Talk:Murphy High School

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is within the scope of multiple WikiProjects. Click [show] for further details

This article is part of WikiProject Alabama, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to Alabama on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can edit this article, or visit the project page to join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. Start This article has been rated as Start-class on the quality scale. This article is within the scope of the National Register of Historic Places WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of listings on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Start This article has been rated as start-Class on the assessment scale. This article is related to WikiProject Schools, an attempt to write quality articles about schools around the world. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page. Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the assessment scale. Schools Portal ??? This article has not yet received an importance rating within Schools. Please rate the article.

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Murphy High School article.
Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes (~~~~). Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Ask questions, get answers. This is not a forum for general discussion about the article's subject.	Be polite Assume good faith No personal attacks Be welcoming	Article policies No original research Neutral point of view Verifiability

Contents 1 Safe School? 2 Picture 3 Mohian 4 S.S. designation 5 Randolph Parker

[edit] Safe School?

The statement that Murphy is known as a safe school compared to other schools in the system. Specifically, what other schools? Davidson? Vigor? Mary G. Montgomery? There is no citation nor is it fair to other schools in the district. Thus, I'm removing until a citation and further details can be provided. Goeverywhere 03:23, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

Can someone please help find a two pictures of the school? One from carlen street obviously, and hopefully one from above to show murphy's "collegiate" style campus. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thatemptyfeeling (talk • contribs) 03:21, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I'll try to take some next time I'm in town. I think perhaps there are probably old archive photos old enough to have expired copyrights. /Blaxthos 03:41, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

I checked on the Library of Congress website, no historic photos were there. I would bet that the Mobile Municipal Archives & USA Archives would have some. I live in Mobile and will keep taking some photos of the school in mind next time that I'm in that area with my camera. -Altairisfar (talk) 05:38, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mohian

Hasn't the Mohian been considered a distinguished annual and been awarded by whomever awards such things? Something like Gold Crown or similar, if memory serves. I'll try to do some digging, but is anyone familiar with that subject matter? /Blaxthos ( t / c ) 09:48, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

• Gold Crown, 1987
• Silver Crown, 1992
• Silver Crown, 1993

/Blaxthos ( t / c ) 09:51, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] S.S. designation

I am removing the S.S. designation from the article as the official websites for both the Mobile County School System and Murphy High School list the school simply as "Murphy High School" and not as "S.S. Murphy High School". Though the school was renamed after Samuel Silenus Murphy, I have found nothing to indicate that it was ever called by his complete name or initials. If anyone has sources to prove otherwise, please comment and add them as support for this. -Altairisfar (talk) 04:55, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

I expanded the History section to include desegregation, added references to the existing material in that section with reworking of the material to avoid a copyright violation (It had apparently been copy/pasted right into the article). Did some minor clean-up per MOS. -Altairisfar (talk) 05:33, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Randolph Parker

Editor Antsuyi (talk · contribs) has repeatedly inserted text regarding criminal actions of a former Murphy student. The passage is not suitable for inclusion for the following reasons:

1. WP:NPOV - The passage reads like an editorial, and does not neutrally present factual information.
2. WP:UNDUE - In an article about a school approaching a century old that has graduated tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of students, listing the actions of one constitutes undue weight.
3. WP:NOT - We are not a news service. Ironically, the section is entitled "In the News".

Additionally, the disruptive manner in which the passage has been repeatedly inserted constitutes vandalism. If it continues, it should be taken to WP:AIV. /Blaxthos ( t / c ) 23:00, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Concur with Blaxthos. Altairisfar_talk 23:04, 10 March 2008 (UTC)