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[edit] Extra-curricular Activities

[edit] Quiz

When we list out achievements in quizzing let's mention only winner and runner-up finishes. Third place finishes, though creditable, need not be mentioned. --Loyolite 07:42, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Use of logo

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram
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This article uses the logo of Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram. Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. It is meant to be used in the article about the entity that the logo represents
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  3. The logo is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the logo.
  4. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
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The Loyolite 2007
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Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram
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Entire logo
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Yes
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The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article on Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram
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[edit] Cheer Loyola's sons

I have merge the contents of Cheer Loyola's sons here and redirected as the school song doesn't really warrant an encyclopedic article of its own imo & also will be in context in the article about the school. Interesting though. Cheers.--Malcolmxl5 22:02, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Use of school flag

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram
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This is the school flag of Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram. Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. It is meant to be used in the article about the entity that the logo represents
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  3. The logo is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the logo.
  4. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
Source

The Loyolite 2007
Article

Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram
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The maroon and white logo emblazoned in the middle of the flag. The rest of the flag is the original creation of the uploader.
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Yes
Purpose of use

The image is used as a means of visual identification of the article on Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram
Replaceable?

No

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 10:21, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please discuss before deleting

Please discuss in this forum before deleting anything. Chandrasekhar M. Nair is a notable alumnus of the school and his name has been included back. --Loyolite (talk) 11:37, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Why is Chandrasekhar M. Nair "notable"? A boy who studied in IIT and Stanford? A boy who stood first in a class of 45 in an ISC exam? Or that he won the Maths Olympiad once when he was in 11th? A teacher in a university? To add to the joke, there is a Wikipedia entry on Chandrasekhar Nair created by "Loyolite", in February 2008. Please do not devalue Wikipedia with such unjustified entries. And do not insult Santosh Sivan and others by adding Chandrasekhar's name in the list of notable alumni of Loyola. When Chandrasekhar does something extraordinary, add his name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.226.50.97 (talk) 15:34, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Chandrasekhar M. Nair is notable because of the reasons mentioned in the section titled "Chandrasekhar M. Nair as a notable Loyolite". If User 220.226.50.97 is aware of any other Loyolite who has done the same or better, he/she is requested to please include his name too in the list of prominent Loyolites. I believe there is no point comparing the achievements of Dr. Nair with those of Mr. Santosh Sivan. They are both in a class of their own. If User 220.226.50.97 has an objection about the existence of the article on Dr. Nair, he/she is requested to discuss that in the Talk section of that article. --Loyolite (talk) 11:20, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Chandrasekhar M. Nair as a notable Loyolite

Chandrasekhar M. Nair is included as a notable alumnus of the school because:

  • He is a scholar in the area of Information Engineering
  • He has contributed to the science of Information Engineering, with at least eighteen publications, including the prestigious journal IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • He won the Siemens and Philips prize awarded by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras to the student with the best academic records in Electrical Engineering
  • He was selected as a Graduate Research Fellow by the prestigious Stanford University in 2000
  • He was among only thirteen persons in the world to be awarded the Microsoft Graduate Fellowship in 2004
  • He won the first place in the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad in 1994, the lead-up regional events of which, are contested by thousands of students from across India
  • The achievements described above have not been equalled or superseded by any other alumnus of Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram

--Loyolite (talk) 11:20, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Please go ahead and maintain this page as you wish. To say that those "achievements have not been equalled or superseded" is a public display of your ignorance of other Loyolites' achievements, not a fact. It also shows the very low benchmarks you've set for "notable". The solution is not to add more examples of such "notables", but to have a list of truly notable people. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.226.54.83 (talk) 17:50, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
In Wikipedia, where people are free to edit encyclopedia articles, conflicts of opinion among different persons with honorable intentions usually happen. Wikipedia has processes for resolving such conflicts. I request User 220.226.54.83 to resort to those processes in case he has a dispute. User 220.226.54.83 alleges that I'm ignorant of other Loyolites who have equalled or superseded Dr. Nair's achievements. Maybe I am. I request User 220.226.54.83 to kindly enlighten me with the names of those gentlemen. --Loyolite (talk) 06:43, 19 March 2008 (UTC)