Talk:Houghton College

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[edit] Removed massively COI comment, going to fine-toothed-comb

There was a paragraph in line 53 that said "Houghton College will also constantly check and edit this page so that it accurately represents the College." This is a massive violation of Wikipedia: conflict of interest, specifically that "If...you expect to derive monetary or other benefits or considerations from editing Wikipedia; for example, by being the owner, officer or other stakeholder of a company or other organisation about which you are writing, then we very strongly encourage you to avoid editing Wikipedia in areas where there is a conflict of interest that would make your edits non-neutral (biased)." Houghton gets benefits in enrollment and publicity from putting favourable spin on their page, and should not be editing it at all, but rather posting to the talk page to mention and cite any inaccuracies. Further, while Houghton students or staff alone might or might not be subject to WP:COI here, Houghton as an institution (which is what was discussed in line 53) is decidedly in the wrong by unilaterally editing this page except where VERY well sourced. Huadpe (talk) 07:30, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:HoughtonHighlanders.jpg

Image:HoughtonHighlanders.jpg 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.

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