Talk:Teaneck High School
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Curious: a number of NFL football players on this list, and THS has never had particularly good teams itself. (Written by a THS grad, 1954) Apace361 (talk) 19:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
- I see two, in its 80-year history. You figure 1,500 students/year, half of whom are male, and that's 1 in every 30,000 students who becomes a pro football player. Not *that* inconceivable. :) Josephgrossberg (talk) 12:29, 3 March 2008 (UTC) (Class of '94)
[edit] Nickname
This article implies that the nickname for Teaneck High School sports teams, the Highwaymen, is based on the mounted highway robbers in Britain a few centuries back without indicating why this would be an appropriate nickname. The obvious link is omitted -- namely that the school has always stood on a hill (note the first line of its alma mater: "On a hill she stands majestic...") right along side a major NJ highway, namely Rte. 4. Without this connection, the name would be meaningless. They are "the Highwaymen" because of the school's location, not because they rob unsuspecting victims on horseback along the highway.Apace361 (talk) 00:41, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Additional reference
I wanted to add an additional reference for the list of notable alumni, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. Perhaps someone else out there will. This is for "Paul A. Rothchild," and would be #24, if the following references were renumbered. Here is a source that could be used as a citation: NY Times (obituary) of April 3, 1995. Apace361 (talk) 00:51, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- This article shows why Rothchild is notable, but it does nothing to show a connection to Teaneck High School. It's the THS connection that needs a reliable source, and this NYTimes article doesn't help there. Alansohn (talk) 02:28, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- There is this website, an "In Memoriam" page, compiled for the 50th reunion of the THS Class of 1953: http://teaneckhighschool53.org/in_memoriam1.htm.Apace361 (talk) 22:31, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- Because it IS him. 1). I knew him and recognize the picture; 2). My brother was his best friend and a classmate (THS '53). He is also an attorney who could easily provide an affidavit testifying that the picture is, indeed, the same Paul A. Rothchild.Apace361 (talk) 23:13, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
- I don't doubt that it is him, but I don't think that this is a reliable source based on your say-so. An affidavit won't be necessary; all we need is a newspaper, magazine or book that states that the Rothchild specified by the article attended THS. Without that, the issue is still open. Alansohn (talk) 04:34, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- An affidavit might be easier to obtain than other evidence, unless Wikipedia's own article on Paul Rothchild would do (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_A._Rothchild).Apace361 (talk) 19:24, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
- I would strongly suggest reviewing WP:RS, which describes the rules Wikipedia uses for sources, and WP:V, which describes that sources need to be verifiable. Unfortunately, we can't use Wikipedia to source itself, and the Paul A. Rothchild article did not have any sources until I added them just now. I have searched in Google News and in other databases, and I can't find a source that documents that Rothchild lived in Teaneck or attended Teaneck High School. I don't doubt that he did, but I'd rather have the entry tagged as needing a source than use a source that doesn'y meet WP:RS and WP:V. Alansohn (talk) 19:38, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
