Talk:Westfield High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)

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To-do list for Westfield High School (Fairfax County, Virginia): edit · history · watch · refresh
  • Cite sources for everything. NO WP:OR!
  • Add photos of Westfield campus.
  • Created a colored school crest to replace black and white version.
  • Improve coverage of Music section.
  • Research allegations of racism.
  • Include information on Seung-Hui Cho and the Virginia Tech massacre involving Westfield.
  • Determine usability of citations found through news sources.
  • Add previous principals.
  • Add notable alumni.
  • Include new state champions (individuals and teams).
  • Horror writer Matthew Warner's 2005 visit to the Creative Writing Club. [1]
  • Update any "Best Schools in the U.S." list that Westfield is on. (e.g. Newsweek, etc.)
  • Use "external/peer reviewed" citations to be considered for A-class/FA status. (e.g. yearbooks, VDOE reports, magazines, etc.)
  • Add Advanced Placement Summer Institute Pilot into Academics section.
Maintained The following user(s) are actively contributing to this article and may be able to help with questions about verification and sources:
Arsonal (talk • contribs • email), Zidel333 (talk • contribs • email)
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[edit] Archive of GA Review

I noticed the link had been created but nothing moved yet. Considering it's 37kb long and the article has been promoted, I went ahead and transfered everything into the archive. Just name the next archive May 2007—[whatever]. Since GA Review is specified in this archive title, it will be easily accessible to anyone who may want to find it. Regards, LaraLoveTalk/Contribs 06:25, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] PublicSchoolReview.com Update

First Wikipedia:Standard GFDL violation letter per Wikipedia:Mirrors and forks#Non-compliance process received NO RESPONSE from Publicschoolreview.com. I have just sent the 2nd response. Zidel333 04:30, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Should check the page again [2]. They added the statement Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL. They only made the change for Westfield, though. Arsonal 07:05, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
Hmmm, didn't notice that. And they gave me no email response saying that had complied. I will email them asking for the any and all articles that use Wikipedia as a source be covered under GFDL. Thanks Arsonal. Zidel333 02:45, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Recieved a response from a "Javier". I have replied to this asking him to site Wikipedia on each and every school article on PublicSchoolReview.com. I await his response. Also, added Public School Review to the Wikipedia Mirrors and Forks List. Note to self, must email other related companies to Public School Review to ensure GFDL licensing. Zidel333 02:20, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Another reply from Javier, he is updating the entire website for the next few weeks to comply with Licensing policy. I will check back to review the website in early//mid June to see if progress has been made. I would appreciate any help in this. Thanks. Zidel333 23:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brian Vaccarino

Brian Vaccarino '02 - Flanker for James Madison University, 2004 Football Division 1 AA National Champions

I removed this information pending verification. I think it also brings back the issue of who to include in the alumni list considering Westfield's short history. What qualifies as notability in our case? Arsonal 02:07, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Guardian Copyright Licensing

I had an e-mail communication with Gary Bender, Westfield's yearbook adviser. I asked him if The Guardian's copyright is owned by Westfield or Herff-Jones, the publishing company. For future reference, this is his response:

I can tell you that Westfield holds the copyright to the yearbook and I am authorized to give permission to use an image of or from the yearbook. Please feel free to use this email as your notice of permission to use the image of the 2002 Guardian yearbook on the Westfield Wikipedia site.

Based on this release, I've uploaded two images to illustrate one of the yearbooks which won Best of Show at the 2002 NSPA conference. Arsonal 22:22, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Does he know that many other sites will use the image too, and it is not just wikipedia that the image might be on? KeepOnTruckin Complain to me | my work here 22:52, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Irregardless if Mr. Bender does not know, it should be fine if said websites cite Wikipedia as the source. Zidel333 00:23, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ideas for WHS expansion

So, I was thinking of FA status (again), and I was thinking how we could accomplish it for WHS. The Broad Run High School is a rather extensive article that goes into further detail than WHS, and may be a good source of ideas for new sections. In the next week or so, I will be adding some more info in a similar vein as Broad Run, and other Featured Article, Good Article, and Good Article Candiates school articles. Please help. Cheers. Zidel333 15:17, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

By the way, you should take a look at the article's peer review that I requested last month. Arsonal 17:15, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
I did see it (it's on my watchlist), and I agree with the 1st user's comments. The 2nd round of comments contradict what LaraLove said in the GA Review. I'll work on the suggestions, although I must say Arsonal, you are much better at finding citations than I am online. :) Perhaps you can help me on that end? Zidel333 17:44, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Can do. I have a bunch saved in my sandbox that I haven't gotten around to using. You just need to copy paste the template from the page edit. Arsonal 17:48, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Very cool. Now I'm excited. :D Zidel333 17:56, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Use of Song Lyrics

I noticed that the lyrics to both the school alma mater and the fight song were incorrectly attributed, and made the correction. Jessica Lardin, the school's chorus teacher, wrote the alma mater in 2003, and dedicated it to the WHS Class of 2003; it was first performed by the Chamber Singers at that year's graduation. Ms. Lardin holds the copyright to the lyrics and the musical composition, and allows Westfield to use both with permission. It has not been confirmed for certain whether Robert McBride wrote the school fight song. Robert McBride is the husband of the previous band director, Laura McBride. Mrs. McBride passed away in 2006. It is highly recommended that Mr. McBride be contacted to confirm that he is the lyricist and composer for the fight song, and that permission is obtained for its use on Wikipedia. Ms. Lardin has given permission for her lyrics to the alma mater to appear in the article.

[edit] Logo and athletics table

For me, when I view the article, the logo overlays on the records table. I'm not sure if this is a widespread problem, or limited to my net set-up (a Mac running Firefox), but it might be good to reposition the logo somewhere else in the article so it doesn't interfere. The coding in that area is pretty delicate, so I don't want to just go in there myself and mess it up. But I thought I'd let the main editors know. matt91486 (talk) 16:25, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

The same thing showed up in Firefox on Windows, but not Internet Explorer. Either way, I changed the table a bit in a way that I hope fixed the problem. --FlamingSilmaril 17:29, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Music awards

Is this worthy for keeping? Citations? I want to say that Honor orchestras and bands of America are vanity groups. Zidel333 (talk) 21:25, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] National recognitions

National recognitions (Individuals)
Name Year Event Sport/Competition
Ryan Stahl 2006 Honor Orchestra of America Instrumental Music
Thomas Polson 2007 Honor Band of America Instrumental Music
My first instinct would be to remove them, like you did. A cite would be necessary, and even then, a lot of the "recognitions" added on school pages are self-promoting vanity. FlamingSilmaril (talk) 20:07, 15 March 2008 (UTC)