Talk:Sunderland High School
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
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. | |
| ??? | This article has not yet received an importance rating within Schools. Please rate the article. | |
 |
This article is supported by WikiProject North East England, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to North East England on Wikipedia. For further information or to participate, you can visit the Project page. | |
| Start | This article has been rated as start-Class on the assessment scale | |
| Low | This article has been rated as low-Importance on the importance scale. |
== NPOV (Neutral Point Of View) ==
This page is a perversely written, utterly blatant advert for the school. This article does in no way represent a Neutral Point of View. It has been edited several times, seemingly with a corporate bias; this page represents a school which is fee-paying.
Recent additions and edits to this page;
"The Junior School was the first school in the country to be awarded the prestigious Investors in People Leadership and Management Award."
"...in March 2006 it was one of the first schools in the country to achieve the BECTA ICT Mark."
"Examination results are consistently amongst the best in the area at all levels from Key Stage 1 to A Level (2005 100% pass rate). The Senior School, Junior School and Nursery have all gained national quality awards. The school was highly praised in the 2005 Independent Schools Inspectorate report, notably for its pastoral care and the quality of its extra-curricular provision. There is a very broad (previously: good) range of sports"
(The bold type above denotes words or phrases which have been edited into a previously existing sentence)
In addition, information on controversies of the school has been deleted on more than one occasion. I have therefore added a POV to the top of the page. I would request further discussion on this matter.
Edit: It has come to my attention that an article on another school owned by the United Schools Trust, which owns this school, has been written with seemingly flagrant regard for a Neutral Point of View.
Link: Surbiton High School
Jackeftklang 18:44, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
The page has been re-edited in the light of the previous objections so that the tone and content are considerably less contentious. In the light of these amendments, which take account of the objections, the NPOV challenge should be withdrawn?
The fact that it is a fee-paying school has no bearing on whether or not the text is neutral. Neither has the fact that there is a challenge to the neutrality of a sister school within the United Church Schools Trust.
[edit] Challenge to the NPOV
The page has been re-edited in the light of the previous objections so that the tone and content are considerably less contentious. In the light of these amendments, which take account of the objections, the NPOV challenge should be withdrawn?
The fact that it is a fee-paying school has no bearing on whether or not the text is neutral. Neither has the fact that there is a challenge to the neutrality of a sister school within the United Church Schools Trust.
--
Firstly, full bucket of thanks to whomever has added the buildings section to this article, it is a welcome addition. In reference to the NPOV, I am still concerned that there are no negative verifiable points made in the article, apart from asides regarding building state of repair. While I do not forsee that consensus will be reached on this matter, I hope you understand that to maintain a Neutral Point of View there will have to be not only verifiable positives, but verifiable negatives - while that may be read as if I want some kind of 50/50 split between the two, I only want to balance the article out from the positives eg: "good range of sports and extra-curricular activities" and "an agreeable urban campus with pleasant grounds." etc.
Other points you have made about the NPOV have been noted.
+ Do we really want a list of prefects in this article? A list of teaching staff would be perhaps more useful? I have slightly adjusted the formatting of the Prefects and House Captains section in the meanwhile.
Jackeftklang 19:15, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
It is now over a year and a half since the NPOV tag was added, since when several improvements have been made. Can we head towards removing it?
Does anyone regard the article as still significantly breaching the NPOV code? If so, could they provide details here, please, so that we can work on those remaining specific items.
May I suggest that, if no further objections are raised, the NPOV tag be removed in about a month's time (early January 2008)?
Feline Hymnic 00:24, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Sunderland High.gif
Image:Sunderland High.gif is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot 04:52, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 10:39, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
