Talk:International Baccalaureate Organization
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Is there any sort of quality assurance or value derived from this program? This article lacks any criticism of the program at all. How much does it cost? Is it functional in any way? Do any scholars criticize or applaud it?
You might want to check the talk pages of International Baccalaureate and IB Diploma Programme. - Kevin23 20:23, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Merger with "International Baccalaureate"
The IBO web site refers to itself as IB as an abbreviation. It is not clear that this article and the "International Baccalaureate" article really refer to anything different (the content is different but they are seemingly discussing the same thing). If the two articles really are referring to different things then
- That needs to be made clear because it is not now.
- One or the other article should be renamed since, as I mentioned, the organization uses both terms to refer to itself, and so they are defined to be the same thing.
Other thoughts? --Mcorazao 05:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
- The International Baccalaureate Programme is different than the Organization that created it. The "SAT"s and Collegeboard aren't merged, this shouldn't be either. I have removed the merge template because there is a clear misunderstanding in these two articles. Please feel free to put it back in the case where you have another counter claim. I do agree that the "International Baccalaureate" should be a disambiguation page with the IBO and IB Programme as two articles. Dooga Talk 02:38, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
This is false. First, there is no "International Baccalaureate Programme". This does not exist. There are three separate programs that the IBO administers. "International Baccalaureate" is simply an adjective clause referring to the programs and the organization. And these three programs are the only programs the IBO administers; IB does not refer to any subcategory of the programs of the IBO. In the case of the SAT and the College Board, the College Board administers multiple programs. The SAT is a distinct subtopic because there is a lot more to the College Board than just the SAT. Similarly there are articles on the three programs that the IBO administers. The "International Baccalaureate" article is superfluous.
The point is that we should not be inventing excuses to create new articles. If two subjects can be treated as one subject without any confusion then they should be made one article. I'm reinstating the merger proposal until a better rationale can be suggested (or the merger happens).
--Mcorazao 18:20, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
- I have merged the content from IB into IBO (it really needed to be there regardless). Have not tried to redirect IB, though, for the sake of allowing further commentary.
- --Mcorazao 15:32, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
