User talk:Justinorin11

Lowell HS

Hi, Justin. I reverted your edits. First, we do not put external links in the infobox or the body of the article. External links are only allowed in the external link section. Second, we don't put links to school activities websites in the external link section. Third, if you look closely at the MHSAA website, it states that the number they give for enrollment is the enrollment that is eligible for athletics, not the actual number. The preferred source for enrollment is NCES. MHSAA is a fine source for school colors, athletic conference, athletic achievement and sports offered, but not enrollment.

Undue weight means the size of an addition puts too much emphasis on the subject of the addition in relationship to the overall size of the article. I've looked at the bit about the number one ranking thing before. The only source I could find is the one you used. Polls are simply some somebody's opinion, in this case about one part of the school during one week of its long existence. Better to stick to just discussing actual objective achievement, of which this school has many, than listing the results of some subjective poll.

There is no reliable source reference in Mr. Hildebrand's bio as to his attendance at Lowell HS. This is required. You can add a source for that to his bio or at the entry on the notable list.

Lastly, please keep in mind what an encyclopedia is. We don't write about a given subject; instead we write about what has been writing about a given subject in reliable sources entirely independent of the subject itself. The purpose of a school article on Wikipedia is not to convey information the school, its students or its alumni think is important but rather to convey information the world has shown important by coverage. The target audience is the entire English speaking world. Thanks. Feel free to drop me a note if I can be of any assistance. John from Idegon (talk) 01:03, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

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