Template talk:Merge-school
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[edit] School district
I've removed the reference to school districts from this template. School districts only seem to exist in North America so the terminology is confusing for the rest of the world. There is also no consensus that all school districts are notable and should by rights have their own article (see discussion at WP:Schools). Dahliarose 12:24, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- I agree, but if there is a school district article, then that's preferred as the merge target, over the locality. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-11 13:06Z
- I think that it would depend on the specific school district and locality. In a large city, schools might belong in an Education in Foo sub-article. In many mid-sized cities and suburban areas of the U.S., where a high school might be one of several in a specific locality while it is one of a dozen in the school district, it probably belongs in the school district article. In a small rural city, township, or county, where there is only one high school, it might fit best into one of the locality articles, until it is expanded sufficiently to justify its own article. And, despite the possibility that the U.S. is unique in this regard, many school districts meet the "notability" standards, with extensive news coverage in addition to the official reports available for county, state and federal agencies. Most school districts have independently elected boards, many U.S. politicians begin their political careers on school boards, many districts have long histories of contentious elections and bond issues, many are the largest employers in their localities and have the largest budgets of any local public agency. I am reverting the template.--Hjal 17:40, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've reverted the template as school districts are only applicable to the US. Wikipedia is a world encyclopaedia and not just a US encyclopaedia. If there is a need for a mention of school districts perhaps there should be a separate US-only template. However, it is very confusing to have a template mentioning school districts when they don't even exist for the rest of the world. Such local terminology can only lead to confusion.Dahliarose 18:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- I think that it would depend on the specific school district and locality. In a large city, schools might belong in an Education in Foo sub-article. In many mid-sized cities and suburban areas of the U.S., where a high school might be one of several in a specific locality while it is one of a dozen in the school district, it probably belongs in the school district article. In a small rural city, township, or county, where there is only one high school, it might fit best into one of the locality articles, until it is expanded sufficiently to justify its own article. And, despite the possibility that the U.S. is unique in this regard, many school districts meet the "notability" standards, with extensive news coverage in addition to the official reports available for county, state and federal agencies. Most school districts have independently elected boards, many U.S. politicians begin their political careers on school boards, many districts have long histories of contentious elections and bond issues, many are the largest employers in their localities and have the largest budgets of any local public agency. I am reverting the template.--Hjal 17:40, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
I have added a parameter, so if you want to merge to a particular article, you can say {{merge-school|school district article}}. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-13 09:49Z
- I think that parameter should be required. How can one propose merging to an article when one does not know whether the article exists in the first place? DGG (talk) 04:04, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- Is it not likely that a district, village, township, town or city article exists? All those geography stubs? AnteaterZot (talk) 04:12, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- for the US, school district is preferred unless it is a small town,and such stubs have not been automatically created. But the point is that it is worth finding the right place when you tag the article. for one thing, it shows one are paying adequate attention to each specific article, and it makes thew ork easier for those who will actually follow and do it. DGG (talk) 04:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'll use the parameter. If no district/town article exists, I'll create one and merge all the schools there. AnteaterZot (talk) 04:24, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- for the US, school district is preferred unless it is a small town,and such stubs have not been automatically created. But the point is that it is worth finding the right place when you tag the article. for one thing, it shows one are paying adequate attention to each specific article, and it makes thew ork easier for those who will actually follow and do it. DGG (talk) 04:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- Is it not likely that a district, village, township, town or city article exists? All those geography stubs? AnteaterZot (talk) 04:12, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] It has been suggested... This is only a suggestion
Is this redundancy really needed? It's far too reminisent of the Emergency Broadcast System tests. I keep hearing that "Bwaa, bwaa, bwaa" every time I read it. Pairadox (talk) 00:51, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
