Talk:Steller Secondary School

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Good article Steller Secondary School was a nominee for good article, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There are suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
September 25, 2007 Good article nominee Not listed

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[edit] Known students & alumni on Wikipedia

[edit] Expanding this article

Speaking as a Steller graduate, I'd be interested to see more information included about the history of the school starting with the CASE report, as well as discussion of unique aspects of Steller's academic style, including Independent Studies, Self-Directed Learning Contracts, Open Boats, Intensives, and the seminar program. It might also be nice to include something about Steller's lack of competitive sports and the reasoning behind their exclusion. I'd like to know what the community thinks of including in the article local controversy and past news regarding the school, as well as the school's accomplishments in events such as Model United Nations, DDF, and Poetry Out Loud. Alama 13:20, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Details

We might clarify that Steller has 13(?) faculty members plus whatever the current number of other staff, because I feel that the current listing of "approximately 25 staff members" is somewhat vague and possibly misleading.

Also, it might be good to clarify that students choose their own classes each semester. As it stands now, the description of academics could be interpreted to mean that the student body itself decides which classes will be offered. Alama

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Steller School Logo.gif

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BetacommandBot 04:32, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox

SSS This user attends or attended Steller Secondary School.

There's now a userbox for current and former students of Steller, courtesy of L'Aquatique. This goes on your userpage (see Wikipedia:Userboxes for more information): {{User:L'Aquatique/Userboxes/SSS}}

[edit] GA Review

[edit] Failed "good article" nomination

Upon its review on September 25, 2007, this good article candidate was quick-failed because it:

had a virtual or complete lack of reliable sources

thus making it ineligible for good article consideration. According to WP:Verifiability, "Material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, and all quotations, must be attributed to a reliable, published source."

This article did not receive a thorough review, and may not meet other parts of the good article criteria. I encourage you to remedy this problem (and any others) and resubmit it for consideration. If you feel that this review is in error, feel free to take it to a GA review. Thank you for your work so far.— Cheers, CP 18:00, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Besides that, there's no information that's gives evidence that this has enough notability to warrant its own article. Ashnard Talk Contribs 18:11, 25 September 2007 (UTC)