board because they have an axe to grind?

1. It follows the neutral point of view policy.

I don't see anything controversial in the article where this would even come into play. Is this really a school district full of Stepford students, Stepford faculty, and Stepford administrators in a district full of Stepford parents and taxpayers?

Other notes: It's not clear that Jessica Ridings has placed those lyrics in the public domain; you should do something about that. It also wouldn't hurt to have a picture or two in the body of the article, showing kids building a bonfire at homecoming, someone receiving an award for winning the WorldQuest, etc. You've got a picture of the building - but it's pictures of people that build interest - and pictures spread throughout the text break up that grey mass, and make it more readable.

Given that your "verifiability" is deficient, and you are only borderline in the other three major areas, you're not GA overall. Reading the prior GA review, I can see that you've made considerable improvements, and I congratulate you, but you still aren't up to snuff. I hope you'll continue to work on this, and succeed. ClairSamoht - Help make Wikipedia the most authoritative source of information in the world 14:50, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good Article nomination has failed

The Good article nomination for Jasper High School (Plano, Texas) has failed, for the following reason(s):

Too young of an article, poor written style, poor use of pictures, too many lists, etc. Morgan695 21:49, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] To do:

• Combine some campus additions into history
• Fix references
• Fix extra-curriculars and sports
• Pictures
• Fact Check: Salaries in the Faculty section don't make sense. 12k a year for teachers? 129.93.191.96 07:54, 15 December 2006 (UTC)--Longhornsg 00:49, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Motto????

Jasper High School is dedicated to providing a unified, caring environment where each student will be prepared to succeed in a diverse and challenging world.

is that really the motto or the philosophy of the school its way to long for a motto.

but then again i could be wrong--Abb401 04:15, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MathCounts reference??

Last I checked, MathCounts is a grades 6-8 competition, so technically Jasper can't have such a team. Alanz006 (talk) 00:44, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Jasper Jag.jpg

Image:Jasper Jag.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:48, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Jasperlogo.jpg

Image:Jasperlogo.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 14:49, 2 January 2008 (UTC)