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February 17

02:29:22, 17 February 2017 review of submission by Wilwyg

Wilwyg (talk · contribs)
- Draft:Matthew Whitaker (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Wilwyg (talk) 02:29, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

i've added more sources. i'm not really sure what else to add.

Wilwyg (talk) 22:34, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, could someone explain why this article was declined? I've provided a range of reliable sources, including one of the most established newspapers in NJ, where the subject is from, as well as CBS, IMDB, inter alia. Thanks.

Response appears below, under February 19. NewYorkActuary (talk) 16:16, 21 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

21:14:59, 17 February 2017 review of submission by Bridget.bailey

Bridget.bailey (talk · contribs)

I have removed all advertisement like qualities to The Vanguard School page and would like it to be reviewed to take out the "reads like an advertisement" portion. I would also like to know how to reference it as most information comes from our website. I can link online media that tells about us from boarding school profile websites, if this would work. It is very important to me to get this page up and functioning. I definitely do not want it to have a biased view. Please tell me how this can be removed and what would I need to cite to make it up to standards. Bridget.bailey (talk) 21:14, 17 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Bridget.bailey: You write "our website" and "tells about us". If you are employed by The Vanguard School to, among other things, edit the Wikipedia article about them, you must follow Wikipedia's paid-contribution disclosure requirements. Failure to do so is a violation of the terms of use.

I've removed the mission statement. It is meaningless puffery designed to promote the organization. No school has as their mission "to provide an uncaring, hostile environment which prevents our students from developing to their fullest capability." That that eluded you shows why you are ill-positioned to evaluate whether all advertisement-like qualities have been removed from the article. It illustrates why you really, really, really should not be editing the article at all.

This page is for questions about the Articles for creation process. Because this is an existing article please consider asking for any further assistance at the Wikipedia:Help desk. There editors will try to answer any question regarding how to use Wikipedia. WikiProject Schools may also be able to provide advice. --Worldbruce (talk) 18:15, 18 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine if you removed the mission statement. It was because I saw it on other schools, where they say the same "puffery" as you called it. I am not being paid to edit the article at all. I took the information from their website. That was all. I updated this article BECAUSE it had incorrect and insufficient information. That is all. I will go to the Help Desk from now on. I didn't know where to look for help. I see it is not here. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bridget.bailey (talk • contribs) 18:59, 18 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]